darkSpyro

LAST UPDATE: 10/12/13

Addition of Quickdraw Rattle Shake, and possible Windup variant.

NOTE TO COMPLETIONISTS: This would put your total skylander purchase count to 78. This is before you start to count the treasure hunt variants, which of course are all done "on the fly" as reported by Vicarious Visions.

Math: 16 swap + 16 new core + 16 repose + 8 lightcore + variants listed here

WAVE 1 CONFIRMED
Volcanic Lava Barf Eruptor
Legendary Free Ranger
Legendary Lightcore Grim Creeper
Nitro Magna Charge
Enchanted Hoot Loop
Dark Wash Buckler
Dark Mega Ram Spyro
Dark Ninja Stealth Elf
Dark Slobber Tooth
Dark Blast Zone

WAVE 2 CONFIRMED
Quickdraw Rattle Shake

CONFIRMED BUT NO RELEASE LOCATION/DATE
Nitro Freeze Blade
Legendary Zoo Lou
Legendary Night Shift
Lightcore Enchanted Star Strike
Jolly Bumble Blast
Springtime Trigger Happy
Jade Fire Kraken
World Cup / Kickoff Countdown

SPECULATION
Special Anchors Away Gill Grunt (game images/video; likely)
Windup Variant (Matteox comment; no data to backup claim; not confirmed yet)

TREASURE HUNT VARIANTS
None yet reported

Is it official that he is called "Pumpkin" Fright Rider? He is one of my favorite characters and I certainly hope he doesn't get treated with something so unoriginal as that. Good idea BTW for the thread and you should update it once we know if each figure is a store exclusive or not. For example the Dark figures belong to Gamestop in the US...etc. Nitro Magna Charge is Target I believe.

or call it "Official Variant Thread"?

Am I alone when I say I just don't like the Dark versions this time? The Dark Swapers look awkward (to me at least). The Dark minilanders look o.k. but I actually prefer their normal color schemes. I think Slobber's normal color scheme looks awesome and the dark's just not doing it for me. Dark Mega Ram Spyro and maybe Dark Stealth Elf are the only ones that look good as dark. Now maybe Dark Rattle Shake and Dark Magna Charge would have been sick but I know they wanted to keep it with the same Starter Swappers.

Don't forget the Legendaries:

Legendary Free Ranger
Legendary Zoo Lou
Legendary Night Shift
Legendary Lightcore.

Skylanderex has a variant video on his youtube channel and Facebook page. I don't feel comfortable posting it because its not my video and I don't want anyone thinking I am taking credit for it! From all the forums, screenshots, and Facebook chatter I believe these below are also rumored variants:

Color Change Dune Bug
Nitro Freezeblade
A purple Rattle Shake that appears in-game
A Gill Grunt that is not an in-game variant
A Trigger Happy that is not an in-game variant

Enchanted Hoot Loop is a GameStop exclusive, but there seems to be some debate on if its coming to the US or not. And of course the legendary ones will be TRU exclusive. I believe Jolly Bumble Blast has only been sighted on an ad in Portugal so far so unsure about if it is exclusive. All my info has been gathered from the forum and youtube videos.

Now I have a question.... since the Halloween edition Fright Rider is being pushed with Swap Force does that mean he will be a Swap Force character with the blue base even though his character did not get a repose for SF?

^ Please give a link.

Quote: alliedanielle89

Don't forget the Legendaries:

Legendary Free Ranger
Legendary Zoo Lou
Legendary Night Shift
Legendary Lightcore.

Skylanderex has a variant video on his youtube channel and Facebook page. I don't feel comfortable posting it because its not my video and I don't want anyone thinking I am taking credit for it! From all the forums, screenshots, and Facebook chatter I believe these below are also rumored variants:

Color Change Dune Bug
Nitro Freezeblade
A purple Rattle Shake that appears in-game
A Gill Grunt that is not an in-game variant
A Trigger Happy that is not an in-game variant

Enchanted Hoot Loop is a GameStop exclusive, but there seems to be some debate on if its coming to the US or not. And of course the legendary ones will be TRU exclusive. I believe Jolly Bumble Blast has only been sighted on an ad in Portugal so far so unsure about if it is exclusive. All my info has been gathered from the forum and youtube videos.

Now I have a question.... since the Halloween edition Fright Rider is being pushed with Swap Force does that mean he will be a Swap Force character with the blue base even though his character did not get a repose for SF?

I think he will be Orange based, but who knows.

