darkSpyro

It is going to be cool

Yes... My favorite combo will be day one!

Magna loop

MY fave combo is also there

HOOT CHARGE!

From Lesty, wave 2 comes out the week after launch.

Wave 2

Swappers-

Night Shift
Grilla Drilla
Fire Kraken
Boom Jet

Core-

Riptide
Scorp
Star Strike

S2/S3
Big Bang Trigger Happy
Anchors Away Gill Grunt
Twin Blade Chop Chop
Heavy Duty Sprocket

I might be the first one to ask this, but... Blizzard's working on this game!? I thought VicariousVisions was.

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I might be the first one to ask this, but... Blizzard's working on this game!? I thought VicariousVisions was.

Activision and Blizzard are the same company more or less... Actiblizzard... Goodness I need more than 3 hours of sleep. |D

^blizzvision?

Blizzvision!

Dark Mega Ram spyro will not be in store and you'll never get him except if you preorder the dark edition!!

What?

If you don't preorder, you can't get the dark skylanders... and on your thread, your pic. says that dark spyro will be in single... it's not true!!!

That's the website's mistake

Quote: ZapNorris

Blizzvision!

you got ninja'd by a ninja

Quote: LloydDXZX

If you don't preorder, you can't get the dark skylanders... and on your thread, your pic. says that dark spyro will be in single... it's not true!!!

While it's true that it's highly unlikely that Dark Mega Ram Spyro will ever be in a single pack, I think the other part of your assertion is inaccurate.
I do not believe it is required for someone to pre-order the Dark Edition Starter Pack ... I'd say it's recommended, for sure, but it's also very likely that GameStop will have some stock of the Dark Edition that exceeds the number of pre-orders, at least for one or more of the various gaming platforms.

So, confirmed wave 1 and 2? I can't believe Stink Bomb will most likely be out after Christmas...

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So, confirmed wave 1 and 2? I can't believe Stink Bomb will most likely be out after Christmas...

No.. Stink Bomb will probably be in Wave 2, which was (possibly) confirmed to be November 19th.

If Stink Bomb isn't in wave 2, we can count out being able to 100% Swap Force until at least wave 3's release. That's nuts.

We would still be missing an Earth swapper...

Yeah, but we wouldn't be missing any types, if Stink Bomb and Grilla Drilla come out in wave 2. All but Dig and Stealth are missing from wave 1.

No Freeze Blade??
(￣^￣)

I think it's funny that people are chiming-in with "What?! _____(insert Skylander name here)____ won't be in Wave 1 OR 2?!?!"

I realize I'm exaggerating for effect there ... but ya'll do realize that Activision will undoubtedly withhold at least SOME of the new figures until the calendar turns to 2014, right?
I can understand disappointment, but they way some folks are responding, it sounds like you are/were under the impression that ALL Skylanders in the SwapForce generation would be available before Christmas.

You didn't really think that, I hope.

It's a stretch, but this sort of reminds me about how something like 40% of people believe they have a good chance to live to 100 years of age, when in reality, far fewer than 1% of people reach age 100.

Well I hope that we at least get the regular Grim Creeper before the year ends. If not, I'll just have to settle with the Lightcore version until it comes out.

I thought it would be reasonable to for Stink Bomb and Freeze Blade in the first two waves, because they were among the first ones shown, and they aren't listed for wave 1 or 2.

I distinctly remember a Vicarious Visions saying something that all characters shown at E3(except Fryno and Grim Creeper) would be available at launch. That included Night Shift, Stink Bomb, and Freeze Blade.

Quote: zookinator

I distinctly remember a Vicarious Visions saying something that all characters shown at E3(except Fryno and Grim Creeper) would be available at launch. That included Night Shift, Stink Bomb, and Freeze Blade.

Yet I believe those were shown before E3. I think it was referring to those introduced at E3.


I'm just happy Stealth Elf and Chop Chop are out early on.

Quote: zookinator

I distinctly remember a Vicarious Visions saying something that all characters shown at E3(except Fryno and Grim Creeper) would be available at launch. That included Night Shift, Stink Bomb, and Freeze Blade.

See, I remember someone here saying they heard that as well. That would mean Grilla would be out as well, thus we would have one of each Swaplander type at launch.

That's a good point.
It's important that everyone realizes that the "WalMart" leak is not the Rosetta Stone. It gives us an expectation or a hypothesis about what characters will be in "Wave 1" for SwapForce, and that's better than just random speculation or guessing, but it's far from guaranteed. I know many of us would like to "know" what's going to be available at launch on October 13th, so that we can alleviate some personal anxiety issues and/or plan/budget for the "big day" ... so we're collectively tempted to believe any source/report that has even a modicum of credibility.

But the truth is ... we don't know, and we may not know until Oct. 13th. I think it's likely, but not guaranteed, that we'll get more accurate and more reliable information before then ... but as of right now, we have only semi-verifiable educated guesses that are rife with unknowns.

How many waves are there?

Quote: Cooltonium

How many waves are there?

Impossible to know for sure at this time, I think.
Four or five "waves", released gradually over time from October through next May, is a realistic guess/expectation.

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It's a stretch, but this sort of reminds me about how something like 40% of people believe they have a good chance to live to 100 years of age, when in reality, far fewer than 1% of people reach age 100.

Oh no. I'm under no such illusion. Back to your regularly scheduled skylander.

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My "wave" predictions:
Wave 1: Launch (confirmed)
Wave 2: Week after Launch (confirmed)
Wave 3: November/December, a smaller wave, Including: Stink Bomb, Freeze Blade, Second Battle Pack, Smolderdash
Wave 4: February, right after Skylanders 4 announcement.
Wave 5: March/April: releases most of the rest.
Wave 6: Summer: Includes Doom Stone, Punk Shock, and Dune Bug, all who will probably become rare.

Do we know what LightCore figures are coming in wave 1?

WAIT!!! Roller Brawl us a day one release? Sweet, now I know who im buying first.

Quote: ZapNorris

From Lesty, wave 2 comes out the week after launch.

Wave 2

Swappers-

Night Shift
Grilla Drilla
Fire Kraken
Boom Jet

Core-

Riptide
Scorp
Star Strike

S2/S3
Big Bang Trigger Happy
Anchors Away Gill Grunt
Twin Blade Chop Chop
Heavy Duty Sprocket

so this means that Freeze Blade and Stink Bomb wont be out till around December at the earliest, even tho they were heavily advertised?
and do we have any info on LightCores for wave 2?

No... Not yet.

This is probably too early to know but do we know if any wave 1 figures will be exclusive? Like the nitro magna charge pack?

Nitro will the a target exclusive, expected to sell out first week.