Topps, WizKids Introduce MLB SportsClix

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Perhaps you’ve heard of fantasy baseball. It’s only one of the fastest
growing markets in the world of sports. Just ask Topps and WizKids– two
companies that know just how to capitalize on a good trend. Topps, which has
dominated the sports card industry for decades, and WizKids, which has struck
gold with its Heroclix superhero figures, have developed their first joint
product, following Topps’ recent acquisition of the collectible miniatures
company– Major League Baseball Sportsclix, a collectibles sports game
that will allow players to assume the roles of baseball managers and pit their
teams against each other in a traditional, nine-inning, 27-out game.
Major League Baseball Sportsclix will hit stores during baseball’s 2004
spring training, features more than 150 baseball stars replicated as two-inch
high 3-D game pieces.
There will be several different levels of game play — ranging from “spring
training” to “world series” events. Each individual game piece features the
likeness of an actual player, his uniform, and his statistics from the previous
year, which are encrypted into the numbers on a dial in the figure’s
base.
The retail format for MLB Sportsclix is typical for a collectible
miniatures game: starter sets ($19.99 retail), which contain nine figures, a
playmat, dice, and rules; and two kinds of booster packs, one for the mass
market (2 figures $4.99), and one for the hobby (3 figures $6.99). The figures
in the starter sets will be visible, but the packaging of the boosters will hide
the figures from view. Four levels of rarity exist among the figures: common,
uncommon, rare, and unique. Topps and WizKids plan to issue a new series of
figures each spring, with the dials reflecting the player’s performance from the
previous season. The importance of a player’s statistics to the game play, and
the long lead time required to manufacture the figures, make it impossible to
include rookie players during their actual rookie year, though top rookie
players from 2003 will be included in the initial 2004 edition of the game,
which comes out next spring.

For more information, visit http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=38458&frame=company


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Topps, WizKids Introduce MLB SportsClix

Categories: News|Published On: October 17, 2003|Views: 66|

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Perhaps you’ve heard of fantasy baseball. It’s only one of the fastest
growing markets in the world of sports. Just ask Topps and WizKids– two
companies that know just how to capitalize on a good trend. Topps, which has
dominated the sports card industry for decades, and WizKids, which has struck
gold with its Heroclix superhero figures, have developed their first joint
product, following Topps’ recent acquisition of the collectible miniatures
company– Major League Baseball Sportsclix, a collectibles sports game
that will allow players to assume the roles of baseball managers and pit their
teams against each other in a traditional, nine-inning, 27-out game.
Major League Baseball Sportsclix will hit stores during baseball’s 2004
spring training, features more than 150 baseball stars replicated as two-inch
high 3-D game pieces.
There will be several different levels of game play — ranging from “spring
training” to “world series” events. Each individual game piece features the
likeness of an actual player, his uniform, and his statistics from the previous
year, which are encrypted into the numbers on a dial in the figure’s
base.
The retail format for MLB Sportsclix is typical for a collectible
miniatures game: starter sets ($19.99 retail), which contain nine figures, a
playmat, dice, and rules; and two kinds of booster packs, one for the mass
market (2 figures $4.99), and one for the hobby (3 figures $6.99). The figures
in the starter sets will be visible, but the packaging of the boosters will hide
the figures from view. Four levels of rarity exist among the figures: common,
uncommon, rare, and unique. Topps and WizKids plan to issue a new series of
figures each spring, with the dials reflecting the player’s performance from the
previous season. The importance of a player’s statistics to the game play, and
the long lead time required to manufacture the figures, make it impossible to
include rookie players during their actual rookie year, though top rookie
players from 2003 will be included in the initial 2004 edition of the game,
which comes out next spring.

For more information, visit http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=38458&frame=company


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