Mike McNutt

Echo – Skylander Review

March 7, 2016September 4, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Echo – Skylander Review

Echo is a new Water core Skylander making her debut in Skylanders Trap Team. She comes from an undersea kingdom that was built around a giant oyster shell. This oyster held the famous Pearl of Wisdom at it’s center. Every day, water dragons from all over the kingdom would come to the Pearl to ask it questions. This was a sacred ritual, so anyone living near the Pearl was required to be quiet and speak only in whispers. Echo happened to live right next door to the Pearl and she had a very hard time abiding by those rules. One day, a gang of sea horses called the Aqua Jocks decided to steal the Pearl. They cast an unbreakable bubble around the pearl and attempted to drag it away. Many of the nearby water dragons, tried to call for help, but found that they no longer knew how to be loud since they had been quiet for so long. However, Echo was there and she saw the Aqua Jocks trying to take the Pearl. She let out her loudest sonar blast which shattered the bubble and blew the Aqua Jockeys out of the kingdom. Her heroic actions caught the attention of Gill Grunt who recruited her as a Skylander. Now she sounds off against evil all throughout Skylands.

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Pain-Yatta – Villain Review

March 7, 2016September 2, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Pain-Yatta – Villain Review

Pain-Yatta is a Magic element villain that is hanging around Level 8 – Telescope Towers. You will find that Pain-Yatta is filled with candy, and evil. I’m not sure who’s idea it was to turn a pinata into a minion of evil, but I think it was a pretty genius idea. Pain-Yatta uses the sweet candy he has been filled with for years, to exact revenge on all those who ever raised a stick at him and everyone else in Skylands. He can either barf candy at his enemies or to smack them with his giant lollipop. Either way his foes are in for a sweet surprise. And did you know that he also had an ear for music? Well, not really, but he does make a nice bodyguard and is the favorite escort of the Gecko Chorus. You’ll find that out, when you take on his quest in Level 10 – The Secret Sewers of Supreme Stink.

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Trap Team Undead Portal Pops and Rests

August 31, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Today we have the Undead Skylander Portal Pops and Rests from Skylanders Trap Team. These are all of the intro and rest animations for the Undead Skylanders.

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SuperChargers RC Cars at GameStop

August 30, 2015 by Michael McNutt

I found something interesting today as I was exploring various retailer pages for Skylanders SuperChargers. GameStop has a couple listing for some SuperChargers based remote controlled cars. You will soon be able to get Fiesta and his Crypt Crusher, or Spitfire and his Hot Streak in a remote control toy. I believe this is our first collectible sighting for the new game! It might be considered more of a toy than a collectible but it depends on how many of these cars eventually comes out. For now, there are just two of them listed on GameStop’s website, and they do not appear on any other major retailer that I could find. This could mean that they will be a GameStop exclusive, but I could see where these may eventually find their way onto shelves at Target, Toys R Us or maybe even Walmart. I don’t expect these to be a very high quality, but who knows. The SuperChargers RC Cars are listed for $29.99 on the GameStop website and have a release date of 9/15, meaning you might be able to get your hands on these before the game is released.

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Short Cut – Skylander Review

March 7, 2016August 28, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Short Cut – Skylander Review

Short Cut is a new Undead Trap Master making his debut in Skylanders Trap Team. Short Cut made the finest clothing in all of Skylands. His magic shears could cut through any cloth, any thread, and follow any pattern. One day a fleet of skeleton pirates appeared in flying ships. They had just stolen a cargo of golden yarn from some local fortunetellers. The pirate captain demanded that Short Cut use the yarn to make him a magic hat that would tell him the future of anyone in Skylands. Short Cut did not want his worked used for evil, so that night while all the pirates were sleeping on their ships, he snuck onto the ships and sewed together the pants and shirts of the sleeping pirates so they couldn’t fight. Then he took his magic shears and cut all of the sails and wrapped them around the ships which prevented the pirates from escaping. Master Eon found out about his brave capturing of the pirates and offered to make him a member of the Trap Team. Now Short Cut uses his Traptanium Shears to cut evil’s future short.

