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Well, I finally got my GITD Swarm Mech Invasion. I gave in and got it from Amazon, but it seems to be in good shape! (And I save a few bucks)

I personally want the normal Swarm .-.

I was holding out for a normal Swarm as well but caved and picked up the GITD right before they announced the Flynn Ship. Now I guess I'm glad I got it as it is the only one I'll be able to get.

With all the newlanders for SSF, the chances of getting some of my faves from SSA are shrinking. But looking at all the characters I already have, I can't complain, I just hope that the sales for the line are good enough for it to continue for a while.

I wanted both, but it seems like getting normal Swarm isn't gonna happen.
Zylek, I agree, I hope the sales hold up! I'd hate to see these discontinue...

Dang, here is Entertainment Earth's listing for the series 3 portals, where's Hex and Prism Break???

Mega Bloks Skylanders Battle Portals Series 3 Case:
This Skylanders Battle Portals Series 3 Case contains 6 individually packaged portals (Subject to change):
2x Hot Dog's Battle Portal (Hot Dog - Fire)
2x Stump Smash's Battle Portal (Stump Smash - Life)
1x Eruptor's Battle Portal (Eruptor - Fire)
1x Gill Grunt's Battle Portal (Gill Grunt - Water)

I swear, if they cancelled them.. Ugh.

Are the Series 1 portals hard to find? My Target only had Chop Chop and Ignitor. (Target has almost all the sets on sale too!)

I don't think so. For me, it's the series 2 ones that are hard to find! (well, I guess Trigger Happy and Terrifin are slightly hard to find, as they're not always in stock. Chop Chop and Ignitor are the ones that are always around, at least here in PA.)

OMG! I'm in PA too! My Target actually had the series 2 ones minus Eruptor. They also had the Terrafin hero pack. The Target farther from me had way better selection though.

All my local stores are overloaded with series one still. Only saw series two on vacation but unfortunately missed Drobot.

@JetVac96, are you new to collecting the mega blocks?

Aw, man, Eruptor's the only one I need yet! My local target seems to be clearing out their stock. But I'll check again tomorrow since I'm gonna go in to check for Pumpkin Eye-Brawl, anyway. Haven't been there in a few weeks, so maybe I'll get a nice surprise.

@joeiscool, that's a bummer!

I think that Target is selling out their current stock to make room for the new SSF rebranded packaging. It would make a lot of sense for Mega to switch over to the new packaging right when SSF comes out to take advantage of all the hype.

I picked up the single pack Trigger Happy to just get the machine gun yesterday since it was on sale. I think most of the Skylanders mega bloks were marked down. I wonder if Target will have another exclusive when they switch to the new packaging. Walmart's Molten Hot Dog is shown in the Giants packaging on the Mega website, and series 2 for that matter.

Yes! I don't have any sets yet but maybe soon! I really wanted them when the first came out but I never bought them.

^I'd suggest Five Below for the Hero packs. They're the cheapest. And Walmart for the battle portals. They sometimes run specials. Though right now at Target, like Zylek said, all their mega blocks are marked down. If you want my opinion, I'd get the exclusive sets first, just in case they disappear. I had to get my Walmart exclusive Swarm Mech Invasion online from Amazon as it seems to have suddenly disappeared from the shelves. Now the only exclusive I'm missing is the Toys R Us Legendary set.

I will definitely try to get the Walmart enemy packs first because I saw them and I know how hard it was for some of you guys to find them. I also think my Walmarts have taken the GITD set of the shelves too.

Good call! I saw the enemy packs once and was glad I grabbed them. I haven't seen them since....
As for the GITD set, I don't know if they've gotten rid of them for the new packaging, or if they're gone for good... That's why I quick grabbed one on Amazon while they were cheap.

Amazon has just discounted the Arkeyan Robot King set to $19.99!

An absolute steal for that price!

Oh my gosh! Thanks Diggeh!

EDIT: Okay, you've convinced me! I'm ordering it from Amazon!

Off-topic slightly but seems like this Skylanders license has led to MB getting the Call of Duty license as well. Some of the sets have been put up on TRU, but MB don't seem too happy about this. They've been trying to delete all evidence of the line today.

http://www.toysrus.com/product...&prodFindSrc=rv
http://www.toysrus.com/product...&prodFindSrc=rv
http://www.toysrus.com/product...&prodFindSrc=rv

That's just magical, isn't it? >.<

i found some!!!!

Which ones did you find, Eevee?

You read my thoughts, Rumple!

Yeah, I really want Thumpback soon!

Surprise

SHARPFIN'S JET BOAT




FLYNN'S RESCUE SHIP




FROST GUARD BATTLE ARCADE




BOSS TANK SHOWDOWN




This is part of the fall 2013 collection, which will also include previously-announced sets;

SPROCKET'S HEROIC TURRET
CHOMPY BOT ATTACK
STUMP SMASH BATTLE PORTAL
HOT DOG BATTLE PORTAL

Woah! Now we see what evil Glumshanks does.
Loving that set the most.

Lovin the arena.

Nice!

Wowwwww. Still want reg Swarm.

Wow, the new sets look awesome. I like the new gameplay of the new arcade set. I think if they are going to get more of the characters out there, they are going to need to offer "new" characters in the single packs instead of the odd color variations, I know they would sell better if that was the case.

BTW, Legendary Trigger Happy is now on TRU.com:

http://www.toysrus.com/product...24075816&page=1

Awesome! I'll update my posts with these finds.

