darkSpyro

With the embargo over, I would like to post a quick review on the Eon's Elite Skylanders, Spyro and Chop Chop I received.

The two variants have amazing power, even at Level 1. Starting at 840 (Spyro) and 900 (Chop Chop) health respectively and their attack power ranging from 120-270 damage. In game, they don't have the same coloring as their toy figures and the magic moments are the same, but there's an extra burst to the magic moment just as they enter the game.

They have no Wow Pow, since they're based on Series 1.

The 3D elemental backgrounds to their containers are an excellent asset, almost breathtaking really. The cards and Skylander codes are located in the bottom of the case that you need to open in order to get to them.

Same coloring as the figures are now? Or same coloring as the original figures? Please clarify this

They share the same coloring as the other figures in-game. Eon's Elite Spyro's claws are still white.

they got wow pow ?

No, they have no Wow Pow, since they're based on the Series 1 figures.

I am assuming they cannot switch paths. Is this correct?

Quote: EmperorKaos

they got wow pow ?

No Wow Pow. But if you watch videos of 'em, they make up for it by being frickin' powerful.

I wish they based them on the S2 version of Spyro and Chop Chop. That'd give them more value.

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I am assuming they cannot switch paths. Is this correct?

Yep, they can't switch paths.

Huh, those actually look pretty sweet, I may have to get Spyro just for display purposes...

Can you use both figures while in their boxes on the Traptanium Portal without issue?

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Can you use both figures while in their boxes on the Traptanium Portal without issue?

Yes you can. :3

i'll go ahead and pick up one.

Here's my gameplay video of Eon's Elite Spyro, you can see his damage power and the extra burst in his magic moment as he lands in the game -

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Here's my gameplay video of Eon's Elite Spyro, you can see his damage power and the extra burst in his magic moment as he lands in the game -

WHOA!

just image that kid of power from trigger happy or stealth elf...

Congrats activision. now i'm buying 2 of your 24.99 figures.

Here's one of Eon's Elite Chop Chop -

Spyro looks so freaking cool, I hope they'll go on sale here soon enough, when stores realize they cannot sell them at full price. One of the rather few advantages of living in a country where even the corelanders are considered to be too expensive by most of the gamers...

As awesome as Eon's Elites are, I think I'd much rather play with the Trap Masters and Villains I like most. Also, it would be great to play them in Nightmare mode with their insanely-high amount of health.

Can the figures be used on the base while in the display case or are they too far apart from the base to work? Also do you mind posting pictures of the cards that come with them? Fron and back please if possible.

I've already stated that you can play the figures while they're in their containers.

Do the cards state that they are elite?

Yes, they state them as Elite Spyro and Elite Chop Chop. Their promotional artwork is brighter and shinier than their original versions.

Sweet! That means they are in-game variants and a must have! Thanks for the info, securing mine as we speak!

When you reset an elite Skylander, do they reset with their stat boosts and not back to your average every day S1? I obviously presume that they do, but we all know sometimes programmers can every so often overlook the little details like that

When you reset the Eon's Elite, they go to back to their original starting high powered stats, much like the other toys.

^Awesome! Thanks!

How do they register in previous Skylanders games? As in, do they appear as S1s, S2s, or S3s, and do they have their enchanced stats or the stats of the figure the game interprets them as?

Nice to see them in action. Well the numbers at least.

Hyped as heck for the Elite Terrafin. Chainsaw fin 4 lyfe

What's the bet they gimp these in sky 5.

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How do they register in previous Skylanders games? As in, do they appear as S1s, S2s, or S3s, and do they have their enchanced stats or the stats of the figure the game interprets them as?

In SSA, they're registered as regular Skylanders, in Giants, they were Special S2s, and Swap Force, they were labelled as Special.

Their starting stats seem to be differ in other games, since the stats of Eon's Elite Spyro is different in Swap Force as I had discovered.

