Galactic Guardians Booster Pulls

I’ve been promising the share my Galactic Guardians pulls for what feels like forever, and now I’m finally getting around to it! Better late than never, right?

I ordered three boosters, and then as I was placing an order for some singles, I threw one more booster in there. I got them all for just under 9 bucks each, so that’s not too shabby. I’m looking to buy some Giant Sized X-Men boosters, but I can’t find any place that has them in stock. Anyone out there got any tips?

So on to the pulls! Well, first, I should add that I wasn’t holding my breath. My luck with pulls has been horrid, so I decided ahead of time not to count on anything. I wanted just about everything in this set, so I’d be happy with whatever I got.

With that said! My first booster was epic. I could see Nova Prime, which I was pleased with. Blood Brother, eh… Then as I pulled it out, I see that I not only got Dr. Strange, but an Astral to go with him! I really wanted both of those, and then lastly, a Mr. Fantastic Super Rare! That’s my first super rare pull. Awesome.

Next booster had a Nova Corp Recruit, and Namor who I was pretty pleased with. It also had Drax, my favorite member of the Infinity Watch. This guy performed so great that I might write a review on him. He rocked some games over the weekend. There was also Red Shift to go with my Heralds collection, and a Silver Surfer. Another great pull in my opinion!

The next booster was my weakest, I felt. A Nova Prime and Drax doubles, but that’s okay cause I was hoping for some trade fodder. Lyja the Lazerfist and Xavin are two skrulls I’m unfamiliar with, so they’re trade fodder too. The saving grace of this booster was Morg to go in with the rest of my Heralds.

Lastly, my final booster came through for yet another great set of pulls. First were a few generics, Doombot and Annihilation Seeker and another Astral to go with my Dr. Strange. Then another Silver Surfer so I’ve got some quality trade fodder, and finally another SR, Stranger. I used him a little bit, and his power is impressive.

So those are my Galactic Guardian pulls! Stay tuned Clix fans for some terrain updates, and I may try writing some fig reviews.

Galactic Guardians Release

So it’s release day for Galactic Guardians, HeroClix’s newest set, and I’ve got to admit, I’m excited! It’s a galactic themed set, and I’ve always liked Marvel’s galactic characters. I’ve got some Amazon gift cards piled up, so I’ve been watching their site like a hawk, and they finally offered a few boosters. I ordered 3 right away!

I was just looking through some of the figs this set offers, and there are a lot of really neat ones. It seems to be a pretty powerful set, too, as to be expected from characters who can travel the universe. I’m a guy who likes to make teams, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed for some specific pulls.

The first figs I noticed were characters from the Infinity Watch and the Heralds of Galactus. The Heralds and the entire Galactus mythos completely rocks, but first I’ll start with the Infinity Watch.

The Hammer of Thor set brought us Pip the Troll and Moondragon, and now we can nicely finish up the Infinity Watch with Adam Warlock, Gamora and Drax. I really dig Drax, both his old and new incarnation, and his sculpt is really slick.

Then we have the Heralds of Galactus. Now, I’ve promised myself I would try not to get into the whole collector aspect of this hobby. I’d just try to get my hands on the figs that are interesting to me and play and trade them. The Heralds, and even that awesome colossal Galactus fig, are another story.

You can go back to the old Avengers set, and there are some LE Heralds to be found there. There’s a nice Terrax the Tamer, Stardust, and Firelord. Hammer of Thor again brought us Air-Walker, so there’s four Heralds already. The Galactic Guardians set will really allow us to field an impressive team of Heralds.

Silver Surfer is the obvious one. The sculpt is very nice and he seems appropriately powerful for being the favored Herald. There’s several others, though, like Red Shift, Morg and Fallen One. Morg is a favorite of mine. I always liked the idea of a ruthless herald, and then Fallen One is the first herald I believe. Red Shift will apparently have a power that allows him to teleport an enemy away after slashing them with his sword.

So I’m trying to get my hands on Galactus and as many Heralds as I can. It would be fun to throw them all on a team together and see an army of heroes and villains unite to take them down. My girlfriend had the idea of pitting all the Heralds against Galactus in a scenario where they turn on him. As a fan of the Galactus mythos, these are the figs I’m most excited to see come out of this set.

There are lots of noteworthy individual figs in the set, too. Dr. Strange will be represented as a member of the Defenders, I believe, but I really want him for my Midnight Sons set. He also comes with a mechanic that I’m eager to try, where there are Astral Dr. Strange figs that he can summon into a battle.

I’m a new Nova fan. I discovered him during the Annihilation story arc, so I picked up some of his comics and they’re really good so far. Plus he was once a New Warrior, and that’s a set I’m piecing together.

My nephew likes his villains, and the bigger and badder the better, so Dr. Doom or Thanos would be nice as well. Thanos and Mistress Death would be fun to pit against the Infinity Watch for a nice 600 point match. I’ll be trying to trade for a Dormammu colossal at some point too, I’m sure. My Midnight Sons will need someone to beat up on until they finally give us a supernatural themed set.

So that’s me getting geek-excited over the latest HeroClix set. I’m still working on the weekend’s battle report – I’ll likely break that up into two posts, and I’ll post pics of my pulls as soon as my boosters get here, so stay tuned Clix fans!