I'm still a bit worried about some of the other sets. I've been looking forward to Thumpback and Prism Break for a long time (as they're my favorites), but we haven't heard about them for ages.

Entertainment Earth says they have wave 3 Giants cases in stock, they list the contents as:

This case contains 5 individually packaged construction toy sets and includes the following (subject to change):

4x Thumpback Water Giant Chompy Bot Attack
1x Eye Brawl Undead Giant Zepplin Air Ship Assault

They still list the wave 3 vehicle cases as coming in September, which are:

This case contains 5 individually packaged vehicle sets and includes the following (subject to change):

2x Sproket Tech Heroic Turret
3x Flameslinger Fire Troll Tank Gun Down

The downer is the wave 3 portal packs...(No Hex or Prism Break)

This Skylanders Battle Portals Series 3 Case contains 6 individually packaged portals (Subject to change):
2x Hot Dog's Battle Portal (Hot Dog - Fire)
2x Stump Smash's Battle Portal (Stump Smash - Life)
1x Eruptor's Battle Portal (Eruptor - Fire)
1x Gill Grunt's Battle Portal (Gill Grunt - Water)

Edit: I also found the listing for the contents of the hero packs wave 3:
The Skylanders Hero Pack Series 3 Mini-Figure case contains 6 individually packaged figures and may contain the following characters (subject to change):
Pop Fizz Series 2/ OR Gill Grunt Series 2 (Gold w/ harpoon)
Chop Chop Series 2
Cynder Hero Pack
Terrafin Hero Pack

Edit: Here are a couple of packaging pics:

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Awesome! I'll update my posts with these finds.

I'm still a bit worried about some of the other sets. I've been looking forward to Thumpback and Prism Break for a long time (as they're my favorites), but we haven't heard about them for ages.

Chompy Bot Attack (Thumpack's set) is still coming out as normal this fall. The only announced sets that aren't in this line up anymore are Hex & Prism Break's Battle Portals, I'm not sure what's happened to them but I really hope they work their way out to retail as they were essentially the figures I was most looking forward to.




Sprocket's Heroic Turret is still coming out too! Along with Hot Dog & Stump Smash's Battle Portals.





EDIT: All the images are on Mega Brand's 'shop' now if you want to take a look at everything

Here are a couple of new announcements for the hero packs, wave 3 is:

The Skylanders Hero Pack Series 3 Mini-Figure case contains 6 individually packaged figures and may contain the following characters (subject to change):
Pop Fizz Series 2/ OR Gill Grunt Series 2 (Gold w/ harpoon)
Chop Chop Series 2
Cynder Hero Pack
Terrafin Hero Pack

Nice!

Finally! Sprocket!

Hmm.. wonder what the Chop Chop, Pop Fizz and Gill Grunt packs contain.

Chop Chop probably just comes with two swords,Gill Grunt with an anchor to attach to gun and Pop Fizz with a giant potion bottle, kinda lame but better than trans Bash or metallic Cynder if you ask me.

Depending on personal choice, the following news from Mega might not be good news...

The stands you see attached to the Swap Force figs are molded onto the figures and are not removable.

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Got a double dose of bad news from Mega -

• The stands you see attached to the Swap Force figs are molded onto the figures and are not removable.
  
• There are no current plans to release Hex and Prism Break this year.
  

Awww... I was looking forward to getting those two.

Just found this!

^ What's the price on that one? I want it. (First post on this topic I think)

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^ What's the price on that one? I want it. (First post on this topic I think)

£20 in the UK, so probably $20 in the US too

So...much...news!

If you guys spot a Prism Break pack like the one above, please let me know! I'll try to process all this awesomeness...

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^ What's the price on that one? I want it. (First post on this topic I think)

£20 in the UK, so probably $20 in the US too

Nice, I might be able to get it. Could I be able to find it at Target or Walmart and when does it come out? (sorry for noobish question)

Totally. buying. that.

Yay! I can get Crusher now!

Granite Crusher!

Hot Dog, Stump Smash, Sprocket's Heroic Turret and Chompy Bot Attack have all been sighted at retail/are available for online purchase in the US. All of these sets (except Sprocket's Heroic Turret) have been added to Tesco's website in the UK, so they should be here soon too. Can't wait for someone to review them!

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Nice, I might be able to get it. Could I be able to find it at Target or Walmart and when does it come out? (sorry for noobish question)

I'm sorry I have no idea which retailers it will be available at in the US. But I have a feeling it might be an exclusive.

Cool, where have they been sighted?


Edit: I found Thumpback and Sprocket at badasstoys

It would be cool if the Pop Fizz that is in the hero pack wave 3 was Punch Pop Fizz.

As for the 4 pack featuring Granite Crusher, it would make sense for it to be a Target Exclusive since to date, the retailers have gotten their Mega Bloks equivalents of their Game counterpart. Like Walmart is getting the Molten Hot Dog portal pack and TRU has gotten the two Legendaries packs.

I've got some good news seems Mega's customer service employees weren't even aware of this until I inquired about it...
The Hex battle portal will be released as a TRU exclusive and the Prism Break battle portal will be a Target exclusive. Both will be out this fall

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Cool, where have they been sighted?


Edit: I found Thumpback and Sprocket at badasstoys

TRU and Amazon off the top of my head.

Looks like we're on the road to swap force!

Christmas list is being made! I am totally getting all these sets!