darkSpyro

Hi folks,
of course I will collect all of the new characters for Giants but can I ask you if it is really worth the money buying the same characters from the 1st game for this game? Can someone tell me what the difference is?
Thanks

Well, the S2 characters have WOW POW powers, which are awesome upgrades that are exclusive to he S2 characters (I think).

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Well, the S2 characters have WOW POW powers, which are awesome upgrades that are exclusive to he S2 characters (I think).

So what you are saying is that they are worth buying then? It's my kids who play Skylanders so can you tell me that the upgrades that the characters earned in the first game cannot be eventually earned in the second game?

One last question, apart from the exclusives being released on day one, does anyone know if there will be single/mult-pack of characters released before xmas or will we have to suffer like last year?

You can earn all of the previous upgrades in Giants, too. The series 2 characters not only have a Wow Pow, they can easily switch upgrade paths on the go.
As for the second question, Waves 1 and 2 will be released before Christmas, if that is what you are asking.

Honestly, I'd say it's not worth it. There are benefits to them, and they get an extra power that the original versions don't get, but in most cases from what we've seen, the new power isn't worth the price.

I'd say if your kids want some series 2 characters, only allow them to get a few. It's not worth collecting all of them again, and Toys For Bob have come out and said they don't expect people to do that. Series 2 figures are there if you want to buy a somewhat improved version of your favourite characters. Of course collectors will probably end up buying them all, but for a regular consumer, they really aren't worth the money unless it's a character you were a big fan of in the first game. Heck, I was a collector during the first game and bought every character, and I'm not even willing to buy all of the series 2 figures. I'm probably only going to be buying about 4 of them in the end.

I also think it's kind of silly because if you're going to play the new game, you might as well play it with the new characters.

Series 2 is worth it if you didn't get the original characters. Is it worth it if you already got those? I don't know, but I'm getting them anyway.

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Honestly, I'd say it's not worth it. There are benefits to them, and they get an extra power that the original versions don't get, but in most cases from what we've seen, the new power isn't worth the price.

I'd say if your kids want some series 2 characters, only allow them to get a few. It's not worth collecting all of them again, and Toys For Bob have come out and said they don't expect people to do that. Series 2 figures are there if you want to buy a somewhat improved version of your favourite characters. Of course collectors will probably end up buying them all, but for a regular consumer, they really aren't worth the money unless it's a character you were a big fan of in the first game. Heck, I was a collector during the first game and bought every character, and I'm not even willing to buy all of the series 2 figures. I'm probably only going to be buying about 4 of them in the end.

I also think it's kind of silly because if you're going to play the new game, you might as well play it with the new characters.

My thoughts exactly. Though I didn't even collect half of the series 1 so I might get more series 2 just to get the character.

Slam Bam is worth it because the Legendary one is a gorilla!