darkSpyro

In my house, my son plays the Wii version while I like the PS3 so I can get trophies. He doesn't like me sharing, so I have to go buy my own toys. I know some folks like GameMaster has a different set for different upgrade paths.

My question today is simple: What's your toy arrangement at your house...it can be your own personal set up or a family situation where family members have their own toys.

only my wife and I at our house, she buys me a few as gifts (aw) but doesnt play herself, i have a small shrine in the lounge with them all on (within arms reach of the couch for easy swapping )

other then that, theyre mine..all mine!!!

I decide which ones can be open and keep them in my room when we aren't playing with them. Any variants I buy that cost more than retail are MINE

all of us share the entire collection whats good is 3 kids have each their own favorite characters and I just play whats left. we have a shrine or shelf to keep our collection in display and play with them. me and wifey give them a figure every week if they did good and as a reward.

Me and my bro share.

Mine, my bro's, my sister's, and the ones in the middle.

if it's owned it just doesn't feel right playing as them, feel

I have my collection - I live on my own - and my nephews share a collection. I play XBox, they play Wii. When we get together we share figures (I used a labelmaker to put my name on the bottom of each of mine to avoid mix-ups) and we all play all of them/any of them. They have some characters I don't, I have (I think) some they don't.

Since I play in my bedroom, I don't have a lot of stable, flat surface around to put them on, but I have this box laying around. Usually when I play, I put one of each element (lately all Giants except for Magic of course) in a semi-circle on the box, in the order I would need them if opening the vault, so if I decide to open the vault I can just go one by one. In the middle of the semi-circle I put some of my useful magic items, especially the potion, Sparx, the ghost swords and the anvil. I also keep Stealth Elf and Trigger Happy around. Both as my two banks for paying for group items (Auric), Stealth Elf to cut through things fast, and Trigger Happy to work on his Mage Quest.

There's probably a skylander on every shelf in our house. Its just me and my fiance, and he likes certain ones i dont. so he can have dibs on them. I dont need to buy my own. I even have a series 2 zap at work on my desk.. so yes my collection is contagious and every where haha.

Very contagious...I go at least twice a week to my toys'r'us,walmart,target to see wat i can snag..especially those rare variants...its like an addiction..wait till swap force comes out...For get about it...

I'm not a contagious collector, but I encourage my bro to buy his own skylanders, he almost bought a s2 trigger happy once or twice, but he never has because he think he can just use mine :/

mine are in my neat little collection space on some shelf thingies, they arent everywhere.

Right now I have a *****y mom who's trying to limit it so much it's not fun.

That feel being an only child.
That feel when my parents don't play.

They help me out though in looking which is nice. Thankfully though I don't need to get an extra set or anything which is nice I suppose.

Me and me share... my mum and dad dont like games so its all for me :3
But my mum likes some of the characters!

I live with my bf of 6 years and our kitty, so it's never been an issue (I have the entire collection of S:SA and Giants- so far)!! He has his games (like COD) and I have mine (we share some too, like Zelda)... the few times he's played with me to give it a try, he played as characters I don't really use or like much... such as Trigger Happy (he likes him a lot) and Slam Bam, but he doesn't really like the game so I usually play it when he's playing Diablo III or Torchlight on the comp!! Sometimes when I go to my parent's house I'll play with my youngest bro (he's in high school) and we have our own characters we use!!

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Right now I have a *****y mom who's trying to limit it so much it's not fun.

Don't talk about your parents like that, you ungrateful fool.

My collecting is GREATLY hindered by my parents who can be REALLY nasty at times.

Oh so my question was a little misleading. I was asking about the skylander arrangement, which I still want to know...

Also along those lines I want to know how many of each character(s) you have. For example, in my situation, father has a rather medicore collection while son has it all. I do however have a boxed collection of SSA and SG, but I won't play those. So, I'm a playa and a collecta. I haven't started chasing those crazy variants yet, just looking for the "common" variants like Gnarly Tree Rex, Royal Double Trouble, Dark Spyro, Legendaries, etc. I'll eventually get to the Glitter, GITD, clear etc variants.

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My collecting is GREATLY hindered by my parents who can be REALLY nasty at times.

Dare I ask, but how so? Using it as a rewards/punishment system?

Welp, I'm actually quite controlled about my collection.

