You'll lose your Rag

Well, who knew? Apparently, 'Ragdoll' in an anagram of 'most annoying tie-up piece you are ever likely to come across'.

This fella is fabulous - unless your opponent is fielding him, of course, and he is standing next to your 200pt brick. For just 46pts he has Shape Change and Super Senses to keep him out of trouble - followed by Combat Reflexes for when someone does actually land a blow. Then there's THAT white power - and I'm not talking the one that requires you to be playing Parademon.

Just picture your opponent's face when they finally manage to break away from this annoying pasty-faced bugger (did I not mention all that lovely Plasticity?) - only to be back to square one with Ragdoll still far too close for comfort at the end of the action.

Of course, he has his downsides - primarily an understandably short dial. Base Green Scar with him, for example, and miss the Shape Change and Super Senses rolls and it's all over over for Doll-face. Still, it's gotta be worth the gamble.

I love me a nice tie-up piece - and they don't come much nicer than this fella. If this is the shape of things to come for the DC 75th Anniversary set then bring it on.

Now, where can I get me some Secret Six books?

Source: Wizkids/Neca

Taking the theme thing too far?

I'm playing in a tournament on Sunday with a Hallowe'en theme; my 600pt team must include one demon, one scientist, one alien menace etc.

Now, I love playing thematic teams so am making mine as Hallowe'eny as possible - Green Goblin, Morbius, Ghost Rider. Which is where I hit a problem. I needed Ghost Rider to fill my 'demon' slot and wanted to run the Danny Ketch LE - but as far as I could tell from searching on line, the being that posseses Danny boy.isn't actually a demon. As a result I have put the exp Johnny Blaze in the team instead - as he is most definately down with the demons.

The incident got me wondering whether I was being too anal about this; the guys I play with wouldn't have made a fuss if I'd gone with Danny. But, at the end of the day, I would have known and wouldn't have felt totally happy playing him.

So, dear readers what would you have done?

'Too late, Mera realised that mixing eight pints of Stella, a power ring and a chicken jalfrezi just wasn't working out'

Give the guy a hand

Aquaman is back in action in the Brightest Day starter set - and he's got five more fingers than the past few versions we've seen. He's also a lot tougher than previous versions, with a good helping of Charge and Close Combat expert so he can really get stuck in. Click on the image for a bigger version.

Sculpt of the man himself is as boring as hell - and am I the only one who thinks it looks as if he is about to be horribly abused by that tentacle. Perhaps I've seen too many dodgy Japanese cartoons.

And he's still got the worse alter-ego name in comics history.

Source: Wizkids/NECA