I was visiting my local Toys R Us this morning checking out their buy one get one 40% Skylander sale as well as their 60% off clearance games when I saw Lightcore Bumble Blast on the shelf. He was not listed as available online or through other major retailers online websites, but Toys R Us definitely had a few of them. If you are looking to get a hold of this excellent Lightcore character then I would suggest a trip or a phone call to your local Toys R Us.
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Bumble Blast is a new core Life Skylander for Skylanders Swap Force. He comes with the Fiery Forge Battle Pack, or you can buy his limited variant Jolly Bumble Blast as a single character. His back story says that he was originally a beehive where bees made a sweet magical honey. Then when Kaos launched an attack on the bees to take the honey for himself, Bumble Blast came to life as their protector. He is a very detailed character but I think he looks more like a smaller version of Tree Rex than a beehive. He is a walking tree with a beehive gun and a sweet honeycomb jaw with a honey tongue sticking out. The detail on his character is fantastic. There is a little stinger coming out the barrel of his beehive gun showing the bee he is about to shoot, and even the life element symbol carved into the wood knot on his shoulder. Bumble Blast looks great, but he has a limited colored variant called Jolly Bumble Blast who looks even better. He dons a Red Santa Suit with green feet and stands on a snow covered base. He even has a candy cane striped bee coming out of a green holiday beehive gun. It’s a fantastic looking colored variant and it might be my favorite Skylander character.
Besides being a great looking character, Bumble Blast also has some pretty awesome attacks. He starts with a basic Beezooka attack which shoots homing bees at enemies. These bees hit their target as long as you are aimed fairly close to your target. He also starts with a Honey Glob attack which coats enemies in honey. As you begin to upgrade him, the bees will always target enemies coated in honey. This allows you to attack while running away from trouble. It’s a huge advantage. You will also be able to drop mines that explode to oat enemies with honey and be able to shoot multiple bees at one time. If you choose to upgrade the Bee Keeper Path, there is also an upgrade that shoots out a huge Queen Bee that knocks a group of enemies into the air. If you choose the Honey Tree Path, then you will improve your honey coating abilities.
For Bumble Blast’s Soul Gem Ability, he will gain a backpack that automatically fires bees at enemies. It’s an interesting looking change to the character and it allows you to worry more about coating enemies in honey than always firing your bees. No matter what upgrade path you choose, and even before you unlock the Soul Gem ability, Bumble Blast is a very strong Skylander and very fun to play with.
Overall Bumble Blast is a must have. He is on a short list of our all time favorites.
| Card Stats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack: | 85 | Max Health | 320 | |
| Defense: | 85 | Speed | 35 | |
| Speed: | 50 | Armor | 24 | |
| Luck: | 90 | Critical Hit | 4 | |
| Elemental Power | 25 | |||
| All Attacks | |||
| Beezooka | Press Attack 1 to shoot honey homing bees at enemies | Free | |
| Honey Glob | Press Attack 2 to shoot a big ball of honey that will coat enemies in honey when hit. | Free | |
| Honey Beecon | Bees will always target and attack enemies coated in honey. | 500 Gold | |
| Hungry Bees | Bees deal increased damage against honeyed targets | 700 Gold | |
| Hive Mind | Press Attack 3 to shoot a beehive into the ground. The hive explodes into honey when an enemy approaches it. | 900 Gold | |
| Painful Stings | Bees gain more powerful stingers, increasing their damage. | 1200 Gold | |
| Bee Keeper Path | |||
| Bee Armada | Hold Attack 1 to charge the Beezooka, release to shoot three bees at once. | 1700 Gold | |
| Stirred up a Nest | A new Beezooka now shoots even more bees that do increased damage. | 2200 Gold | |
| Queen Bee | Hold Attack 1 and charge theBeezooka even longer, release to shoot a Queen Bee that knocks enemies into the air. | 3000 Gold | |
| Honey Tree Path | |||
| Honey Buzz Blast | Hold Attack 2 to charge a honey attack, release to shoot a honey glob that contains angry bees. | 1700 Gold | |
| Heavy Honey | Honey attacks deal increased damage and slow enemies. | 2200 Gold | |
| Honeycomb Bark | Armor is increased. Bark skin will sometimes drip out honey that coats enemy attackers | 3000 Gold | |
| Soul Gem Ability | |||
| Bee-Pack Backpack | Gain a behive backpack that automatically launches bees at nearby foes. | 4000 Gold | |
Check out our Legendary Zoo Lou unboxing. Today Conner unboxes Legendary Zoo Lou. Zoo Lou is a new life core Skylander for Skylanders Swap Force. The “Legendary” edition has slightly increased stats and is exclusive to Toys R Us. Watch and let us know what you think of Legendary Zoo Lou.
Stink Bomb is a new Swappable Life Skylander with the Sneak ability for Skylanders Swap Force. His sneak ability allows him to unlock certain Sneak zone challenges on some of the main game levels. He is a green ninja skunk armed with throwing stars while wearing some light armor. His arms and legs have some wooden guards covered in spikes. He stands ready to throw one of his throwing stars while he has a couple more attached to his shirt . It seems pretty obvious that he will have a ranged attack in his arsenal. Overall he looks like a ninja ready for battle. Even though we already have a ninja character in Ninja Stealth Elf, Stink Bomb certainly holds his own unique look and feel.
