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Wave 2 is hitting stores. But I just wanna know now, who's in wave 3!?

Fire Kraken didn't seem to be in wave 2, so...3?

Please post what you know below!

Fire Kraken was in Wave 2.

Quote: GhostRoaster

Fire Kraken was in Wave 2.

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Woo-hoo! Can't wait to get Jade Fire Kraken!

I'm waiting for Jade myself! Hopefully he comes out soon too.

Fire Kraken is the most plentiful Swap character in the "wave 2" boxes. Jade Fire Kraken is not included, and you can be sure she/he/it will not be released anytime soon yet.

As for Wave 3 speculation ... it's really hard to project right now, I'd say. If I had to guess, I'd speculate that Stink Bomb, Fryno, Whirlwind, Freeze Blade, Wham Shell, Spy Rise, Doom Stone, and Hot Dog will be included in Wave 3, and that probably won't be available until November sometime.

If so (again, this is raw speculation), that would leave (non-LC) Smolderdash, Cynder, (non-LC) Grim Creeper, LC Bumble Blast, Camo, Jet-Vac, Scratch, Punk Shock, LC Countdown, Wind-Up, Prism Break, Rubble Rouser, Trap Shadow, and Dune Bug for 2014 releases.

Well Matrix buddy I'm happy to report that is indeed in wave 2 and should be out tomorrow at Toysrus. Now as for who's in wave 3 it's apparently , and for the swappers and the cores are Hyper Beam Prism Break, Horn Blast Wirldwind, Phantom Cynder, and the amazing and awesome ! Were even getting lightcore Wham Shell and Countdown with the Arkeyan Crossbow battle pack that contains Thorn Horn Camo and . Here's a link for reassurance. Also apparently now Sheep Wreck Island with in it will also be in wave 3 and we will have both the last battle pack and adventure pack by wave 3. http://myskylanders.wordpress....le-pack-inhalt/

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Wave 2 is hitting stores. But I just wanna know now, who's in wave 3!?

Fire Kraken didn't seem to be in wave 2, so...3?

Please post what you know below!

Fire krakan is def out, picked one up today, posted a photo with him in it in the wave 2 thread. Havent played him yet, will tomorrow.

Possible release date is November 13th. according to Amazon.fr and November 1st for full Wave 2 according to Amazon.it (THese are, of course, european dates, but the US needs a full wave 2 date, too, so, could be the same.

I'm positive that these dates are correct because it would be a perfect time for christmas sales. End of Nov or Dec would be far too late for that. And if you think about it, the Battle and Adventure Pack are 25 bucks each, so it's not pocket money for smaller kids.

Nice insight into Wave 3 from FamilyGamerTV



Just saw the post above

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Nice insight into Wave 3 from FamilyGamerTV

Just saw the post above

Screw Dune Bug...I want Dune Bag!

I think Jade Fire Kraken is supposed to be out for Chinese New Year. If that's correct, then that is late January I think.

LoL @ "Dune Bag"!!

Good to know in advance Riptide will be in a triple. I'll likely skip his single pack in wave 2 then.

And surprised Terrafin is getting placement in a battle pack, single and triple. Especially when there's still lots of returning characters who could go in the triple.

the screen is too blurry can somebody post a list

“Hyper Beam” Prism Break
“Horn Blast” Whirlwind
“Phantom” Cynder

Lightcore Countdown
Lightcore Wham Shell

Smolderdash
Dune Bug

Rubble Rouser
Spy Rise
Stink Bomb


Triple Pack: Dune Bug, “Phantom” Cynder, “Knockout” Terrafin
Triple Pack: Riptide, “Horn Blast” Whirlwind, “Hyper Beam” Prism Break

Arkeyan Crossbow Battle Pack ("Thorn Horn" Camo, Grimm Creeper, Arkeyan Crossbow)
Sheep Wreck Island Adventure Pack (Wind-up, Groove Machine, Platinum Sheep, Sheep Wreck Island)

Note that this is not confirmed, found it at amazon.fr but nowhere else (release nov 13 according to the site). But why should amazon just make something up.

So Knockout is the new ShroomBoom---let's slice em and dice em 3 different ways lol.

Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Just came back and saw the video, I'm very happy!

Stink Bomb is one of my favorites! (although I'll nickname his top half to "Sensei") And so is Hyper Beam Prism Break!


Can't wait to see these characters, along with some Fire Kraken gameplay from wave 2!

