I was able to pick up my reserved Scorpion Striker pack today, even though I never was called by GS. Hot Dog is a great looking figure.

Originally Posted by gravel I was able to pick up my reserved Scorpion Striker pack today, even though I never was called by GS. Hot Dog is a great looking figure.

I agree, but he is a bit larger than I hoped he would be. I always thought they made Bash too large in Series 1, compared to his in game form - Series 2 seems much better.

And the new Giants aren't Wal-Mart exclusives, if they were they would be running that up the flagpole. New releases tend to show up at western Wal-Marts first when they aren't street dated, since their shipping infrastructure seems to have the least overhead and be best prepared to move bulk through quickly. And since they are closer to where they are shipped from, if they can put them out right away they get them out first.

Scorpion Striker Battle Pack Instock at gamestop online

http://www.gamestop.com/toys/skyland...le-pack/107129

Originally Posted by icpmattj Scorpion Striker Battle Pack Instock at gamestop online http://www.gamestop.com/toys/skyland...le-pack/107129

Kind of on the fence about ordering this right now. Do you think this will be as easy to find as the "Dragonfire Cannon" pack once the Gamestop 30 day exclusive period is over?

No idea on that but when they did have the online option to check instore stock it showed nothing within 100 miles of me. I went to two stores as well and was told

Store #1 only got 1 in and it went to a pre order.
Store #2 only got 4-5 and said most went to pre order with maybe 1-2 for sale on the floor and both of those sold the first day.

I figured ordering it online was my best bet seeing the all the closet stores to me are all 25-30 miles on way and I'm never in the area to check them until the weekend usually.

I bought a Boomer from Amazon, not a 3rd party seller. Arrived today and has packaging I've never seen before. Anyone seen this packaging before? Did Amazon get a batch of these with their "frustration free" packaging? The back just pops open to get the figure out.

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Technically you did buy it from a third party seller...the item was just fulfilled by Amazon.

And the figure is likely just missing the back cuz it fell off

Originally Posted by animemaniac14 Technically you did buy it from a third party seller...the item was just fulfilled by Amazon. And the figure is likely just missing the back cuz it fell off

Yup, hadn't been around when the ones we have were opened. Seems the cardboard section had fallen off. Must not have been glued on since there was no residue left on the plastic.

Originally Posted by defpally I agree, but he is a bit larger than I hoped he would be. I always thought they made Bash too large in Series 1, compared to his in game form - Series 2 seems much better. And the new Giants aren't Wal-Mart exclusives, if they were they would be running that up the flagpole. New releases tend to show up at western Wal-Marts first when they aren't street dated, since their shipping infrastructure seems to have the least overhead and be best prepared to move bulk through quickly. And since they are closer to where they are shipped from, if they can put them out right away they get them out first.

Thanks. Taking a quick look at the most recent listings on Ebay, shows that the new Giants are slowly making their way towards the East Coast (mostly West Coast and middle states listings right now)

Went to the only Gamestop in the area that still had the guide for the original game listed as being in-stock and ended up finding a Eye-Brawl, Thumpback, and a Scorpion Battle Pack on the shelf. So between those and the guide and a Series 2 Lightning Rod I picked up I ended up dropping like $85.00 in store credit I had. But its nice to know now that I have these guys and wont have to go hunting for them. But I was kind of shocked seeing them on the shelf and with my son in the store with me I knew I was going to be buying them.
I am on the East Coast in Pittsburgh and when I got there around 4:30 pm they only had one of each of the giant "Giants" left on the shelf, but probably had 4-5 Scorpion Battle Packs left.

