{"id":6114,"date":"2016-09-26T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67272bb316.nxcli.io\/heroclix\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2016-10-13T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T19:30:57","slug":"tmnt-heroclix-heroes-in-a-half-shell-fast-forces-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2016\/09\/26\/tmnt-heroclix-heroes-in-a-half-shell-fast-forces-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TMNT HeroClix: Heroes in a Half Shell Fast Forces Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings HeroClix Fans!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back for another exciting preview for the\u00a0<strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Heroes in a Half Shell\u00a0<\/strong>set!\u00a0 The Fast Forces Pack joins the second TMNT HeroClix Gravity Feed \u00a0set adding more than 30 characters from the\u00a032-years of TMNT history, based on both\u00a0the comics and animated TV series.\u00a0 The first three characters we are going to look at in this Fast Forces Pack represent the turtles and their allies from the original 1987 cartoon show. Introducing\u00a0<strong>Leonardo<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Raphael<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Casey Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the turtles in this pack come in at 75 points, share the\u00a0<em>TMNT<\/em>,\u00a0<em>TMNT Ally<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Animal,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Martial Artist<\/em>keywords and have a few other features that make the\u00a0<strong>Shredder\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>head spin.\u00a0 Even though they are mutated into human size, they are still turtles and are most at home near water, which is evident by their\u00a0<em>Aquatic\u00a0<\/em>movement symbol that lets them get around the sewers unencumbered.\u00a0 They all start off with similar defense powers;\u00a0<em>Invulnerability<\/em>\u00a0moving into\u00a0<em>Toughness<\/em>.\u00a0 The last shared feature is the trait\u00a0<em>\u201c\u2019Clang\u2019?\u00a0 Did You Say \u2018Clang\u2019?\u201d\u00a0<\/em>that modifies their attack value by +1 when attacking only characters 75 points or less, and modifies their damage values by +1 when attacking only characters with the\u00a0<em>Robot\u00a0<\/em>keyword.\u00a0 That covers their basic ninja training skills; let\u2019s get into their individual fighting styles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18105\" src=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo.jpg 1200x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo-300x139.jpg 300x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo-768x355.jpg 768x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-004-Leonardo-1024x474.jpg 1024x\" alt=\"TMNT HeroClix: Heroes In A Half Shell Fast Forces - Leonardo\" width=\"524\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting us off is the team leader,<strong>\u00a0Leonardo<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Leonardo<\/strong>\u00a0keeps on the move with a mix of\u00a0<em>Charge<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Sidestep<\/em>\u00a0to keep chasing the<strong>\u00a0Foot Clan<\/strong>\u00a0goons and their lackeys.\u00a0 In addition to late dial\u00a0<em>Blades\/Claws\/Fangs,<\/em>\u00a0representing his skills with dual katana blades,<strong>\u00a0Leo\u00a0<\/strong>adds a special attack power to his close combat repertoire, the\u00a0<em>Two-Toed Kick.\u00a0<\/em>This special power\u00a0that lets him use\u00a0<em>Force Blast<\/em>\u00a0as a free action after hitting a single character with a close attack and gives that character an action token, if they don\u2019t already have one.\u00a0 On damage, he shows his practical leadership chops as he\u00a0<em>Empowers<\/em>\u00a0his brothers in shells to hit harder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18106\" src=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael.jpg 1200x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael-300x139.jpg 300x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael-768x355.jpg 768x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-001-Raphael-1024x474.jpg 1024x\" alt=\"TMNT HeroClix: Heroes In A Half Shell Fast Forces - Raphael\" width=\"524\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<strong>Leonardo\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0cool head doesn\u2019t prevail,\u00a0<strong>Raphael<\/strong>\u00a0gets mad and gets even!\u00a0 Starting off with<em>\u00a0Sidestep<\/em>and finishing a little more motivated with\u00a0<em>Charge<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Close Combat Expert<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Raphael\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0dial is also bookended by a special attack power.\u00a0<em>\u00a0Break Open A Fire Hydrant<\/em>\u00a0lets him use\u00a0<em>Incapacitate<\/em>\u00a0with a range value of 4 and, after actions resolve, any hit characters are knocked back a number of squares equal to the number of actions they have.\u00a0 Like\u00a0<strong>Leonardo,<\/strong>\u00a0he also has\u00a0<em>Combat Reflexes<\/em>\u00a0to let the soft close attacks bounce off his shell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18107\" src=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones.jpg 1200x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones-300x139.jpg 300x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones-768x355.jpg 768x, http:\/\/heroclix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FF-006-Casey-Jones-1024x474.jpg 1024x\" alt=\"TMNT HeroClix: Heroes In A Half Shell Fast Forces - Casey Jones\" width=\"524\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the turtle\u2019s closest human allies,\u00a0<strong>Casey Jones,\u00a0<\/strong>brings the wild world of sports to your table along with a healthy contempt for the referee.\u00a0 His trait\u00a0<em>Rules Are For Suckers\u00a0<\/em>states that<strong>\u00a0Casey\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0actions do not count against your action total.\u00a0 This is especially convenient considering his theme-friendly keywords,\u00a0<em>TMNT Ally<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Martial Artist<\/em>, and his almost-free-agent-status point cost of 50.\u00a0 Offensively\u00a0<strong>Casey<\/strong>\u00a0is an all-star but he understands that every championship team has to work together.\u00a0 He gets into the game with\u00a0<em>Charge<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Toughness\u00a0<\/em>and lends an assist to his teammates with\u00a0<em>Empower<\/em>.\u00a0 He stays in the game with\u00a0<em>Flurry<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Combat Reflexes<\/em>, and trades his 5 range value in for protection from<em>\u00a0Mind Control<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Incapacitate<\/em>, and being confused by\u00a0<em>Shape Change<\/em>\u00a0with<em>\u00a0Battle Fury<\/em>. \u00a0Although on a team with the Turtles, you\u00a0may\u00a0want to keep him off of his\u00a0<em>Battle Fury<\/em>\u00a0clicks as he may be the only ranged attacker you have that is able to shoot pucks and lob baseballs at the bad guys from 5 squares away.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for today, HeroClix fans! Stay with us as we finish up previewing the Fast Forces and more figures from the upcoming\u00a0<strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Heroes in a Half Shell\u00a0<\/strong>set!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, give \u2018em shell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings HeroClix Fans! Welcome back for another exciting preview for the\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix:\u00a0Heroes in a Half Shell\u00a0set!\u00a0 The Fast Forces Pack joins the second TMNT HeroClix Gravity Feed \u00a0set adding more than 30 characters from the\u00a032-years of TMNT history, based on both\u00a0the comics and animated TV series.\u00a0 The first three characters we are  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heroes-in-a-half-shell","category-tmnt-heroclix","category-tmnt-previews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}