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Not sure if there will be any hard core collectors anymore. To me a hard core collector has every available figure on display. Now with this swap feature that is 256 figures alone right there. I would consider Wash Buckler and Blast Zone to be figures and you have to also consider Blast Buckler and Wash Zone as figures since all 4 are different in the game. You can have just the 16 swap force figures but you would not be able to display the complete 256 figures. Wow, this gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Ha! That is a fair point! It also means that people who like to keep their 'landers in packaging wouldn't be able to do the old switch-a-roo on their 'landers unless they got two of each, one for display and one for actually using.

Allow me to be the first.

I might not be able to display all 256 combinations, but I will make sure I have them.

Nope. This will just further separate the hard core from the truly hard core.

^im sure you posted that just to get a response from people. But it would seem to me that the collectin of what, 16 of each figure if that's quick math in my head correct, would be relatively pointless because you would have to open the packaged figures to do it. Leaving them in the package would serve no true purpose because they would only equal the ability to make all the combos in hand , however only having one of each figure would technically allow you to do the same.

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I might not be able to display all 256 combinations, but I will make sure I have them.

So does that mean to own just the 16 figures to be able to make all the combinations or to actually have all 256 combinations just not on display but in a storage box.

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Allow me to be the first.

I might not be able to display all 256 combinations, but I will make sure I have them.

it was fun seeing you collect'em all for the two first games. but i feel sorry for you bro, you have to collect all of these 'skylanders crap-force' now... damn activision!

LOL @ the thought of "collecting" 16 of each swap character so you could have 256 on display.

$15 a piece = $240 of Wash Bucklers?

I think I'd faint if my kid proposed $240 of Wash Bucklers to me...

Kappa obviously hates this game

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Kappa obviously hates this game

Kappa hates everything

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Kappa obviously hates this game

Kappa hates everything

Even if you hate everything, you cant hate bubble wrap and hola hoops

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Allow me to be the first.

I might not be able to display all 256 combinations, but I will make sure I have them.

Let me be the second. No way they'll all be displayed but I will have all the new characters. All the newlanders too. I'm washing my hands at reposes and lightcores tho.

So you're going to buy 256 figures. Lets say at 14.99 and that comes to $3837. I think you misunderstand what 78 is referring to

Im gonna buy all of em...

I'm not buying 256 figures. I'm hoping gm78 isn't either. Sounds like he meant hell have all 16 to be able to make all the combinations. Otherwise he could display them.

Re poses mean nothing to me and my collection. As long as I have one of every character that exists i consider myself pretty hard core. Displaying the same figure over and over only looking slighty different means nothing to me. And as far as the swap guys go...I'll display them how they come in the package. I dont need them all switched around in every possible combination. I'll still consider myself as having them all. Im too poor for all these reposes. Those are more for people who missed the first sets.

Yea I had started buying s2 but I'm done now. No more reposes for me. No variants either unless I get them first. I will still get one of each new character. Maybe a s3 pop fizz if there is one

I'll buy what I can afford. That isn't very much.

I'll buy a couple until I feel horrible for spending money on Skylanders instead of food.

i will not get any s3's unless i hear something good about their wowpows.

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So you're going to buy 256 figures. Lets say at 14.99 and that comes to $3837. I think you misunderstand what 78 is referring to

Don't forget to triple that at a minimum assuming each one will have two paths AND he'll need at least one of each to keep sealed.

Not going for any S3's here. If I get any reposes at all, it'll be the uniquely named ones like Legendary So-and-So.

Heck I like Stealth Elf but even I've gotta go "Man that looks like bleh" at her redesign.

Hmph, well, you MIGHT be able to re-package the Swapped figures, but if you want a FULL collection, you'll need all of the Swaps, which is a LOT..

Matteo, what are you going to do, since you keep all of yours packaged?

Open the Swap Force, and keep the S3's and Newlanders sealed.

To me the Swap figures are still individual characters....they are the Giants of this game, that just gives you the option to swap parts on them. No need to display them that way. If I did own any of them that I liked, chances are I may try a swap to check out the feature, but overall I'd probably not even swap them and keep them as is.

Yeah, I don't see why anyone would need to have all 256 combinations on display. Yeah, it'd look freaking awesome... but wouldn't be necessary to have a complete collection.

Someone just needs to design an in-wall display where you can spin the top and bottom to mix and match them.

