darkSpyro

Thanks for the heads up. That clears things up a bit. Unfortunately for me, I have no Smyths anywhere near me.

Quote: TheBladesFan

Hi. I bought the fiery forge and preordered the 3DS starter pack from my local smyths. There were box saying preorder trap team and get a free pre trapped riot shield shredder. The guy I preordered from is the most reliable person there. He gave me two Kickoff Countdown lettings for free and confirmed this. I said no one believed me online because they couldn't find it on the website. He then said it's instore only. I thanked him then left.

WHAT RIOT SHIELD SHREDDER!!!!!

Hi TheBladesFan,

Which Smyths store had the preorder box with the info about Riot Shield Shredder?

Also, Will their be any other way of getting it because I've already preordered for outlaw brawl and chain!!!!

Maybe we'll be able to get it from ebay. That's probably the safest bet.


Anyway, can anyone confirm if the Riot Shield Shredder promo applies to the Charlton Smyths?

Hold on, when you pre-order Trap Team from GAME do they give you the outlaw brawl and chain there and then? Or is it like the UFO hat card and you have to wait until the game comes out?

Quote: RatchetJukes1

Hold on, when you pre-order Trap Team from GAME do they give you the outlaw brawl and chain there and then? Or is it like the UFO hat card and you have to wait until the game comes out?

You have to wait.

Aw that sucks, still can't wait to pre-order the dark edition of Trap Team. I for one have always had a very positive relationship with my local GAME store.

Quote: scottehx

Hi TheBladesFan,

Which Smyths store had the preorder box with the info about Riot Shield Shredder?

It was in the north east England.

Also, i went in a few days later and they had updated the boxes. YOU CAN GET GEARSHIFT AS WELL AS RIOT SHIELD SHREDDER. SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

what how do you get gearshift?!! SO U GET RIOT SHIELD SHREDDER AND GEARSHIFT!!

NOO Will she not be released in Smyths on launch or have her own preorder or do i have to preorder the starter pack from there?

I'll explain. If you preorder Trap Team in store from any store, you get both Gearshift and Riot Shield Shredder. I'm not sure if you can get Riot Shield Shredder without preordering but you have to wait until 2015 to get Gearshift if you don't. Also, you don't get the bonuses until you pick up the game.

Ok Thanks Ive already preordered the dark edition from game so unfair

26 pounds? Wowzers!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skylan.../dp/B00LVUIBO0/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skylan...o/dp/B00LVUIBP4

Whoah! What the heck are they!?

Fudge that, that's the price of almost three cores.

That Spyro looks how the series 1 figure SHOULD have looked....I need it!

I pre-ordered with zavvi.co.uk.

The Wii version is £40 there with free postage, apparently it comes with a "download" code for Trap Team on the WiiU!
So I got the "WiiU" version without disk ( I prefer it that way) for £40 and a spare Wii disk.

No pre-order bonus with Zavvi but for that price I am happy.

I can't justify the price for those at that price. Maybe as a present but I most likely won't be purchasing them myself. Shame, really.

£26 for one figure! The Spyro toy looks nice but I'm not paying that much for one. I think I'll repaint my S1 Spyro figure instead.

These Eon's Elite figure make it suck to be an unemployed, student collector...

WOW UK are finally getting something

About Gearshift



Every Preorder What!??

Woah! Is that in store? Online? Both?!

Hopefully Its For All Ways Of Preordering

Might have to pre-prder the 3DS version from them if it extends to online.

In the Netherlands Quickdraw is released now

did anyone recieve the email from game today to join the skylander club for free with the printable voucher

I'm already a member, so no. But I can't say I'm surprised - It hasn't been doing well lately from what I heard.

I had pretty much bought all my figures before I joined that club, so no way I am going to get polar whirlwind out of it.

Or even the cards.

