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But he's different in-game, right? Argh. I'll have to go back and ask the guy at electronics.

On the bright side, both Best Buy and TRU had ample supply of new Skylanders... picked up the two new swap force figs at BB with GCU discount and sale, and picked up three new regular skylanders at TRU with their sale (skipped the new Jet-Vac for now, since I already have three versions of him at home and I couldn't find two more new ones to buy him on sale) . Can't complain too much.

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Yes, he's different in-game, but about the same difference in appearance as in the toy. He *does* have the Nitro Freeze Blade name and different stats from the regular Freeze Blade in the game.

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Looks like there will be Swappable characters as the Lightning deal on Amazon at 6PM PST/9PM EST

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Got these today!


Got them all for just a tad over 45 bucks after buy one get one 50% discount, gamers club unlocked and taxes.

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Nice!

Happy meal toys incoming again, starting Friday

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I ran by BB on the way to the LCS yesterday. They actually had 1 Freeze Blade and several Trap Shadow figures. No Fryno, Scratch, Fire Bone Hot Dog or any of the harder-to-find figures. I picked up that Freeze Blade and a Trap Shadow for ~$24.50 and cancelled my Amazon order. I should have gone by earlier in the week as I think they had those other new ones and just sold out given the Buy 1 get 1 half price sale. Still... I'm not complaining! :)

I *do* like the look of Nitro Freeze Blade over the regular. The regular one is a bit dull looking in comparison and if you're looking for a character in a hurry it may be a bit difficult to see the differences if they're in a large group of other figures.

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Only 3 more to go for us and we will have the whole Swap Force gang. Yikes!

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^Cool!

We got a bit closer due to a couple of Lightning Deals on Amazon a few days ago. I purchased Lightcore Countdown, Mega Ram Spyro, Lava Barf Eruptor, Blizzard Chill, and Super Gulp Pop Fizz for ~$4 each. Normally I ignore those figures but the price was just too good to pass up and the grandkids will *love* having those reposes! :) I think we're down to needing 6-8 to complete the Swap Force gang. Yeah... *yikes!!*

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Wait they were $4? I missed out!

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Yes - Tuesday morning. Lightcore Countdown was $4.50 and the rest were $4 each. They also had 4 of the new SF figures at that price but I chose not to purchase duplicates at this time.

Currently - Amazon has in stock:

Springtime Trigger Happy
Punk Shock
Fryno

In the "Limited Edition" packaging.

I ordered Springtime Trigger Happy and Punk Shock. I'd already ordered a Fryno in regular packaging and don't care about the packaging so didn't bother with that one.

Just checked and they are going fast...

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I am debating whether or not I should even bother finishing my SF collection. My daughter hasn't played skylanders in a really long time and most of the figures end up unopened in a box in the basement. The collector in me wants to get the rest of the figures but it seems a bit pointless if she doesn't even play anymore. She has moved onto Diablo 3...

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^I feel your pain! My grandson got a XBox 360 for Christmas along with a copy of Minecraft. While he plays SF on occasion it's mostly playing with the figures on the floor. He spends most of his time with Minecraft and I'm thinking of picking up a copy of "Oblivion" to see if he'd like RPG type stuff...

I still have unopened figures for Giants... My wife tends to throttle the gaming if they don't behave at school or otherwise mess up. It makes it *very* difficult to get this stuff to them before the next version arrives. I'd like to say I'm going to avoid the next version this fall but am pretty sure I'll cave and pick it up anyway due to some sale/special/etc.

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Yeah, my boy kind of lost interest as well. I got him Sheep Wreck Island recently and he was excited, but didn't play it. I got him Stink Bomb and he hasn't opened that yet either.
I grabbed Spy Rise and Freeze Blade this week at Best Buy during the promotion, but I'm going to hide them until his birthday in 2 months and then I think I'm done until at least the next game launches.

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My wife and I spent our date night hunting for figures (we'll, I hunted, she tagged along).

I found:

• Nitro Freeze Blade (Target)
• Rubble Rouser (BB)
• Trap Shadow (BB)
• Fryno (BB)
• Scratch (BB)

I still need to find:

• Punk Shock
• Doom Stone
• Magna Charge (I'd prefer the Nitro version)
• Spy Rise
• Arkeyan Crossbow Battle Pack

Then I'm done.

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Weird, I see Spy Rise everywhere. It took me a few months to see a Stink Bomb though

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Yeah, and I left Spy Rise on the shelf tonight because I do see him everywhere, but I snagged RR and TS for the B1G1-50% sale.

Is Doom Stone even out yet?

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^IFAIK Doom Stone is the only SF figure not yet released unless you count the last two variants - Kickoff Countdown and Jade Fire Kraken. I hope this one doesn't turn out to be like the Wham Shell release...

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If you're not looking for a bargain, Amazon and WM have Arkeyan Crossbow Battle Pack.

For Punk Shock, Amazon has been doing the OOS/In Stock shuffle for a while on those 3 Spring editions. I've not checked Zoolerts to see if anyone else has them simply because with Swap Force, Zoolerts has been less easy to use.

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I sure hope it doesn't turn out that way. Also, I went to order a Punk Shock and it went from being available and in my cart to being sold out and only available through 3rd party scalpers. Ugh!

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I placed an order to get Spy Rise, Nitro Magna Charge and the Crossbow set from Target (to get free shipping and avoid the hunt).

