darkSpyro

so? how was it?

first my gearshift arrived around 11:00 in the morning!

i went to gamestop around 12 and traded in about 60 skylanders and got $175 in store credit, so i got my starter, chopper, funny bone, one trap for each element, and krypt king.

then i swung by tru and got wallop and gusto.

Mission Accomplished. I'll be starting some critical threads on overall feelings on the gameplay this go round shortly; I won't see the game until Dec 25th unless my son's grades degrade and we postpone it until 2015.

Eh...

OMFG what a total S.N.A.F.U.!!!!...lol.

O.k. first I go to my local TRU that's usually unaware of what's going on most of the time but this time they were on the ball. They had some Wave 2 Trap Masters and traps but no cores or Kaos Trap.../crap. I REALLY want that Kaos trap but plenty of other places to check so no big deal right?

I go to TRU number 2 and they have no wave 2 out but are waiting for Tuesday. Then the "Skylander Expert" tells me that there won't be a Kaos Trap until December.....Uh huh o.k. I tell him that several people got one last night but not everyone did. Then he doesn't say anything...o.k. then.

Then we go to Target. No Team Team merch. of any kind. I ask the person in electronics and he looks at me like a dear in head lights. Then he says he has a box of traps behind the counter for pre-orders...? Now mind you they don't have ANY starters, traps of figs. out. Myself and this other associate tell him that those are the regular traps and they are supposed to have a special water trap for the pre-orders...why do I bother.

Then I check a Walmart...just Starters, nothing else....o.k. so far my first purchase was my only purchase.

I check a second Walmart....more starters plus Traps, Figs. and minis...all in their case boxes at 1:00 p.m. and nothing on pegs..../sigh.

Check Gamestop. They had a very small selection of some of wave 1 but were mostly out.

I figure I'll go back to my first TRU and get some wave 2 traps....but they got a memo that said they were supposed to wait until Tuesday so no go...full circle lol.

By far the most abysmal launch I've ever seen. I got lucky with my first stop but man what a F.U.B.A.R.

Horrible - although two things were completely my own fault. ;)

Started my hour drive to Toys R Us at 9 o'clock, expecting to get there at 10. Went with a friend and had planned to play some Castle Panic while waiting. Stopped about mid-way to grab something to eat... and I had forgotten my wallet. Seriously, I can count on one hand the number of times I've forgotten my wallet at home - and this happened to be one. So, drove back home to grab my wallet, then back through and got to TRU at about 11:30 - roughly an hour and a half after I had planned. Thankfully, there were only two other vehicles there and they were smart enough to stay in from the cold - so myself and my friend (who was not buying anything and could not care less about Skylanders) went to the door and waited.

Upon opening, they had no Wave 2 (not upset, but was hoping for it, as this location has put Wave 2 out with Giants and SWAP Force at launch), but they did have the Kaos Trap and all the other goodies they should have had... except, no 3DS version. Poop.

So I get one of everything and a second Kaos trap to round out for the BOGO offers, go and check out with all my pre-orders and price matches, done and done.

Run over to the first Walmart, that I know has their exclusive in stock... nothing out. Go to the second Walmart, that I also know has a metric crap ton of the figures... nothing out. Give up and go home (although had some amazing pancakes at IHOP.)

Took the hour drive today to go pick up a Punch Pop Fizz. Not impressed with the fact it comes in a plastic baggie. Then, stopped by a Target to pick up Nitro Krypt King (they had him hiding at the counter, dunno what that's about) and their exclusive trap. Stopped by the other TRU to see if they had Wave 2 out - thought I'd pull my "legendary" Wii Starter and see what my prize was and looked at my Dark Starter... damnit! I apparently grabbed the Wii version of it - wanted the Wii U version.

So, went in to TRU #2 to exchange... apparently, this location *only* got the PS4 version in the Dark Edition. So, I just looked to see if they had Wave 2 out - no go. Called over to TRU #1 and begged them to hold me a Wii U Dark Edition until Tuesday - they said they would. :D

Went to Walmart #3, where they were just putting out the stuff. Grabbed the Buddy Pack.

