Jawbreaker revealed today by Activision at E3. This new Tech Trap Master fights with huge Traptanium gold fists. He looks sort of like a larger more powerful version of Stump Smash. Visit his character page for more details as we get them.
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Activision revealed another new Trap Master at E3 called Krypt King. This Undead Skylander has a huge blade and apparently also spits bugs! Ewww. Can’t wait to see that. Here are his starting card stats. Note: they are out of a possible 250 this time which means the level cap has been raised to 25.
Power 180
Armor 180
Agility 100
Luck 50
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Skylander fans! A new Trap Master is available for Pre-order. Gearshift pre-orders are available now at least through Amazon.com and Best Buy. Check your favorite retailer to see they are offering a pre-order. You might think, why would I need to pre-order a Skylander, I’ll just pick her up when she is released? Well, it seems like they are toying with some new ideas at Activision. Gearshift is not scheduled to be released until 2015. However, if you pre-order her now, you are guaranteed to receive her on October 5th, the same day Trap Team is released. There is only a limited number of Gearshift figures that will be released for pre-order for the release of Trap Team. So if you think you want to play with this Tech Skylander sooner than later, you’ll probably want to make sure you get in on the pre-order as soon as possible.
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Well it’s time for more Frito-Lay contest news. Earlier we told you about the contest for submitting new Skylander names for three possible new Skylanders figures. We now know these figures will be part of the Trap Team release, though, these do not appear to be Trap Masters. It looks like one will just be a new core Skylander for the game. Well the names have been chosen and now it’s time to vote for your favorite character. Personally, I’m a little disappointed in the names. I saw better names floating around various message boards. I’m not sure if they were just never submitted or what. I know that we never got around to submitting names, so maybe people just didn’t have enough faith in themselves. Regardless, ONE of these names will be your next new Skylander. So now, do you vote for your favorite character? Or your favorite name? It’s tough, but let your voice be heard. Head on over to Frito-Lay and submit your vote.
High Five is the fifth son of the Royal High Flying Dragonflies. He can fly higher and faster than any other dragonfly and is famous for his great speed.
Flip Wreck is half dolphin and half ship wreck.
Bat Spin is a witch from the underworld. One day, trolls came to the underworld so Bat Spin had to save the underworld’s people and she did. Afterwards, Eon asked her to join the Skylanders.
Let us know which one is your favorite and why.
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The fourth installment in the Skylanders series is called Trap Team! It took awhile, but Activision finally made good on it’s promise to unveil new Skylanders information today. Trap Team introduces a new game mechanic to the series which borrows some similarities from Pokemon. Trap Team introduces new Traptanium shards that you use to “trap” or capture defeated villains and force them to fight for you. These shards can be bought in the store and have specific elements associated to them. You must match the right element to the villain you want to catch. Activision gave the example of catching the Chompy Mage with a life shard. Once you capture the villain you will then “own” that character and you will be able to use and switch to him in battle. Of course one shard holds one villain and there will be over 40 “trappable” characters so it looks like collectors will probably need at least 40 of these empty shards in their collection to capture all of the characters.
Of course no new Skylanders game would be complete without brand new characters and new versions of old characters. Over 60 new characters are promised, though I’m not sure if that includes new versions of old characters or just strictly new characters. Of course, the most obvious new characters are the “Trap Masters”. These characters are slightly larger than the regular Skylanders (not sure how they compare to the Swap Force), and sport special “Traptanium” weapons. These weapons will do bonus damage to “trappable” villains and will also be able to unlock new areas.
The starter pack will include a new Portal which is mandatory for the new “Trap Masters”. This portal will recognize the new red based Skylanders as well as have a place for the new Traptanium Shards. The portal will also make noise this time, much like the Wii remote or PS4 controller. The starter pack will also come with one Trap Master Skylander and one new core Skylander. The Trap Master is a new water element Lizard called Snap Shot. He wields a large Traptanium sword and bow. I’m not sure if he shoots swords with his bow or if they are two different weapons. The new core Skylander is a life element artichoke character called Food Fight. He shoots tomatoes out of a Bazooka. Hopefully after some upgrades he’ll fire other foods at his foes.
The last important piece of information from Activision was the release date. Skylanders Trap Team will hit the stores in the US on October 5th.
Here is a trailer from the SkylandersGame YouTube channel.
