Originally Posted by my2k2zx2 I think I've got an extra. Do you have any that you would trade?

The only extra figure i have is a defective gill grunt

Do the little mini-Skylanders you get off of the Lays chips packs connect to any of the games or are they just for show?

Originally Posted by WhipSmartBanky Do the little mini-Skylanders you get off of the Lays chips packs connect to any of the games or are they just for show?

They work in all the game except the mobile phone ones. In the console game, they follow you around like a pet and give no benefit other than visual. Only one at a time can be used, and they "attach" to whoever they are closest to most of the time. For the DS game, they only really show up in the hub world. The web game, you can register them, but they really don't do anything as far as I know. For Giants, it is still unknown.

Originally Posted by thelonepig Gnarly Tree Rex (PS3 bundle exclusive)

Well, that's cool since that's the version I have preordered at Amazon. Strange that they would have a PS3 exclusive version though. That seems kind of random. Interestingly enough, the PS3 version was not available on Amazon when I went to preorder it last week - I thought maybe they had sold out of preorders, but maybe something was up because of the exclusive. But it came back a few days ago and I got my preorder in.

Originally Posted by shadowkast still need chop chop. Impossible to find as a single, may have to buy used or get the 3 pack and sell off the other two

Well, I do have that Gamestop 3-pack preordered but I was thinking of cancelling it since I'd end up with another Chop Chop. If you want my original Chop Chop I can trade/sell you that and then I'll keep the preorder and my kids will be happy because they'll get ShroomBoom. It is loose of course but in perfect shape. Just send me a PM if you are interested.

Originally Posted by io Well, that's cool since that's the version I have preordered at Amazon. Strange that they would have a PS3 exclusive version though. That seems kind of random. Interestingly enough, the PS3 version was not available on Amazon when I went to preorder it last week - I thought maybe they had sold out of preorders, but maybe something was up because of the exclusive. But it came back a few days ago and I got my preorder in.

It looks like a bundle with a PS3. There's no details that I've been able to find other than the picture on the wiki, so my guess is that it's for a different region.

EDIT: Here's the picture. Looks to be Europe as this is the 12gb model.

Originally Posted by defpally They work in all the game except the mobile phone ones. In the console game, they follow you around like a pet and give no benefit other than visual. Only one at a time can be used, and they "attach" to whoever they are closest to most of the time. For the DS game, they only really show up in the hub world. The web game, you can register them, but they really don't do anything as far as I know. For Giants, it is still unknown.

Interesting! Thank you for the explanation. I ordered one of the minis even though I don't have any of the games yet, but I'll probably jump on board at some point. Looks like too much fun.

Originally Posted by thelonepig It looks like a bundle with a PS3. There's no details that I've been able to find other than the picture on the wiki, so my guess is that it's for a different region. EDIT: Here's the picture. Looks to be Europe as this is the 12gb model.

D'oh - figures. So this isn't in the PS3 starter bundles then. Oh well, no biggie.

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Anyone know the release dates for any of the characters? Are any releasing on the 21st along with the game?

NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFO IS FROM DUTCH AMAZON SO IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT NA IS GETTING:

According to this site Pop Fizz and Chill are going to be put in a triple pack with old characters. Lame. It's killing my interest in this until I can find a good deal on them later on.

It looks like first single characters releasing at some point are Swarm, Flashwing, and Sprocket. I am really not excited for any of those singles..

Originally Posted by ShockandAww According to this site Pop Fizz and Chill are going to be put in a triple pack with old characters. Lame. It's killing my interest in this until I can find a good deal on them later on.

Here's the relevant part pulled from there. Whatever the source, this is exactly the sort of thing I thought they would be doing (packaging 1 new one in with 2 old ones):

Battle Packs In place of the Adventure Packs, Giants will feature Battle Packs. Basically 2 characters packaged with an item that unlocks a new Battle Arena. It is my hope, especially since there has been no confirmation of a Single Player Battle Mode, that they will also function as a "magic item" in Giants gameplay. -Golden Dragonfire Cannon BP: Chop Chop, Golden Dragonfire Cannon, Shroomboom (New) ((GameStop Exclusive)) -Unknown BP: Zap, Battle Arena Piece, New Skylander Triple Packs -Triple Pack A: Pop Fizz (New), Trigger Happy, and Whirlwind -Triple Pack B: Chill (New), Zook, and Ignitor -Triple Pack C: Sprocket (New), Sonic Boom, and Stump Smash -Triple Pack D: Flashwing (New), Gill Grunt, and Double Trouble Single Packs -Drobot-Light Core -Eruptor-Light Core -Gill Grunt-Series 2 -Flashwing-New -Sprocket-New -Swarm-Giant

My comments:

- Yep, lame battle packs with 1 new character and a stupid multiplayer battle arena "unlock" piece - so the other one is just like the Gamestop exclusive one. I'm still holding out some hope that since there are no Adventure packs (news to me) that these battle packs might be a little more than just multiplayer arena unlocks - but I'm not counting on it.

