Indy HeroClix Final Sneak Peek - Major Maxim

[Draddog]

<TABLE BORDER="0"><TR><TD><P ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE BORDER="0"><TR><TD COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="1"><B> Major Maxim</B></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Unit Num:</B> 052</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Point Value:</B> 28</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Team:</B> None</TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Unit Num:</B> 053</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Point Value:</B> 35</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Team:</B> None</TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Unit Num:</B> 054</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Point Value:</B> 50</TD><TD><FONT SIZE="1"><B>Team:</B> None</TD></TR></TABLE><FONT SIZE="1"><P>Major Maxim is the big, muscle-bound bad guy that gives Abbey Chase and the other women from <i>Danger Girl</i> such a hard time. He’s a powerhouse, but on a human scale. Despite his immense size he always manages to show up right behind people without them noticing. Once he’s there he unleashes with his super-serum-powered strength which he can use to either heft objects using Super Strength or clobbering opponents with Close Combat Expert. One big plus, once he loses those abilities, his damage value increases, so that he can still deal the same damage for a while longer. The Major also has a heft dose of Toughness in each of his versions, so he can take some damage without folding. Finally, at the end of his dial he has a click or two of Regeneration to get him back into fighting form. His Rookie and Experienced versions don’t have a ranged attack, but his Veteran version has a range of 8 and Energy Explosion – remember when he grabbed that huge machine gun? I do.</TD><TD><IMG SRC="/images/indy/in052.gif"></TD></TR></TABLE>

[hair10]

Where's the B/C/F? Now I'm disappointed. :p

[CarlosMucha]

Is really big!

[Darth Sabre]

Looks cool from the neck down! What is up with his face?

Also, is it me, or does this dude sound like an Indy version of Bane?

[WytchKnight]

That is without a doubt the worst proportioned figure I have seen.

[CarlosMucha]

is Bane in disguise!!!

[CandySuxxx]

great scuplt! looks like it was takin' right outta the comic.

[shin-goji]

Oh my god! It's a Stikfa in a trenchcoat!

[MarkFinn]

Originally posted by hair10
Where's the B/C/F? Now I'm disappointed. :p

Thank GOD someone made that joke. Seriously. I'd miss it if no one said it. It's become an old friend on these preview threads, the B/C/F-No B/C/F jabs. Like a sore tooth that you can't stop tonguing, these quips.

And to the person that said the proportions are off, let me suggest to you that J. Scott Campbell ain't no master of anatomy to begin with...so when you take something that's wrong to begin with and then shrink and compress it into a 1/48 scale figure, well, it's bound to look a little wonky.

[Evil Kneebler]

He looks cool.
Even if he reminds me of Marvin the Martian with that face.
"Where's my Illudium Q Modulator?"

[Hairydragontoe]

What a funky looking guy! :laugh: I have no idea who 95% of these characters are in the new expansion, but I'm still excited for Indy just for the fact that the figures are so neat looking and, hey, they're someone new to play with! :classic:

[HBK]

That's Illduium Q36 Explosive Space Modulator thank you :grin:

[Deathlok23]

Very cool figure, Bane done as Aquaman with a dash of Wolverine at the end. In the Support poor IndyClix environment, he will be a great figure to use. I just wish we could have some generic neo-naz..er..I mean Hammer Troopers to go with him. Great sculpt BTW.

[AlaskanXIII]

Yeah, his proportions are pretty much exactly like that in the comic. It's intentional, people! We're past the days of Thor-like sculpts and rogueish paint-jobs! *fingers crossed*

[Litz]

Wait, comics DON'T always have exact proportions?!? NO WAY!!!
Seriously though, He actually looks pretty good, like the comic. My ONLY gripe, "stealth"? common! Look at him! Whos gonna miss this guy, A giant neo-nazi in a trenchcoat, with a big tank of glowing blue liquid on his back! He put to much into the whole appearing behind people aspect. Charge hello? Force Blast, something besides stealth. Other than that he's cheap and cool looking. Better than Sydney who got screwed. I still think they should have made the Hammer Empire TA.

[Evil Kneebler]

LOL, the more I look at him and think of Marvin's voice, the more I laugh. Can't wait to play him now.
My gaming tactic of choice: Distraction!

