by Tom Shanabarger
This set is one that I have a soft spot for as I used to watch reruns of the show as a little kid. The set has a ton of cool sculpts with the old word balloons on them. This set also had a very unusual mechanic called the elaborate death trap which works as follows: ELABORATE DEATHTRAP: Give Egghead a power action to make a close combat attack that deals no damage. Once per game, immediately place a hit character on this character's card. A character on this card can use the Escape Deathtrap ability. ESCAPE DEATHTRAP At the beginning of your turn, roll 2d6. Egghead rolls a d6 and adds his Elaborate Deathtrap Bonus (maximum Bonus 8). If Egghead is friendly, not on the map, or if your result is higher, place this character in your starting area or adjacent to a friendly character. Otherwise, deal this character damage equal to the difference (maximum 5) and when dealt this damage, this character can use its defense powers. In this case we used Egghead but the power functions the same for all the villians but with a different bonus. As we go we can just cover the bonuses. So Let's begin:
