Miraclo Miles

Cosmic Dust Wizkids surprised me today by giving us a sneak peek for the Avengers set (we'd been told we weren't getting any for couple weeks), this being for one of the characters we'd seen the sculpt for: The Red Skull . This version of the Skull is from a particular moment in his career when he briefly had control of the Cosmic Cube, a device that could transform the user's wishes into reality. Seth provides a write-up on how he approached it . The dial's fairly straightforward, if... somewhat disappointing for a representation of someone who had the power of the universe in his palm. While I can accept much of it as a mixture of his not having come to true grips with the power he wields and the sheer hubris of believing that the game is won and so he can just toy with an opponent, the 6 range seems vanishingly small. The dial's the dial, though, so we shall roll with it. The new "white" power flexibility is used here on the Damage slot, so that on ...

Avengers! A few new pics This is the week the new Previews comes out, and in the mix is apparently an ad for the Avengers Heroclix expansion. Someone was nice enough to make some quick scans (I'll see if I can come up with better ones later) so I thought I'd toss them up. Above we see the Black Panther in what appears to be his original costume, even perched atop a small Panther totem. Next to him is Taskmaster, back in what appears to be his original costume. The base is complete, too, so that we can see he's both an uncommon (the green background to the set logo) and a member of the Minions of Doom, so he keeps the wildcard TA that helped make the Xplosion versions so fittingly versatile. Below is a shot, even a little blurrier, of the Iron Spider-Man on the left, the Black Panther on the right, and the Red Skull in the middle. This shot of the Skull is from his moment of triump, when he had control of the Cosmic Cube (it's in his right hand and difficult to dis...