No I haven't yet. What were the details?

originally you had to spend £30 on skylanders to qualify for it but i recieved a email today with a printable voucher that enters you into the club without having to buy a skylander

hopefully it will continue into trap team as i missed out on it when game did the 1/2 price skylanders

We didn't join it the first time around because it way way too late... All the characters we wanted had been bought so it was a bit pointless. Hopefully this is a sign of them introducing the scheme early this time

we were late comming into skylanders altogether we come into it about 6 months into swap force so we have been playing catch up lol but should be able to get them wave by wave this time round

I thought you might appreciate me posting this information. I contacted Smyths about both of their pre-order bonus's, and also asked if you could pre-order the 3DS version and still get them, it also mentions that you can pre-order online and still get them.

These are the replies I received.


In reply to my first question about the exclusives, and the online purchasability.

Thank you for your patience.

I can confirm that it is true about the two pre-order exclusives and this can be purchased on our online store.

Should you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact.

Kind regards,

Thomas

Customer Service

Smyths Toys Superstores


Next asking if this applied to purchasing the 3DS version as well as the console versions.

That is correct they will be valid for the 3ds version also.

Warm Regards,

Fergus

Customer Service Dept.

Smyths Toys Superstores


And finally to clarify the two "pre-order exclusives" mentioned were referring to Gearshift and the Riot Shield Shredder Trap.


I hope this is of help to someone. Also tomorrow I will be travelling to a (somewhat) nearby Smyths store and will be asking and probably pre-ordering the 3DS version there also, so long as what I was told was true.

I have received similar confirmation this morning. They also told me that if you select the Next Day Delivery option, which costs nothing extra because you've spent over the threshold to qualify for free delivery, then they endeavour to have it arrive on release day.

So cool!! Im gonna order tye 3DS online then for the exclusives

So what should I do? I want Gearshift but I've pre-ordered at Game.

In an ideal world, order both; standard from Smyths, Dark from GAME and get the best of both worlds. Obviously that might not be feasible.

I'd say Smyths definitely have the better deal if you're just getting the Standard Edition - a free Trap Master and an exclusive trap; that's at least £15 saved already. It's the same price as GAME, so if you don't care about which free trap you get then go with them.

If you're getting the Dark Edition, then you have no option really. Gearshift will release eventually.

I don't think you can get your deposit refunded. If you pre ordered online, no deposit will have been taken, so you can cancel for free.

Wait so are they online to!

Bit of bad news I'm afraid everybody. I asked about the same pre-order stuff, however, I got a slightly different answer.

I asked:

"I just wanted to ask concerning the Pre-order for the Skylanders Trap team Starter pack for 3DS and it's supposed pre-order bonuses. In store promotions promise the inclusion of an exclusive 'Riot Shield Shredder' Trap and Skylander character 'Gearshift', however I have found no evidence of this order being available for online pre-order placements. Is this bonus applicable to online pre-ordering or is it an 'in-store-only' deal? Thanks."

They responded:

"Many thanks for your email.

Unfortunately, this offer does not seem to be running on our website at the the minute. We would advise you to Preorder this item in-store or to keep an eye on website for further updates on this offer in the coming days.

Sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further queries, we will be more than happy to help.


Kind Regards,


Deirdre"


So, looks like we have conflicting information here everybody.

This is getting daft now. Their Twitter and some customer service people are saying yes, others are saying no... Someone must know what's going on!

Hopefully the number of queries coming in will make someone act decisively and get the correct info. In my twitter and email enquiries, I was careful to mention Gearshift as an "online pre order bonus" and both answers came back with Gearshift being available with every pre order copy.

This leads me to believe it'll be like when GAME announced their preorder bonus - small print stating that customers who have already pre ordered will still be eligible for the bonus.

Okay folks, just got this from Smyths ref. pre order bonuses:

Dear Adam,


Thank you for your email,


We can confirm that any offers that are running in store will also be running online,


In the meantime, If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us,


Kind regards,


Erin
Customer Service Department
Smyths Toys Superstores