Here is the link for the purple Rattle Shake. It is around the .18 mark. Credit to Skylanderex for catching it. Still not sure if it is an upgrade or a variant it is just rumored:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eature=youtu.be

Here is the variant video from Skylanderex:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eature=youtu.be

As for other ones, I am still learning so I am not sure how to post images on here. Look in the main thread for Skylanders Swap Force on this forum, the everything we know up until now topic and the last like 30 pages should cover the rest of the info I included.

And, also we can't forget to add Volcanic Eruptor, currently exclusive to the 3DS pack, on here as a variant.

Quote: alliedanielle89

Here is the link for the purple Rattle Shake. It is around the .18 mark. Credit to Skylanderex for catching it. Still not sure if it is an upgrade or a variant it is just rumored:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eature=youtu.be

Here is the variant video from Skylanderex:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eature=youtu.be

As for other ones, I am still learning so I am not sure how to post images on here. Look in the main thread for Skylanders Swap Force on this forum, the everything we know up until now topic and the last like 30 pages should cover the rest of the info I included.

And, also we can't forget to add Volcanic Eruptor, currently exclusive to the 3DS pack, on here as a variant.

I Think that's his raise the snakes soul gem skin, but it's still a possibility

InB4 UncleBob asks, "what makes this thread 'official'?"

Looks like Activision either ...
A ) scaled back on the number of Alt Deco variants for SwapForce, or
B ) is holding back and not revealing all of the SwapForce Alt Deco figures on the website at this time.

So far, I only see Nitro Magna Charge, Enchanted Hoot Loop, and Volcanic Eruptor on the official website.
It also shows Legendary Free Ranger and Legendary Grim Creeper, and the Dark Edition Spyro, Slobber Tooth, Ninja Stealth Elf, Wash Buckler, and Blast Zone.

Oddly, the website does not show Legendary versions of Zoo Lou or Night Shift, even though those are/were reportedly "confirmed". Makes me wonder if those previous "confirmed" reports were false, or if rather we'll see those Legendary versions added to the official website at a later date.

This next part is raw speculation, but if I had to guess which SwapForce generation characters won't appear in stores until 2014, I would speculate Doom Stone, Trap Shadow, Camo, Punk Shock, Scratch, Dune Bug, and Fryno.
I also speculate that the new "shelf warmers" (like Flashwing and Cynder and Whirlwind from the Giants generation) will be Zoo Lou, Countdown, Bumble Blast, Sprocket, and of course, Whirlwind.

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InB4 UncleBob asks, "what makes this thread 'official'?"

Looks like Activision either ...
A ) scaled back on the number of Alt Deco variants for SwapForce, or
B ) is holding back and not revealing all of the SwapForce Alt Deco figures on the website at this time.

So far, I only see Nitro Magna Charge, Enchanted Hoot Loop, and Volcanic Eruptor on the official website.
It also shows Legendary Free Ranger and Legendary Grim Creeper, and the Dark Edition Spyro, Slobber Tooth, Ninja Stealth Elf, Wash Buckler, and Blast Zone.

Oddly, the website does not show Legendary versions of Zoo Lou or Night Shift, even though those are/were reportedly "confirmed". Makes me wonder if those previous "confirmed" reports were false, or if rather we'll see those Legendary versions added to the official website at a later date.

This next part is raw speculation, but if I had to guess which SwapForce generation characters won't appear in stores until 2014, I would speculate Doom Stone, Trap Shadow, Camo, Punk Shock, Scratch, Dune Bug, and Fryno.
I also speculate that the new "shelf warmers" (like Flashwing and Cynder and Whirlwind from the Giants generation) will be Zoo Lou, Countdown, Bumble Blast, Sprocket, and of course, Whirlwind.

I saw that too with the Legendaries... unsure on the info for that. Did Giants reveal more of the Alt. Decos when they did the initial redesign of the website? I am sure once its released we will also know too because they should be in the guides. I am personally looking forward to the collector's edition!!

Oh and just saw this on the main sticky thread which totally changes my predictions on Enchanted Hoot Loop...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Skyl...versal/24292280

Enchanted Hoot Loop changes color in the sun, for those who didn't know already. He's a must-buy for those who like variants.

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Enchanted Hoot Loop changes color in the sun, for those who didn't know already. He's a must-buy for those who like variants.

To bad Activision isn't in kahoots with Hasbro....they could have simply called it 'Zartan Hoot Loop"...lol.

