darkSpyro

When shopping for your children, the best place to get information is from the children themselves. Of coarse you can't ask "which guy do you want" because I think the first words they learn are "I want! I want!." However, you can ask them what they enjoy most about the game, or watch them, see what they are good at and what they struggle with. I would recommend a figure that is actually swapable, those are the most fun since they make your existing figures new and shiny again too (you can swap tops and bottoms with your existing swapable figures.)

What is actually unlocked by new figures are challenges, and certain mini zones that are designed specifically for certain abilities. Here is a list of what they actually play like:

Bounce: these are jumping zones and challenges, my 4 year old struggles with jumping so these aren't fun for him. This would be Rattle Shake and Fire Kraken
Speed: These are what you would imagine for a race car on a track where they have to pick up objects and avoid obstructions. This would be Magna Charge (he's also a pretty fun character in game.)
Spin: These are challenges that resemble pin-ball. You have some control of your guy and throw him towards bumpers that break after being hit so many times, some more times than others. (he is also very fun in game, several forum-goers call him overpowered because of his abilities.) This would be Free Ranger.
dig, stealth: I haven't done any of these yet, my time to play is very limited, but you could probably look on youtube to see what the challenges are like.

Teleport is where you must collect runes on platforms that collapse overtime. A bit glitchy and maybe too hard for your kids. Hoot Loop and Night Shift are Teleport.


On a side note, since you have 2 children, make sure they know that for the elemental gates that say they need a swapforce skylander of 2 elements (earth and fire say) you can use 2 non-swap characters to unlock these gates (one earth and one fire.)

^yea Spy Rise is out elsewhere, I need to stop assuming everyone is from the US lol
but yea, any Swapper other then Boom Jet or Spy Rise would be the best choice.
so the choices are:

Hoot Loop or Night Shift for Teleport
Magna Charge for Speed
Free Ranger for Spin
Fire Kraken or Rattle Shake for Bounce
Grilla Drilla for Dig (or Rubble Rouser if you live outside the US)
Stink Bomb for Stealth (again hes only out outside the US)

When shopping for your children, the best place to get information is from the children themselves. Of coarse you can't ask "which guy do you want" because I think the first words they learn are "I want! I want!." However, you can ask them what they enjoy most about the game, or watch them, see what they are good at and what they struggle with. I would recommend a figure that is actually swapable, those are the most fun since they make your existing figures new and shiny again too (you can swap tops and bottoms with your existing swapable figures.)

What is actually unlocked by new figures are challenges, and certain mini zones that are designed specifically for certain abilities. Here is a list of what they actually play like:

Bounce: these are jumping zones and challenges, my 4 year old struggles with jumping so these aren't fun for him. This would be Rattle Shake and Fire Kraken
Speed: These are what you would imagine for a race car on a track where they have to pick up objects and avoid obstructions. This would be Magna Charge (he's also a pretty fun character in game.)
Spin: These are challenges that resemble pin-ball. You have some control of your guy and throw him towards bumpers that break after being hit so many times, some more times than others. (he is also very fun in game, several forum-goers call him overpowered because of his abilities.)
Teleport, stealth: I haven't done any of these yet, my time to play is very limited, but you could probably look on youtube to see what the challenges are like.

Dig: These are pretty fun, yet in later levels they can get pretty tricky and frustrating. I don't have kids (Im only 15 after all) but I think kids might not find this easy. Grilla Drilla is so far the only dig character out. (In the US at least)

On a side note, since you have 2 children, make sure they know that for the elemental gates that say they need a swapforce skylander of 2 elements (earth and fire say) you can use 2 non-swap characters to unlock these gates (one earth and one fire.)

Go get dune Bug, he is already become the most popular figure in my house. The kids fight over who gets to use him, and I think he may be almost as awesome as Magna Charge