darkSpyro

Just found this at my local target, never found anything like this before!

Wow, lots of them are being found now. I guess it's time to go looking around again.

What Target did you find it in?

Man, it's been a while since I updated my collection. And what a haul I got over Christmas (as presents and ones I bought myself). To list;

-PS3 Trap Team starter pack (present).
-Trap Team official walkthrough (the shiny one, because it looks so cool).
-Minis; Spry, Min Jini, Drobit, Trigger Snappy 2.0 (because I have the first), Terrabite, Bop, Hijinx, Eye Small and Gill Runt with the Gill Grunt repose (all presents).
-Trap Masters; Wildfire, Krypt King (both presents), Gusto, Blaster Mind, Tuff Luck, Headrush and Legendary Jawbreaker.
-The Nightmare Express Adventure pack (present).
-Two trap packs with each of the core element traps that weren't in the starter pack.
-Funny Bone (present).
-Chopper.
-Cobra Cadabra.
-High Five.
-Bat Spin.

I've got the Mirror of Mystery adventure pack bought from Amazon (should be delivered tomorrow or Wednesday), so all I'm looking out for now are the Midnight Museum and Sunscraper Spire adventure packs and a Kaos trap.

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Wow, lots of them are being found now. I guess it's time to go looking around again.

What Target did you find it in?

Local target here in North Georgia.

Nothing special, but found some interesting figures at a pawn shop, the 2 on the left in both pics, the ones on the right are there for comparison
hard to tell by the pic, but his staff is an orangish color

Forward facing head with no hint at a reglue

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Just found this at my local target, never found anything like this before!

congratulation you hit the jack pot here, i heard this one is worth a lot of money because its very rare.

I've gone everywhere in my area trying to look for wave 3, but the only trace I've found out of all the places I've gone to was a lone Tuff Luck figure on the shelves at a Gamestop on the other side of town. I feel like giving up on looking for Blastermind now, because almost every store I go to has the shelves flooded with Gustos, Jawbreakers, and Torches. I ask about new shipments, and all they say is they never got any Skylander named Blastermind in recent shipments. The same goes for amiibo; the only shipments they're sending out are filled with Mario and Link, with next to none of the newest figures. It's pretty much impossible to find any part of the most recent Skylander waves here in Texas, and even the most reliable places such as my local Toys R Us have no idea about wave 3. I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow to look for Blastermind (and the pit amiibo), and if that doesn't work, I might as well stop looking until mid-late January. Activision really needs to step up their game with the shipments; either that, or post Christmas shopping has gotten the best of me.

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Just found this at my local target, never found anything like this before!

wow, my targets dont even have swap force stuff anymore....

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Just found this at my local target, never found anything like this before!

got to admit. that a nice find.

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I've gone everywhere in my area trying to look for wave 3, but the only trace I've found out of all the places I've gone to was a lone Tuff Luck figure on the shelves at a Gamestop on the other side of town. I feel like giving up on looking for Blastermind now, because almost every store I go to has the shelves flooded with Gustos, Jawbreakers, and Torches. I ask about new shipments, and all they say is they never got any Skylander named Blastermind in recent shipments. The same goes for amiibo; the only shipments they're sending out are filled with Mario and Link, with next to none of the newest figures. It's pretty much impossible to find any part of the most recent Skylander waves here in Texas, and even the most reliable places such as my local Toys R Us have no idea about wave 3. I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow to look for Blastermind (and the pit amiibo), and if that doesn't work, I might as well stop looking until mid-late January. Activision really needs to step up their game with the shipments; either that, or post Christmas shopping has gotten the best of me.

I live in El Paso, and all i see in the stores are Gusto's and water jug head traps.

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I've gone everywhere in my area trying to look for wave 3, but the only trace I've found out of all the places I've gone to was a lone Tuff Luck figure on the shelves at a Gamestop on the other side of town. I feel like giving up on looking for Blastermind now, because almost every store I go to has the shelves flooded with Gustos, Jawbreakers, and Torches. I ask about new shipments, and all they say is they never got any Skylander named Blastermind in recent shipments. The same goes for amiibo; the only shipments they're sending out are filled with Mario and Link, with next to none of the newest figures. It's pretty much impossible to find any part of the most recent Skylander waves here in Texas, and even the most reliable places such as my local Toys R Us have no idea about wave 3. I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow to look for Blastermind (and the pit amiibo), and if that doesn't work, I might as well stop looking until mid-late January. Activision really needs to step up their game with the shipments; either that, or post Christmas shopping has gotten the best of me.

I live in El Paso, and all i see in the stores are Gusto's and water jug head traps.

That's pretty much the only selection I have at my local Target, except the Jugheads are all Logholders.