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Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Yeah, but honestly, three days out we have a very nice selection of figures. 11/16 of the newlanders are playable (10 regular, 1 as a LC). 10/16 Swappers are playable. Not to mention all the old guys are still playable. One has to remember that Activision's goal is not making it as efficient as possible to collect all figures. Their goal is to create combinations that will sell to people and allow them to continue to sell figures and keep excitement high for the next nine to ten months. Three packs are a convenience for fans that want a good selection for a package price - they weigh what will give good variety, not necessarily what will help X collector fill Y hole in their collection.

Top four most anticipated Skylanders not coming until wave three and four...

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Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Just be glad Shroompoop didn't return. Otherwise I would've gone Maverick again and destroyed myself.

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Just be glad Shroompoop didn't return. Otherwise I would've gone Maverick again and destroyed myself.

(Still sad we got Camo instead of Shroomie.)

Actually, I like Stump Smash best, in fact, I'm surprised they didn't use him.

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Just be glad Shroompoop didn't return. Otherwise I would've gone Maverick again and destroyed myself.

(Still sad we got Camo instead of Shroomie.)

Sad for that shroomy, can I give him a hug?

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Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Yeah, but honestly, three days out we have a very nice selection of figures. 11/16 of the newlanders are playable (10 regular, 1 as a LC). 10/16 Swappers are playable. Not to mention all the old guys are still playable. One has to remember that Activision's goal is not making it as efficient as possible to collect all figures. Their goal is to create combinations that will sell to people and allow them to continue to sell figures and keep excitement high for the next nine to ten months. Three packs are a convenience for fans that want a good selection for a package price - they weigh what will give good variety, not necessarily what will help X collector fill Y hole in their collection.

Fully agree. I think there is a FANTASTIC variety of characters available already.
But it's still lame that Terrafin. who is now in his 3rd edition, was selected to be included in three different packages for this generation/release cycle.

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Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Oh boy, time to hunt for Trap Shadow for 3 months straight... just like I had to do with Ninjini... that was the worst time of this year for me

Having Terrafin in ONLY the battle pack would have increased sales. There will be other ways to get Bumble Blast.

Poor poor move. I think I should apply for distribution manager as I would have never made that mistake

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Ugh ... if the above is true, then GhostRoaster is correct ... apparently Activision failed to learn from its mistakes from the excessive distribution of Shroomboom in the Giants generation. Welcome to the Shroomboom dust-collector club, Mr. Terrafin! ... you deserved a better fate.

Meanwhile, looks to me like Trap Shadow will be the "new" Ninjini ... good luck finding him before March 2014. Could be Doom Stone, but my money's on Trap Shadow.

Yeah, but honestly, three days out we have a very nice selection of figures. 11/16 of the newlanders are playable (10 regular, 1 as a LC). 10/16 Swappers are playable. Not to mention all the old guys are still playable. One has to remember that Activision's goal is not making it as efficient as possible to collect all figures. Their goal is to create combinations that will sell to people and allow them to continue to sell figures and keep excitement high for the next nine to ten months. Three packs are a convenience for fans that want a good selection for a package price - they weigh what will give good variety, not necessarily what will help X collector fill Y hole in their collection.

Dude, not complaining about the number of figures...just a simple innocuous observation that Terrafin is pimpin like Shroomy.

Stink Bomb will be in wave three. Yay. He's cool-- almost as cool as Voodood, but we know he was ruthlessly discarded by the agonizing game developers.

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Dude, not complaining about the number of figures...just a simple innocuous observation that Terrafin is pimpin like Shroomy.

Yeah, yeah. Little do you know that that box you have waiting for you when you get home actually has twelve Terrafin singles in it.

I hate the waves. I really don't understand the point of them. The final waves always just fizzle out, you can never find the characters (I mean, where the hell is lightcore Pop Fizz and Chill???), and they just whimper instead of roar like the first waves. The excitement seems to wain.

Why can't they just release waves with equal amounts of characters, make a strong statement each time? If they want to drag out the gameplay so we play it longer, then....make the game longer!

When do you think wave 3 will hit the shops? I can't wait for

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I hate the waves. I really don't understand the point of them. The final waves always just fizzle out, you can never find the characters (I mean, where the hell is lightcore Pop Fizz and Chill???), and they just whimper instead of roar like the first waves. The excitement seems to wain.

Why can't they just release waves with equal amounts of characters, make a strong statement each time? If they want to drag out the gameplay so we play it longer, then....make the game longer!

You are thinking like a gamer and not a marketer. You want to front load the new stuff to hit while the game is hot, the later waves slow down because by that time a great deal of players have moved on. Had it been equal you would have the opposite problem, shelves FULL of those figures - and that doesn't turn out well for the stores, who have to decide how much to stock in the future.

