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Skylanders, the video game that pioneered the Toys-to-Life(TM)
genre, will descend upon San Diego Comic-Con for the first time in
the franchise's history starting on July 24. Fans will be among the
first in the world to get hands-on experience with Skylanders Trap
Team(TM), the newest installment to the Skylanders franchise. To
celebrate, Activision Publishing, Inc. will award more than $5,000
in prizes to the best Skylanders costumes of the show. Fans now have
a chance to bring their creativity to life by dressing up as one of
their favorites, such as Spyro, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, Kaos or any of
the characters from the Skylanders universe.
The costume contest will take place at the San Diego Comic-Con
panel, "Skylanders: The Creative Process of Bringing Toys to Life,"
where members of the Skylanders team will offer insights into the
development process of one of the world's most beloved and
successful Toys-to-Life video game franchises. Panel speakers
include comic book writer Ron Marz (Green Lantern, DC vs. Marvel),
famed voice of Kaos Richard Horvitz (Invader Zim, Billy and Mandy),
Activision's Senior Vice President of Consumer Marketing, John
Coyne, and Toys for Bob's Director of Toy and Character Development,
I-Wei Huang.
Prizing for the costume contest is as follows:
Grand Prize: $4,000 Runner Up: $1,000 2(nd) Runner Up: Collection of
rare Skylanders toys
Found a second article:
http://theslanted.com/2014/07/...on-rare-prizes/