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Good thing I already bought both of those for a buck and change less apiece.

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Went to TRU at 11 this morning (opened at 10)....was told that people lined up at 8:30 and they were sold out within minutes. On the way back to work, I figured what the heck and I stopped off at Target. They had one Thumpback and one Eyebrawl left. My son also wanted Swarm and with Target's buy 2 get one for 50% off and my Target Debit card, the cost for all three figures was $38 out the door. My son will have a very happy 5th birthday in a couple of weeks. Not to mention a very happy Daddy for not having to search high and low for these figures.

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I just don't understand the demand for these figures... are people scalping them or something? They lined up an hour and a half before the store opened to buy Skylanders?

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Yup, there are a lot of resellers.

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Yes, it is crazy. Called Gamestop and they sold out in 15 minutes yesterday.

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Yes, many are scalping.

It's turned into the same crap as last year except the "shortages" don't seem to last as long. I was encouraged early in the Giants release as the figures seemed to be available almost everywhere in large quantities but now try to find *anything* other than the Giants Wave 1 releases and you're likely to come up empty handed (except for Swarm which seems to be in large quantities everywhere).

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The funny thing is that of all the giants we have, Swarm is the one the kids like the most. ;)

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lol! Swarm was the only Giant I saw when I took a peek while at Best Buy.

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Mine like Swarm too. They think the tail firing stinger is hilarious ("Look! He shoots with his butt!"). My favorite Giant so far is Bouncer (Legendary is a *bit* tougher but all else is equal). Leveled up with power ups he's the Stealth Elf of the Giants. At first I didn't care for Crusher but he's really grown on me. Once you get the hang of smashing everything, especially the combo move, he can be quite useful in melee situations.

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Yeah, after x-mas the inventory went downhill.

Has anyone heard anything about new 3 packs? They haven't had any for wave 3 and it would be a lot cheaper than buying individual figures. I have no idea why I still feel the need to complete my collection when my daughter hasn't even played the game in about a month.

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I stopped by Target. A few figures I haven't seen before were there -- S2 Stealth Elf, Terrafin, Lightning Rod and the Shroom Boom Light Core figure. No new Giants though.
Also they are selling the Portal Owner's packs for $29.99 each, which is the cheapest I've seen them yet.

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May have to look for the Light Core - my grandson wants one of those and has the money...

My guess is that the Portal Owner's packs are not selling well considering that you get 2 more characters *and* a spare portal for less than the cost of the 2 characters alone when purchasing the "regular" package. I just don't see why anyone would want the Portal Owners pack at the "regular" price. They should have made that package the game and 3 figures leaving only the portal out and sell it for the current price.

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I don't think that it is out yet, but if someone gets an extra - I'd like to trade a sealed Thumpback that I have for a sealed Ninjini ... LMK

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Yeah, Ninjini isn't out yet.

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I would take the Portal Owners pack. We just got the first game, so I don't need a backup portal. And we already have Cynder, so the only thing I'm really getting is Jet-Vac. Target isn't even listing the Portal Owner's pack on their website anymore. I am going to go look and see if I can find any at that price!

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There were signs all over the Skylanders section advertising the sale price.

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do they have a portal owners pack for Wii U yet? I have the portal from the first game for Wii which is supposed to work fine on Wii U. When i check a month or so ago, they did not sell a portal owners Wii U pack

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My daughter picked up a lightcore Shroom Boom a week or so ago at Walmart. It's actually a pretty neat lightcore with his eye glowing white, and the mushroom glowing green.

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And I *still* don't quite understand the draw for the Light Core figures. The *hit* they deliver when entering a level is nice to have but it's only the first time they are placed on the portal in a level. Do it too early and you wasted a possibly needed help during a melee/boss battle. Several look pretty cool all lit up on the portal, but once you're in the game you're not looking at them any longer.

Am I being *too* cynical with these? It just seems like a waste and unneeded addition that basically just adds cost to the figures.

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If yours is a Series 1 Cynder then you would be getting a slight "upgrade" on the Series 2 reposed figure. Considering the typical cost of the full set is only ~$15 over the Portal Owners Pack that works out to ~$5 for that extra Cynder. IMHO it's worth the extra couple $$. The Series 2 reposed figures have the ability to swap upgrade path on a whim (although I think this costs in-game gold but don't know as we've not tried this yet) and a (IMHO mostly lame) "Wow Pow" upgrade. With *some* figures it's nice to have duplicates on different upgrade paths. I picked up several Series 1 figures from Amazon during some BF Lightning Deals to do just that.

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They don't have a portal pack for the Wii U.


People might just like the pose or light up effect. I buy them because I want to collect all the figures.

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Eye Brawl and Thumpback were back in stock at GameStop.com an hour ago and I got an order in, so just keep checking the site regularly if they show out of stock.

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Went to check my order status, and saw they were back in stock again.

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^You an also check zoolert to get in-stock status from several merchants on all the figures.

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Just found one copy of each at my local Target at lunch so I grabbed them. Eye Brawl looks at little chintzy, but Thumpback is a nicely detailed figure -- it looks sweet! Unfortunately, the store's display didn't work so I was unable to see what lights up. I assume it's the giant eye in Eye Brawl and the knuckles of Thumpback.

I also saw a Series 2 Prism Break figure. Is there anyone actually clamoring for a third pose of Prism Break besides that loser who Slylanderized his whole house?