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Now that the new game will be arriving this October 5th, who do you think will be returning for Series 2, 3, and 4? We already know that Gill Grunt and Shroomboom are coming back. But who else are making their reappearance as well? My guess would be as followed:

Magic - Spyro and Pop Fizz
Tech - Trigger Happy and Boomer
Earth - Dino-Rang and Flashwing
Air - Sonic Boom and Warnado
Fire - Eruptor and Flameslinger
Water - Gill Grunt and Slam Bam
Life - Shroomboom and Zook
Undead - Fright Rider and Ghost Roaster

probably

What about cynder?

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What about cynder?

I was thinking about Cynder's return as an S4 figure, but then I realize that not many seem to like her that much. But I do really love Cynder. I also hope to see her again. I kept all three different Cynder figures.

All of skylanders are returning, just put your existing characters on the portal. No more reposes.

I just hope Stealth Elf doesn't get reposed again. Her S3 version is still the best and I love her new ninja costume.

I do hope they follow the Swap Force trend and model reposes after variants. I know they're not variants; all I'm saying is that names and outfits like Blizzard Chill and Ninja Stealth Elf were better than just S2 Stealth Elf, S2 Eruptor, etc.

So far I think s4 is pretty tamed and we may see a s4 Trigger Happy, but as long as Ghost Roaster, Voodood, Boomer, Wham Shell and the others get a s2, I ok with that.

These are my hopes

Tech: Trigger and boomer
Water:Gill grunt obviously and wham shell
Fire: Eruptor (from the trailer although i dont want him back again) i want sunburn and hot dog (dont think he will be because of funny bone)
Air: Scratch and jetvac (hes in the trailer)
Life: shroomboom obviously and zoo lou
Magic: Spyro (of course he will be back ) and voodood
Earth: Dino rang and flashwing
Undead: Ghost roaster and fright rider

funny bone and fright rider would be a good co op combo

I wish the reposes were completely unexpected Skylanders that people actually want. I mean, if I see another reposed Eruptor Im just gonna punch it! (Not really! )

I don't have a problem with reposes, but they REALLY need to focus on the reposing characters who don't have a wow pow copy yet. Having your main characters (spyro, gill, trigger) is fine I suppose, but I'd rather get a beefed up Ghost Roaster and Wham Shell versus yet another Eruptor.

And this is an adult speaking, ya know, the guy with the money.

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I don't have a problem with reposes, but they REALLY need to focus on the reposing characters who don't have a wow pow copy yet. Having your main characters (spyro, gill, trigger) is fine I suppose, but I'd rather get a beefed up Ghost Roaster and Wham Shell versus yet another Eruptor.

And this is an adult speaking, ya know, the guy with the money.

Same here. So true.

It's easy to say they're not listening to fans about who to repose, especially in the cases of Stealth Elf and Eruptor, but I suspect Wham-Shell squeaked into that Swap Force LightCore spot on the back of fan inquiries and requests, possibly furthered by his rarity in S:SA.

I would like to see new figures and less repose but if repose is staying then triples need only 1 repose not two.

i just want zap, ghost roaster, and wind up.

I heard the trailer say there were OVER 60 new Skylanders. Whether it is a multiple of eight seems to be in debate around here. But regardless, there very well could be three sets of reposes this time around. I won't bet any money on it, just wanted to say it is possible. So, here are my thoughts on what I know, believe and hope to be true under the assumption that we'll get one of each series...

Magic: Spyro, Pop Fizz, Star Strike
Undead: Chop Chop, Hex, Grim Creeper
Life: Stealth Elf, Stump Smash, Shroomboom
Water: Gill Grunt, Slam Bam, Punk Shock
Fire: Eruptor, Ignitor, Smolderdash
Air: Whirlwind, Vet-Vac, Warnado
Earth: Prismbreak, Bash, Scorp
Tech: Trigger Happy, Drobot, Boomer

yep there is going to be over 60

But that probably includes all these silly "spring time" and "jolly" type skins. Another thing I'm not a fan of and haven't been supporting.

I honestly dont care who does or does not return.

Wish list (I'm not buying re-poses this time around, unless I get a S3 Flameslinger).

Life- Zook and Zoo Lou
Water- Chill and Gill Grunt (or Zap)
Fire- Flameslinger and Hotdog
Air- Lightning Rod and Sonic Boom
Earth- Bash and Dino-Rang (Please no scorp)
Tech- Bouncer (I know this won't happen, but it's a WISH list, remember) and Drobot
Magic- Double Trouble and Voodood
Undead- Roller Brawl and Chop Chop

Edit: forgot the undead element.

