You know, I was just kidding the other day when I said you could probably make of entire Heroclix set of nothing by Jimmy Olsen figures.
But, in fact, if you dig through all those crazy Silver Age Jimmy Olsen stories, you can. Including extras for Chase Figures.
- Dick Hunter, Elevator Boy
- The Bird-Boy of Metropolis
- Invisible Jimmy Olsen
- The Human Porcupine
- Evil Twin Jimmy
- Big Jimmy
- The Boy of 100 Faces
- Giant Turtle Man
- Superyouth
- Fat Olsen
- The Super Nose for News
- The Gorilla Reporter
- The Mad Hatter of Metropolis
- Jimmy Olsen, Mobster's Moll
- Bearded Olsen
- Jaxx 4928
- The Human Octopus
- The Olsen Experiment (The Human A-Bomb)
- The Merman of Metropolis
- Viking Olsen
- Jimmy in Drag
- The Boy Witch Doctor
- Jimmy the Imp
- TNT Olsen, Boxer
- Jungle Jimmy
- Heavyweight Olsen
- Jimmy Olsen, Super-Brain
- The Red-Haired Beatle of 1000 BC
- Mr. Action
- Jimmy Olsen, Circus Clown
- Nine-Lives Olsen
- Helmet of Hate Olsen
- The Wolf-Man of Metropolis
- Anti-Grav Olsen
- Lucky Turban Olsen
- Jimmy Olsen, Human Balloon
- Rock'N'R'Olsen
- Jimmy Olsen, Speed Demon
- Bizarro Jimmy Olsen
- Greenbeard Olsen the Pirate
- The Dragon Delinquent
- Elastic Lad
- The Boy Millionaire
- Jimmy Olsen, Crooner
- The Human Skyscraper
- Jupiter Olsen
- Wonder Lad
- Jimmy Olsen, Leader of the Hairies
- Agent Double Five
- Nazi Jimmy
- The Radioactive Boy
- Genie Olsen
- Jimmy Olsen, Cub Inventor
- Robot Jimmy Olsen
- The King of Doraynia
- Flamebird
- Private Olsen
- Quick-Gun Olsen
- Atlas Olsen
- X-Ray Specs Olsen
- Jimmy the Hippie
- Jimmy Olsen DNAlien
- Aqua-Jimmy
- The Human Geiger Counter
- The Colossus of Metropolis
- Ultra-Olsen
- The Human Flame-Thrower
- Jockey Jimmy Olsen
- The Pal of Steel
And that doesn't even include Jimmy Olsen Fan Club Members as generics. In this set I can easily see figures with Stealth, Hypersonic Speed, Aquatic, CCE, Transporter, Invulernability, Imperviousness, Toughness, Giant, Flight, Supersenses, Outwit, RCE, Super-strength, Mastermind, Plasticity, Shape Change, Probability Control, BCF, Charge, Pulse Wave, Poison, Flurry, Defend, aw, heck every Heroclix power you can think of, plus some special powers. And Perplex. Pretty much ANY Jimmy Olsen figure could have Perplex.
Really, now; who wouldn't buy a Set of 1000 Olsens?
12 comments:
"Dick Hunter, Elevator Boy"????
Please tell me you made that up.....
Oh, dear. Someone doesn't read the Absorbascon closely enough...!
http://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2006/04/quickly-elevator-boy-to-shaft.html
I am chagrinned.
That's the thing about Jimmy Olsen: there is no such thing as exaggeration where he's concerned. When it comes to Jimmy Olsen, NOTHING is too preposterous.
It's a large part of why I love him so much.
Don't forget the All-Star Superman version, wearing one of Leo Quintum's rainbow coats as "PROJECT director...for a day!".
Or for that matter, All-Star Jimmy Olsen as DOOMSDAY.
I have to admit, the idea of Viking Jimmy is SO intriguing.
I'd settle for Elastic Lad! He was in the LOSH after all! Plus who had a better costume - purple long johns with "Elastic Lad" neatly printed on the chest!
Ah the Silver Age! How I miss it!
Of course, the Set of 1000 Olsens would necessarily be complemented by the Set of 1000 Loises (Loisi?). How can you go wrong, with "Hix-Hox-Hex!" as a Special Power?
Now, see, what I'D do is come out with a sort of do-it-yourself Jimmy Clix figure. Like that old game where you snap different weapons and stuff onto the cars, or those action figures with all the snap on accessories. You'd start with a couple of Jimmy torsos and a bunch of snap-on parts to make whatever Olsen your little heart desires. Oh, and an easily-taken-apart base and some blank dials so you could make your own.
As I'm sure Scipio could more ably explain, you only pluralize with an "i" if you're using a 2nd declension noun that ends with "us."
*change geek hats*
I really want to make some of those figures now. Perhaps I can cannibalize some of the figures in that box of old Marvel Heroclix my friend gave me. I've got no other use for them...
I've got dials identified for a few of these Olsen conversions, intended for a future order for Dale (but stacked well behind several more Golden Age sets and possibly some Cthulhu Clix). I do think it would be great fun to unleash the Legion of Super-Olsens on the gaming table!
Oh yeah, and Steve is the uncontested king of obscure golden-age clix commissions! I recently finished an order for him that included the Great Question, Madam Satan, and the Sorceress of Zoom; next he's got me working on the likes of the Black Commander, Pat Patriot, and Yankee Doodle Jones!
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