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Now as we know the new portal is just Superchargers portal without trap slot so how does that make any sense? In superchargers the physical portal had no magic, but the vehicles had the portals in them! You had to place a vehicle before any Skylanders could be placed. And the portal looks like a motor and hasn't got any lights, it's super bad.

I guess the Trap Team portal is the best one to use, but we still get another useless portal in portal collection. (Just like when I thought Bowser had to be bought with another portal and Stealth Elf...)
Is there portal owners pack?

Because according to interviews, SF and SC have the strongest signal. This is true as some people reported issues with the center of the Traptanium Portal since it has an infrared ring rather than the base.

The wording seems like they ran out of time developing a new one, and decided against having a new portal at all because the Crystals and Senseis didn't require new tech.

The portal you get depends on your location.

America: Swap Force portal that seems to be slightly larger, and will glow the colors of Light and Dark when a Light or Dark Skylander is placed on it
Europe: SuperChargers portal that lacks the trap slot

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Because according to interviews, SF and SC have the strongest signal. This is true as some people reported issues with the center of the Traptanium Portal since it has an infrared ring rather than the base.

Thats weird because the SC portal is the only one I had issues with so far. It took like 3 extra seconds to read the figures and it took forever with Swappers. Heck it wouldn't even recognize some of my Giants. I used it for 2 levels and switched back to the Traptanium one.

I never had any issues either, but at the time of TT everyone was complaining.

SuperChargers Portal sucks.
For me, it takes 30 seconds to load in a character.

I thought the US was getting a Swap Force portal

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SuperChargers Portal sucks.
For me, it takes 30 seconds to load in a character.

Yeah same for me

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SuperChargers Portal sucks.
For me, it takes 30 seconds to load in a character.

my Superchargers portal doesn't even work....never did.

The Swap Force portal, in my opinion, is the best one. So I'm glad i'll be getting that one in the starter pack, because the Supercharger portal is ****.

I honestly like the SSC portal. Just never used it much because of how awesome the STT one is.

Funny Paul's response as to the portal was: "We didn't want people to have to worry about getting a portal, so we went with what worked in prior years" ie we didn't spend any R/D effort....also funny that we STILL ARE FORCED TO GET A PORTAL. IF WE ARE, a lot of us got caught up in the fantasy based on portal design. It looks like this year will be as bad as SuperChargers. Trap Team portal still rules the roost at my house.

Kinda sad that US and EU are getting different portals just because I want one of each. ;)

A slightly updated Swap Force portal is fine for me. I do have to admit that the Trap Team portal can have some issues with certain figures at the center of the base (mine's been dodgy about recognizing Bouncer and Ninjini). Swap Force's portal has a nice neutral design that fits with any Skylanders game, and the signal is indeed stronger.

Superchargers had a terrible portal though, they should have used the Swap Force portal in all countries.

My SC portal sometimes doesn't register on my Xbox360. Comes up saying 'No portal detected' even though it worked fine the day before. I tend to use the TT one more often.

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My SC portal sometimes doesn't register on my Xbox360. Comes up saying 'No portal detected' even though it worked fine the day before. I tend to use the TT one more often.

that's what mine always does on Xbox One...never registers at all. I just use the TT portal for the trap slot....may just use the "new" one since traps are worthless outside TT

Never had any issues at all with all kinds of portal, except my Bouncer that would not load with the Trap Team portal unless he was placed close to the outer ring.

I'm bummed about there being no new portal, but I mean, at least I'm not getting stuck with the Superchargers portal like I feared I would, since I'm going on a new console.

I like the TT portal the best despite some glitches. There were lost opportunities with the SC's portal. Add some LED lights to the flames from the engine and a small speaker at the top of the engine - THAT would have made the SC portal tops, IMO.

I'm okay with them reusing the Superchargers portal, but not okay with them removing the trap slot. I'm not sure if anyone else dealt with this, but the wire of my Superchargers portal is ripping apart in the middle where it folds to fit in the packaging. I've never had a problem with any other portal, and I at lest hope they fix the wiring in Imaginators. Then again, I'll likely be using my Superchargers portal anyway. I got spare Superchargers portals.

If they removed the trap slot, they should've removed the entire engine part :I Doesn't fit the game and the flames are ok on their own. Though it's really weird that the portals change by region - isn't SF that's full of stock? Might as well save confusion and just have that.

The US Dark Edition includes the Swap Force Portal, right? My Superchargers Portal read very few of my Superchargers/Vehicles, so unless old portals work, a Superchargers portal would be awful.

I think US is Swap Force, rest of the world is SC.

From the opened DE starter pack I saw at the GameStop Expo, it was a SF portal. Didn't have a normal starter kit on display

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I think US is Swap Force, rest of the world is SC.

methinks they're using this opportunity to get rid of some backstock.

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I think US is Swap Force, rest of the world is SC.

methinks they're using this opportunity to get rid of some backstock.

