Foremost, for those who don't know, HeroClix has become one of the best-selling collectible miniatures game in the world, made by Wizkids/NECA, where players build teams of comic book heroes, villains, and other popular characters from video games such as Street Fighter and Halo. And for those who are fans of ever-popular game, and anticipating Marvel's big-screen adaptation of The Avengers, observing the following should gladden you.
The heroes and villains of the upcoming Avengers movie will be featured in a HeroClix expansion from WizKids. It is scheduled to release in March, 2012, in advance of the movie premiere on May 4th.
Avengers Movie Starter Set: Bursting with action, the Avengers Movie HeroClix Starter brings all of the fast-paced excitement of the Avengers movie to your HeroClix games! Battle evil as the Avengers or split the starter into two teams and play with a friend!
Featuring six figures with new dial designs not found anywhere else, the Avengers Movie HeroClix Starter also includes two maps, the HeroClix rules book, and the Powers and Abilities card, dice and tokens – everything new and established players need to play! Each starter will also include an exclusive code to unlock content for HeroClix Online!
Gravity Feed: Charging straight out of theaters and onto your tabletop, the Avengers Movie HeroClix set features heroes like Captain America and Thor as they battle the villainy of the Red Skull and Loki! Each Counter-Top display includes standard one-figure boosters as well as new three-figure “Team Packs”! Team Packs are designed with strong thematic undertones – play a Hydra force or defend freedom with a S.H.I.E.L.D. team pack! The Avengers Movie HeroClix expansion includes over 40 new figures total to add to your collection! Featuring an impulse-friendly price point and unique content, the Avengers Movie single-figure boosters are an excellent product for new and established players! Each Single-figure booster and team pack also includes an exclusive code for HeroClix Online content as well!
Featured in the larger box art above, via
HCRealms, right of the previously-seen promo art, you can get a grainy preview of the what the sculpts of the characters will look like. And the two fairly small box art promos coincide with their descriptions left of them. Overall, this showcases yet another way Walt Disney Pictures are promoting the most-anticipated assembly of 2012!
Marvel's The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner with Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel's The Avengers will be released May 4, 2012.