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We finally get a good look at the soccer ball-bomb headed version of Countdown, thanks to myskylanders, who found the foreign Amazon pages for him;








Dates vary from May 6th, to June 12th (Germany).


And yes, his official name is Kickoff, it was originally World Cup.

nice.

Can't wait Soccer is my sport

My son is very interested in him now that he has seen him, thanks for finding these pics Matteo.

He looks better than I thought he would, reminds me of the old Madballs toys in the 80's.

Awsome, i love this variant of Countdown.

wow, awesome!

Pretty Cool, soooo getting him when he comes out!

I'm glad I decided to hold off on Countdown and wait for this version now. He looks surprisingly good, I think.

It's up on what amazon?

Quote: shelly9871

It's up on what amazon?

.de, .fr, some are up for preorders, but I don't think that .fr ships to the US, and .de has the latest date.

Has a release date of May 14th Amazon France 120.54 euros that's crazy insane!

I think that it was a case of 12, not just one.

Thank you

http://www.amazon.fr/ACTIVISIO...ckoff+countdown

Link to Amazon.fr.

$166.00 US for a Preorder LMAO!

Here's the title:

Quote: www.amazon.fr

Skylanders..force 12 fig.kickoff

It seems like it's a preorder for a case of 12, not one. Or it could be an error and we weren't supposed to know about this.

I don't see it on DE. Can you put a link up here or email me matteomax

Quote: shelly9871

I don't see it on DE. Can you put a link up here or email me matteomax

EDIT: Whoops, my mistake. It was on Amazon.es (Spanish), but that was taken down.

Ok....Thank you. I tried on the France one and as reported. ...no US shipping. I suppose I could see if it could ship to norway/au/uk...and have friends then ship to me. But I'm hoping it's very accessible here and that this isn't necessary. Off topic. ..triples 5 and 6.....where can I buy them? Do I need to by in Europe?

AWESOME!

Wasn't it always kickoff countdown

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Wasn't it always kickoff countdown

He was called that when he was first discovered on Skylanders.com. I guess they changed it last second.

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Quote: TacoMakerSkys

Wasn't it always kickoff countdown

He was called that when he was first discovered on Skylanders.com. I guess they changed it last second.

Well from what I know he has always been called kickoff countdown (the 3DS version confirmed that) but he does unlock the "World Cup" hat. My guess is that was what the site was referring to, as the site some times had the files named after code names or inside info.

When I found him in the webside code he was called worldcup countdown, at least the direct linkt on his part of the skylanders.com website. In his "meet the skylanders" video he was always called "Kickoff Countdown". I'm not sure if they'd be allowed to call him World Cup Countdown due to copyright issues, thats my guess.

Nice looking forward to getting my hands on Kickoff Countdown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6_XgrCETM

all of the foreign amazons don't allow the shipping to the US. Already tried it several times within the week and past. No skylanders it seems from the foreign amazons will ship out to the US anymore

Looks like I'm getting this key ring with him.

Not sure where to post this, but I read an article on gamenguide.com that stated at the end of the article:

"Kickoff Countdown will be exclusive to Toys"R"Us stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com on Sunday, May 18, although it will be available at retailers worldwide the following week. Both Doom Stone and Kickoff Countdown will retail for $16.99 each."

http://www.gamenguide.com/arti...soon-images.htm

$16.99?!?!?! Hah! I'd rather wait until the following week!

Quote: JadePolar

Not sure where to post this, but I read an article on gamenguide.com that stated at the end of the article:

"Kickoff Countdown will be exclusive to Toys"R"Us stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com on Sunday, May 18, although it will be available at retailers worldwide the following week. Both Doom Stone and Kickoff Countdown will retail for $16.99 each."

http://www.gamenguide.com/arti...soon-images.htm

Jesus! Such a hard choice whether to get the both of them this sunday. Im going to a store this sunday that is having a big sale on some clothes.... Maybe while im looking around, i can justify some of the things i got, and put it back, and say ill save that money for DS and KOC.

Kickoff Countdown isn't going to be $16.99, that's an obvious typo and referring to Doom Stone's price. Probably a staff writer that doesn't know any better.

Ya i cant see that being 16.99 prob 10.99

Yes, I noticed that too, and figured it was just a typo. Doom Stone at ToysRUs would be $16.99 but the Kickoff Countdown would be $10.99.

At most, I could see a $1 bump up, like Gamestop did last year for variants, but $6? Nope.

Also, anyone notice that TRU did not do their yearly $1 mark up on Skylander prices this year? And we have much more frequent sales on current figures?

Here he is in hand:

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Looks like I'm getting this key ring with him.

How??

pdiddytsportscards on YouTube has him.

My toys r us has regular swappers at $16.99 but has increased legendary swappers to over $19 each. So i guess it is possible KOC will be $16.99. Ouch!

Any more recent findings of Kickoff Countdown? I want to know if I should check TRU today, but I don't want to go if he hasn't been sighted frequently.

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Any more recent findings of Kickoff Countdown? I want to know if I should check TRU today, but I don't want to go if he hasn't been sighted frequently.

It's register locked, even if you do find it you can't buy it. The only way you can is if they ring up another figure in it's place for you, but that is a fire-able offense - someone's job is not worth it for a Skylander that will be easy to get in two days.