darkSpyro

So, I was playing in Battle Mode (Ring Out) in Swap Force Tonight...and all of a sudden it says "Replace the skylander" and I notice the lights stop working--it's Dead Jim!

I've heard of others having theirs die mid game...this is my first. Want to see if the failure rate of this specific toy is large...cause right now I'm a bit irritated. I think it's had a max of 3 hours of game time.

Anyone else have this specific character die in the game?

Didn't Granite Crusher get rare after release?

It was rare WHEN he was released. Not looking forward having to buy a replacement. Sigh.

Does the lights work WHEN it recognizes the RFID or do they operate independently? I find it curious that the chip AND the lights don't work at the same time.

this is the first i heard that figure dies and cant be played again in the game... is there some timer or something in the RFID chip? how can it die??

I believe the lights work independent of the chip going out, at least on one figure I've seen. My brother in law has LC pop fizz, the character doesn't register on the portal, but the bottle still lights up. Unless, of course, this just means that your chip is "more burnt out" than this one.

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I believe the lights work independent of the chip going out, at least on one figure I've seen. My brother in law has LC pop fizz, the character doesn't register on the portal, but the bottle still lights up. Unless, of course, this just means that your chip is "more burnt out" than this one.

OK, cool to know. Electromagnetic interference? Thunder storm around here tonight...both lights and chip died at same time. I've also read about metal not being around; I do have a sound bar that is dangerously close to it...3DS offers no help to "reset" since it doesn't even recognize anything.

ugh. I guess he'll make a good figurine to look at.

Couldnt you call activision to complain? Won't they replace it? They replaced my portal.

This was a huge problem with Legendary Bouncer. The first productions of him died after too much gameplay. Mine did and I was forced to get a replacement.

so how many times did you play the thing before it died....


also is there anyone that can test the Electromagnetic interference theory will kill skylanders?

My daughters normal Eyebrawl had this exact issue. Lights and chip died. He got played way less than 3 hours and sat tge shelf the other weeks we had him. I took him apart to see the inside. It seems that the lights were wired to the chip, but that doesn't mean anything as I know nothing of RFID tech.

Now I'm afraid to play with my Granite Crusher.

My daughters normal Eyebrawl had this exact issue. Lights and chip died. He got played way less than 3 hours and sat tge shelf the other weeks we had him. I took him apart to see the inside. It seems that the lights were wired to the chip, but that doesn't mean anything as I know nothing of RFID tech.

I had a problem with my regular Crusher. Recently his light seemed to blink and go out, and the figure seems slow to be recognized. Unfortunately these days all Crushers seem to be hard to find.

Last I heard the LED were separate from the actual chip. It's one of the reasons why less have LED's in them going forward in Skylanders.