All I want for Xmas is a S3 Flameslinger. Come on Activision, make my dreams come true.

S3 zap must happen!

Not that were getting this many reposes, but if I had to choose which ones I'd like to see, it be these

Life: Shroomboom is already there, Bumble Blast and Zook
Undead: Ghost Roaster, Fright Rider and Hex (based in the mega bloks sets)
Tech: Boomer, Wind Up and Trigger Happy (again mega bloks)
Magic: Voodood, Dune Bug and Star Strike
Water: Wham Shell, Punk Shock and Riptide
Fire: Sunburn, Fryno and Ignitor
Earth: Dino Rang, Flashwing and Slobber Tooth
Air: Warnado, Jet Vac sadly at this rate and Pop Thorn

Every Skylander that has appeared in a commercial so far has been reposed. This would suggest S4 and and S3 and .

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Every Skylander that has appeared in a commercial so far has been reposed. This would suggest S4 and and S3 and .

That would be tragic, for them. Cause I wouldn't bother.

They need to stop reposing figures all together.

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They need to stop reposing figures all together.

Disagree. You are looking at this from strictly a "I have the older games" position. They have to let people have a jumping on point, and packaging "new" figures with old figures would be bad for all. Better to have a slightly modified version.

There are ways around most of the reposes. Just gotta use them.

And with wow pows, if like to see them repose all the older figs. Light core is the nonsense I could personally do without, and will probably skip all lightcore figs that don't look amazing this next round.

the only way i will get a series two or 3 or light core is if it is one of the forgotten 8

It's a good idea to keep older characters in circulation, but they should focus on making it so most characters are available within the most recent two games or so.

What is confirmed.

Gill Grunt
Shroomboom

What is sort of confirmed.

Pop Fizz (Trailer)
Trigger Happy (Trailer)
Eruptor (Trailer)
Jet-Vac (Trailer)
Drobot (Mega Blocks)
Ignitor (Mega Blocks)
Hex (Mega Blocks)
Chop Chop (Mega Blocks)
Stump Smash (Mega Blocks)

I'm gonna have to go with:

Magic - Spyro, Voodood, Pop Fizz
Water - Gill Grunt, Punk Shock, Slam Bam
Earth - Terrafin, Scorp, Dino-Rang
Undead - Fright Rider, Ghost Roaster, Chop Chop
Air - Jet-Vac, Pop Thorn, Warnado
Life - Shroomboom, Zook, Stump Smash
Tech - Trigger Happy, Drobot, Boomer
Fire - Sunburn, Smoulderdash/Fryno, Eruptor.

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Now that the new game will be arriving this October 5th, who do you think will be returning for Series 2, 3, and 4? We already know that Gill Grunt and Shroomboom are coming back. But who else are making their reappearance as well? My guess would be as followed:

Magic - Spyro and Pop Fizz
Tech - Trigger Happy and Boomer
Earth - Dino-Rang and Flashwing
Air - Sonic Boom and Warnado
Fire - Eruptor and Flameslinger
Water - Gill Grunt and Slam Bam
Life - Shroomboom and Zook
Undead - Fright Rider and Ghost Roaster

Um no. There's no S2 from Swap Force.

As a math guy I like to look for patterns, and I am quite impressed by the fairly balanced nature that the developers have used with most aspects of making characters. Here is something I noticed. Going from Giants to Swap Force we had 40 core characters that could be reposed. Of them, 24 had already gotten Series 2 releases and 16 only had Series 1 releases. That just happens to be a 9:6 ratio and since they do all figures in multiples of 8 it seems they went with the very close 10:6 ratio when making Series 3 and Series 2 for Swap Force. Now going into Trap Team we have 56 core characters available for reposing. Of them, 26 are at Series 1, 20 are at Series 2 and 10 are at Series 3. That is a 13:10:5 ratio, and I am very much in the camp that we are going to be seeing more characters than ever. I am thinking we will see 32 (or 34?) new characters and 24ish reposes. However many reposes we get (22,23,24) I am betting they will be as close to the 13:10:5 ratio as possible.

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What is confirmed.

Gill Grunt
Shroomboom

What is sort of confirmed.

Pop Fizz (Trailer)
Trigger Happy (Trailer)
Eruptor (Trailer)
Jet-Vac (Trailer)
Drobot (Mega Blocks)
Ignitor (Mega Blocks)
Hex (Mega Blocks)
Chop Chop (Mega Blocks)
Stump Smash (Mega Blocks)

I would like to see Ignitor come back, instead of his over-rated cousin Chop Chop. Drobot and Stump Smash are cool, too.

