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

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.

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?

Yup, there are a lot of resellers.

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

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Yeah, Ninjini isn't out yet.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?