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Shrednaught – Villain Review

March 7, 2016August 26, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Shrednaught – Villain Review

Shrednaught is a Tech element villain that you will find shredding up the Pheonix Psanctuary. Shrednaught is not your average villain, it’s actually 2 Trolls, 1 giant chainsaw, and unlimited possibilities. It’s hard to tell if the trolls are brothers, friends, or just two villains forced to work together. They refer to each other as Troll 1 and Troll 2 so they don’t seem to have any interest in names. They do work well enough together to control the biggest chainsaw mech ever built (by trolls that is). The blade of the chainsaw even spins around making it a fearsome device to all who lay eyes on it (again mostly just trolls). Shreadnaught is a loyal villain to Kaos. Luckily for the Skylanders though, Shrednaught is easily persuaded. After a slight beating and some time in a Tech trap, the trolls will be ready to switch their allegiance to the Skylanders.

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Trap Team Tech Portal Pops and Rests

August 24, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Today we have the Tech Skylander Portal Pops and Rests from Skylanders Trap Team. These are all of the intro and rest animations for the Tech Skylanders of Trap Team.

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Cobra Cadabra and King Cobra Cadabra – Skylander Review

March 7, 2016August 21, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Cobra Cadabra and King Cobra Cadabra – Skylander Review

Cobra Cadabra is a new Magic core Skylander making his debut in Skylanders Trap Team. He began his journey as the assistant to the Great Mabuni, a traveling magician that performed all over Skylands. He dreamed of one day becoming a famous magician himself. The Mysteriously Mad Magic Masters of Mystery was a magicians guild that had for centuries taught all of the greatest magicians in Skylands. They refused to allow Cobra Cadabra to become a magician. The Great Mabuni though saw the potential in Cobra Cadabra and decided to teach him everything he knew. This was strictly forbidden by the Mysteriously Mad Magic Masters of Mystery and they soon found out. The guild sent a team of magic rabbit enforcers to punish Cobra Cadabra and the Great Mabuni. Cobra Cadabra remained calm. He used what he learned to play an enchanted tune on his flute and cast a spell on the rabbits, which he then led away. The guild was very impressed by this and decided to accept Cobra Cadabra as a member and made him a magician. Soon he was also made a member of the Skylanders.

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Bomb Shell – Villain Review

March 7, 2016August 19, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Bomb Shell – Villain Review

Bomb Shell is a Magic element villain that you will find spinning around on the decks of Level 5 – Chef Zeppelin. Even though he could easily be a fire, or earth type, it’s Bomb Shell’s ability to conjure up magical bombs that defines his Magic element. That reminds me: Did you hear the one about the tortoise and the bomb? No? I don’t know why not? He was famous! He was a real Shellebrity! Unfortunately I don’t think Bomb Shell is going to be a Shellebrity any time soon. The combination of bombs and a turtle might sound like a popular combination, but Bomb Shell is just a little too mediocre to become famous.

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Skylanders Battlecast Card Battle Game Announced

August 18, 2015 by Michael McNutt

Today Activision announced a brand new deck building game that will mix the typical physical card collecting, card battle game with the ability to take the cards online and bring them to life for digital competition on mobile devices. It sounds like a mixture of the Pokemon Card Game with the typical wonder of being able to bring your Skylanders to life in a digital form. The game will be free to play from the Apple, Google, and Amazon app stores however, the existence of physical cards indicates that there will be plenty of cards to buy or upgrade. There is no word yet on how the gameplay will work, but I’m sure we’ll learn more before this game hits in 2016.

We’re huge collectors and this is right up our ally, so expect more details and coverage when we get it. For now check out the announcement trailer for the Skylanders Battlecast Card Battle game below.

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