Stink Bomb does start with a throwing star attack that can damage enemies at medium range. He also starts with a skunk cloud attack that allows him to go invisible and to damage enemies with the cloud. His upgrades are pretty much what you would expect. His throwing star attack can be upgraded to do more damage or to throw more stars at once. His Skunk Cloud can be upgraded to grow larger and to leave a trail behind as he moves. He also has the ability to add an attack that will knock back his enemies. His attacks are not too flashy or too unusual. His Skunk Cloud is about the most unique attack he has, but it is similar to Stealth Elf’s invisibility with some added damage bonus.
As a swappable character there are two different upgrade paths to choose, one for his body and one for his legs. The body paths let you focus either on adding a shield to the throwing star attack, or adding a poisoned acorn attack to knock his enemies back. We chose the Art of Skunk-Fu Path which adds the shield ability to the throwing stars attack. The throwing stars attack is our most used attack. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s ranged. The leg paths involve adding a second skunk cloud attack or adding an option to leave spike traps behind to damage enemies. Both leg paths seem to do the same thing by passively damaging enemies as they move through the traps. But overall neither leg path is extremely devastating or interesting.
Stink Bomb also has two soul gem abilities. One enhances the throwing stars to do more critical damage, and the other allows Stink Bomb to stay invisible even after attacking enemies from the Skunk Cloud. The “invisible after attacking” ability sounds cool, but he never seems to stay invisible for very long after the attack. So after a while it just feels like a pointless upgrade. These soul gem attacks are slightly useful, but they are not as devastating or over the top as other character’s soul gem abilities.
Overall Stink Bomb is a decent character who is very useful at a distance but I don’t find myself gravitating to use Stink Bomb much outside of completing Sneak Challenges.
| Card Stats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack: | 140 | Max Health | 270 | |
| Defense: | 85 | Speed | 43 | |
| Speed: | 150 | Armor | 12 | |
| Luck: | 15 | Critical Hit | 6 | |
| Elemental Power | 25 | |||
| Body Attacks | |||
| Skunk-Fu Stars | Press Attack 1 to throw small stars that can damage enemies at long range | Free | |
| One-Inch Palm | Press Attack 3 to deliver a powerful palm attack that knocks away enemies. | 300 Gold | |
| Noxious Ninja | Press Attack 1 to throw Skunk-Fu Stars that do increased damage. | 800 Gold | |
| Sweeping Kung-Fu | Hold Attack 1 to charge handfuls of Skunk-Fu Stars, release to damage enemies in all directions. | 1000 Gold | |
| The Art of Skunk-Fu Path | |||
| Skunk-Fu Shield | Sweeping Skunk-Fu creates a whirling shield that damages nearby enemies. | 1500 Gold | |
| Skunk-Fu Master | Skunk-Fu Shield does increased damage | 2000 Gold | |
| The Art of Acorns Path | |||
| Acorn Accuracy | Hold Attack 3 to charge a powerful poisoned acorn, release to shoot it at enemies. | 1500 Gold | |
| Skunk Eye | An ancient aiming technique makes acorn attacks do increased damage. | 2000 Gold | |
| Soul Gem Ability | |||
| Master-Star Technique | Press Attack 1 to throw Master Stars that have a higher chance to critically hit. | 3500 Gold | |
| Leg Attacks | |||
| Skunk Cloud | Press Attack 2 to go invisible and damage enemies with a large obscuring cloud. | Free | |
| Hidden Tail | Press Attack 2 while invisible to perform a tail attack that does a large amount of damage to enemies. | 300 Gold | |
| Sporting Stripes | Speed is increased. | 800 Gold | |
| Skunking Around | Press Attack 2 to go invisible and leave a skunk cloud on the ground that damages enemies. | 1000 Gold | |
| Skunk Cloud Controller Path | |||
| Rolling Fog | Up to two skunk clouds can be active at one time. | 1500 Gold | |
| Cloudy Concoction | Skunk cloud does increased damage. | 2000 Gold | |
| Sneaky Tricks Path | |||
| Sneaky Tactics | Move forward slowly to cause pointy objects to be left behind that slow and damage enemies. | 1500 Gold | |
| Pain in the Foot | Sneaky Tactics does increased damage. | 2000 Gold | |
| Soul Gem Ability | |||
| Stealth Skunk | Remain invisible even after attacking enemies. | 3500 Gold | |
Conner gets really excited when he gets Jolly Bumble Blast. Bumble Blast is one of our favorite characters so to get a special Christmas variant of him is very cool.
Watch Conner’s Jolly Bumble Blast Unboxing and let us know what you think!
Conner unboxes the Fiery Forge Battle Pack, but has a hard time reading forge and often says “fog”. He also takes a look at Knockout Terrafin and Bumble Blast for the first time.
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Best Buy.com has the Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack on sale for 11.99. This is over half off and the only way you can obtain a Series 2 Chop Chop character. This is a very good deal for the pack and should be jumped on if you are a collector who doesn’t already have this as they are disappearing from stores in favor of Swap Force characters.
Update: Sale is over.
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