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GameMaster78 Emerald Sparx Gems: 3321
#1 Posted: 19:16:50 20/11/2015 | Topic Creator
So I'm curious. We all spend thousands on these figures. I keep having the thought, what if the RFID chips crap out down the line? How do we play our Skylander games and with the figures we've invested thousands of dollars in?

Do RFID chips last longer the less we play with our figures? Do they last forever? What is the future solution if they're all going to give out? How mad will this make customers?
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Bifrost Prismatic Sparx Gems: 10370
#2 Posted: 20:09:56 20/11/2015
I remember people discussing this months ago and there was a (decent)timeframe for them to stop working properly,but hey, as long as the figures aren't mistreated(left out in the sun,soaked,etc etc) they probably won't give in that soon. Unless,of course,that figure is Legendary Bouncer.
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SO I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT
(What I need is never what I want)
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ZapNorris Ripto Gems: 5109
#3 Posted: 20:10:28 20/11/2015
Quote: Bifrost
I remember people discussing this months ago and there was a (decent)timeframe for them to stop working properly,but hey, as long as the figures aren't mistreated(left out in the sun,soaked,etc etc) they probably won't give in that soon. Unless,of course,that figure is Legendary Bouncer.



legendary bouncer.....
TrapShadowFan Emerald Sparx Gems: 3511
#4 Posted: 20:21:37 20/11/2015
I remember hearing something about NFC chips having to be scanned around 10,000 times before they give out. We've got quite a bit of time.
Bifrost Prismatic Sparx Gems: 10370
#5 Posted: 20:28:03 20/11/2015
Quote: TrapShadowFan
I remember hearing something about NFC chips having to be scanned around 10,000 times before they give out. We've got quite a bit of time.


Gosh darn, considering how rarely I use Food Fight and Gill Grunt,then,they might be the last two in my collection in the future.

For context,iirc Legendary Bouncers were dying(and not just getting corrupted data, I think?) when all other figures would at most stop having working lights sometime ago.
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SO I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT
(What I need is never what I want)
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ZapNorris Ripto Gems: 5109
#6 Posted: 20:33:26 20/11/2015
Quote: TrapShadowFan
I remember hearing something about NFC chips having to be scanned around 10,000 times before they give out. We've got quite a bit of time.



These are RFIDs, not NFCs..

but at least my smash amiibo will live for years to come!!!

....unless you use them in mario party.
willster8 Gold Sparx Gems: 2383
#7 Posted: 23:06:28 20/11/2015
If the RFID chips are passive then:

Quote: eHow Article
Passive RFID tags do not carry their own power supply; the energy they need to communicate is provided by radiation from the RFID reader. They have no battery to run out and, as such, have a virtually unlimited life expectancy of perhaps 20 years or more. Passive RFID tags are usually attached to library books, for example, which may spend long periods of time on a shelf and be issued many times during their lifetime. Library books require RFID tags that operate reliably over and over again for years or decades.


Granted this could be wrong. Don't take my/their word for it.
Alphawolf Yellow Sparx Gems: 1692
#8 Posted: 23:31:54 20/11/2015
no your right. there is no power supply in any of these figures so the life span is extremely long. even the lightcores do not have a power supply in them, it all works of the scanner. also given the fact these are sealed away inside the figures probably means they will last even longer.
GameMaster78 Emerald Sparx Gems: 3321
#9 Posted: 04:26:11 21/11/2015 | Topic Creator
Sounds reassuring. Hoping this is the case. I mean they're only used a few times a year, so they could last my whole life of that's the case.
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Crash10 Emerald Sparx Gems: 4745
#10 Posted: 05:23:39 21/11/2015
I remembered of the S1 Eruptors that stopped working. Maybe the first production run. So, someone can explain what happened to Legendary Bouncer? I'm a bit out.
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Bruh
Dark fhoenix Emerald Sparx Gems: 3166
#11 Posted: 11:41:55 21/11/2015
I think the console and games technology race will kill our Skylander interest far sooner then the chips going to heck .
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Hey Skylander your health is low and we have a chainsaw
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