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They were at TRU. It's nothing special as far as Lightcore figures go.

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It's the only figure I am missing besides the variants so I feel the need to buy it even though we will never open it lol

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I bet you can buy it cheap online from folks who preordered more than one copy.

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The Hex light core figure shouldn't be rare, it was supposedly a pre-order bonus item, but you can purchase it separately like every other light core figures.

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My $10 coupon worked fine on the Dark Edition.

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Damn! I'm going back!

<edit> Hey Giz, thanks a bunch! I was able to get my $10.88 (with taxes) back!

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dsa_shea, what a haul! I'm assuming you took advantage of TRU's B1 get 1 40%? And also assuming you have a reward card? Which means you're already set for the Metallic Gill Grunt? LOL, probably two, if only they allow that.

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Yes, it was. I wasn't planning on getting so much but damn that buy one get 40% off deal. It was still expensive but not as much. However, my daughter really likes the games and series and we have a lot of fun playing them together so in the end it is worth it. It is almost time for a Super Skylanders collection picture.

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Same here even though the clerk who was checking me out needed a lot of help getting it into the system.

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They allow that if you split your purchases up and use different rewards accounts. ;) I ended up dropping $300 at TRU (even after all the coupons and discounts and I used them all) and just used my account and my wife's.

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Maybe it has been discussed and I missed it, but is the new portal wired? You have to connect it via a usb cable to your xbox or ps3? Is there a wireless option?

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Yep, it is wired but with a rather long cord. Also, the portal itself has a bigger surface to lay figures on.

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Supposedly some Sam's locations have already put out wave 2 singles yesterday including...

Scorp
Star Strike (non lightcore)
Riptide
Twin Blade Chop Chop
Big Bang Trigger Happy
Anchors Away Gill Grunt

Now the rumor is Wednesday for the release of wave 2 at TRU which should include those singles, and the following Swap Force characters.

Fire Kraken
Boom Jet
Grilla Drilla
Night Shift

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I will try to grab some of those. Thanks for the heads up!

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This is probably a terrible idea but I am tempted to buy all the swapforce variants while they're still available.

Target
Nitro Magna Charge two pack


TRU
Legendary LC Grim Creeper
Legendary Free Ranger


Walmart
Enchanted Hoot Loop

Walmart also has an exclusive 3 pack but I am assuming the exclusive character will be released as a single pack later on,

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Email from Toy's R Us today...

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps12ea78a1.jpg

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what the hell was the reasoning behind that?? I have a theater room and that makes it super difficult.

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Not a terrible idea if you are collecting them. The variants and store exclusives have been difficult to find from past experience.

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They've tried a wireless portal in the past and people had connectivity and power issues. So I guess they decided to stick with wired moving forward.

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I'm going to try to grab the four Swap characters along with Riptide and Scorp. I hope I can get them before some asshat reseller comes in and loads up their cart with everything.

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Looks like I'm going TRU tomorrow morning. ;)

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Hey dsa_shea (or anyone else who did the TRU promo), did you separate your Skylander purchases or just one big purchase? Trying to max out the B1G1 40% promo... I might buy a tote bag ($19.99), a Swapforce figure ($15.99?) and two more light core figures. I'm wondering if the system is smart enough to max out the discount. If not, I rather separate the purchases....

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You should forget the tote bag and buy two $15.99 figures to max out the discount! The system should also price everything correctly.

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^^ YMMV, but when I purchased the started pack at Toys R U, the 20% off coupon (exp. 10/26) showed on my receipt for that, but it also showed the B1G1 40% off applying to the Hex prior to it discounting to free. It seems the coupon might be combinable with the promotion.

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I got these for my daughter today.

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dsa_shea :up:

... and yeah right, they're for "your daughter". ;)

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We'll, they're for both of us. We can't have family GTA nights all of the time.

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I always separate my purchases when I'm dealing with different tiers of prices. I don't trust the system to give me the maximum discount. For today's purchases I separated them into two groups: the 4 Swap Force and then the 4 regular characters. This ensures that I am getting every penny back since TRUS decided to raise their prices by a dollar per figure.

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Thumbs up :) I probably going to do the same thing... Just annoying to separate :lol: Oh, dsa_shea, post a picture of your super collection when you have a chance :)

Oh, forgot to ask, did you use the 20% TRU coupon? I'm wondering if it stacks with the B1G1 40% off promo, I think it's YMMV?

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Decided to go in and grab the four Swap characters before they are all gone.

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Here you go! :)

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I was going to wait a bit on this one but seeing this caused me to visit Target for a Nitro Magna Charge two pack, ordered Enchanted Hoot Loop from WM, and ordered the 2 Legendaries from TRU (plus enough to get free shipping since they're doing the B1G140% off online).

As soon as I place the TRU order it occurred to me... does that 20% off store coupon have a online code? I have to order as there's no TRU close enough to make a drive worth the effort (70+ miles minimum one way).

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Is this the "Magic Triple Pack" Exclusive that has "Mega Ram Spyro", "Super Gulp Pop Fizz", and "Star Strike?" If so, I'd like to know what's "exclusive" other than all 3 are packaged together as 2 of the 3 are available almost everywhere and "Star Strike" is currently available for ordering from TRU (I just bought that one there). The description mentions a "elemental bonus" by using/having 2 of the same element but that's not exclusive to WM.

Side note: The current 3 packs look to be designed to persuade people to purchase some characters for the 3rd time (or more if they've had a store exclusive and/or variant) at a slightly lower price point. I'd be more inclined to pick up a couple *if* they had 2 "new" characters and only *1* reposed character. Considering the number of new-to-the-game characters with Swap Force I'm absolutely resisting the purchase of reposed characters unless there's no choice (the Fiery Forge Battle Pack for example).

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In my store visits this week I saw *no* Swap Force figures or Starter sets at WM. I did hear someone ask about the sets to be told they were "in the back - do you want one?" It seems strange that they'd not have a large display to draw attention to them. I'd gone in to see if I could just get a Enchanted Hoot Loop off the shelf rather than hassle with an order but it was not to be.

Target had *lots* of figures out. I believe I saw one of every currently available character. They had 8-10 each of the exclusive Nitro Magna Charge 2 packs. That one kind of irritated me. Other than forcing a larger $$ purchase what's the point of the 2 pack? Why not just have that character as a single? At least the register printed a $3 off coupon with the purchase.

I took a look at the Lightcore Flashwing and Lightcore Warnardo. I'm curious what on Flashwing lights up. It looks to be the wing edges but I'd really want to see those translucent wings glowing. Warnardo didn't look like there was anything *to* light up. A Amazon "reviewer" says they purchased one and it didn't light up.

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My son popped them all on the test portal at Target and Warnado's shell lights up a bit and Flashwing's wings glow like you guessed. Neither really were good uses of the Lightcore gimmick in my opinion.

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I wish they would just get rid of the lightcore line.

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I just wish they would get rid of the price difference.

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What I don't understand is why there is a trade-off in character ability.

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They just wanted a way to sell more duplicate figures.

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Yeah, I guess if you got the lightcore with all abilities, there's no reason to buy the regular one. But as it is, unless the lightcore is really cool (in most cases, it's not), I pretty much opt for the regular figure and ignore lightcore altogether.