darkSpyro

Since it appears the mini's are coming in pairs, I opted not to get the buddy pack. Does anyone have a clue how they will release thumpling? my hope would be that they pair him and whisper elf since you can get barkley in the 3DS starter.

I think that it's safe to assume that the minis will continue the trend of pairing the like elements together. So Barkley will likely be paired with Whisper Elf, and Gill Runt with Thumpling. We have no reason to assume otherwise. It's why I, too, skipped over the buddy pack.

He'll probably be in a water mini-pack with Gill Runt...that's my guess anyway.

Why would it be assumed that Barley would not be with Whisper Elf? Is 3 different ways to buy Gill Grunt right now.

Buddy Packs are only viable if you have a Thumpling from Giant that you want to use but not a Gill Runt and so happen to want a S4 Gill. I don't suspect there's many in that specific position.

Yeah. Buddy Packs were the worst exclusives this time around. :(

Water is the one element that actually has had both as Sidekicks before Trap Team. Unless you really want Gil Runt on launch week the best bet is to just get the Water Element Buddy Pack with both. I can't see them being sold as singles for a long time, everything so far tends to try to promote them as dual packs.

life has too

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life has too

I know, I wasn't counting Life tho because you will end up with Barkley if you buy the 3DS version.

Buddy Packs really aren't something that are a good idea. You get two figures that play very similar, whereas if you get a Mini Pack you get two figures that play differently. It seems that it is aimed at "packaged" collectors and grandmothers that don't really know any better. There are much better options for average parents and normal collectors.

Quote: defpally

Buddy Packs really aren't something that are a good idea. You get two figures that play very similar, whereas if you get a Mini Pack you get two figures that play differently. It seems that it is aimed at "packaged" collectors and grandmothers that don't really know any better. There are much better options for average parents and normal collectors.

Yep--agreed. Packaged collectors and uninformed consumers.

I did notice that green and orange-based minis do seem to appear in game as "Series 1 mini skylander," while the red-based trap team version of the mini simply say the mini name and "mini skylander"... Although if you have BOTH S1 and TT minis, it looks as if only one registers in the collection.

In the case of minis based on a Skylanders who have a S2 or higher, (such as Terrabyte) there is no wow-pow. Minis are a little weird.

I got the exclusive double pack with Gill Runt and Tidal Wave Gill Grunt at Wal-Mart yesterday. Said Wal-Mart exclusive on it.