So - got everything I need so far except the Best Buy SWAP Force Eruptor (ordered him online), the 3DS version (might end up waiting for it to go on sale, since I can't BOGO it) and the Wii U Dark Starter - along with Wave 2, of course.

The worst part is, I dropped all this money and since I didn't get the 3DS version, didn't get the right Dark starter and don't want to open my regular edition (in case I end up not being able to swap my Dark Starter, I can still swap the regular version for the Wii U version)... I can't even play the game yet. :D

I joked when Giants came out and I bought everything... "Wait, there's a game too?!?" This time, it's true. ;)

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OMFG what a total S.N.A.F.U.!!!!...lol.

O.k. first I go to my local TRU that's usually unaware of what's going on most of the time but this time they were on the ball. They had some Wave 2 Trap Masters and traps but no cores or Kaos Trap.../crap. I REALLY want that Kaos trap but plenty of other places to check so no big deal right?

I go to TRU number 2 and they have no wave 2 out but are waiting for Tuesday. Then the "Skylander Expert" tells me that there won't be a Kaos Trap until December.....Uh huh o.k. I tell him that several people got one last night but not everyone did. Then he doesn't say anything...o.k. then.

Then we go to Target. No Team Team merch. of any kind. I ask the person in electronics and he looks at me like a dear in head lights. Then he says he has a box of traps behind the counter for pre-orders...? Now mind you they don't have ANY starters, traps of figs. out. Myself and this other associate tell him that those are the regular traps and they are supposed to have a special water trap for the pre-orders...why do I bother.

Then I check a Walmart...just Starters, nothing else....o.k. so far my first purchase was my only purchase.

I check a second Walmart....more starters plus Traps, Figs. and minis...all in their case boxes at 1:00 p.m. and nothing on pegs..../sigh.

Check Gamestop. They had a very small selection of some of wave 1 but were mostly out.

I figure I'll go back to my first TRU and get some wave 2 traps....but they got a memo that said they were supposed to wait until Tuesday so no go...full circle lol.

By far the most abysmal launch I've ever seen. I got lucky with my first stop but man what a F.U.B.A.R.

I'll hope that your TRU 'expert' isn't stashing them all to buy himself/herself for an attempt at some eBay profits. The silence and stare after telling them that you've already heard of others getting the Kaos trap is very reassuring.

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I'll hope that your TRU 'expert' isn't stashing them all to buy himself/herself for an attempt at some eBay profits. The silence and stare after telling them that you've already heard of others getting the Kaos trap is very reassuring.

I doubt that he's hoarding. This guys usually an insufferable know-it-all. I'll give it until Tuesday before I flip out on Activision.

I try and keep a good relationship going with my TRU "hookup". It goes a long way. He's single handedly makes my Skylander Hunting fun and stress free.

Also, defpally mentioned that our store got NO Dark Starters or REGULAR starters for XBox One. Your story rings true then that they are either stifling demand on purpose or are having shipment problems with the game. Don't know what the 411 is.

I got to TRU about 10 minutes before doors opened and there was a small line maybe like 15 people including kids & parents. I went inside and was disappointed there was no wave 2 or Gearshift so I walked out with nothing.

Decided I would try the Target right down the road. They still had all the boxes sitting in the isle and hadn't put everything out. I started chatting with the only guy who was there buying Skylanders. I told him I was looking for Gearshift and he pointed her out to me sitting on top of the boxes.

Came home and went back to sleep until 11. Then I went to Gamestop and traded in 16 of my older figures I didn't want anymore. Used the credit to buy Wildfire, Chopper & Nightmare Express pack.

Came back home and unboxed them all. Now they will sit and wait until Black Friday or some other kind of sale on the game comes up.

My first launch experience went fairly well.

Headed out to my local TRU at 10:15 and was the second car in the parking lot. By 11:30 there were about 8 cars waiting in the parking lot. I got out of the car at 11:30 and went to the door. There were about 8 families waiting in total at 12:00.

