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Old 01-23-12 | 09:19 AM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

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I think I'm going to tackle Dino-rang or Terrafin next. The kids don't seem to use them too often.
We leveled out Stump Smash over the weekend. That dude is tough!
Old 01-23-12 | 11:16 AM
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So has anyone found a good area/level for power levelling/earning money? I think Pirate Seas is a good one. I play until i get to the second card round and restart the level. I went from a 6 to 10 in about 30 minutes with Stealth Elf.
I've been leveling up quickly with the "Crawling Catacombs". All those spiders rack up a lot of points. I had one character level up three times on that level. I've also been using the Hidden Dragon Treasure piece to get extra money from all the levels.
Old 01-23-12 | 01:51 PM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

I leveled up Slam Bam to lvl 10 in just a couple of hours of play. I really like his character as he moves rather quickly and can freeze most enemies and then bash them.
Old 01-23-12 | 09:19 PM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

Got Flameslinger in the mail today... he's one fiesty little punk. That flame trail circle thingy is cool. Can't wait to level him up all the way.

My son reset Drobot today. He wanted to upgrade him on the other "path."
Old 01-24-12 | 06:58 AM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

It sucks that you can't just reallocate your money to try it a different way (ala Borderlands).
Old 01-24-12 | 10:03 AM
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Thanks for posting pics of that Stanley case. I went right out after work last night and snagged the 3 pack.
Old 01-24-12 | 01:40 PM
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If you don't need 3, Lowes has those cases for $9.
Old 01-24-12 | 06:00 PM
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I was bored/curious again today so I hit up Toys R Us, Target and K-Mart. The only store to have anything was K-Mart and I am guessing that is because our local store is a hell hole with less customers. I picked up the Empires of Ice set and they had the Crypt and Pirate sets as well. Still only saw 1 single figure pack all day.
Old 01-24-12 | 07:09 PM
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Target here got at least 2 each of 8 different characters Monday. But we have one of each of what they had. Bummer... At least they're starting to show up.

Since I was already at the mall I went by BB and got the most unhelpful/rude associate/stocker/idot ever when I simply asked if they had any in stock. Of course that's about par for this store. Just one more reason to stay away. I'd rather go to K-Mart and *that's* saying a *lot* as ours mirrors the one visited by MasterofDVD. You don't go there actually looking for anything as they never have ad items in stock.
Old 01-25-12 | 02:33 PM
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I just bought the Stanley Jr. cases at Wal-mart. They had them for $8 each. Both cases are packed full, with characters and adventure pieces, with the Pirate Ship not in a case. It seems to be a difficult piece to get in there.

As for characters, there were about 15 to 20 single packs, mostly Prism Break and Drobot, at the Wal-mart and three 3 packs. Nothing new though.
Old 01-27-12 | 05:28 PM
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Neither of the WMs here had the Stanley storage units. I've not yet been by Lowes. BUT one of the WMs had quite a few 3 packs today. I picked up:

Wrecking Ball, Stealth Elf, Sonic Boom (we already own a Sonic Boom so it may go back if I can get WB & SE at regular price in the next couple of weeks or so)
Whirlwind, Double Trouble, Drill Sergeant

They had 3-4 of the "Wrecking Ball, Stealth Elf, Sonic Boom" set and 3-4 of the "Drobot, Flameslinger, Stump Smash" one. I got the *only* copy of "Whirlwind, Double Trouble, Drill Sergeant" on the shelf. I'm very pleased with today's finds!

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Old 01-27-12 | 07:40 PM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

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They had 3-4 of the "Wrecking Ball, Stealth Elf, Sonic Boom" set and 3-4 of the "Drobot, Flameslinger, Stump Smash" one.
My WM had the same ones today. Grabbed a couple of the Stealth Elf 3 packs for friends.
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Got a Flameslinger at Best Buy last night and found the Whirlwind/Double Trouble/Drill Sergeant 3-pack this morning at Target. And ordered a Zap for regular price off Amazon last night that should show up next week.

I've got to stop
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

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Got a Flameslinger at Best Buy last night and found the Whirlwind/Double Trouble/Drill Sergeant 3-pack this morning at Target. And ordered a Zap for regular price off Amazon last night that should show up next week.

I've got to stop
Gotta catch 'em all!

Sky-land-ers!
Old 01-28-12 | 03:59 PM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

I had a 3 pack with Whirlwind and the others in hand this morning at Wal-mart but as I grabbed it a family rolled up with 2 kids looking for some figures so I handed it to them and told them to get it. I already have the 3 characters and was going to grab it for a friend but figured I would make someone else's day. The two little kids were excited as they talked about the rainbow thing that Whirlwind does.
Old 01-30-12 | 05:55 PM
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The Darklight Crypt expansion arrived today (back-ordered from amazon a few weeks ago - of course regular price). I now have a extra level and 8 characters the kids don't yet know about!
Old 01-31-12 | 11:05 AM
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Got an email from Walmart.com that my Empire of Ice expansion I ordered like 3 weeks ago was cancelled due to lack of inventory. I think putting in an order 3 weeks ago should give you plenty of time to get an order in but whatever. Reminded me why I never deal with Walmart.
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

You guys have nothing on this guy! He's got three copies of each figure released (one to play with, one to display, and one in the package). Activision must love this dude!


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...postcount=1154
Old 01-31-12 | 11:39 AM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

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You guys have nothing on this guy! He's got three copies of each figure released (two to play with (for each upgrade path), and one in the package). Activision must love this dude!


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...postcount=1154
Old 01-31-12 | 12:40 PM
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And none of them will be worth dick in a year.
Old 01-31-12 | 07:46 PM
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Looks like 4 of some as there are 3-packs on the wall along with individual pack characters.
Old 01-31-12 | 08:41 PM
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FYI, Best Buy has joined TRU, Frys and Gamestop in raising prices on figs.
Old 01-31-12 | 10:12 PM
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Best Buy has the 3DS Starter for $39.99. With Ignitor going for $25 to $35 on ebay, I will grab a starter kit @ BB, keep Ignitor and sell the other stuff.
Old 02-01-12 | 05:49 PM
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Re: Skylanders, Anyone?

Stopped by Target this afternoon (1604 & Blanco) and they had about a dozen singles that included Dino Rang, Drobot, Boomer, and Prism Break.
Old 02-01-12 | 08:20 PM
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Both Target and WM here had the same half-dozen figures with 6 of each. Dino Rang, Drobot, Boomer, Hex, Wrecking Ball, and Zap. I thought it odd that both stores had the exact same assortment of figures. I didn't waste time with BB based on the rude employee from the last time as well as the gouging they are engaging in with the online pricing, although their online inventory tracker did show the store to have stock of some individual characters. I *did* pick up a Wrecking Ball in anticipation of getting a Stealth Elf sometime soon at MSRP and taking back that 3 pack I purchased a few days ago.


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