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http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3637/skylandercard.jpg

These started popping up in my local stores (HEB and Walmart).

$6.50 for the chips (20 single-serving bags)
$2.00 for shipping & handling
$0.44 for the stamp

~$9.00 a pop for these midgets... plus the chips! ;)

You can rank the order of preference of what they send you.

Note to add: I just got back from the store and bought three more packs. I have all the forms filled out, checks written, envelopes addressed, UPC symbols cut out, and ready to stamp them and drop them in the mail. I think I have a problem... ;) I wanted to do them early enough to try and guarantee that I get one of each.

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$6.50 for chips? How big a bag is that?

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Variety Pack of 20 bags.

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My fuzzy Stump Smash came in the mail today. Thanks for the heads-up.

Now to go buy some chips, I guess.

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So did I.

Its going to eBay. Going for about $80-90.

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Wham Shell looks like he's going to be in stock at Amazon on Friday for 8.99. I just ordered mine for that price.

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mine showed up today as well; have it for sale on Craigslist, don't want to deal with the ebay crap.

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I can't imagine that anyone here still needs readily-available figures, but if so : Fry's is selling basic single figures Buy 1, Get 1 Free for the next week. Also they have the Starter Pack with a free single figure for $39.99.

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whoa, that's a pretty good deal, but that means I have to go to a Fry's though. They're such a zoo over here.

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Wal-Mart will/should price match the online ad, if that's any better.

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Dammit, my son tore his fuzzy Stump Smash open before I could stop him :lol:

Oh well.

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ditto. :sad:

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The Frys ad here says buy 2 get 1 free. Not as great of a deal.

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Whoh, they changed it. At least I think they did; I'm pretty sure I read it right this morning.

Maybe they got hammered with hoarders and felt the need to change the deal. Never seen them do that before though -- usually their good deals just sell out really quick.

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Mine hasn't showed yet. :(

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I just received an email update from Amazon about my pre-order of Giants:

"Skylanders Giants Starter Kit"
Previous estimated arrival date: January 08, 2013 - January 14, 2013
New estimated arrival date: October 29, 2012 - November 01, 2012

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Huge picture of a new Skylandres Giant pack

Guess that confirms the suspicion that if you want all the new figures, you'll have to re-buy a lot of the older figures as well.

From Kotaku:

GameStop Secures Exclusive Skylanders Giants DLC the Hard Way
Mike Fahey

GameStop loves its retailer-exclusive downloadable content, but Skylanders Giants DLC all comes by way of toys. What's the world's largest dedicated video game retailer to do? Exclusive toys, of course!

GameStop is now taking preorders for the Golden Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack. a special package that contains the series 2 version of the Skylander Chop Chop, a new figure named Shroomboom and the Golden Dragonfire Cannon, which when placed on the Portal of Power while playing Skylanders Giants unlocks a special in-game battle arena.

Activision and Toys for Bob have previously released limited edition recolorations of existing toys for Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, but never before has a retailer had a lock on a figure that provides exclusive in-game benefits (except for Toys R Us' Legendary figures, which had slightly better stats) . Pretty sure this will be more of a timed exclusive situation, but collectors might want to head to GameStop and put a little money down, just in case.

Skylanders Giants hits stores on October 21.


Note to folks thinking of getting Giants: It's available for the current $10 off preorder deal at New Egg with the code EMCNBNG58. Both the Portal-owner set for $59.99 - $10 and the Starter Packs for $75 - $10 (which is what I went for -- probably the best launch deal we'll see).

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Didn't Best Buy have an exclusive accessory or something? I never saw it in store, but I remember it was advertised in the flyer. Or was that just a repaint?

Oh, and I see it might be a timed exclusive, I thought Dragon's Peak was a TRU timed exclusive too.

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I'm not aware of any Best Buy exclusives, besides their Mega Pack Set packaging and the free T-shirt they gave away.

You're right about Dragon's Peak -- it was a TRU timed exclusive. Just like Wirlwind was a timed Target exclusive and Drill Sarget was once exclusive at Walmart (and later red Drill Sargent became a WalMart exclusive.

Speaking of Skylanders shirts, has anyone seen the cute "Augmented Reality" Skylander shirt at Target from Zappar? It's really nice and my son just loves it (though the "augmented reality" feature is pretty lame. Shirt's a great deal for $8.

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Yes Best Buy had a little trinket that unlocked a repainted battle arena in game. Totally worthless.

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I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.

BTW : I think I may have to check these out for halloween this year. : http://www.costumeexpress.com/browse.../results1.aspx

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Which one are you thinking about wearing?

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http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Skylanders:_Giants

:down: to double-dipping on Tree-Rex and Cynder (v2) for Starter Pack and 3DS purchasers.

I'm torn between getting the Starter or Portal Owner sets. :(

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I just bought this game Saturday and I have already gone to the store and bought chips for the sidekicks. Sadly they all expire in early Sept. Hopefully they still taste okay in Oct/Nov as I really don't think my kids need to eat 80 bags of chips in a month.

Is there any reason to buy series 1 figures that are coming out again in series 2? I don't really care about collecting the different variants unless it effects something in game. I am thinking that I should probably just wait until more info is released for the new Giants game.

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I'd say it's worth getting the S2 variants because they'll have more moves, plus you also have the lightcore ones that light up. Of course, this recommendation depends on whether or not the remolds carry a higher pricetag. Also I'm sure it'll be easier to find S1 figs now than later. I imagine S2 will replace the old ones on store shelves.

So yeah, not really a lot of help here. :lol: