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Yeah, he was telling me about the scary looking people that were stalking the last Amiibo release waiting for the non-reserved new figures. Not that there aren't adults chasing new Skylanders and such (like us), but he said the ones there for Amiibos looked like people that hadn't showered or shaved in about a month. He said similar groups show up for the new Hot Wheels shipments. I don't know if they were scalpers or just really big Nintendo fans, but I have a sneaking suspicion it is people looking to supplement their income. I think we get some people that come in from the rural, low income areas around us on these high margin hot toys - I'm just glad they have moved on from Skylanders. My youngest was way more happy with the Yoshi and Donkey Kong he got tonight for his birthday than he would have been for an Ike or Captain Falcon . I can tell you the kids want the ones that aren't rare - Kirby, Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Yoshi - and you don't have to show up early to get those.

So, I went back to my local store to pick up the Trap Masters, traps and Easter variants and the evening manager would not allow the sale. She said even though they are not register locked, it was a directive from Activision to not sell them until Thursday. She then said that they were being sold Thursday because Activision wanted to jump the gun on the Amiibos coming out on Friday. I cannot make it back until 6 PM today, so I hope that they still have what I need.

Quote: UncleBob

Don't forget your $1 coupons from the General Mills cereal promotion. :D

#&$^*&#^&*^%(*!!!!

I forgot mah coupons at home! GRRRRRRRRRR!

Anyone know if the Tech Tiki/Totem from the 8-Pack is in the Wave 4 traps as an individual release?

Was at TRU at opening and scooped the haul. Only 2 other people there for Trap Team at opening.

Got...

Bat Spin
Rocky Roll
Echo
Spotlight
Blackout
Short Cut
Thunderbolt
Knight Light
Minis Air double pack

No light or dark traps to be found.

The paint jobs seemed pretty good overall. I saw a bad Bat Spin or two, and the eyes on the Echos weren't fantastic, but I've seen worse waves for paint jobs.

Got all the new skylanders but they didn't have any new traps out. Target had the two new three packs of traps though.

Was able to get everything: Trap masters, cores, minis, and traps! They had a ton of trap masters and traps but only one box of minis and 2 boxes of cores

My. TRU had it all. Traps, minis, Easter assortment, Red Hot Tussle Sprout, cores and Trap Masters.

Even lucked into a clear Short Cut.

No Tech Tiki single, by the way.

Hmmm looks like I can go tomorrow and still get everything.

Just got back from my TRU, and they had everything except RHTS. So, now I have everything...except RHTS. Dude even gave me the the water trap discount even though I did not buy a single water trap.

Just got home. I had quite the trip! I walked in and the shelves were bare aside from water traps and legendary Bushwhack. I turn around with a look of disappointment and an employee asked if I needed help. Told him I was looking for the new skylanders and he directs me to a stack of boxes and offers to open them for me. I told him I want them all, and he hands me each one by one. To my surprise, he handed me a CLEAR SHORT CUT!!! I kept my cool but I felt like dancing all over the store. My first chase variant found in the wild!!!! I got everything I needed and was the only customer there for Skylanders aside from an employee who clocked out to get her daughter the light/dark traps and cores.

On a side note, I was still feeling lucky so I swung by best buy hoping to find a clear Thunderbolt or Tuff Luck. No wave 4 on the shelves and the employee I talked to said all the new boxes were street dated 3/22 and that he couldn't open them. Darn!!

TRUs cases had thunderbolt and shortcut in one box and tuff luck, blastermind, knight light and knight mare in the other trap master case. They got only 2 of each light and dark traps and a whole case of Kaos traps.

Congrats DobermanOwner!!! So awesome!!!

at the local tru here, an employee ran in and grabbed almost all the new traps.

But on a positive note, we got everything else (TMs, Cores, Easters, 2 pack minis, 3 pack traps)

And crap... I just realized that there were 2 dark traps released and I only got the handstand and no sword. Dang it!!

Thank you! I am so happy!

Here he is:

That's crazy about the emloyee getting the traps. If they were on the clock, I'm sure that's against some kind of policy. Even the lady who was off the clock at my store let me pick my traps out before she did.

This was my haul today at TRU:



I almost gave up on getting the trap masters, but I found these two behind some Blasterminds and Tuff Lucks on a display at the front of the store; the last two they had left. When I asked the cashier why there were so few Trap Masters, he said someone had come earlier and bought as many as he could. Scalper no doubt... I wonder if that scalper was ignoring the cores or if they just didn't put them out until later in the day. I didn't get there until a few hours after they'd already opened.

That clear short cut looks so awesome, can't wait to get him and clear thunderbolt too.

nope he was off the clock, but he was a mean pushy man-boy who ran in front of us as well as a grandfather and two little children to grab things off the pegs in armfuls; he even had the nerve to ask a lady to use her cart that she was currently using.

not the ideal employee by a long shot. lol

My haul. :D

Quote: UncleBob

My haul.

Nice! I did see all of this stuff on the pegs, I just only had the money for the brand new characters for now. Well... I did NOT see the clear Short Cut. Good find to anyone who got one.

I got all the new figures at my TRU. I also got the discount for the buy 1 trap, get another trap for $1. The sale said buy a water trap, but it applied to any trap. Worked out great since I bought 12 traps.

Just went to my TRU and got the following:

Short Cut, Thunderbolt, Blackout, Spotlight, Echo and Rocky Roll

They had Kaos traps, the above figures, air minis (which I held off to get the ones above). Easter items & 3 trap packs w/ Kaos trap.
Didn't see any single traps

gmy store didnt get short cut but got thundebolt blackout and rocky roll

I have to say, when you have Short Cut in hand, he's much bigger than you think he would be from looking at pictures.

I was able to pick up everything except The Dark Hand Stand trap. My local TRU had a TON of stuff. It was the most i've ever seen other than release dates. I have always been at the TRU the minute they open for new releases. I have NEVER seen a clear or any other chase variant. They got 2 full cases of Kaos traps. Looks like I am gonna be chasing down that dark trap. Short Cut looks amazing in person. It is much larger than I anticipated.

FYI : They only got 2 traps in a lot of the wave 4 ones.

I can't wait to get home and show the kids. Happy Hunting everyone!

My TRU had quite a few of the new minis, traps, cores, and trap masters, but said they hadn't received their Easter shipment.

I was the only one at the store when they opened for Skylanders. One other guy came about five minutes later and we just waited for them to unbox everything.

I only needed the 10 wave 4 traps, the Life minis, the Air minis, and the the three Easter packs which is all they could find. When I left, the other guy was still waiting for them to find the Trap Masters and cores.

My TRU had a bunch of everything. There were more people than I expected. I got there about 10 minutes after opening and there was 5 people already grabbing stuff.

Missing the tech and light trap...got everything else I need between there and my preorders.

Toys R Us did good today, I got the Air Minis, a Tech Trap and two Dark Traps from one of my local TRU stores.

Went to TRU when they opened and had a nice chat with a few other enthusiasts. Plenty of product to go around. There was even an entire Easter basket full of Kaos Traps!

Got pretty much everything.. except for the clear variants. :c

Kinda annoyed because my Bat Spin looks awful. Her pupil is smudged badly.

^ This. the paint application that i have seen on the bat spins and the eggsellent weeruptor were horrible.

No Light or Dark traps for me but I got a Clear Thunderbolt :3

I got Thunderbolt, Blackout, and the Easter Trap at TRU today. The rest of the shelves were wuite bare, so I couldn't get Rocky Roll, Spotlight, or the Dark Sword. There was a scalper I saw just leaving the store with tons of wave 4 stuff (and probably at least 20 Kaos traps) after I exited the electronics section, so that explained the shortage. It was one of my first face-to-face run-ins with a scalper, and now I realize there's one living right by me.

The price of the Kaos trap will fall quickly. There were plenty of them at my TRU and there was plenty of triple packs with the Kaos trap too.

So jealous of everyone who found the clear variants..

Yeah, the value of the Kaos Trap will go down, although they'll still sell for slightly above retail, as other regions are still having issues with finding it.

I guess i know where i'm heading after work owo

I don't think I'll find any chase figures or anything but that'd be nice!