Making the game longer takes time and money. It isn't like they sat around and went "Ok this many levels is enough". It's more like "This is how many we can complete in the time before we want to release it".

Just look at Rayman Legends, they had the game done for the WiiU in January. After the multi-console announcement and delay, they had several more months to add in the additional "Back to Origins" levels and update them to support the new Murfy dynamic. Game content is a balance between what you want to add and how much time/finanacing you have.

I prefer the waves... if only because I (and my boys) only have so much money for games/toys at any given time. I just want a schedule, or a time frame and a list.

I loved the re-release of Gnarly Tree Rex. I wish they'd do that more often as well. If Gnarly had been bundled in the US with a PS3 that would have been fine, but with the old Wii, nope that was a no-go for me. I'm also eager to try out the DarkLight Crypt for myself.

Right now my biggest issue is my kids duplicating characters. I think the younger one is playing keep-away and catch-up with the older one. Especially when the older one can out buy him. I'm about ready to use teach my older one some reverse psychology. In other words, don't tell your little brother which one are your favories. The older one could also use a lesson in sharing. Even I do at times

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Just be glad Shroompoop didn't return. Otherwise I would've gone Maverick again and destroyed myself.

(Still sad we got Camo instead of Shroomie.)

Sorry, Shroomie, but you just need better attack power and speed. You're also really annoying and prevented me from getting Series 2 Bash because you clogged up the darn shelves!

The only thing I like about you is your Soul Gem ability. It's freaking awesome. Your Paratroopers are also easy to spam on slow moving enemies as well.

But I'm still happy Camo got chosen instead.

Here's to hoping that we get a sneak movement type and an earth element in wave 3! I'll be buying all the swappers anyways, but it'd be nice to get those to unlock the swap zone levels and such.

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Here's to hoping that we get a sneak movement type and an earth element in wave 3! I'll be buying all the swappers anyways, but it'd be nice to get those to unlock the swap zone levels and such.

Don't worry my friend. Like I said and will be in wave 3 so they will be the sneak and earth swapper we can get.

I'm excited for prism break. I don't play him often but he just looks awesome. I'm feeling the red. I REALLY hope jade kraken will be official. I'm on pins and needles for that one!

Jade Fire Kraken is real.

Quote: Trexroarr

Jade Fire Kraken is real.

I hear he will come on Chinese New Year.

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Quote: Trexroarr

Jade Fire Kraken is real.

I hear he will come on Chinese New Year.

I knews it! And yes, I meant to type it that way.

Scorp is Earth and he came out in Wave 2.

Just another question in regard to waves, does anyone have contact info for Activision and has anyone tried calling them for info? Just a thought.

Ah man, Not only do I have to make sure to buy Hoot Loop, Rattle Shake, Magna Charge, and Free Ranger, but a lot of wave 3 too! (Spy Rise, Stink Bomb, Rubble Rouser, Wind-Up and Ballista Battle Pack)

But say, will Camo be sold in a single like Terrafin?

Is there a release date other than the rumored & unconfirmed November 13th?

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Is there a release date other than the rumored & unconfirmed November 13th?

No.

At this point "mid-November" is as much as it can be narrowed-down ... and as usual, the "wave" will probably "hit" different stores and different parts of the country (and world) on different dates.

Wasn't there much speculation last time that wave 3 was November and we didn't it until after Christmas or something? A VERY small percentage of skylander collectors/fans have all the new ones they wAnt that are available. Activision would also be smart to save plenty of goodies until after the kiddos open up the games for Christmas.

I know some of you 'can't' wait, but phased release is the best course and strategy for the most amount of people including those trying to make money. It be harder to find what you wanted if they all hit day one as every vendor would have fewer of each. You think e-bay is bad now......

Remember how we had to wait for Thumpback and Eye-Brawl? Yeah, not expecting Wave 3 or 4 anytime soon.

Two major problems with comparing this to wave 3 for Giants -

1. There are a lot more figures out for Swap Force, meaning much more potential for new waves.

2. Giants Wave 3 was plagued by problems. We know from TRU ads that Thumpback and Eye Brawl were supposed to be out before Christmas, but they got pushed back for unknown reasons.

Also, don't forget Amazon France has wave 3 set to release there on Nov. 16.

I suspect wave 3 will be released on Nov. 15, same day as the PS4. SSF is one of the launch titles for the new systems, so a bunch of new figures that day would make a lot of sense.

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