When they opened the doors they told us everything that could be purchased tonight. This tipped us off that supply was going to be limited for the midnight release. There was nothing at the front of the store everything was back in electronics. The only Trap Master they had was Legendary Jawbreaker. They had a few pegs of wave 1 traps, Legendary Nightmare Express, Regular Starters, core 3 packs, a bunch of wave 1 core singles and the boxes to put figures in.

We had to ask for the dark edition and it was behind the counter in electronics. They only had Wii, Xbox 360, and WiiU.

I got the following:
Legendary Jawbreaker, Nightmare Express, 12 of the 13 wave 1 traps, dark edition for Wii and then got half off the regular PS3 edition and got a free figure (Funny Bone) for the Dark purchase, both core 3 packs,

So I got back up at 7 and went back to the same store. They opened at 8 and had just started stocking the front section. Luckily only two of us there for the first hour so we could look without rushing.

I picked up the rest of the wave 1 stuff, still no ps3, ps4, xbox 1 Dark Editions. They did put out the wave 2 trapmasters so I picked up Bushwhack, Headrush and Lob Star.

So I got one of everything and also picked up a few infinity items we were missing.

I then run over to Target and picked up my preordered tablet version, got my free exclusive trap and the got Nitro Krypt King free. They also had the exclusive traps on the pegs so I bought an extra.

Later in the day I went over to Gamestop and took 2 old portals to trade for 2 Punch Pop Fizz's. Would have been nice if these were carded and not in a plastic baggie.

Skipped Walmart all together.

My Legendary Starter Pack coupon was for a SSA Adventure Pack (This sucked since we already have them all and they are marked down to 9.99)

All in all a long day but a good day.

It was much smoother than I thought it would be. I was surprised considering I had such a late start. I didn't go to any store at opening. I was gonna do the midnight release at Times Square but decided to sleep instead. I had already pre-ordered a good amount of Wave 1 online anyway so I wasn't really worried about it.

I started at Target and was only interested in the Brawl and Chain Trap and Nitro Krypt King here. When I got there another Skylander Mom was already giving the employees hell because the pegs were empty. She got them to bring out everything they had left in the back. I walked away with My B&C trap, Kaos Trap and Nitro Krypt King. Kaos was like a bonus I wasn't planning on so I thought that was great.

From there I walked over to Best Buy to pick up My Dark Starter Pack and Gear Shift. I had pre-ordered this for store Pick up. While there I checked out their Skylander section and it was bare. The Skylander Mom from Target stopped by here too and she was getting on the employees here also. She had them bring everything out but it was all strictly Wave 1. She mentioned she had Fizzy Frenzy Pop Fizz from Toys R Us. She had gone there around 5am and waited till they opened. Knowing that that's Wave 2 I decided to head there and see what I could get. I wasn't expecting to find much though because it was already around 11:30am.

I drove over to Toys R Us and surprisingly I was able to pick up just about everything from Wave 2 that I was looking for. They had the cores, trap masters and traps. I will have to go through these threads and make sure I have all the traps available but either way I have a good amount for now and at buy one get one for $1..I thought that was awesome.

My expectations were low because I got out to the stores so late so finding everything I did was really great. I came home happy. And my son was ecstatic.

Pretty good for me. Got to TRU at 10:45 PM and was first in line. Then when I got in I had to divert to grab a cart to put my chair in - bad move. When I got to the display it was already starting to get swarmed. Wasted some time looking for a PS4 Dark starter for the free item, but they didn't have any. Grabbed the rest of wave 1, but couldn't find Nightmare Express. It was hidden on a side cap, but was gone by the time I got there. I preorderd it online, and was just trying to save some cash by getting it at Midnight, so hopefully will ship tday.

Got some sleep.

Hit up GS at 11 AM to get my Dark Edition, and PPF. Spent the rest of the day playing!