In Swap Force, Eon's Elite Spyro has 430 health, 50 speed, 30 armor, 10 critical hit, and 37 Elemental Power at Level 1, while in Trap Team, he's 840 Max Health, 54 Armor, 70 Speed, 90 Critical Hit, and 60 Elemental Power.

Very cool! Thanks for the peek.

On the back of the cards do they have the Trap Team logo or the Eon's Elite logo?

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On the back of the cards do they have the Trap Team logo or the Eon's Elite logo?

That's one I never thought of, but would love to know also? EXCELLENT question my friend!!

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On the back of the cards do they have the Trap Team logo or the Eon's Elite logo?

The back of the cards only say Skylanders Eon's Elite.

Now that we have confirmation that there is no path switching, anyone have a good list of preferred paths for the eight Eon's Elite figures?

Should be interesting to see the paths that make the best use of the triple power now that there's not really a need to consider PvP.

Hmmmm, it occurs to me, if the EE figures are registering as series 2 in Giants, that could mean that their paths can be switched in that game, and then used in other games.

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Hmmmm, it occurs to me, if the EE figures are registering as series 2 in Giants, that could mean that their paths can be switched in that game, and then used in other games.

That's a good idea. Hopefully Aura can check it out.

Just checked, apparently you can switch paths when you use Eon's Elite Skylanders in Giants.

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Just checked, apparently you can switch paths when you use Eon's Elite Skylanders in Giants.

Okay, now I'm really tempted to get at least one of the Eon's Elite.

So, what happens if you buy a Wow Pow in Giants, check the figure in a newer game, then go back to Giants? Does the Wow Pow stay?

Wow Pow should stay I'd think, it'd be like using a fully upgraded series 2 to SSA doesn't nix their wow pow. Still kinda sucks the stat boosts don't carry over to the older games, but I digress.

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Just checked, apparently you can switch paths when you use Eon's Elite Skylanders in Giants.

That's awesome news.

Will need to remember to make a backup of my Giants save file so I don't mess up the counter on the original save when I use the Elite figures and change their paths.

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Just checked, apparently you can switch paths when you use Eon's Elite Skylanders in Giants.

Okay, now I'm really tempted to get at least one of the Eon's Elite.

So, what happens if you buy a Wow Pow in Giants, check the figure in a newer game, then go back to Giants? Does the Wow Pow stay?

Unfortunately the Wow Pow doesn't move over to Trap Team, and most likely Swap Force. If you switch paths in Giants, it can move over to both Swap Force and Trap Team.

Does path switching unlock in Trap Team, or would you always have to go back to Giants to switch paths?

Sorry, I meant the say upgrade paths instead of Wow Pow. Unfortunately no, if you buy a Wow Pow in Giants, it won't move over to Trap Team.

There is no path switching in Trap Team for the Eon's Elite either. Looks like you will have to go to Giants and switch paths there if you want switch paths on your Eon's Elite.

Thanks Aura. I've edited my post to avoid any confusion.

So with the cards even saying "Skylanders Eon's Elite" on the backs, its almost as if Activision is treating these as a separate Skylanders game altogether (minus the actual game of course). Very interesting.

Kinda sad in the long run because you can just get a series 2-3 character and level/stat them up to the point of being near equal

They look cool I just wish they had a unique pose. I don't want the same color and pose spyro twice.

But at the same time it's great for people who missed out on those poses/colors. I might pick up the terafin one since I don't have the original terrafin.

I'll probably buy some of them because I'm an impulse buyer, but I'm not sure I care too much about just the boosted stats or special packaging. I'd rather the pose or color be different in some way as well as the stats, so I didn't feel like I was paying $20 plus for the same figure. It was easy enough to beat all the games on the hardest levels with regular or even weak characters.
Thanks for all the info. though, now I can make an informed decision.

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They look cool I just wish they had a unique pose. I don't want the same color and pose spyro twice.

Actually it's worse for folks that do have a full SSA set not counting chase variants: they'd end up with 4 Spyros, 3 Chops Chops and 3 Trigger Happys after these guys.