My TRU didn't have anything but Kaos traps, two of the 3 Trap packs, new minis, and the new Trap Masters out. I asked a customer service guy and he said everything was on the shelves. I asked the cashier when they get shipments in and she said they already got the easter stuff...after 15 minutes and calling an employee that left for vacation the day before, they found the easter stuff, the new cores and another Trap Master box in the security booth. They didn't appear to have any new traps besides the kaos and triple packs, but who really knows. Was hoping there would be a clear trap master in the new box, but there wasn't. This is a common routine at my local TRU. I've learned to ask more questions than I should have to.

Interesting comparison of 2013 versus today. Back then in Spring 2013, Ninjini was the only Giant Skylander yet to be released at retail. TRU did a mid-week release for Ninjini, and there were people (including me) lined up outside the store hours before opening. The store only received 11 Ninjini, which was not enough to supply everyone in the line outside the store.

Today, similar (although not exactly the same) situation. A mid-week springtime release of new characters at TRU. I was the only customer at the door when the store opened this morning. And when I got inside, the staff didn't even know that anything was being released today.

Certainly, some of the buzz about new Skylanders has worn off during the last two years, if we use this comparison as evidence.
Nothing wrong with that. Just thought it was interesting enough to share.

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Thank you! I am so happy!

Here he is:

Wow you found one too? I found a clear at my store too.

I got:
Blackout
Spotlight
High Five (had to go through several for a paint job that wasn't fuzzy)
Echo
Breeze/Pet Vac
Kaos trap
Dark sword trap

The traps counted as the buy one get one for $1 deal, which worked out great.
I got there about an hour after they opened and they had many toys still behind the counter (no clears). They seemed low on traps but had a TON of trap masters/minis.

Plopped down my 500 bucks for the day. Thank God there's only 9 more figures and 3 traps coming out.

I'm ready to see what Sky 5 is about.

I showed up at my local store at 6:00 PM to finish off wave 4. They had a ton of everything still except traps. Funny that the only traps that were in great numbers were water traps and Kaos traps. I picked up everything I needed except for three traps: Earth Handstand, Dark Handstand, and Dark Rocket. I have never had to search for any of the traps before because I can usually get first pick in the box. What is the best way to get a hold of specific traps? Thanks in advance.

Picked up Rocky Roll, Spotlight, Blackout, Bat Spin, High Five. Red Hot Tussle Sprout, and the Tech Helmet trap. No clears, no Dark Traps, no Echo. Used a Rewards R Us coupon and three cereal coupons.

Question: Are the clear trap master variants exclusive to TRU?

Mine only had trap masters that's it

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Question: Are the clear trap master variants exclusive to TRU?

Doubtful, but since TRU is the only one to have wave 4 for next week or so, it sure feels that way don't it?

Holy drive time Batman!

Phoenix, AZ area was somewhat of a nightmare....

"Pavilions" TRU was a total bust unless you needed some of the cores and a crud load of the new 3-packs of traps (sorry, cannot do that many dupes..). Grabbed new mini packs. No new single traps, trap masters or Easter.

Moved on to 3rd & Bell TRU - they had a few of the new traps I needed. Sigh. They had the cores and trap masters, no Easter.

Moved on to "Arrowhead" TRU, they had all of the cores, trap masters and Easter guys and boat loads of Kaos traps! I was able to scrounge up the remaining traps that I needed to round out the 10 new ones.

I have all of the cores, trap masters and Easter guys pre-ordered thru GS so now I wait for those to arrive. Some have already shipped I've seen.

All in all a fruitful day, but a lot of driving around for 10 traps and the two new mini packs. I am sooooo glad I have all W3 Amiibos & MP10 pre-ordered for tomorrow...

-vm

So for those of us that showed up late and couldn't find wave 4 trap masters, Blackout or the new traps, any word on when the next shipment will be?

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Quote: whispa777

Question: Are the clear trap master variants exclusive to TRU?

Doubtful, but since TRU is the only one to have wave 4 for next week or so, it sure feels that way don't it?

Sure does. Was just wondering if it's worth my kid's time going around to other stores besides TRU to check for chase variants??

Quote: whispa777

Question: Are the clear trap master variants exclusive to TRU?

Nope, they're chase figures. Any store can receive them, but they are usually short packed; 1 in every few hundred boxes.