Nobody ever lost money betting on Blizzard. With that in mind, today at the 112th annual North American International Toy Fare, NECA Toys showed off some of their upcoming line of Heroes of the Storm figures.
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"Created in collaboration with Blizzard, these fantastic figures feature game-authentic sculpts and nearly 30 points of articulation for great battle poses." The new collection of 7" figures will be released in the summer.
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The first two figures announced are Illidan Stormrage from World of Warcraft, complete with his Twin Blades of Azzinoth (oh how I still want those); and Nova, a Ghost from the Starcraft universe and who was to be the star in her own spin-off game Starcraft: Ghost before that was cancelled.
Though not on their official site, NECA also showed off the Stitches figure. Everyone's favorite abomination from the low level Alliance areas is now immortalized in action figure form, ready to haunt your dreams and remind you of all that time you spent in Darkshire.
Heroes of the Storm is also in the middle of its Lunar Festival event, the annual Azerothian tradition similar to the Chinese New Year. Anyone who signs into the beta client between the hours of 12:01 a.m. PST on February 18 and 11:59 p.m. PST on February 24 will receive a 25% XP boost. This applies to all heroes, and will stack with stimpaks.
So pick up some bonus experience and be on the lookout for the Heroes of the Storm figures, out this summer. It would be really awesome if, like Amiibo, purchase of the figures grants you the character in game as well.