I really hope to see Sunburn and Dinorang get reposed. I also wouldn't mind seeing Cloudy Butt again, but I don't think he was that popular.

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Now that the new game will be arriving this October 5th, who do you think will be returning for Series 2, 3, and 4? We already know that Gill Grunt and Shroomboom are coming back. But who else are making their reappearance as well? My guess would be as followed:

Magic - Spyro and Pop Fizz
Tech - Trigger Happy and Boomer
Earth - Dino-Rang and Flashwing
Air - Sonic Boom and Warnado
Fire - Eruptor and Flameslinger
Water - Gill Grunt and Slam Bam
Life - Shroomboom and Zook
Undead - Fright Rider and Ghost Roaster

I see you have not named any of the new blue base Skylanders returning as S2 in your predictions. I am curious what led to your predictions?

Not that I would buy them all as I don't care much for reposes but my choice would be :
Magic - Voodood & Pop Fizz
Tech - Boomer & Drobot
Earth - Dino-Rang & Flashwing
Air - Pop Thorn & Lghtning Rod
Fire - Fryno & Smolderdash (They are both too good not too bring back)
Water - Slam Bam & Wham Shell
Life - Camo & Zoo Lou
Undead - Ghost Roaster & Roller Brawl
(Please note I am aware Grunty and the mushroom are back, this is just if I got to pick).

heheh, what about camo...?
Plus the forgotten 5?

Magic: Spyro,Pop Fizz,Dune Bug
Air: Warnado,Whirlwind,Scratch
Tech: Trigger Happy,Drobot,Boomer
Life: Camo,Shroomboom,Zoo Lou
Earth: Bash,Slobbertooth,Prism Break
Water: Gill Grunt,Zap,Punk Shock
Undead:Cynder,Chop,Chop (face it were never going to get him away),Fright Rider
Fire: Eruptor(Same as Chop Chop),Hot Dog,Smolderdash

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Quote: TheShadowDragon

Now that the new game will be arriving this October 5th, who do you think will be returning for Series 2, 3, and 4? We already know that Gill Grunt and Shroomboom are coming back. But who else are making their reappearance as well? My guess would be as followed:

Magic - Spyro and Pop Fizz
Tech - Trigger Happy and Boomer
Earth - Dino-Rang and Flashwing
Air - Sonic Boom and Warnado
Fire - Eruptor and Flameslinger
Water - Gill Grunt and Slam Bam
Life - Shroomboom and Zook
Undead - Fright Rider and Ghost Roaster

I see you have not named any of the new blue base Skylanders returning as S2 in your predictions. I am curious what led to your predictions?

Not that I would buy them all as I don't care much for reposes but my choice would be :
Magic - Voodood & Pop Fizz
Tech - Boomer & Drobot
Earth - Dino-Rang & Flashwing
Air - Pop Thorn & Lightning Rod
Fire - Fryno & Smolderdash (They are both too good not too bring back)
Water - Slam Bam & Wham Shell
Life - Camo & Zoo Lou
Undead - Ghost Roaster & Roller Brawl
(Please note I am aware Grunty and the mushroom are back, this is just if I got to pick).

Yay, Cloudy Butt fan!

Also, I wanna see Smolderdash in the game with Hex cause, frankly, I just plain want to see team Hexadecimal. (Hexadecimal is a villain from the show Reboot, who eventually becomes a goodguy late in the series.)

Spyro, Star Strike, and Voodood
Water: Gill Grunt, Punk Shock, and Chill
Tech: Trigger Happy, Sprocket, and Boomer
Air: Sonic Boom, Lightning Rod, and Jet-Vac
Life: Stealth Elf, Camo, and Stump Smash
Fire: Smolderdash, Ignitor, and Sunburn
Undead: Cynder, Hex, and Roller Brawl
Earth: Dino-Rang, Flashwing, and Bash

Im going with (this is not what i want)

Magic: Spyro, Star Strike, Wrecking Ball or Pop Fizz
Tech: Trigger Happy, Countdown, Boomer
Fire: Hot Dog, Ignitor, Smolderdash (sorta think Eruptor might be skipped)
Water: Gill Grunt, Zap, Riptide
Earth: Bash, Prism Break, Scorp
Air: Pop Thorn, Sonic Boom, Jet-Vac (shoot)
Life: Shroomboom, Stealth Elf, Stump Smash
Undead: Fright Rider, Roller. Brawl, Hex or Ghost Roaster

Here's my list.

