Originally Posted by gravel Thanks, I meant the Lightcore Shroomboom. I think it was supposed to hit right before Christmas, but I haven't seen it near me yet. I really have no interest in the cannon, so I haven't bought the Battle Pack.

Yeah, the cannon isn't much, especially if you don't care about the PvP arenas. It just follows you and shoots things for a short time. The cannon itself IS a Lightcore though, so it is a pretty cool figure (the Gamestop one lights up orange, the regular one blue). Lightcore Shroomboom released on 12/20 at TRU, and some have said they have seen it a few times elsewhere. You may be able to find it around soon, but now you are in the post-Christmas rush, so it may be rough. I got mine at the opening at TRU on 12/20, they had two Lightcore cases of them, each case has four Shroombooms (and 2 each of the other ones) - so only eight total in a pretty high traffic store. He is one of the better Lightcore figures, with his eye and a mushroom lighting up.

I suggested the Battle Pack only because you can find it on sale pretty often, and when you factor in your time and shipping, it might be worth the consideration if you find a good deal.

Now, something else to think about. Hot Dog has no Lightcore, so the only known way to get him (and Series 2 Zap) may be the new Battle Pack coming to Gamestop exclusively in January, everywhere else in February. You can pre-order it now online and in store, the release date was recently pushed back to 1/9/2013. There is a variant version of him (called "Molten") but when/where/if it is ever released is unknown and it may just be in a store exclusive version of the Battle Pack too.

I can't find a Boomer anywhere (for MSRP) and there is no Version 2. Sad face. Missing that and Zap from the original set, but at least Zap is getting a new pose.

Missing Boomer and Darklight Crypt from the first set.

Tha's funny because a year ago when everyone was buying up all the Skylanders post-Christmas, Boomer was the "trash" one no one wanted and you could find very easily. But I'm guessing it hasn't been made in a while and the stock eventually ran out.

Yep, my son didn't get into Skylanders until summer. I have never seen a Boomer in person.

Gamestop's ad for next week shows the Hot Dog three-pack arriving 1/11/13 at a price of $24.99. It comes with the Scorpion Striker and series 2 Zap, and is listed in the ad as a GS exclusive.

They had it listed for a 1/1/13 date at first.......it then got moved to 1/9/13. Had not heard of it being pushed back again. I mean, it's only 2 days so no biggie. Just had not heard about it. Also, it's not only at Gamestop. Just a timed exclusive. Meaning Gamestop is supossed to get it 30 days before other stores.

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Originally Posted by Rod92905 They had it listed for a 1/1/13 date at first.......it then got moved to 1/9/13. Had not heard of it being pushed back again. I mean, it's only 2 days so no biggie. Just had not heard about it. Also, it's not only at Gamestop. Just a timed exclusive. Meaning Gamestop is supossed to get it 30 days before other stores.

I'll probably pick it up there, since that is the new one my girlfriend wants the most, and they aren't charging extra for it.

In Target's ad this week, Thumpback is pictured. Has anyone seen any information on his release date?

Originally Posted by gravel In Target's ad this week, Thumpback is pictured. Has anyone seen any information on his release date?

I glanced through the Target ad and didn't even see that - will have to check it out again.

We are definitely not seeing the rush for Skylanders after Christmas like we did last year. I am still seeing them everywhere. By this time last year they were almost completely sold out.

That Target add has been discussed thoroughly in other forums.....with no early pics of Thumpback showing up on any forums or eBay the general concensus is that it's just a stuck image being shown in their add.....no direct indication that Thumpback will be there.

Originally Posted by Rod92905 That Target add has been discussed thoroughly in other forums.....with no early pics of Thumpback showing up on any forums or eBay the general concensus is that it's just a stuck image being shown in their add.....no direct indication that Thumpback will be there.

Thanks, I figured that was probably the case, but I hadn't looked into it anywhere else.

Originally Posted by gravel I'll probably pick it up there, since that is the new one my girlfriend wants the most, and they aren't charging extra for it. In Target's ad this week, Thumpback is pictured. Has anyone seen any information on his release date?

Yeah, as mentioned, the Thumpback thing was just a stock photo mistake. Those things are printed weeks ahead of time. I'm sure their store employees are paying for that mistake with all of the questions and how angry some people can get over that sort of thing.