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Kappa obviously hates this game

Kappa hates everything

Just Ignore him, haters are going to hate no matter what, just trust in your gut about you're opinions about this game, don't let anyone change what you believe in and just ignore all of the haters who hate this game

i dont think anyone considers the mix and match versions to be 'actual' figures, having one of each of the switchables is all any collector would want..well..thats all i want and im an avid collector

How long once the figures are released before we see "half a figure" or even "mixed" Swap Force's being sold on eBay? Whether they are the top or the base of the figures, I'm sure people are going to scalp these in the full 256 combinations possible!

Should be interesting...

haha, good point DluA

I foresee buying characters "halves" as appealing more to the groups that do custom work to the figures, be it repainting or articulating them. People on eBay will try and sell anything, so it'll happen.

Now if the Swap-Force characters have splitting attack paths like the regular characters, depending on if its tied to both parts of the character or just one half might promote the sale of separate halves.

ill prolly get 2 of each swapforce just for coop purposes.situation= how can 2 player enter a booster rocket gate if only 1 player has it? hmmm so prolly 2 of each since its max player is 2 atm..... but seing 256 combination on display will be GODLY! true die hard skylander fan.... collecting LIKE A BOSS!

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ill prolly get 2 of each swapforce just for coop purposes.situation= how can 2 player enter a booster rocket gate if only 1 player has it? hmmm so prolly 2 of each since its max player is 2 atm..... but seing 256 combination on display will be GODLY! true die hard skylander fan.... collecting LIKE A BOSS!

with 16 swapforcers, it seems likely the movement types will be duplicated. That is, 2 different characters will have each type. I doubt you would need 2 Blast Zones to do the flying mini game, but just Blast Zone and whichever other Swapper has the rocket legs type.

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ill prolly get 2 of each swapforce just for coop purposes.situation= how can 2 player enter a booster rocket gate if only 1 player has it? hmmm so prolly 2 of each since its max player is 2 atm..... but seing 256 combination on display will be GODLY! true die hard skylander fan.... collecting LIKE A BOSS!

with 16 swapforcers, it seems likely the movement types will be duplicated. That is, 2 different characters will have each type. I doubt you would need 2 Blast Zones to do the flying mini game, but just Blast Zone and whichever other Swapper has the rocket legs type.

You would if they don't release them both together, which I don't imagine they would. You could just go to one playerto do that zone though and the second player can jump back in once it's done. Not ideal but not anything to get in a tizz about.

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i dont think anyone considers the mix and match versions to be 'actual' figures, having one of each of the switchables is all any collector would want..well..thats all i want and im an avid collector

exactly.

no one will see 256 combinations on display as you wold have to buy 16 of each figure to display that now in my count 16x16=256x14.99=3837.44 now thats a heeeeeeeellllll of a lot of cash i personaly dont see anyone paying that kind of money for skylanders as after that you will have your chase variants s3 newlanders and lightcore not to mention what ever else they will throw at us in this series you would have to be a millionare to keep that up

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Kappa obviously hates this game

Kappa hates everything

Even if you hate everything, you cant hate bubble wrap and hola hoops

I don't hate everything, and I don't hate too many things, but I hate hula hoops. >.<

And of coarse I hate stealth elf, (So much I don't capitalize the name) and really, a series 3! There ain't no reason for all that!

Actually, many sklanders you can play with in-game without taking them out of the box.

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Allow me to be the first.

I might not be able to display all 256 combinations, but I will make sure I have them.

it was fun seeing you collect'em all for the two first games. but i feel sorry for you bro, you have to collect all of these 'skylanders crap-force' now... damn activision!

LOL omg Kappa, i just lol'd at "Crap-Force"!!! That is what I'm going to call this in my head now....!! I'm currently on the fence with buying into this game... I'm fairly certain that I won't be purchasing the "crap-force" style figures. but am debating getting some of the S3 reposes to remember the pre-toddler looking toy days of Skylanders (as long as we can still play those on the other 2 games)... lol Seriously considering switching over to the Disney Infinity after seeing so many disappointing things so far about Skylanders 3... although they could redeem themselves imo with an online co-op option... we shall see... but i'm not holding my breath!!

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Well, I mentioned on another thread, that I still intend to buy 3 of each, except for Swap Force. When it comes to Swap Force, I will be buying 17 of each (16 to open and display, 1 to keep sealed).

I do have some new info regarding my current collection. I have 3 Ninjini's on the way, and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg. It costed, but nowhere near what they're going for on Ebay.

