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 insaniak wrote:

On Heroclix, I suspect that it falls into a similar category as GW's Lord of the Rings did - bought largely by people collecting it just for the miniatures, or people playing at home rather than out in public. This gives the impression of a game that is doing far worse than it actually is, because we never see anyone playing it.
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Heroclix seems to do well here in Chicago and get played regularly. Some shops around here seem to have regular events. I think folks also underestimate the crossover appeal to comics fans. You see it for sale at game and comic stores.

As for the collector's market, I'm sure that's part of it. Can't hurt that the quality and paintjobs do seem to be slowly improving (very slowly, but still it's progress).

I've not seen anything to suggest that it's losing money and is relying on some sort of deep pocketed benafactor. Unless you count all the comic fans and gamers with deep pockets full of disposable income.

 nicromancer wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Yeah, there was a lot to keep up with,and it wasn't cheap if you were a completionist.


On Heroclix, I suspect that it falls into a similar category as GW's Lord of the Rings did - bought largely by people collecting it just for the miniatures, or people playing at home rather than out in public. This gives the impression of a game that is doing far worse than it actually is, because we never see anyone playing it.


Or, as you say, it's just being run by someone with very deep pockets who doesn't care that it's not making any money.

Good point, Lord of the rings is thriving in private.

There used to be a store in leicester that sold only heroclix and D&D miniatures, the old rubbery ones.

It was always packed full of heroclix players, and this was, as i say, around the time when the figures were good, back when theyd just got some big licenses.
it closed after a while, popped up, thrived, sank like a stone. the players never switched to another store or even seemed to lament it.
I think whoever aquired wizkids did it purely for the licences as they cut off everything that wasn't a third party IP/

WizKids was acquired by Topps, Inc. (the baseball card company) in 2003. In 2009 they were acquired by National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) who have around 60 licenses, ranging from 300 to Robocop to Donnie Darko.