I've got the 32 SSA figures, plus I'm only standard Jet Vac, Thumpback, Eye Brawl, and Ninjini shy of having the standard Giants figures.

I'm waiting on S2 Wrecking Ball because I've got one of each element of S2 reposes.

I'm also four Lightcores shy of the whole lot.

I'm not remotely interested in Legendaries, recolours, glitters, glow in the dark, whatever.

My girlfriend and I have our own little collection. She buys really cool ones like Prism Break that I originally wanted to get, but nabs them before I have the chance. So I play on hers from time to time, but god help me if I maxed one of them out lol.

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My collecting is GREATLY hindered by my parents who can be REALLY nasty at times.

This. They limit my spending on ebay.

I started collecting a few months into S:SA, and it completely grew on my girlfriend.

We're both huge Pokemon fans, and it just escalated from there, lol.

The figures are basically mine, but everyone can use them as I prefer we get more different figures than the same ones!

Also Pokenerd, so it's really an animal hoarding thing... oh well! Pixels and figures don't smell or need food

This Is How Contagious Skylander's Are....I Just Started This About a week Ago....Got Lucky With Craigslist for Most of My Collection..
Found A Retired Skylander On Craigslist....Lucky Me...Total Cash Spent Last Week Till Now $800....

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This Is How Contagious Skylander's Are....I Just Started This About a week Ago....Got Lucky With Craigslist for Most of My Collection..
Found A Retired Skylander On Craigslist....Lucky Me...Total Cash Spent Last Week Till Now $800....

Wait, you started last week??

My bro is lame and hates Skylanders. I store mine in plastic bins. In fact, that's my recommended storage if you don't want to display them or anything.

Yea skylanders.....Last week..My daughter Loves Skylanders..She got me now involved..
Yikes..

Myself and my son love skylanders. I think I am addicted I have already started saving for Swap Force and I am not a saving up kind of guy.

Getting back on topic. We just share all of the toy's. For the first game we got them all except Ghost Roaster and Terrfin. For the second game we got all new one's all the legendary and all giants except ninjini. My son was furious with me when I got flashwing at level 15 as that was a christmas gift he got.

I am still working on a storage sollution as I want them organised and easily accessable, the Mrs wont let me have them on the shelving where the DVD's are.

I am that obsessed I have created a spreadsheet to keep track of all levels and upgrades :)

^ This topic might help you find storage ideas! We've shared our alternative (non-standard case) ideas... some are displays, but most are storage solutions... GameMaster has helped inspire us to find some great storage ideas, hope this helps!!

//forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=62970

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^ This topic might help you find storage ideas! We've shared our alternative (non-standard case) ideas... some are displays, but most are storage solutions... GameMaster has helped inspire us to find some great storage ideas, hope this helps!!

//forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=62970

Many thanks, I got one of those Stanley case's in use and I am off to get three more at the weekend. May need even more when swap force is out as I was thinking one case for each element and one for magic items.

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My collecting is GREATLY hindered by my parents who can be REALLY nasty at times.

This. They limit my spending on ebay.

My parents are trying to kill my intrest, I swear.

hey legendary dad, i feel your pain. Within like 2 weeks of me starting near the end of the first game. I had them all.

My little sis and I each have our own collection. My mom doesn't play video games and my dad uses mine when he occasionally plays on the weekend. My sister buys whatever she likes and i'm in the process of buyign the complete collection of giants (Newlanders, Series 2, Giants). I wish I knew about skylanders last year so I could have all the series 1 and not worry about series 2, oh well.

My dad's brain can't handle video games. I'm serious, Wii Sports is the only thing that isn't too complicated for him.

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Wait, you started last week??

Think of the thrill of the chase he missed finding these in stores...now retired portal masters are offering up full collections. Instant gratification...

I share my skylanders with three people.

ME, MYSELF, AND I.

Too contagious...
My son and I share our collection, we have 109 Registered Skylanders.
This does not include some variant duplicates: Green Gem S2 Prism Break; Purple Lip Chill; GITD Wrecking Ball; Custom Tree Rex; Green Gill Grunt;
Dismembered Hot Head - Won him in the Frito Lay Promo, Already had one so we attempted (Ok, I attempted) to make his hands glow. Lets just say its a project in work that I dont see it having a happy ending.