[AlaskanXIII]

...course, that doesn't mean they've gotten any more creative with the poses themselves. A Stikfa in a trenchcoat? Try Ultron!

And when they DO get creative, we get "Swan Lake" Spidey and Venom...

[CandySuxxx]

the detail on his arm band and back pack are sweet

[GoAndrewGo]

The drugs Maxim uses are supposed to be part of the Nazi's err, the Hammer's obsession with experimentation with physical and magical whatnot to increase their chances of taking over the world. Maxim's a great character and his piece looks great too (sculpt and stat-wise).

[Manchine]

Wow this one looks actually very interesting.

[EmperorNorton]

So that's what you get when a SS guy and a wasp mate...

EmperorNorton

[quicklymilktea]

The CCE and SS on his first two clicks on veteran are kind of redundant, as they do the same damage. Seems fairly push friendly, on the 3rd click, he becomes a very good ranged attacker.

All that for 50 pts, this guy is a stud. Even the R/E versions are undercosted for what you get.

[hair10]

Originally posted by shin-goji
Oh my god! It's a Stikfa in a trenchcoat!
LMAO!

It's Bane wrapped in black leather. Dominatrix Bane!! :laugh:

[SpinnerLover]

I can imagine him next to the PSM Hulk saying "Ok Hulk...do your worst! I've got a gas mask on."

[shin-goji]

http://www.neomonsterisland.com/herolix/index.html
Ok, here is your Major Maxim comic.

[Braden]

Originally posted by MarkFinn
Thank GOD someone made that joke. Seriously. I'd miss it if no one said it. It's become an old friend on these preview threads, the B/C/F-No B/C/F jabs. Like a sore tooth that you can't stop tonguing, these quips.

And to the person that said the proportions are off, let me suggest to you that J. Scott Campbell ain't no master of anatomy to begin with...so when you take something that's wrong to begin with and then shrink and compress it into a 1/48 scale figure, well, it's bound to look a little wonky.

But man wouldn't it be sweet if anatomy was just life J. Scott Campbell drew it....

[DreadDormammu]

I still think they should have made the Hammer Empire TA.I think the worst decision behind IndyClix was making the "teams" based on publisher rather than in-comic organization.

[space_cowboy]

I don't know. How many teams would there be otherwise?

[Keleko]

I have the E-Major Maxim. 35 points for super strength, 10 attack and CCE (on top of 1 damage). The rookie gives you SS for 28 points - cheapest ever! He and Judge Hershey are probably my favorite sculpts of the Indy line.

[MarkFinn]

Originally posted by Braden
But man wouldn't it be sweet if anatomy was just life J. Scott Campbell drew it....

Apparently, you haven't been to a "Gentleman's Club" lately. Where do you think Campbell and Turner and the rest of them get their inspiration from? Turner draws fake breasts like nobody's business. And Aspen? That's totally a stripper name. Danger Girl? That's Campbell's three favorite strippers. Look at the names. Look at how they dress.

The ONLY good thing about Stripperella is the fact that it's honest about its source material. Think about it. Have you seen those Image guys? Nebbishes, the lot of them. Paste-eaters. Video game-playing morons. Why not hang out with strippers? They can afford it. And in the VR world of the strip club, these guys are all really funny and clever and important...as long as the $20s are forthcoming.

Man, I'm glad I'm getting married in a month.

[DaLuvster89]

I think he looks pretty cool, stat wise. Probubly would look cool carrying a dumpster w/ him, too. Really inexpensive for the abilities he has, though...

[shin-goji]

Mark Finn, those were some of the best insults I have ever read!

[suprsktrjustn]

wow it looks like major maxim has shall we say stick for brains. hahahaha, seroiusly im sure he doesn't liked to be poked at:laugh: :laugh:

[MarkFinn]

Originally posted by shin-goji
Mark Finn, those were some of the best insults I have ever read!

Wow, thanks Shin!

I feel like I just successfully snatched the pebble from the Master's hand.

[Genin]

Since when does SS = CCE?

[the itsy bit]

I'm Herr Flick von der Gestapo !!;)

Spider Senses are not thesame thing as CCE.
:classic:

[Genin]

Not Super Senes, Super Strength. He seems to give CCE to Maxim based solely on the fact that his serum makes him a lot stronger. So my question is, how does Super Strength = Close Combat Expert?

