WizKids Preview Halo Hero Clix. Fingers Crossed.
August 16, 2011 by dracs
WizKids have recently put up their first preview for their upcoming Hero Clix range HALO.
This was tried before and was a big flop. The minis were awful and the game sucked. Let's see what they do this time, take a look at the Master Chief and Cortana.
Well I definitely cannot say that I'm sold by this. The stance is terrible and the details look like a half sucked jelly baby, but I should probably wait until I see the rest of the range before passing judgement.
Possibly the game play itself will help make up for the miniatures.
So what do you all think of this? Is there hope here? Do you think it shall hold up to the game series itself?
lol
Don’t beat about the bush Sam, say what you really think! lol
Is a pretty good decription. Sadly have to agree and hope for the Halo fans that things get better.
What is the pale blue jelly baby thing balanced on the heel of his hand?
It’s meant to be Cortana – an A.I.
I suspect most people who check out BoW with an interest in HALO are only going to be interested in the sculpts, for use as proxies or RPG character models. I don’t think the game play is gonna help much here 😉
So, if these are going to be heroclix and there are plans for LotR heroclix; you’ll be able to pit Master Chief against the Nazgul?
Oh and, have you guys looked into the Mortal Combat heroclix?
Thought at first you said Master chef against the Nazgul, Lucas!
The Ringwraiths having a cook off!
Recommend extra spicy viindaloo for a ring of power! lol
Oh dear….*sigh* What have they done to you John. You look like you’ve been made of play-doh 🙁
The Halo Lego stuff is better than this…
Former LEGO employee here… LEGO doesn’t make Halo kits. The LEGO-like products based on Halo out there are by knock-off brand counterparts, lol. Just thought I’d clear that up because, I agree, they look awful. LEGO would have done a decent job. =P
Why oh why is everything that has a fan base and in pop culture turned into a hero clix figure. What’s next, rock legends? I never understood the draw of the pre-paints. Most look like cack, with the exception of japanese pre-painted display figures. They look rather nice as they are not meant for gaming.
Wow, that’s hideous.
Just surprises me that the guys behind Clix actually think this will be a success!?! I mean, one look at the miniatures market should turn up product lines from Infinity, Studio McVey, MERCS…hell, even GW. As a company, if your product can’t even come close to those guys it’s time to go home or back to the drawing board. It’s clear from the quality of the product that it’s not seriously intended for the wargaming community, but if this is only aimed at kids and/or the seriously uninformed, then I believe even those guys will take one look at the… Read more »
Was wondring the same thing tbh Silasloki
But even then all but the youngest tend to be fairly sussed these days.
Just had a quick look at my Sabretooth LoTR hex based figures.
Have a sneaking suspicion they are based on the Perry Brothers models.
Lurtz is in the same pose as the GW one. Both are licemced by New Line.
So while the quality is not as good as the GW minis there is a semblence of quality about them, if somewhat diluted by the soft plastic and the pre painting.
awful, actually made me laugh…
Seriously… I tend to disagree. the mini posted above does not look better than the last run they did. I like Halo, but anything Clix is just outdone. Wizkids needs to just stick with DC or Marvel. Honestly why the hell do we need Street Fighter clix, or LOTR clix. The clix thing has got to stop. Clix games suck.
I’ve got to say i love the little note next to “shields regenerating (invincibility)” i guess there trying to stay true to the game you don’t **** around with The Chief.
Why does Cortana look like a blue dildo?
As for the rest of the model?
Well, it looks like it was based off of a drawing by a 5 year old.
That’s exactly what i thought about the blue thingie…
The rest of the model is probably a challenge issued while drunk, as the artist probably set out to sculpt this with his feet instead of his hands.
BoW Romain
They need to scrap HaloClix and bring back the real money maker – MechWarrior. ^_^
Christ that’s bad, one of the worst yet and that’s saying something.
How do they sculpt these things? Do they give a half chewed stick of gum to a blind badger, let it knaw on it for a week and then cast it up?
It looks like a no-named mexican company sold wizkids a figurine of a motocross rider holding a dildo and wizkids decided it looked close enough.
I don’t know, I look at them as a great source of cheap, not TOO bad sci-fi figures that i can buy, pop off the bases, wash, touch up, and play with. I mean they are not in the league of Infinity, or the like, but i’d not pay more than a buck to a buck fifty on the after market for them.
Ho De Ho! 😉
Looks more Master-Chef than Master-Chief. Seriously, he looks like he’s preparing a meal.
That looks much worse than any Street Fighter Heroclix that are currently out. I’m not impressed.