GamingReport.com got its hands on a starter and booster of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. They have shots of all the packaging, including a picture of the figures next to a D&D miniature for the sake of size comparison. They promise a review of the game soon.
Marvel Heroes Battle Dice On Sale!
Playmates Toys tells me that Marvel Heroes Battle Dice is “starting to appear in Target stores now.” It should be on the shelves of all mass retailers by mid to late January. (That includes Wal-Mart, KMart, Target, Meijer’s, Toys-R-Us, etc.) You should also be able to find it at your friendly local gaming store right about then too. Woot!
DC Comics Battle Dice Away!
I just finished the first draft of DC Comic Battle Dice for Playmates Toys. This uses the same system found in Marvel Heroes Battle Dice, which should be in stores this month. Coming up for the stats for the DC heroes challenged me a bit more this time around. Marvel has published a set of encyclopedias that features numerical statistics …
Break No More
Back when I was president of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, we used to give the entire company the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Now that I’m back to freelancing again, I no longer have that luxury. There are deadlines to chase after, so things like extended breaks don’t make a lick of sense. I have high hopes, though, …
More Battle Dice Images
SuperheroTimes.com has an article about Marvel Heroes Battle Dice, complete with photos of an opened starter set. As it states: Battle Dice consists of “pop dice” that open to reveal themed dynamically posed action figures making up six different armies. Each figure has six different attributes including speed, strength, durability, intelligence, energy projection and fighting skills, plus symbols and numbers …
Battle Dice Gallery
If you want to good look at the figures for the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game, stop by Action-Figure.com and browse their gallery. They’ve posted over 100 photos of the game. These include shots of the figures, the carrying case, the two dice chuckers (the Hulk and the Thing), and the battle arena. Wow. I haven’t seen most of the …
Battle Dice Summary
I was going to post a short summary of just how Marvel Heroes Battle Dice works. Managing this sort of thing is tricky because I’m under an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with the game’s publisher, Playmates Toys. Roughly speaking, I’ve agreed not to say anything about the game without their permission–unless it’s already public knowledge. Fortunately, the people at Action-Figure.com have …
Battle Dice Samples!
Yesterday, a FedEx box showed up at my house with the first production samples of my Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game from Playmates. Put short, the game looks fantastic. Don’t take my word for it though. Just look. Here are the fronts of a booster pack and a starter set. And here are the backs. Playmates should have a website …
As Commercial As It Gets
I just saw a preview of the TV commercial that Playmates is going to run early next year to promote Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. This should get heavy rotation in lots of regions of the television lineup that I usually only see while peering over my kids’ shoulders. It looks great, and that’s even before they add the animated bits. …
Gen Con Report
I’ve been trying to get to this for days, and I realized I just need to take a flying dive at it right now rather than wait for the right moment to tackle it. So, here goes.