The Scorpion Striker/Hot Dog/Zap pack at Gamestop will be available elsewhere 30 days or so later, but the cool thing is you can still pre-order it. With all of the post Christmas excitement for Giants, being able to pre-order and pick up at your leisure when they call you is great - no calling around for shipments, no wild speculation, no showing up at stores well before they open and hoping the employees dug through the boxes or forgot to put something out.

Originally Posted by Darkside Hazuki Yep, my son didn't get into Skylanders until summer. I have never seen a Boomer in person.

That's interesting cause last year during the Skylanders hunt I saw Boomers everywhere in Houston. It's all YMMV I guess.

If anybody in Houston is still looking for Wham-Shell, I found two of them at the TRU on Old Spanish Trail & Kirby.

Originally Posted by defpally The Scorpion Striker/Hot Dog/Zap pack at Gamestop will be available elsewhere 30 days or so later, but the cool thing is you can still pre-order it. With all of the post Christmas excitement for Giants, being able to pre-order and pick up at your leisure when they call you is great - no calling around for shipments, no wild speculation, no showing up at stores well before they open and hoping the employees dug through the boxes or forgot to put something out.

Yep, this is what I did. In fact, I returned my Golden Dragonfire Cannon battle pack and put the money on this one instead. I was waiting for the lightcore Shroomboom so I never opened it. I don't need the rest of the stuff in the Scorpion pack either but my son really, really wants Hot Dog and this is the only way to get it for a while, anyway. I'm sure it will sell better than the cannon pack did just because of that.

Originally Posted by VyseArcad1a That's interesting cause last year during the Skylanders hunt I saw Boomers everywhere in Houston. It's all YMMV I guess.

If by "last year" you meant 8-12 months ago, then, yeah, Boomer was everywhere. But it has been pretty scarce for 4-6 months now, which is when Darkside Hazuki said his son just started getting into Skylanders. But, yeah, before that it was the "trash" Skylander than no one wanted . I remember seeing Best Buy shelves in Jan/Feb last year with nothing but Boomer on them.

Will Hot Dog be available in a single pack or is the only way to get him is in the Scorpion Pack?

Originally Posted by ajh2298 Will Hot Dog be available in a single pack or is the only way to get him is in the Scorpion Pack?

Well, there is precedence that he will not be sold in a single. In the original games, the figures in the Adventure Packs were never sold as singles. On a few websites that have listings for the figures that aren't out yet, the single packs for the figures in the Battle Packs are notably missing (though they are present on some, without SKUs).

Shroomboom is different, because he has a Lightcore, so you can get him that way. There is no Lightcore Hot Dog, the fire element Lightcore is Eruptor. There has been a discovered variant of Hot Dog in the game files (called Molten), but the current thinking is that will show up as a store exclusive version in the Scorpion Striker Battle Pack somewhere down the road after the Gamestop exclusive runs out.

Bottom line, you may be able to get Hot Dog as a single in some form down the line, but there is absolutely no indication of that being true, and several indications against it.

Hey guys,

I feel like this is a completely stupid question but I really can't seem to figure it out, so I'm coming to the experts. Anyway, I just received Skylander's Giant's and along with that a few extra figures, including Prism Break light core. The only reason the person buying for me got this was because they liked the fact he lit up when he was on the portal. So, I decided to open it up today to give a try, also excited to see what he looks like when he lights up and nothing.

I feel like there has to be something I'm doing wrong, yet I don't know what else to actually do. So, I come to you, experts of Skylander's, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong that my light core Skylander doesn't light up?

Are you sure it is the light ore figure? They just released a s2 version of him. The easy way to tell would be if the game yells "lightcore!" When he pops onto the screen.

Also see if Tree Rex lights up. All of the Giants have lightcore functionality, iirc.

@nbballard, Yes, I know it is the lightcore, it has the foil card and everything and the packaging says light core. I haven't started up the game because I haven't even had a chance to open the package for the game.

@Salamando3000, I have tried Swarm, Crusher and Hot Head and nothing is happening.

Do you have to put it in the new portal of power? I don't see why the old one wouldn't work, but who knows.