- 4 triple-packs, all with just 1 new character - pathetic. What truly surprises is that there will be no Adventure packs. I thought for sure we'd have even more than 4 this time. Maybe they are going for true DLC this time? Though that would be odd.

- It looks like at least 2 of those characters from the triple packs will be available as singles though (Flashwing and Sprocket).

- The site also said that not all the original ones are being redone. The still hard-to-find Wham-Shell is one of those. But presumably they would ship more of those at least.

I think what I'm going to do is just stick to the Giant figures since I assume these will be sold individually. Then I'll get the new ones only when they are in singles or there are big-time sales on the triple packs (like the B1G1 at TRU last year).

Originally Posted by io I think what I'm going to do is just stick to the Giant figures since I assume these will be sold individually. Then I'll get the new ones only when they are in singles or there are big-time sales on the triple packs (like the B1G1 at TRU last year).

Yep I think this is what I'll be doing also.

I've been looking on ebay and it seems some skylanders giants figures are already for sale on there and they are not pre orders they are from sellers who have them in hand already.Been looking there so i know what ones to expect to be in stores come the 21st.

Also i agree with it being lame that they are making triple packs with only 1 new character and 2 old ones redone. I will be avoiding triple packs this time for sure and will just stick to the single packs. Already have all the skylanders from the first game and there's no way the kids are getting all the re releases this time around.

Based on this week's Walmart ad, it looks like Pop Fizz, Crusher, and Lightcore Prism Break will be available as single pack releases on Sunday.

See the link below for all the figures that should be released in wave 1, i.e. available on release day. Rumor has it Walmart may be releasing the figures starting tomorrow, so the only official store exclusives, day 1, are the Granite Crusher from Target, and the Legendary Triple Pack (Ignitor, Wham Bam, Jet-Vac) and Legendary Giant (Bouncer) from Toys R Us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JOASARFFMM

My day 1 plan.

Hit Walmart this week and look for Swarm, Fright Rider, and the Lightcores (Drobot, Eruptor, Prism Break)
8am Sunday try to get Granite Crusher from Target
10am Sunday try to get the 4 Legendaries from TRU
11am Sunday pick up my Portal Owner Pack and hopefully any figures I don't get at Walmart at Gamestop

Even though I did get all 37 figures for the first game, I literally did not care about Regular Spyro, Chop Chop, Bash, Trigger Happy or Dark Spyro. I just want all the characters with their best in game stats. I plan on purchasing around 25 figures total for Giants.

8 Giants
8 Lightcore
4 New characters that don't get lightcore
4-6 Legendaries

The series 2 new upgrade path and extra power is not enticing to me. I'll end up with a few eventually if they have great sales like B1G1 or something, but overall they made too many figures this time around. Once you take into account variants (Legendaries, Pop, Winter, Gnarly, Royal), we are easily looking at 60 figures. 37 felt like a lot but 60+ additional gets crazy. I may get the series 2 figures over time, but I will sell off my series 1 versions of those 24 to help cancel some of the cost. I love the series and collecting the figures, but the reposing just rubs me the wrong way. If they were all lightcore, I would have been less upset, because at least they would have looked cool, but they have said they added the reposes basically to sell more, period. They said they could have added upgrades to the original figures, they simple chose not to, so those of us who did buy all the original ones would have a reason other then just a new pose, to buy. I won't be a part of that at retail, and sure not at eBay mark-up.

Sorry to rant, just wanted to get that out. Enjoy the video and get pumped for this week the game itself looks really fun and the new figures still have me really excited.

Isn't there also the GS-exclusive battle pack (with ShroomBoom) day 1?

What chaps me is that they are releasing some of the new small figured in both regular and light core versions. And of course I bet, for the most part, the regulars will come out first and then later the light cores so people end up buying both.

I didn't realize the game releases so soon. I better renew my Prime membership so I get faster shipping. It ran out the day I preordered (d'oh!) so I only have the super-saver (slow) shipping. I probably wouldn't get the starter pack until next Friday (the 26th) at the earliest.

Do we know a price on the giant figures? I might try to get that legendary at TRU. I'm hesitant to pick up the other 3-pack though since it has 3 chars I already have (would have 2 Jet-Vacs after the one in the starter pack). And I didn't know about that Target one. I really wonder how many people will be out buying these things up on Sunday... I also might try Walmart tomorrow but I'm not going out of my way - may go in the evening if you guys report finding them. That may be too late, but meh...

And I'll add that I'm a little mad at myself for considering running around to buy these at full price . Who would have thought?