I thought the same, except that apparently the Swap Force style portals now have colors for Light and Dark figures, and the SuperChargers portal had the trap slot straight up removed...

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I think US is Swap Force, rest of the world is SC.

methinks they're using this opportunity to get rid of some backstock.

I thought the same, except that apparently the Swap Force style portals now have colors for Light and Dark figures, and the SuperChargers portal had the trap slot straight up removed...

This works for me personally since the Swap Force Portal was my personal fav...adding Light and Dark symbols is a nice touch.

Well, light isn't the same as redoing the entire mold. Probably just open the leftover stock and put the new lights in or something.

Didn't someone say the new portal is /slightly/ bigger than the old?

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Didn't someone say the new portal is /slightly/ bigger than the old?

Yeep.

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Funny Paul's response as to the portal was: "We didn't want people to have to worry about getting a portal, so we went with what worked in prior years" ie we didn't spend any R/D effort....also funny that we STILL ARE FORCED TO GET A PORTAL. IF WE ARE, a lot of us got caught up in the fantasy based on portal design. It looks like this year will be as bad as SuperChargers. Trap Team portal still rules the roost at my house.

i was at least hyped for superchargers at one point. but with this imaginators thing i havent been hyped at all. so its gonna get worse this year. also a sign is when one shop that i usually goes to, removed everything skylanders last month. they didnt even put it on sale like they did last year with trap team, they just removed everything superchargers. and everything was put in the trash container, i did see superchargers toys sticking out of the container. it was locked up good so it was impossible to go pick up stuff at night. shops are giving up on the skylanders by the look of it, this maybe only locally here but might happen to other places too. i see it as a sign that it will get worse with skylanders this year.

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Funny Paul's response as to the portal was: "We didn't want people to have to worry about getting a portal, so we went with what worked in prior years" ie we didn't spend any R/D effort....also funny that we STILL ARE FORCED TO GET A PORTAL. IF WE ARE, a lot of us got caught up in the fantasy based on portal design. It looks like this year will be as bad as SuperChargers. Trap Team portal still rules the roost at my house.

i was at least hyped for superchargers at one point. but with this imaginators thing i havent been hyped at all. so its gonna get worse this year. also a sign is when one shop that i usually goes to, removed everything skylanders last month. they didnt even put it on sale like they did last year with trap team, they just removed everything superchargers. and everything was put in the trash container, i did see superchargers toys sticking out of the container. it was locked up good so it was impossible to go pick up stuff at night. shops are giving up on the skylanders by the look of it, this maybe only locally here but might happen to other places too. i see it as a sign that it will get worse with skylanders this year.

I'm sorry, but Cars <<<<<<<< Creating Your Own Character by a LONG SHOT! Also, one shop in wherever you live getting rid of Superchargers (the worst selling of the games btw) does not a crisis make

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Well, light isn't the same as redoing the entire mold. Probably just open the leftover stock and put the new lights in or something.

99% sure the originals use RGB LEDs, so all colors were technically possible already - the only limitation is programming. If they are able to change the programming through USB, the portals don't even need to be opened in order to make the change.

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Never had any issues at all with all kinds of portal, except my Bouncer that would not load with the Trap Team portal unless he was placed close to the outer ring.

I have a similar problem with my Tree Rex figure.

lol you'd think, since they (Activision) wanted to be total asses in regards to the Crystal reset thing, that they'd have reused the Giants portal with the ring on top to prevent the crystals from being read on the portal while still in the box...just sayin.

Well, personally I think semi open-world, Arena Mode, side-quests, focus on exploration and character creation (with all its limits) are miles better than Racing and vehicles, especially since the former is in Imaginators as well.

And that's without counting the 20+ levels and the 30+ Skylanders (all unique, which never happened since SA).

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lol you'd think, since they (Activision) wanted to be total asses in regards to the Crystal reset thing, that they'd have reused the Giants portal with the ring on top to prevent the crystals from being read on the portal while still in the box...just sayin.

They don't even have to do that, they just need to put a little metal/paper disc below them like (most) Amiibos use to cause interference and prevent usage in packaging.

Or they could make "taking ownership" of them hard reset them. While that would still allow an "out" for reset, it wouldn't be as easy. Make ownership required to edit the character in the crystal.

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lol you'd think, since they (Activision) wanted to be total asses in regards to the Crystal reset thing, that they'd have reused the Giants portal with the ring on top to prevent the crystals from being read on the portal while still in the box...just sayin.

They don't even have to do that, they just need to put a little metal/paper disc below them like (most) Amiibos use to cause interference and prevent usage in packaging.

Or they could make "taking ownership" of them hard reset them. While that would still allow an "out" for reset, it wouldn't be as easy. Make ownership required to edit the character in the crystal.

Oh yeah totally agree but I was just noting it in the context of reusing old portals. I can think of more than a few ways they could fix the "Crystal already decided" fiasco...the easiest being ADD THE DAMN RESET...but there's another thread for that.