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Light and Dark Expansion Packs Coming 12/21

June 10, 2015December 18, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Activision has announced that the new Light and Dark expansion packs will be available starting Sunday December 21st at Toys R Us. Two new Trap Masters will be part of these packs, Knight Light will come with the Light Element Expansion Pack and Knight Mare will come with the Dark Element Expansion Pack. In addition each pack will contain a corresponding new trap and an expansion level with new enemies to trap. There will also be two new core dragon Skylanders released. Blackout is a new Dark Element dragon, and Spotlight is a new Light Element dragon. Look for all of these to be on Toys R Us store shelves this Sunday! Check out the new trailers for the new Trap Masters.

Dark Element

Light Element

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Skylanders Day 12/6 And Winterfest Lob-Star

December 5, 2014 by Michael McNutt

On Saturday 12/6/2014 GameStop will be having another Skylanders Day from open to close. They will be having a number of sales and they’ll be featuring the release of the new special variant Winterfest Lob-Star. This new Skylander will not be exclusive to GameStop, however, there is no word on when it will show up to other retailers. Best Buy has the character listed but it still says “Coming Soon”, and you could get it now off Amazon.com as some people have gotten their hands on it, but you will be paying quite the premium right now.

Here is a list of all of the Skylander specials you will find at GameStop on 12/6/2014.

Get any Trap Team starter pack for $49.99.

Get the new Eon’s Elite Whilwind character for $24.99.

Get the new Winterfest Lob-Star for $15.99.

Get any trap for $.99 when you purchase any Trap Master character.

Get a free Giants 3-Pack when you buy any Swap Force or older starter pack.

Get a Mini Comic Fun Pack for just $2.00. (Watch our Mini Comic unwrapping here)

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Trap Team Starter Pack $49.99 Today at Best Buy.com

November 24, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Best Buy.com is having an early access Black Friday Sale today 11/24 only for it’s My Best Buy elite and elite plus members. If that is you, then today you can get any Skylanders Trap Team Starter Pack for just $49.99. That’s only $39.99 for you Game Club Unlocked Members. Plus if you are looking for anything else from Best Buy with Black Friday prices, check out their other games that are on sale, electronics and movies. I’ve already spent way too much today. But hey, now I don’t have to go out on Thanksgiving or Black Friday. 🙂

Check out the Skylander Starter Packs here.

Or the rest of Best Buy’s early access items here:

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Legendary Traps Available at Toys R Us

November 16, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Toys R Us now has all three announced Legendary Traps available today. Over the last couple weeks a new Micro Comic Fun Pack was released each coming with a special Legendary Trap. Today the Jawbreaker Micro Comic Fun Pack was released with a Legendary Undead Skull Trap. Also available are Blades Micro Comic Fun Pack with a Legendary Undead Orb Trap and Deja Vu Micro Comic Fun Pack with a Legendary Water Jughead Trap. Check your local Toys R Us, but I’ve had no problem finding them at mine. They do not seem to be in very limited quantities.

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Mirror of Mystery Available at Best Buy

June 10, 2015October 11, 2014 by Michael McNutt

I was browsing the Best Buy website, trying to figure out when they were going to actually have Wave 2 Skylanders in stock, when I was surprised to see the Mirror of Mystery Adventure Pack listed. It turns out that it and a lot of the other Wave 2 characters are actually now in stock now at Best Buy. They are not available for shipping but they are available for in store pick up (at least at the stores around me). So I was able to pick up quite a bit this evening. I placed my order through the website for in-store pickup. I would highly suggest this method myself. And don’t forget, you can support this site buy ordering your Skylanders through our links like that. But there are other reasons to order for in-store pick up. First, if the store is closed, you guarantee that they won’t sell out in the morning if you can’t get to the store right away. I did this on launch day and got some triple trap packs that seemed to sell out very fast. But tonight as I went into the store to pick up my latest order, I thought I’d check their shelves. Not one Wave 2 Skylander or Trap was on the shelf. Yet when I picked up my order they had everything waiting for me behind the counter. I believe they just got the stock in, but have yet to place it on the shelves. Had I just ran into my local store, I may have been sad to see nothing seemingly in stock. And then I would have had to ask someone to check the back, wait for people to figure out what they were doing or where the stuff was and in general it would have been a pain in to but to get what I wanted that way. So if you check the Best Buy website and find that your local store has the Mirror of Mystery in stock. Do yourself a favor, and just order it for in-store pickup. Wait an hour (usually not even that long), and go pick it up. It could not have been easier for me tonight. That said, look for our second Mega Epic unboxing of Wave 2 characters coming very soon.

