Questions about wave 8.5/lg. hero set

[holycrusader7]

Does anybody know anything about the large hero set that was on the home page a couple days ago?Like release date,figure names/stats, and so on amd so forth?Thanks.

[Cavalier]

Start here: TICALLA JUNGLE and AQUILLA'S ALLIANCE scheduled for October

Then you can go here: Comic -Con News!!! You heard it here first!

[jcb231]

Originally Posted by holycrusader7

Does anybody know anything about the large hero set that was on the home page a couple days ago?Like release date,figure names/stats, and so on amd so forth?Thanks.

Because you're fairly new, I'll cut ya some slack and give you the reader's digest version:

The set ships with the Ticalla Jungle set this fall. There will be two large hero packs for each one jungle set in the shipping box.

The full name of the large hero pack is Aquilla's Alliance: Heroes of the Quagmire.

The average price will be around $20, same as previous large packs.

The set contains five figures, all of which have double-sized bases.

The figures are:
1.Wo-Sa-Ga, a worm/snake-like Marro creature for Utgar.
2.Zetacron, a Soulborg for Jandar.
3.Zelrig, a flying dragon for Einar.
4.SuJoah, a dragonfly-like giant insect for Aquilla.
5.Gurei-Oni, a one-eyed Asian Oni creature, similar to a Cyclops or perhaps a one-eyed troll.

[JediNate]

Oni are demons from Japanese folklore, not cyclopeses or trolls. Just wanted to clear that up and say that it's nice to see non-human units for Einar.

[ej]

Did you seriously say 1 jungle and 2 heroes per box? That's crazy! Did they think that the Jungle set isn't going to sell as well as an expensive box of 5 unique figures? Did Orm's Return teach them nothing?

[damja]

Originally Posted by JediNate

Oni are demons from Japanese folklore, not cyclopeses or trolls. Just wanted to clear that up and say that it's nice to see non-human units for Einar.

He said "similar to a cyclops" which would be true since by medical definition a cyclops is an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused. Some Oni have only one eye - therefore they would also be a cyclops.

Although, I do agree that it's nice to see some asian mythology making its way to the Asian-themed general. I wish Zelrig looked a tad more Asian in design.

[Sci-fi Messiah]

Originally Posted by damja

He said "similar to a cyclops" which would be true since by medical definition a cyclops is an individual or fetus abnormal in having a single eye or the usual two orbits fused. Some Oni have only one eye - therefore they would also be a cyclops.

Although, I do agree that it's nice to see some asian mythology making its way to the Asian-themed general. I wish Zelrig looked a tad more Asian in design.

This reminds me, I have not played Okami in a while...

[Billtog]

Originally Posted by damja

I wish Zelrig looked a tad more Asian in design.

And had a better name. Zelrig?

Why not Kaikatsu or something?




Zelrig.

[DingoDarkly]

Originally Posted by JediNate

Oni are demons from Japanese folklore, not cyclopeses or trolls. Just wanted to clear that up and say that it's nice to see non-human units for Einar.

Kyrie aren't Human and Einar has those.

[RichardD]

Originally Posted by Billtog

Why not Kaikatsu or something?

Because written backwards that would be Ustakiak. Which is silly.

[Revdyer]

Originally Posted by Billtog

And had a better name. Zelrig?

Why not Kaikatsu or something?




Zelrig.

I bet it's one of those HeroScape anagram names, from someone named Glizer. <grin>

[Finrod]

Originally Posted by ej

Did you seriously say 1 jungle and 2 heroes per box? That's crazy! Did they think that the Jungle set isn't going to sell as well as an expensive box of 5 unique figures? Did Orm's Return teach them nothing?

No.

Because Hasbro Marketing is smarter than you. They have super-high-level executive decision-making meetings that go something like this:

Hasbro Marketer: Hey, kid! Which would you rather have, this box full of trees or this box full of cool monsters, including a DRAGON??

6-year-old Kid: Cool! I want the dragon!

Hasbro Marketer: That answer that question. Package these at least two-to-one for the dragon. Maybe even three-to-one.

Hasbro Marketer 2: Excellent work. Now let's figure out how much we can bill the corporation for this decision!