I understand that Punk Shock is at some Gamestop locations... so I might hit a few of those over the next week.

Then that will leave Doom Stone.

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I'm glad I missed out on those figures from Amazon as I got these today for 17 dollars and some change including tax.

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From Best Buy?

Edit to add: Duh, I see the sticker. ;)

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:)

I decided to take a pic of all of the Swap Force figures that we have that are not opened. I still have a few other figures from Giants like Polar Whirlwind that are not opened. Do any of you guys keep some/all of your figures in packaging or do you open all of them?

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We open all of ours.

Heresy, I know!

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Wii U (in Wii mode ) with Spyro's Adventure game and Giant's wired portal do not play nicely together. :(

Always drops the connection with the characters.

Anyone else have the same problem?

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We open *most* of ours but only when I decide it's time for a new character to help freshen the game a bit. If I've purchased duplicates for some reason (both kids like the figure, it's a store exclusive, I bought one and so did the kids but theirs got opened first, very low sale price) we'll open a duplicate if it's a really good character in game and we want to use the second upgrade route.

I still have a filing cabinet drawer full of Skylander's Adventures figures I picked up for $3 each the year Giants came out. I thought we'd open a few and possibly use the others as birthday presents but so far they've all stayed put away. We've had little use for duplicates from that series (due to getting reposed or just don't use it that much) and my grandson knows no one who plays regularly and would have like some of those for their birthday. I need to make a list to see if he wants any to take home for his DS versions of the games. I stumbled across a Dragon's Peak Adventure Pack a couple of months ago so snagged it only to find he'd purchased one with his own money loooong ago and didn't tell me so I have a extra of one of those collecting dust.

I absolutely do *not* understand why Activision has apparently kept all of those *except* Darklight Crypt in print! That's the only one we'd like to have another copy of!

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I found an Enchanted Star Strike earlier. We are only missing Twin Blade Chop Chop and Doom Stone from all the regular 55 released characters from Swap Force. There are the two Nitro Target exclusives we don't have and I'm not sure if we will get them. I would venture a guess that we already have over 60 Swap Force characters including the Enchanted ones, Legendary ones, Spring Trigger Happy and Best Buy Sprocket.

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I, too, found Enchanted Star Strike during a trip to WM today. There were at least a dozen at the smaller of 2 stores here. Of course I purchased one. :)

All that's left that I *intend* to purchase is Doom Stone, Kickoff Countdown, and Jade Fire Kraken. I *may* pick up a GameStop "Dark" starter should they go on sale again. After those few, all that's left are a few reposes and some lightcore which I generally tell the kids to purchase themselves if they want it. It also gets them involved in the overall search.

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I haven't taken any "action" photos of our collection until now. I figured I would do it while watching the Final Four. I went ahead and opened every Swap Force figure we had as I just don't see any reason to keep them in their packaging any longer.

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While looking around for information on a 4th title I stumbled across a few interesting sites.

This lady made a customized and cool looking Skylander called Mystery.
http://neffertity.deviantart.com/art...tery-337922428

This article talks about the likelihood of Toys for Bob being the developer of the 4th game.
http://geekdad.com/2013/05/toys-for-...-skylanders-4/

The lady in the first article has made a bunch of other cool Skylanders sculpts. Lots of pictures there to see.

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There are rumors floating around the 'net that the next game might include a racing element which require vehicles that the top halves of the Swap Force Characters magnet onto (one report said that this racing element might be its own game).

The other rumor talks about snap-on weapons for new and reposed characters (some of which say...

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Does racing via vehicles really fit in this universe? I sort of hope that they stick to 4 new figures per element and have online play as well. If they don't then I might just bow out or wait until the game and figures are super cheap.

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I think that vehicles would fit into the universe, but not as a racing game.

I would really like to see the other side of the coin and have Chaos-centric games with bad-guy figures. Could make for an interesting battle arena or good-evil co-op.

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Target 4-6 to 4-12
b2g1 $9.99 to $14.99 swap force / infinity figures. Doesn't seem like anyone is doing b2g1 on playsets / battle packs for swapforce.

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Quick question about in game appearance. A lot of the new versions of older characters in Swap Force look a lot different, though at least to start out with in-game they look the same as previous versions. Is this a situation like Chill where there's a certain upgrade to get them to change their look and look more like the figure?

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TRU has a 20% Off Your Entire Purchase of Regular Priced, Sale & Clearance Items coupon. It's good In-Store or Online.

Online: FRIEND20
Store: Get coupon here or in the spoiler.


ONE USE ONLY IN STORE *OR* ONLINE!!

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Yes, they get upgrades that reflect the figure (e.g. Sprocket's tank, Terrafin's gauntlets, etc.).

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From McDonald's, my kids got Free Ranger, Hyper Beam Prism Break, and Rattle Shake. The $1 off coupon in each came in handy over the weekend when I used them with the 3 for $20 sale at Toys R Us.

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Found the Spring Editions at Sam's Club today for $9.98 a piece so I picked up Punk Shock and Springtime Trigger Happy.

Now I'm only missing Doom Stone.

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Walmart currently has the Spring Editions in stock online - at the "regular" price.

They also have Lightcore Enchanted Star Strike for $14.96!?!?! OUCH!! WM now joins the gouging game??

I *know* I paid the "normal" $12.96 lightcore figure price in the store last weekend but I'm at work and don't have the receipt to double-check but I'll be giving it a second look tonight just to be sure.