[sniksder]

I have seen this figure in person , and it looks a lot better in person than this picture, very nice scuplt

[TyeDyeSamurai]

I think they're really experimenting with power combinations in this set to minimize cost.
Look at all the figs we've seen. The descriptions say that characters are so so powerful, then the point cost is like, 12 > 16 > 20

Maxim goes from 1 dmg w/ CCE to a raw 3 dmg. Doing weird stuff like this probably helps to beef up the figs without making them all over-priced. It'll also help to sell Indy clix. A loser character that plays really well is still a good fig for a power gamer's team.

[Genin]

While i agree it's nice to have more playable figures, i'd like to see figures represented more truely.

[hair10]

Originally posted by shin-goji
Mark Finn, those were some of the best insults I have ever read!
Is it just me or does MarkFinn seem to have a lot of pent up anger?!?! Must be those pre-nuptial nerves! :p

[DS-00-0, FSD]

Originally posted by MarkFinn
Apparently, you haven't been to a "Gentleman's Club" lately. Where do you think Campbell and Turner and the rest of them get their inspiration from? Turner draws fake breasts like nobody's business. And Aspen? That's totally a stripper name. Danger Girl? That's Campbell's three favorite strippers. Look at the names. Look at how they dress.

The ONLY good thing about Stripperella is the fact that it's honest about its source material. Think about it. Have you seen those Image guys? Nebbishes, the lot of them. Paste-eaters. Video game-playing morons. Why not hang out with strippers? They can afford it. And in the VR world of the strip club, these guys are all really funny and clever and important...as long as the $20s are forthcoming.

Man, I'm glad I'm getting married in a month.

Wow, this post sooo put me in the mood to go to a nudie bar. Hey, hair10, feel like meeting at Big Al's tonight??

;) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Litz]

Originally posted by DaLuvster89
I think he looks pretty cool, stat wise. Probubly would look cool carrying a dumpster w/ him, too. Really inexpensive for the abilities he has, though...

I would have like the HUGE machine gun like the action figure. Course I would also of liked Deuce, Valerie, JC, Agent Zero, Johnny, some generic Hammer guys (medic? hello?) and a Sydney that didn't suck. I suppose thats what expansions are for, fixing the inevitable screw ups/room space constraint issues of the main set. He looks awesome though.

[CquinnO27]

He looks like a cockroach dressed like a Nazi

[Superfro]

Originally posted by shin-goji
http://www.neomonsterisland.com/herolix/index.html
Ok, here is your Major Maxim comic.

Why is it MY comic?! I never asked for it and I certainly don't want to accept it.

[freakazoid_x]

This figure looks so awesome.

[Billy Jack]

Ekke is that the most goofy looking thing you ever saw? Outside of Elaine Benice dancing i mean. And what's really bad I know if i start collecting Indy Clix i'll wind up with five of him.
:( :grin: :rolleyes:

[hair10]

Originally posted by DS-00-0, FSD
Wow, this post sooo put me in the mood to go to a nudie bar. Hey, hair10, feel like meeting at Big Al's tonight??


Heh.

"Where you can't touch a breast but you can cave in a chest.... at the nudie bar."

[Billy Jack]

where you can blacken an eye, but can't touch her thigh at the nudie bar, where the beer gives you gas but the bundy's kick ### at the nudie bar.
I wish whizkids would consider nudie bars as a venue option. :D

[Billy Jack]

Originally posted by MarkFinn
Apparently, you haven't been to a "Gentleman's Club" lately. Where do you think Campbell and Turner and the rest of them get their inspiration from? Turner draws fake breasts like nobody's business. And Aspen? That's totally a stripper name. Danger Girl? That's Campbell's three favorite strippers. Look at the names. Look at how they dress.

The ONLY good thing about Stripperella is the fact that it's honest about its source material. Think about it. Have you seen those Image guys? Nebbishes, the lot of them. Paste-eaters. Video game-playing morons. Why not hang out with strippers? They can afford it. And in the VR world of the strip club, these guys are all really funny and clever and important...as long as the $20s are forthcoming.

Man, I'm glad I'm getting married in a month.