Quote: Tigorus

Am I alone when I say I just don't like the Dark versions this time? The Dark Swapers look awkward (to me at least). The Dark minilanders look o.k. but I actually prefer their normal color schemes. I think Slobber's normal color scheme looks awesome and the dark's just not doing it for me. Dark Mega Ram Spyro and maybe Dark Stealth Elf are the only ones that look good as dark. Now maybe Dark Rattle Shake and Dark Magna Charge would have been sick but I know they wanted to keep it with the same Starter Swappers.

I agree that the Dark Blast Zone looks weird ... the "dark" color scheme just doesn't seem to "fit" on him. I personally think the other 4 look awesome, though, especially Spyro and Slobber Tooth.

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Enchanted Hoot Loop changes color in the sun, for those who didn't know already. He's a must-buy for those who like variants.

That's a cool concept. How exactly does that work though?

Quote: BahamutBreaker

InB4 UncleBob asks, "what makes this thread 'official'?"

Well, it was called something else, I changed it due to comment #5 in thread. I'll be happy to rename it to "completely and utterly useless sf variant thread"

Quote: BahamutBreaker

Quote: Matteomax

Enchanted Hoot Loop changes color in the sun, for those who didn't know already. He's a must-buy for those who like variants.

That's a cool concept. How exactly does that work though?

He also changes color in the game (But the toy doesn't affect anything).

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InB4 UncleBob asks, "what makes this thread 'official'?"

Well, it was called something else, I changed it due to comment #5 in thread. I'll be happy to rename it to "completely and utterly useless sf variant thread"

Man, you crack me up sometimes!

Quote: BahamutBreaker

InB4 UncleBob asks, "what makes this thread 'official'?"

Oh, look... here you are, making little snippy comments at me in a thread that I'm not even a part of *after* you asked me to "leave you alone".

Tell me again who's the troll and who's trying to antagonize fights?

Modified my completely useless thread with the dark52 image of Enchanted Star Strike

I added the additional ones to the top of the list...subject to additional speculation/scrutiny/confirmation.

Keep it coming!

~ok sorry for what that post was, this is not realy "uselss" after all~

Quote: skylanderex

Quote: GhostRoaster

I added the additional ones to the top of the list...subject to additional speculation/scrutiny/confirmation.

Keep it coming!

Ghostroaster:

I'm pretty sure the Purple Rattle Shake has been disproved. It looks like some kind of upgrade, or charged attack.

See the image of Dune Bug I posted above I'm pretty sure his standard pose has the color shift paint...

Thanks...

Yeah, I have listed those as "doubtful" until we know for sure--who can confirm that the purple is part of an upgrade path?

That's part of the fun--speculation. Great info though and thanks for the links.

I don't understand why some of you hate the variants. I think some of them are way cooler, rarer and better than their normal versions. Original counterparts are the reasons why variants exists. Even though I still like some normal ones, I like the alternately-colored versions more.

There are too many this time!

That's partially the reason why I want to keep this thread going, so that everyone can see the insanity in it all really. Make sure you REALLY THINK what you're getting into before you start this time around.

What are the Color-Cange variants?

^add those to the OP

also the Rattle shake soul gem doesnt count as a varient

Enchanted Star Strike is pretty... looks like a Dark variant in-game.
Jade Fire Kraken=favorite Swapper ever!

Quote: skylanderex

World Cup Countdown
Springtime Trigger Happy
Jade Fire Kraken

http://myskylanders.wordpress....-varianten-hot/

Awesome find!!! OP modified!

Quote: GhostRoaster

Quote: skylanderex

World Cup Countdown
Springtime Trigger Happy
Jade Fire Kraken

http://myskylanders.wordpress....-varianten-hot/

Awesome find!!! OP modified!

Credit goes to myskylanders, he was the first to post it.

Thanks for clarifications---made in OP.

Note: How does buying 75 skylanders strike you completionists out there? We're just getting started!

Bwahahahaha

^ Treasure hunt variants will make this count go to at least 90. A secondary purpose of this thread is to document the potential wallet carnage early before those go into this willy nilly.

Can anyone show me where the Special Gill Grunt is?
I'm curious; never saw a pic of it...

Based on how he looks (ie no difference) I would suggest to you he would in fact be a treasure hunt variant.

Quote: skylanderex

And Enchanted Star Strike is in fact a Lightcore...

And I just noticed you were missing Volcanic Lava Barf Eruptor....

Both Fixed.


Looks like the videos for the guys reported this morning were taken down.

Wonder what they'll do to the trailers of the one of the variants already posted on youtube?