They also have a deal where if you spend $30.00 on Skylander items you get a free "mini figure" we were able to get two of them. We have the other two from the Frito-Lay promo from the summer but we did seem to lose the little "Gill-Runt" guy somewhere in the house.

http://www.gamestop.com/collection/s...d=eml_10000774

Originally Posted by ajh2298 Went to the only Gamestop in the area that still had the guide for the original game listed as being in-stock and ended up finding a Eye-Brawl, Thumpback, and a Scorpion Battle Pack on the shelf. So between those and the guide and a Series 2 Lightning Rod I picked up I ended up dropping like $85.00 in store credit I had. But its nice to know now that I have these guys and wont have to go hunting for them. But I was kind of shocked seeing them on the shelf and with my son in the store with me I knew I was going to be buying them. I am on the East Coast in Pittsburgh and when I got there around 4:30 pm they only had one of each of the giant "Giants" left on the shelf, but probably had 4-5 Scorpion Battle Packs left. They also have a deal where if you spend $30.00 on Skylander items you get a free "mini figure" we were able to get two of them. We have the other two from the Frito-Lay promo from the summer but we did seem to lose the little "Gill-Runt" guy somewhere in the house. http://www.gamestop.com/collection/s...d=eml_10000774

...Which part of pittsburgh? Hit up some Gamestops in the eastern suburbs yesterday, found nothing.

Originally Posted by ajh2298 Went to the only Gamestop in the area that still had the guide for the original game listed as being in-stock and ended up finding a Eye-Brawl, Thumpback, and a Scorpion Battle Pack on the shelf. So between those and the guide and a Series 2 Lightning Rod I picked up I ended up dropping like $85.00 in store credit I had. But its nice to know now that I have these guys and wont have to go hunting for them. But I was kind of shocked seeing them on the shelf and with my son in the store with me I knew I was going to be buying them. I am on the East Coast in Pittsburgh and when I got there around 4:30 pm they only had one of each of the giant "Giants" left on the shelf, but probably had 4-5 Scorpion Battle Packs left. They also have a deal where if you spend $30.00 on Skylander items you get a free "mini figure" we were able to get two of them. We have the other two from the Frito-Lay promo from the summer but we did seem to lose the little "Gill-Runt" guy somewhere in the house. http://www.gamestop.com/collection/s...d=eml_10000774

The guy at my store was nice enough to let me return some unopened figures I'd bought over the past week and rebuy them to take advantage of that sidekick deal. Got 3 out of the 4, the only one I didn't get is Gill-Runt.

Didn't see either of the new Giant guys, but I'll definitely pick those up when I do, if I do. I did get that Hot Dog 3-pack, though.

Originally Posted by Salamando3000 ...Which part of pittsburgh? Hit up some Gamestops in the eastern suburbs yesterday, found nothing.

It was the Bethel Park store on Route 88 I found it funny they were there because that also seemed like a store it would get a lot of traffic.

I live close to Robinson, I wonder if the two out that way would have them? It's like a 45 minute drive up there but I have other business up there anyway so the trip will be worth it anyway.

Originally Posted by Navex I live close to Robinson, I wonder if the two out that way would have them? It's like a 45 minute drive up there but I have other business up there anyway so the trip will be worth it anyway.

At least in Robinson you can hit up four store within a mile of each other.

anyone know of a good place to swap out figures doubt they are worth anything but after splitting up the spryo starter kits im stuck with 4 extra figures (2 of each) not the dark spryo but the other 2)

anyone know of a good swapping place to dump them besides ebay

Did the original figures get a 2nd run? I thought they were discontinued but found a whole bunch at Target today. Picked up the Darklight Crypt which was the last one I was missing from the original game.

Originally Posted by my2k2zx2 Did the original figures get a 2nd run? I thought they were discontinued but found a whole bunch at Target today. Picked up the Darklight Crypt which was the last one I was missing from the original game.

They must have. I definitely saw quite a few at different stores (ToysRus, Gamestop, and Target)

Originally Posted by my2k2zx2 Did the original figures get a 2nd run? I thought they were discontinued but found a whole bunch at Target today. Picked up the Darklight Crypt which was the last one I was missing from the original game.

It had to have been a reprint at some point. Because Darklight Crypt is crazy rare, they don't just sit on the shelf for that long.

Originally Posted by defpally It had to have been a reprint at some point. Because Darklight Crypt is crazy rare, they don't just sit on the shelf for that long.

Crazy rare? They've got it at Target every time I go. Either nobody has purchased it for a year or they've been getting continual stock.