Hey Mark don't you use the old five dollar bill with a fishing line attached? Oh becareful the strippers I know throw those ice cold quarters back at yeah.
:knockedou :)

[Mentok]

Super strength while carying an object equals CCE for the most part, for the one that was wondering, like the fig, can't wait to see what else is in the set

[hair10]

Originally posted by Billy Jack
where you can blacken an eye, but can't touch her thigh at the nudie bar, where the beer gives you gas but the bundy's kick ### at the nudie bar.
I wish whizkids would consider nudie bars as a venue option. :D
LOL! I was wondering who would catch it! :)

If Big Al's was the venue, I guess I couldn't run any juniors tournaments. Hmmm... is a thong on the map considered hindering or blocking terrain?

[Billy Jack]

Originally posted by hair10
LOL! I was wondering who would catch it! :)

If Big Al's was the venue, I guess I couldn't run any juniors tournaments. Hmmm... is a thong on the map considered hindering or blocking terrain?
Hey that'd be cool no kids, and beer. Easy tourney winnings.
Oh btw Al Bundy's my god, check my profile, and isn't it called the jigly room? Let's just remember not to go on big girl nite, the wrong things might be jiggling:cool: :squareeye

[hair10]

Originally posted by Billy Jack
and isn't it called the jigly room?
Yeah, I think so. "Big Al's" is the world famous club right here in Peoria, IL (where I live). DS-00-0, FSD only lives about 45 minutes away. :)

[Phantom]

Originally posted by Genin
Not Super Senes, Super Strength. He seems to give CCE to Maxim based solely on the fact that his serum makes him a lot stronger. So my question is, how does Super Strength = Close Combat Expert? Probably because Maxim actually gets his super-strength from an external source, and you can Outwit it to reduce his damage.

The combination of SS and CCE is kinda redundant, but it has its uses. Maxim bases you with an object. Now you have a choice – outwit Super-Strength, in which case he hits you with CCE. Outwit CCE, in which case he’ll still hit you with the object. Outwit Toughness and hit him, in which case he’ll probably still do 3 damage unless you hit him hard.

For a character who can basically be summed up as “Mini-Bane” he’s not that bad. Probably one of the best in the set.

[PantherPriest]

If nothing else Mark you're always entertaining to listen to.


Strippers and heroclix. What really speaks volumes is that it would sell huge. If they avoided the obvious controversy.


Ladies and gentleman I do believe that this is our last indyclix preview. This time next week Indyclix will be here. Love it or hate it, you have to admit it's upcoming has turned more controversty then any other set.

[the itsy bit]

Originally posted by PantherPriest

Ladies and gentleman I do believe that this is our last indyclix preview. This time next week Indyclix will be here. Love it or hate it, you have to admit it's upcoming has turned more controversty then any other set.

then we finally get some Critical Mass previews !!

I hope we get some CCE too.

[4AD_Punk]

Originally posted by quicklymilktea
The CCE and SS on his first two clicks on veteran are kind of redundant, as they do the same damage.

I don't think it is that redundant. Super Strength gives the fig more options: making range attacks by throwing light or heavy objects to inflict 2 or 3 damage without having to be base to base.

[skyounkin]

I totally see a Marshal Law the hero hunter repaint coming on:laugh:

[ohoni]

The ONLY good thing about Stripperella is the fact that it's honest about its source material. Think about it. Have you seen those Image guys? Nebbishes, the lot of them.

Actually, I've never met Campbell but I hung out with Turner a bit at Wizard World Philly, and he cleans up pretty nice. Also, his girlfriend (fiance' I think) was H-O-T HOT. She was pretty much on the same league as anyone he's drawn.

[WytchKnight]

Now I have a Nazi hat for red skull too. With these two dudes you can start a Heroclix 4th riech. Great for those Capt. America senarios.

[Drashia]

Earth Worm Jim clix?

[Jadehorde]

Originally posted by MarkFinn
Apparently, you haven't been to a "Gentleman's Club" lately. Where do you think Campbell and Turner and the rest of them get their inspiration from? Turner draws fake breasts like nobody's business. And Aspen? That's totally a stripper name. Danger Girl? That's Campbell's three favorite strippers. Look at the names. Look at how they dress.