On the picture it says "Gill Grunt special". Shouldn't it be "Anchors Away Gill Grunt" *special* if it was in fact a special S3 Gill Grunt? It could just be the metallic green Gill Grunt for example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yQaSNi1jU8

Or maybe there is just a special Trigger Happy we don't know Or it's just an error or something else. I'm sceptical, at least.

Yeah, I posted his ingame name along with the video. Maybe they will call it "World Cup Special Edition" on the package (like the "Special Halloween Edition" on pumpkin eye-brawl's package) and then his real name is Kickoff CD. Could be the same with Springtime Trigger Happy (name on the site is just Spring Trigger Happy).

Quote: myskylanders

Yeah, I posted his ingame name along with the video. Maybe they will call it "World Cup Special Edition" on the package (like the "Special Halloween Edition" on pumpkin eye-brawl's package) and then his real name is Kickoff CD. Could be the same with Springtime Trigger Happy (name on the site is just Spring Trigger Happy).

Nah I doubt it, the only other thing he could be would be flower Trigger Happy, because they can't name it Easter Trigger Happy because Easter is a Christian holiday. (Please lets not start a religion war on this comment)

Also it's odd because in the Southern Hemisphere it will be fall while it's Spring up here in the Northern Hemmisphere. Makes me wonder is Australia just because if that.

However I do think that the people in Austrailia will get Jolly Bumble Blast because Jolly Bumble Blast isn't winter themed, just Christmas themed.

Jolly Bumble Blast's base is a snowy mountainside, so maybe he is both winter and christmas themed. They had a special easter edition of Legendary chill. Yes, it was just the packaging (and a bad joke, too) but it was called easter edition.

Halloween is based on a catholic tradition from ireland and it is not celebrated everywhere, just like easter.

Trigger Happy's name is Springtime Trigger Happy, you can see it on the start screen of the (private) video. There are multiple possibilities for his release. First, you could just release him whenever there is spring on a continent. I just saw tons of polar whirlwinds in a nearby store but I heard that there are still countrys she didn't reach, yet. So they usually do not hesitate releasing the figures at different times.

Quote: skylanderex

Quote: GhostRoaster

Based on how he looks (ie no difference) I would suggest to you he would in fact be a treasure hunt variant.

Agreed, but if that is the case, what about the "Special" Trigger Happy seen in the same video. Surely they are not making 2 Trigger Happy variants. Maybe they didn't have the artwork done for the variants yet when the video was made?

Why wouldn't they have more than one variant?

SSA alone had Spyro, Dark Spyro, L-Spyro, and Chrome Spyro.

SSA also had Chop Chop, L-Chop Chop, and Gold Chop Chop.

Giants had Sonic Boom, GitD Sonic Boom, and Glitter Sonic Boom and a similar situation with Eye Brawl (normal, Pumpkin, and Blurple) Not to mention LC, Flocked LC, and Employee Prism Break.

Quote: GhostRoaster

Thanks for clarifications---made in OP.

Note: How does buying 75 skylanders strike you completionists out there? We're just getting started!

Bwahahahaha

I have over 150 figures from the first two games.

What's 75 more?

Quote: UncleBob

Quote: GhostRoaster

Thanks for clarifications---made in OP.

Note: How does buying 75 skylanders strike you completionists out there? We're just getting started!

Bwahahahaha

I have over 150 figures from the first two games.

What's 75 more?

I have about 200 if you include duplicates and errors. Uggghhhhh..

If I count duplicates and such, I'm not sure how many I have.

This is my count for unique figures - with a very little overlap if I have a figure from a starter & the sealed version or something like Shroomboom in the regular and golden battle packs and as a single.

Although, if I ever get around to making my custom Tree Rex on card... do I count it?

Quote: UncleBob

Quote: GhostRoaster

Thanks for clarifications---made in OP.

Note: How does buying 75 skylanders strike you completionists out there? We're just getting started!

Bwahahahaha

I have over 150 figures from the first two games.

What's 75 more?

At least $1,000

LightCore Enchanted Star Strike? I hadn't heard of that one until now. Maybe I'll track her down...

Quote: GamerZack7

LightCore Enchanted Star Strike? I hadn't heard of that one until now. Maybe I'll track her down...

No ETA for her release...it's only semi-announced in that images and links on Activision's web site--no word on who and when.

I'll see if I can make that clear in the first post.

well kick-off countdown is comin in the spring. his head is a soccer ball!

Blast Zone being red rather than orange might be a coloring problem--hard to know that's a variant yet. I think we've seen color variants on figures over time so we'll file this in the interesting, but who knows category.