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I've gone everywhere in my area trying to look for wave 3, but the only trace I've found out of all the places I've gone to was a lone Tuff Luck figure on the shelves at a Gamestop on the other side of town. I feel like giving up on looking for Blastermind now, because almost every store I go to has the shelves flooded with Gustos, Jawbreakers, and Torches. I ask about new shipments, and all they say is they never got any Skylander named Blastermind in recent shipments. The same goes for amiibo; the only shipments they're sending out are filled with Mario and Link, with next to none of the newest figures. It's pretty much impossible to find any part of the most recent Skylander waves here in Texas, and even the most reliable places such as my local Toys R Us have no idea about wave 3. I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow to look for Blastermind (and the pit amiibo), and if that doesn't work, I might as well stop looking until mid-late January. Activision really needs to step up their game with the shipments; either that, or post Christmas shopping has gotten the best of me.

It's funny you say this, because the 3 gamestops around me (Houston tx usa) got only a single tuff luck also.

Just ordered the Dark Element expansion pack after realizing an online store had it in stock and I had a 10€ coupon to said online store.

Just received my winning high 5 in the mail today. My kids are happy about a new guy to play.....

Trap team mobile pack.

Just came back from town and got series 2 gill grunt,series 3 gill grunt and series 2 spyro (Pre-owned) and bat spin (new)

got EE Whirlwind and both the Light and Dark element expansion packs

My local GS only got 1 TL as well. I wonder if their stripping the shipments at the DCs to find the crystals for their outrageous bundles

Just ordered Blastermind from Amazon, arrives on Jan. 2nd! (still looking for that darn pit amiibo I mentioned above... bah, humbug)

Today I ordered Ka-Boom, fire Minis, dark and light expansion packs.... I've spent money like I've got it ☺

Just picked up the rocket light trap at my local GameStop. The kids had it opened before we for to the car!

Added these today, plus photo of all Trap Team guys to date.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6E2SDi

Sunscraper Spire is live on Amazon and is available from Amazon and not scalpers.

Latest update:

My Snowderdash came in on New Year's Eve and, as I predicted, I wasn't home. Spent the last day of 2014 at Universal Studios Hollywood.
But as my first "new" figure of 2015, I got it today and one word for her.....beautiful.
Definitely keeping it NIB.

Recently I've obtained Snap Shot and Food Fight from the Starter Pack I got from my local GameStop then Lob-Star, Wildfire and Chopper from Amazon.

got Tuff Luck today at Gamestop

well i just got light and dark in the post.
as any one who read the "The UK hunting and News topic!" thread on here knows
amazon UK. posted both light and dark at £8.36 each for 2 to 3 days tops around the 17th of December 2014. it is also of note that amazon UK have not listed them again at any price at this point in time of this posting,

quite a number of us ordered it, i think i was one of the last to order it from this forum before it was removed from pre-order.

well here is my photo for you to hate me over.
as a reminder i just got light and dark for £16.72 that is £8.36 each.
for the usa members. is $25.79 for both of them. the exchange rate of $1 to £0.65 right now.



do try not to hate us uk chap's we did not make Amazon UK sell it as that mad mad mad price. but we was not going to say no to it to.

I got Funny Bone, Gusto, and the Skylanders Trap Team starter pack. On a side note, is Funny Bone supposed to have tiny holes all over his body, especially on the head?

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I got Funny Bone, Gusto, and the Skylanders Trap Team starter pack. On a side note, is Funny Bone supposed to have tiny holes all over his body, especially on the head?

Yes he is.

what i just got in the post today from Toy's R us online webpage.



cost for all 6 items was a tad over £30. (free shipping)
the tower of time Cost me £9.96,
Legendary Stealth Elf cost me £2.46,
Legendary Zoo Lou Character cost me £2.96,
Legendary Night Shift and Legendary Free Ranger cost me £4.96 each.
and Trigger Happy Easter Limited Edition cost me £4.96 as well.

i would call that quite a good buy

I got my Light & Dark packs from Amazon today. A really good buy for £8.36 each.

Picked up the Rebel Lob Goblin Trap today.

Store shelves are very bare in the US. Looking forward to my Light Element pack from Amazon Tuesday.

Wow, i cant believe 2 1/2 years later, my thread is still going strong! i left skylanders back in 2012 as i lost my job and had to sell off my collection. i'm finally in a position where i'm making good money, and decided to buy myself a wii u swap force pack for a late xmas/early b-day gift to myself. while i was at gamestop, i noticed they had a bunch of pre owned figures....so i figures, why not? went to about 6 gamestops, and got my collection back up. also decided to swing by toys r us and buy the new trap force set as its on sale for $55 and do the 3/$35 deal they got going since i had a $100 gift card. anywho, here's what the collections looking like after 1 day (wont be buying any for a while unless i see something that really catches my eye)

Finally have an element of all types. Light Expansion arrived today and grabbed Blastermind from GS.