Originally Posted by io Isn't there also the GS-exclusive battle pack (with ShroomBoom) day 1? What chaps me is that they are releasing some of the new small figured in both regular and light core versions. And of course I bet, for the most part, the regulars will come out first and then later the light cores so people end up buying both. I didn't realize the game releases so soon. I better renew my Prime membership so I get faster shipping. It ran out the day I preordered (d'oh!) so I only have the super-saver (slow) shipping. I probably wouldn't get the starter pack until next Friday (the 26th) at the earliest. Do we know a price on the giant figures? I might try to get that legendary at TRU. I'm hesitant to pick up the other 3-pack though since it has 3 chars I already have (would have 2 Jet-Vacs after the one in the starter pack). And I didn't know about that Target one. I really wonder how many people will be out buying these things up on Sunday... I also might try Walmart tomorrow but I'm not going out of my way - may go in the evening if you guys report finding them. That may be too late, but meh... And I'll add that I'm a little mad at myself for considering running around to buy these at full price . Who would have thought?

Giants - 14.99
Lightcore - 11.99
Triple Packs- 24.99
Single Packs- 9.99

And yes the GS exclusive Gold Cannon Pack comes out too but i could not care less about a gold cannon over a regular. I want the Legendaries for stat boosts and the Target Crusher cause he looks awesome. The Granite Crusher has nothing special statistically though.

Originally Posted by bilbobagins3 Giants - 14.99 Lightcore - 11.99 Triple Packs- 24.99 Single Packs- 9.99 And yes the GS exclusive Gold Cannon Pack comes out too but i could not care less about a gold cannon over a regular. I want the Legendaries for stat boosts and the Target Crusher cause he looks awesome. The Granite Crusher has nothing special statistically though.

Oh yeah, might as well get the Target one. I just wasn't aware of it. I also didn't realize there was a regular cannon vs. gold. I though GS was the only one getting the battle pack at all. Are you saying that other stores will have it but it will just be a regular and not a gold? I thought GS was, in effect, getting ShroomBook as an exclusive - I could care less about the cannon. If that is the case, then I am definitely not going to keep that preorder .

And of course lightcores cost more - why didn't I think of that?

Originally Posted by io I'm still holding out some hope that since there are no Adventure packs (news to me) that these battle packs might be a little more than just multiplayer arena unlocks - but I'm not counting on it.

I'm betting it's because it's going to be tough making those pieces work in future games.

But yeah, ultra lame on the "Rape You Battle Packs."

Originally Posted by thelonepig I can confirm that Frito Lays is holding to the four per household restriction on the Sidekicks. I sent a spare form in, having accidentally filled it out with my address as opposed to my in-laws and figured I'd give it a shot anyway. Instead I got a check for $2 and a note saying that I am no longer eligible. :(

Thanks for the heads up. I filled out my second set last night with my parents address.

Originally Posted by io Oh yeah, might as well get the Target one. I just wasn't aware of it. I also didn't realize there was a regular cannon vs. gold. I though GS was the only one getting the battle pack at all. Are you saying that other stores will have it but it will just be a regular and not a gold? I thought GS was, in effect, getting ShroomBook as an exclusive - I could care less about the cannon. If that is the case, then I am definitely not going to keep that preorder . And of course lightcores cost more - why didn't I think of that?

Other retailers will be getting the non gold version of the battle pack. You can see that in the video I posted above. Somebody on Dark Spyro forums found this pic advertising for Sunday and now I just want to get there early to get all these.

http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3c405875.jpg

TRU will have all figures B1G1 40% next week.

All wave 1 figures will be available on Sunday. Stores are getting shipments for wave 2 that will go on sale on Monday, there will be an email sent out to let people know about wave 2 availability on Monday.

Originally Posted by prim4444 TRU will have all figures B1G1 40% next week. All wave 1 figures will be available on Sunday. Stores are getting shipments for wave 2 that will go on sale on Monday, there will be an email sent out to let people know about wave 2 availability on Monday.

What do you mean by wave 1 and wave 2?

It sounds like new figures for Giants will be B1G1 40% then starting Sunday when they come out, right? But then what is not there Sunday but coming Monday?

In other news, I got the first sidekick that my in-laws received today and it was... Gill Runt. But I might have put that as my first choice because I thought I'd get Terrabite from my own submission (and instead got Trigger Snappy). And someone on here said they had Gill Runt passed over for another so I thought it was the hard to get one.

Oh, also, yesterday (Tues) I saw some people tearing down the old Skylanders demo station and replacing it with the Giants one at my local Fred Meyer. I just went back there this evening and there are no new figures though. That is really probably the best place for me to pick them up on Sunday because it kind of gets overlooked. I found a lot of the new figures there first for the original game when new waves would hit. Sucks that they bumped prices from $8 to $10, though. I think they are still $20 on the 3-packs though. And back when I was getting them for $8 they often had 20% off accessory coupons that worked on them as well as $10 of $50 coupons that worked on any Electronics items. It is probably too much to hope for something like that this Sunday - plus I think they started excluding Skylanders from the 20% off at some point mid-year (just about when the craze was over, actually).