Magic: Spyro, Dune Bug, Pop Fizz

Tech: Trigger Happy, Sprocket, Boomer

Fire: Ignitor, Smolderdash, Fryno

Water: Gill Grunt, Punk Shock, Slam Bam

Earth: Bash, Slobber Tooth, Terrafin

Air: Lightning Rod, Warnado, Scratch

Life: Stealth Elf, Stump Smash, Shroomboom

Undead: Roller Brawl, Chop Chop, Hex

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They need to stop reposing figures all together.

Disagree. You are looking at this from strictly a "I have the older games" position. They have to let people have a jumping on point, and packaging "new" figures with old figures would be bad for all. Better to have a slightly modified version.

There are ways around most of the reposes. Just gotta use them.

And with wow pows, if like to see them repose all the older figs. Light core is the nonsense I could personally do without, and will probably skip all lightcore figs that don't look amazing this next round.

Between eBay and the the fact that MANY Giants and SSA figures are widely available at retail and I'm still scratching my head why reposes are needed. Sure, it's their franchise. But I'm pretty sure if we saw a chart of sales on the reposes they would be going down down down. Stands to reason since quantities of reposes were SEVERELY constrained...they know the gig is up.

If they are going to release a ton of reposes, I would prefer any figure that only has a single release.

Magic: Dune Bug and Voodood
Tech: Wind Up and Boomer
Fire: Fryno and Sunburn
Water: Riptide and Punk Shock
Earth: Scorp and Dino Rang
Air: Scratch and Pop Thorn
Life: None.
Undead: Roller Brawl and Ghost Roaster

If they included these figures, my son would be able to have both paths for all previously released core figures.

Everyone saw the TT still of the portal with S2 ShroomBoom and S4 Gill Grunt. So AFAIK, at least two confirmed reposes. Since Shroomy is a S2 I'll get him. Will pass on Gilly unless something is VERY different.

Water: Gill Grunt, Wham-Shell, Chill
Fire: Eruptor, Fryno/Smolderdash, Flameslinger
Air: Whirlwind, Jet Vac, Warnado
Earth: Terrafin, Prism Break, Dino-Rang
Tech: Trigger Happy, Drobot, Wind Up
Magic: Spyro, Pop Fizz, Dune Bug
Life: Stealth Elf, Camo, Shroomboom
Undead: Chop Chop, Cynder, Fright Rider

(In each element, I chose two that would probably get reposed/are confirmed, and I picked another one that I'd like to get))

Ill get series 4 gill if they redo the triples to ahve 2 new one repose, otherwise I'll get him at some sale maybe. I will however get series 2 shroomboom, i love shroomboom as a figure thou in game play is another story.

Camo or no repose buys from me.

Want:
None...
I wouldn't buy any, but it might be nice to see a few in new poses.
Like Shroomboom, Camo, Pop Thorn, Smolderdash, etc.

Think:
Trigger Happy, Countdown
Spyro, Pop Fizz
Cynder, Ghost Roaster
Shroomboom, Stealth Elf
Gill Grunt, Zap
Eruptor, Sunburn
Whirlwind, Pop Thorn
Prism Break, Dino-Rang

I'd love to see Ghost Roaster and Boomer get a repose. Not the crappy Lightcore treatment that Wham Shell and Warnado got, but an actual Series 2 (well in their case they would just be named as a Series 4 regardless). I want the path switching and the Wow Pow for both. I've used them regularly in Giants and again in Swap Force (though GR didn't see much play time until recent). Since I enjoy using them so much, I'd love the S2 treatment that they both deserve.

I'd be willing to buy a S2 beyond those two if I particularly liked the character, though I have to say I may pass on the Shroomboom one (Yes, I get that some like him but the character is just not for me). I'd enjoy seeing Pop Thorn, Star Strike, Dune Bug or Scorp again.

Any Series 3 or 4 would have to be a character that I like and have a really good Wow Pow. I want to see a Spyro (and clearly we'll see him along with Gill and Trigger again). I'd be ok with S4 Bash since his S2 is impossible to find, as well as Sunburn and Voodood, and probably another Camo (though we already got a repose with wow pow in SF). I'd be ok with another Chop Chop and Prism Break if the Wow Pows are good. I'd like to see Pop Fizz with a better Wow Pow. I'm not sure who else from Giants I'd like to see as a S3.

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S3 zap must happen!

At least someone knows what's going on. ZAP ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!