Picked these up today:

Nice! Was thinking bout getting an elite or 2, but $25 is steep

as an FYI, Gamestop has b2g1 free today on traps, including the brand new gamestop exclusive light rebel trap. the store by me had 5 left, snagged 1 along with a magic and fire traps. also had a $15 off any item coupon from powerup rewards, used it to get a Wildfire trap team for $1. 3 traps and a trap master for a total of $13+ tax

Got the last rebel lob goblin. At my local gamestop

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Nice! Was thinking bout getting an elite or 2, but $25 is steep

Haha, you forgot the "living in Australia" tax where these puppies are $30 each.

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Nice! Was thinking bout getting an elite or 2, but $25 is steep

Haha, you forgot the "living in Australia" tax where these puppies are $30 each.

Yeah? Try 27€...

I bought the light and dark packs from Gamestop after work today. Best part was: apparently the sale on them has already started. They rang up with the extra $10 off, much to the dismay of the employees.

Got the dark pack!

Got my exclusive Lob Goblin variant trap. Still going to check out GS this weekend to get the comic & see if they have the rest of the wave 3 traps.

Got the last of the Wave 3 traps @ Walmart.
Might go to GS, hoping to see if Bat Spin might be out.....but I doubt it.

The Dak Edition rocks!

Insane....you need to stop double posting and use the Edit tab. ...before you piss Matt off...LOL.
Anyways...got the Rebel Lob Goblin Trap...and custom painted it already...posted in the Custom Figures thread.

I can't find the Dark pack, the light pack or Blastermind in my area. I think Target may have gotten a shipment but they sold out of blastermind since he is needed to finish the game. We almost never get new skylanders in this area (upstate, NY USA) as the shipment that was supposed to be Wave 3 at target was actually the wave 2 stuff (bushwack, head rush) that TRU had for 2 months, and our target just saw the first of bushwack and head rush about 2-3 weeks ago (and I made the employees go in the back and look for blastermind too). I ordered the dark and light packs and blastermind from amazon at retail price which I consider a deal at this point, because it will probably be at least 2-3 months before these items reach my area, and that is including TRU whom wants to answer no questions whatsoever about skylanders and only has the same tired trap masters on the shelves as well.

I did get lucky and found the thumpling and gill runt mini pack at Sam's club which as I mentioned before has become a haven for these so called hard to find but mass produced figures and I have never seen that pack anywhere else. I am happy about the mini releases as I don't eat potato chips (I would have ended up donating all those chips if I had to buy those bags just to get the figure forms) and this is probably cheaper than me buying the chip bags and sending in the forms plus the mini's seem to work as sidekicks in the older games. The only trap target has is the water one.

If I have to go through this with next year's game again, I will not be buying it if there are too many pieces to track down and key pieces being released 4 days before Christmas at a store I can only get to if I make a special trip that most likely will not have them in stock. Thankfully I bought the dark pack which contained the kaos trap, I was on the fence about spending $100 for it but it turns out that the Wii U version I got was going for over $200 at most places during the holidays so it looks like I made out well on this. I do play the game constantly so it is worth it for me. I also have plenty of things to finish up in the other 3 games so that will keep me busy for a very long time. I don't mind buying the traps because I only spent about $23 for a set at TRU which I think is fair when they had buy one get one for a dollar although I did have to make a special trip for that, but they had plenty and I got one of each element easily.

If I can't get everything in wave one for the next game or there is no guaranteed shipments with release dates for the next game I will not buy it. Tracking down all these pieces has become a major problem for me. I do not mind if they eliminate 1-2 things that I will have to find later on but leaving out one trap master and releasing the key element packs in a limited way to one store 4 days before Christmas is the last straw for me. Just because things have been showing up in your area doesn't mean they show up in mine or vice versa and it does me no good to go out of my way to check local stores constantly and pestering employees for the latest figure when there is nothing coming in. I would probably have a different view if I lived within a reasonable driving distance of a Toys R Us and that Toys R Us did not serve customers across international borders and actually had better customer service than the one I am closest to (as in getting enough product in to satisfy the crowds that shop here).

Finally found trap cases at TRU! I picked one up for myself and one for a friend. I also managed to find a KAOS TRAP tucked behind the other traps! Snagged him up quick. Checked the clearence Christmas stuff on the way out and found some Skylanders ornaments for $4.50. I stopped at Target on the way home and found my first wave 3 trap- the water helmet. 7 more to go!

at long last
i have Found Blastermind!
and got a bonus as sainsburys have a 3 for the price of 2 offer on skylanders right now.
and got super lucky when i turn up and the woman who dose the stock for the part of the shop has just put out the box of W3 Trap Masters!
that right all three wave 3 Trap Master for the Price two. yippee!