The ONLY good thing about Stripperella is the fact that it's honest about its source material. Think about it. Have you seen those Image guys? Nebbishes, the lot of them. Paste-eaters. Video game-playing morons. Why not hang out with strippers? They can afford it. And in the VR world of the strip club, these guys are all really funny and clever and important...as long as the $20s are forthcoming.

Man, I'm glad I'm getting married in a month.

Does your wife know she's marrying such a huge superiority complex in a month??

Can't speak for Campbell but Turner is an accomplished martial artist (I think reds in two discplines as of 98) and does stuff like barefoot water skiing...

He ain't the stereotypical comic geek...

I'm mainly giving him props for fighting off bone cancer that had him lose some serious bone mass...not a big fan of his work, but since you're mainly making a personal attack on someone you've ASSUMED to be so far below you socially...due to some beliefs on what artists that draw in his style would be like.

That and I took umbrage at the video game playing morons comment...

Hey if you find no enjoyment in playing video games, fine...don't be denigrating others for their hobbies...comic fan...just to let you know where I'm ocming on this one.

[Litz]

Originally posted by Jadehorde
Does your wife know she's marrying such a huge superiority complex in a month??

Can't speak for Campbell but Turner is an accomplished martial artist (I think reds in two discplines as of 98) and does stuff like barefoot water skiing...

He ain't the stereotypical comic geek...

I'm mainly giving him props for fighting off bone cancer that had him lose some serious bone mass...not a big fan of his work, but since you're mainly making a personal attack on someone you've ASSUMED to be so far below you socially...due to some beliefs on what artists that draw in his style would be like.

That and I took umbrage at the video game playing morons comment...

Hey if you find no enjoyment in playing video games, fine...don't be denigrating others for their hobbies...comic fan...just to let you know where I'm ocming on this one.

Were any of his comments based on an interview or anything based in fact or just assumptions. Cause the DG's are ONE thing "CAMP" they're campy Charlie's Angel throwbacks. Their names aren't "stripper names" they are puns. Abby "Chase's" after relics and villains, Sydney is Australian (makes sense now) Savage part refers to her wilder more flirtatious manner. Natalia Kassel is a real first and last name, whats strippery about J.C.? Silicon Valerie is a pun based on both the Silicon Valley, and Silicon in computer chip boards.(She's a hacker par excellence.) Maybe they ARE based on real strippers I don't know I'd like to think more of J.S.C. and though blatant T&A it was entertaining and well done.

Stripperella has no point other than to claim to give what me want and pander to the beer swilling man show watching Maxim reading crowd. As is the case with the whole Spike network giving MTV the run for the "most pretentious network in the world" honor.

I play allot of video games, as for the most part I can't stand TV anymore, what with the sitcom almost going the way of the dinosaur. Time was back in aught' 6, we had these things called "shows" that told stories. Now people compete for brides and eat piles of crazy carp for prizes. Makes me sick just thinkin about it!

Anyone better be careful throwing around words like "dork" or "nerd" here, as they might shatter their glass house with those stones.

[daredevil11]

Anyone remember Beeker the lab assistant from the Muppet Show?

"Beeker, be careful with that Super Soldier Serum . . . . Oh noooooo!!!:eek: "

Sorry it just came to mind when I saw him . .. .

[Litz]

lol *meep*! *meep*!

[Psylockeslover]

Originally posted by PantherPriest
Strippers and heroclix. What really speaks volumes is that it would sell huge. If they avoided the obvious controversy.


mmmmm.....strippers........and heroclix......

And to whoever asked....a thong on the map signals that the game is over and the fun begins......;)

[hair10]

Originally posted by Psylockeslover
And to whoever asked....a thong on the map signals that the game is over and the fun begins......;)
That was me... and thanks for the ruling! :p

[frankthedm]

Originally posted by Psylockeslover
mmmmm.....strippers........and heroclix......


Strippers tend to wear more than a lot of the female heroclix...;)

Major maxim looks intresting. I like him because he will make a GREAT base to mod Resident evil's / Biohazard's Mr X and Nemisis tyrant breeds.

STAAAAAARS!

[Litz]

Originally posted by Psylockeslover
mmmmm.....strippers........and heroclix......

And to whoever asked....a thong on the map signals that the game is over and the fun begins......;)

Soo that pretty much means most Indy games start off over! :p