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Trap Team Wave 2 Skylanders

October 10, 2014October 8, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Well, it didn’t take long. Just two days after the release of Skylanders Trap Team and the Wave 1 Skylanders, Toys R Us has started to sell Trap Team Wave 2 characters. In the past Toys R Us almost always gets first dibs on selling the new Skylanders. So it’s no surprise that they have shown up at Toys R Us first. It is a bit of a surprise that it’s happened just 2 days after the release. If you don’t like the pay the Toys R Us premium for getting those characters early (though they often run buy one get one 40% off which almost makes up for the increase) you should start seeing this wave trickle into other retailers over the next few weeks. So here is the list of Trap Team Wave 2 Skylanders now available at Toys R Us.

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Head Rush, Bushwack, and Tread Head @ Toys R Us

October 8, 2014October 7, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Toys R Us sent a special e-mail out today notifying people that, Head Rush, Bushwack and Tread Head were now available in store for Skylanders Trap Team. Apparently these Skylanders are only available at Toys R Us at the moment. But a quick check of the Best Buy website shows a couple of those Skylanders and a Kaos Trap. However they are not yet in stock. So if you really want these characters now, check your local Toys R Us, and if you wait a little while you’ll probably find them soon at your favorite retailer.

UPDATE:

I just returned from my local Toys R US, and they had a lot more than what the e-mail mentioned. I’d say they had the full on Wave 2 Skylanders available early. I picked up:

Lob-Star, Head Rush, Bushwack, Fist Bump, Fizzy Frenzy Pop Fizz, Full Blast Jet-Vac, Hog Wild Fryno, Tread Head, and about 2 more traps per element. Toys R Us definitely has the most variety of single traps. Also, even though Toys R Us is the most expensive retailer, they are running a buy one get one 40% off on all characters, software and accessories for Skylanders. And single traps are buy one get one for $1, or about $4 each. Not too bad of a deal. And in case you weren’t counting, that is now all 5 of the returning characters that have been released. We’re only missing a magic Trap Master in order to be able to play all of the game outside of the “?” areas.

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Trap Team Wave 1 Skylanders

June 10, 2015October 5, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Today is the release of Skylanders Trap Team. As always we are presented only with a handful of figures available on Day 1. These figures are what we call the Wave 1 figures. Usually it’s a fairly large wave, and Wave 2 typically comes out before Thanksgiving. Based on what we’ve seen from pre-order information on major retail sites, and some rumors to what people have started to pick up in stores let me summarize what ‘might’ be included in the Trap Team Wave 1 Skylanders.

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Meet the Trap Team Skylanders: New Core

September 24, 2014September 21, 2014 by Michael McNutt

Skylanders Trap Team is almost out, and we almost have the full list of new Core Skylanders for Skylanders Trap Team. We now know all 19 of the core Skylanders set for Trap Team. There are 16 base new figures, and three special named variants: Dark Food Fight, Legendary Blades and Legendary Deja Vu. It appears that all three Frito-Lay characters were always going to be characters in the game, but it was their names that came from the contest winners. It’s possible that by then end of Trap Team, we may learn of a couple more special named variants of the 16, but for now, this is all of the New Core Skylanders. It’s time to meet the Trap Team Skylanders: New Core.

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Trap Team Skylanders: Trap Masters

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Michael McNutt

OK, we are getting dangerously close to release of Skylanders Trap Team. Here is a look at the trailers for all 20 of the new Trap Masters. That’s right there are 20 so far, with the possibility of more later. There are 16 regular variants and 4 special named variants (Dark Snap Shot, Dark Wildfire, Legendary Jawbreaker, and Nitro Krypt King). Be sure to check all of the Skylander pages for all videos, unboxings, and retail information as we get it. Now it’s time to meet the Trap Team Skylanders: Trap Masters.

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