I also have a Stone Whirlwind, Zook, and Glitter Hot Head on the way. So, the variant collecting for Giants has commenced. I should have them all over the course of the next couple of months.

Confirmed.

Kappa: Man, I hate these Crap-Force Skylanders
*Kappa goes to Best Buy*
Kappa: YES! I finally found Freeze Blade!
*Kappa buys Freeze Blade*



Don't lie, Kappa. Somewhere between now and the release of the game, your mind will change.

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Well, I mentioned on another thread, that I still intend to buy 3 of each, except for Swap Force. When it comes to Swap Force, I will be buying 17 of each (16 to open and display, 1 to keep sealed).

I do have some new info regarding my current collection. I have 3 Ninjini's on the way, and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg. It costed, but nowhere near what they're going for on Ebay.

I also have a Stone Whirlwind, Zook, and Glitter Hot Head on the way. So, the variant collecting for Giants has commenced. I should have them all over the course of the next couple of months.

Confirmed.

O.O for real?! lol your prolly gona use not only your walls but prolly your ceiling and floor to keep up with your ever growing collections! dont for get to update us with those pics cant wait what your mancave will look like once SSF is release.

Probably won't have room for everything, but I will try and tinker with the walls to see what I can fit. I won't be able to build a display for Swap Force, that's for sure. I will probably just have to sit them up on my desk or something. Once I get a bigger house and room, or if I can have a builder design a room big enough to tailor to my collections, then that's when you're going to see some serious ****.

Why do people think that 256 figures will be anywhere close to a full set of all the possibilities?

Sure, that'll be a full "base" set, but you're forgetting variants - and the fact that a variant could be for either the upper OR lower part of a Swap Force character. Different stores and different systems could have different exclusives, too.

Wal-Mart could offer a Glow-in-the-Dark option for just the "Wash," while Target might give a metallic "Buckler". An iOS starter might have "Royal Blast Zone," where as the 3DS version could have "Blast Dark Zone." Toys 'R Us could offer a "Legendary" figure with BOTH halves being visually different than the normal character.

Even if the only variants ever released were those four "partial" and one full character, a full display set just went from 256 to 361.


Most likely, a hardcore player/collector would buy two of each figure (one to keep boxed, one to open and use for mix-and-match play) and design some sort of wall poster to display every possible combination they COULD have from the matching.

there were only a few Giants variants (Gnarly Tree Rex, Scarlet Ninjini, Legendary Bouncer, Granite Crusher) so I don't think there will be many SWAP variants and since they are sold as a complete character (top and bottom) it would be absurd for a variant to only be on half the character.

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there were only a few Giants variants (Gnarly Tree Rex, Scarlet Ninjini, Legendary Bouncer, Granite Crusher) ...

Having 50% of the Giants with variants isn't exactly "few," it just means there weren't many Giants to begin with.

If 50% of the Swap Force characters have full (top and bottom) variants, you'd be up to 576 possible combinations.


As for half-characters, I expect they'll dedicate certain features to the top or the bottom. Like "Legendary" being a top-half attribute and "Lightcore" being a bottom half, so if you buy them both, you could have Legendary Lightcore Stink Bomb. (The remaining halfs of both character could be combined to form a normal Stink Bomb.)

All things considered, it STILL feels more like they made a Megaman X Collectable Figure Game and not a Skylanders sequel.

What happen if ssf is the last game in the series the hard core collectors will flip there lid

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there were only a few Giants variants (Gnarly Tree Rex, Scarlet Ninjini, Legendary Bouncer, Granite Crusher) ...

Having 50% of the Giants with variants isn't exactly "few," it just means there weren't many Giants to begin with.

If 50% of the Swap Force characters have full (top and bottom) variants, you'd be up to 576 possible combinations.


As for half-characters, I expect they'll dedicate certain features to the top or the bottom. Like "Legendary" being a top-half attribute and "Lightcore" being a bottom half, so if you buy them both, you could have Legendary Lightcore Stink Bomb. (The remaining halfs of both character could be combined to form a normal Stink Bomb.)

not just unlikely, but absurd. they sell complete characters, so a Legendary Stink Bomb would be Legendary Stink and Legendary Bomb, the question really becomes "what happenes when you combine Legendary Stink with Blue Buckler (from the Blue Wash Buckler variant)? Do you thn get Legendary Blue Stink Buckler?

I think they will mostly avoid SF variants for this reason, and leave those for the newlanders and S3s