Target was apparently backordered on my preorder for the tablet, so I went to the store today. They had 3 Nitros in stock so I got one with a nice paint job, but no Outlaw. Picked one up on eBay for $12 - which is not a great price for something that should be free, but I figured it was worth not driving all over to look for it. Getting tablet edition from Amazon, and it'll be here Wednesday.

Quite good for me surprisingly. I spent no more than almost 200 on all the items I needed and am only missing , , and any other traps I may want to get. I only wish I could have found Wave 2 as my area didn't have them in.

Everything went well. A friend of mine preordered the game at a different Gamestop, and we were being driven by yet another friend, so first we went to the first friend's Gamestop, she picked up her stuff and I picked up both of the Trap Triple packs. Second, we went to a nearby Toys R Us to pick up the driving friend's Legendary Jawbreaker, and third, we went to the Gamestop I preordered at to get my Dark Starter and Gearshift.

It was the most subdued launch for us so far, sans SSA (Been there on launch day since SSA). We were the only ones looking for them at Target and then at TRU there was only one other family, I'm sure the TRU employees loved having to get there 2 hours earlier to just sit around. The first two hours of TRU were nice with the buy 1 get one half off though, we bought a couple more traps because of that.

My launch day was a lot of fun. For whatever reason, my area gets A LOT of skylanders stock at all of the stores. So I had no problem picking up all of wave 1 and wave 2 plus exclusives and kaos trap. However, the stupid Best Buy I pre ordered my PS4 Dark Edition at didn't pull their pre orders that morning and instead put them out (which were all bought). So they gave away my pre order...

They checked their system for it and said they were -1000 units in the distribution center for filling pre orders. Same story with all the other stores, Target, Walmart, TRU. Is it just me or is there a real shortage with the dark edition starters for the next gen consoles? It seems like the demand is insane and the stock is in the negative.

I went the night before, right before Target closed and saw them putting the display up. I didn't get to stay to see them put up the figures, as I was late for something . I came back in the morning and they didn't have much. They had a few Gearshifts, LOADS of Outlaw traps, some 3 packs/ trap 3 packs, the starters, Nightmare Express, and Nitro Krypt King. I bought , the trap 3 packs, Nightmare Express, and the Wii U dark starter and headed home. Later I decided to stop by another Target, which had LOADS of stuff, meaning all of wave 1! I picked up the last Wallop figure and another 2 trap sculpts and played for the rest of the night .

TRU was smooth no Wave 2 (which was ideal) they were least stocked with the Legendary Adventure Pack and Wallop. Target was another story...

I showed up to my local Toys R Us at 0845. They still had everything. I got one out of 3 Walops and a Legendary Jawbreaker. I then went to Target to get Nitro Krypt King. And Gearshift should be in the mail Wednesday from Amazon. There wasn't anyone at Toys r Us. Target didnt have anything on the shelves at 0930. They had to go back and get my Nitro Krypt King.

My Sunday went pretty smooth, went to Target at opening, no one was really shopping there but a couple of dads and their kids and they only picked up the game and couple figures. So I was able to pick up everything I wanted then spend time checking over the paint jobs to get the best ones. Then went to Toys R Us at 9am and they had not many of the adventure packs and could see no Legendary ones till an employee putting out a small lot of stuff from her cart had one. Legendary Jawbreaker was in abundance and grabbed one of those. Looked for wave 2 but it wasn't out. Got everything but single traps and the game as I'll wait on that.

ShaneG.

My launch day was good but frustrating. Went to TRU they "just received shipment" and we're stocking at opening. Got everything I wanted. I asked them if they were doing wave 2 and manager looked at me and said they only received wave 1. I went over to Target to get Pre-order and they couldn't find it. They forgot to pull them and were selling people's Pre-orders and outlaw traps. They had one of each left. Then they could not figure out how to ring a pre-order out. Was there for 30 minutes. I then went back to TRU and they had wave 2 trap masters out which I quickly bought and ran out.

