Many people, including myself, feel that single booster sets are filler until the next real set comes out. As a result of this thinking, if the distribution of single-booster sets became the norm, I'd be irritated.

many other people disagree, though. They like that single-figure boosters provide a less expensive way to casually buy clix. Many people feel that "a clix is a clix, whether it came from a starter, Gravity Feed or 5-figure-booster "SET".

Both approaches are valid and neither is right or wrong. But I'd like to know what you all think.

"Do you like single-figure boosters?"

I would be fine if they weren't $3 a pop. if they were more like $2.25 I would like them just as much as regular 5 figure boosters.

So things being the way they are, I said I really disliked them.

I honestly don't know what demographic is targeted with single-figure boosters. The casual non-gamer? One figure is not enough to play. The gamer? For a duplicate figure from a main set where only the dial is different? To the collector? Not worth the price of assembling a 10-figure set. so where is the advantage?

Cons: They cost more per figure.
Greater chance of pulling several duds in a row.

Pros: You can look inside to see what you get...if you're that kind of person.
Ok, so maybe this isn't much of a pro...

I selected 'strongly dislike single figure boosters'.

Most of that is me hating the 24 or 29 whatever set distribution where you cannot get a whole set in a case.

The 10 figure sets where you get two whole sets in a 24 case are still distasteful, but less so.

I have a decent amount of discretionary income to spend on heroclix but I am still having a hard time keeping up with everything and have to quash my completionist tendencies. For those on tighter budgets, it must be worse.

I'm still divided in my opinion. I know I won't like it if the game goes solely to singles, whether it's on the 24-fig CUR model of LoTR, SF and DKR or the 10-fig Primer even rarity model. I do think they make good additions to the game for outside materials; LoTR and SF are perfect examples. Sure, Street Fighter could easily have fit 50+ characters but we got the majority of the classic core stuff, and it leaves room for a second go-round to get the newer stuff. Fine with it. The 10-fig Primers are excellent for video game properties like Gears of War and Assassin's Creed. Give us the primary heroes, primary villains and a mook or two. Beautiful.

I think one of the most important things about single-fig smaller sets is that it consumes less of WK's resources and time. There's obviously only so much product they can design and put out in one year (though they seem set on pushing exactly how much that is) and if you're not interested in the content of an alternative product, it's easier to avoid in single boosters. If Street Fighter was a 5-fig full size set, there'd have been a lot of people who had no interest in it and nothing to interest them until the next set came along.

Single fig makes a pleasant apertif before/after/between main set courses, but it would be unsatisfying as an entree.

I dislike single figure boosters for the simple reason that they're more expensive per figure than the 5 figure boosters are and are also a blind purchase.

I've never been poorer than I've been now.

Single boosters have grown on me greatly. I feel they are absolutely needed for the players like me who can barely afford a $1.25 bottled water each week. Every other product in the Heroclix work costs over $10 (minus the classic packs). Heroclix really needs the single boosters and $2.99 is not too expensive in my opinion. $2.49 would just be so much better, but I can afford a single booster every now and then.

People that can buy merchandise by the brick, or can easily afford a booster pack a week are going to spend that money no matter what. Those that can't afford a single booster won't be spending a penny on the game without single boosters.

I like them they are more impulse friendly but I hate how much packaging they use

I'm a gamer first, so: single boosters with a 10 figure/flat rarity are my favorite. Two people can split a box and each get a whole set. Collecting done; time to play!

Single boosters with C/U/R- no way. They cost more per figure, and it seems like you pay as much as a booster set to get everything (minus chases of course), but the set is only 2/3 the size. Which is what Wizkids wants, I guess. . .

This is my feeling. They are perfect for buying a little at a time, impulse buys, or a small purchase to "support your venue" at the weekly Heroclix night. And I've been able to go online and buy singles of these single-booster sets just as easily as singles from larger sets, unless the single-booster sets are exclusive to big box retailers (that's a whole 'nother discussion).

I prefer my single-figure booster sets to be small and with equal rarity between figures, but I'm okay with the rarity levels as well. I think the single-figure boosters are a good move by WK. And judging by the number of collectible products that have been selling this way for the past few years, it seems to be a popular sales model. Generally something is popular and copied like this when it's a success.

I'm OK with these smaller single fig sets as long as they are completely unique from the standard releases (like the 10th anniversary sets).

The only way I find them acceptable is if they are 10 figure sets and all the same rarity. They are to expensive and hard to get for the larger sets like Avengers movie set.

my complaint about the single booster. Ultron was only in the single booster, while the Ultron-Drone was in the main Chaos set. To me that is a marketing stroke of greatness, but a rip-off to us players. So if you are going to do the singles, do generics; or more of. Characters along the lines of drones, moloids, healers. You could even do pogo made into clix, Mary Jane, or Tony AE. So stay away from one fig that will not be in the core set.

I said other. I don't mind $3 a pop so much (You can almost always talk the store down to a deal [10 for $25 or somesuch])

The problem is that some stores are selling them at higher than that (I have seen $3.99 all the way to $5.99 for the Star Trek single boosters).

When it changes the price of the game for exactly ZERO benefit, I have a problem with it.