I then went home to play til Best Buy opened. Went to Best Buy around 11:30 and they "forgot" to pull part of my pre-order (3 pack of traps) and of course they did not have the traps I needed. They had to call a store in another city to have them drive them over (spent 45 minutes there). Then went home and played all day!!

^It seems like all Best Buy's forgot to pull pre orders this time. They sold my pre order PS4 dark edition! I have to wait til TRU gets one transferred from another store to buy it.

My Walmart that's close to me has yet to put out a single thing. They claim they sold out but they are just being lazy. They haven't changed a single peg to Trap Team sku's yet. Plus I've been checking every day. I'm thinking they are total morons this time and are waiting until Tuesday since it's "media day".

My TRU had wave one out AND wave 2.
We got there a few minutes before they opened and there were 7 people in front of us (and then one behind us with a little kid that WOULD. NOT. SHUT. UP!)
when they opened the doors me and my little brother were the first ones at skylander display #1 on the right half of the store and the first thing I did was grab the only dark edition starter for the wii U and grab as many different traps as I could hold (while the little kid from the line went around literally half the store yelling at the top of his screatchy little lungs. We got all of wave 1 at display #1, and when we went to display #2 there was a bushwhack and a head rush sitting out on the shelf, and tons of open boxes what said W2 on the side. They actually started putting stuff out while we were there, and let us help (and grab the rest of wave 2 exept the kaos trap, the air hour glass, and mirror of mystery). This guy that was acting like he knew everything, kept telling me that wave 2 was coming out in november, and refused to believe me. (Until we were helping the employee unbox the skylanders. Then he acted like he knew all along that they were going to be put out early.

The midnight launch TRU was still stocking the shelves when it opened. There weren't any PS3 Starter Packs on the floor and the workers weren't in any rush to find them. Also, there weren't any Dark Editions. One good thing, I was able to get the Kaos trap.

The 8am TRU didn't have any Dark Editions either. I got my Nitro Krypt King from Target without any issue.

Dang I haven't logged on in here in forever, hello again y'all!

My launch was pretty fun, (and subsequently uneventful) I had totally goofed this year and forgot to pre-order Dark Edition and N. Krypt King. Thankfully the manager at my go-to Gamestop is a pretty cool guy so he held a WiiU and 360 version for me for launch day. The only ones they had in stock that weren't pre-orders as well so...not messing that up again for sure. orz Pre-ordered my Legendary stuff from TRU's site and I'm gonna take them in Friday and get that BOGO 40% off applied to it. (manager was pretty cool there too for letting me do that!)

Mom and I, alongside a mother and her son, were the only two at the doors for Target's opening. I was only going in for N.KK and the starter pack (to secure the "special trap with pre-order" thing) and I was pretty pleased to see I could just buy one without getting the starter pack. I feel pretty bad for others who thought it was secured via pre-order though. Having worked at Target I know they don't handle pre-orders as actual secure pre-orders, so I'm hoping everyone got it if they wanted it. uou Since I didn't have to fork over money for a starter that I was just going to flip at Gamestop later I picked up a Gear Shift and Wallop. (Glad I went with my "Huh, there's a little too few of him here for launch day..." hunch and grabbed him)

Went to Best Buy when their doors opened, nothing was on the shelves so I just stood and waited for the employees to stock everything. Grabbed my second Wallop and a Life Torch Trap (also totally forgetting that a Life Trap is included in the starter kit, go me) to get Volcanic Eruptor. :> Gamestop was just go in, grab my two packs, get Punch Pop Fizz, pre-order Elite Chop Chop, and get out. I eventually went back and got a second Gear Shift, figured I'd knock that character off my list on Day 1 as well. I went to ToysRUs yesterday to ask about getting BOGO applied to my Legendaries being shipped to me, checked for anyone from Wave 2 but ended up getting a Metallic Shroomboom instead. uvu So all in all my launch was pretty fun! I'm still majorly behind on Swap Force so Trap Team is taking a backseat with me if it's not an in-game variant.

Hope everyone else had a nice launch day!