darkSpyro

Hello my supercharged friends! Who did you day 1 go so far? Did you go to any midnight releases? I went at 7am to Walmart and walked around and almost got a heart attack I saw no superchargers. Then right when I'm about to leave someone comes with a cart full of packs and characters. I just got the wii u starter for now as I didn't want to blow a lot of money today but I know I'll be getting lots of things for this game. What did you guys do?

Day 1 = fail. Worst Skylanders release day in franchise history.

Quote: BahamutBreaker

Day 1 = fail. Worst Skylanders release day in franchise history.

You have to explain. You couldn't find your stuff? Or were you taken back by the sharp decline of 1st day rushers?

Got my Nitro Stealth Stinger, and all standard fair figures we knew were coming out today. Very successful for myself.

got everything i needed at TRU!

Quote: BahamutBreaker

Day 1 = fail. Worst Skylanders release day in franchise history.

What happened Bahamut? I'm about to go out myself. Low desire/stress for this portal master.

With almost everything available for pre-order this time, 1st day rush is minimal. With inconsistent e-bay pricing on TT figures and accessories, resellers are afraid to load up without knowledge this time as well. Plenty of availability. I went to Target first as I knew the stealth stinger would be in short supply (it was apparent they only got one case at the store) then cleaned up at Toys R Us. Pre-ordered Feista and his ride as those were only two per case so I knew they would be harder to find. I'm gladly waiting to get them tomorrow.

This is the first time in the history of the franchise that I didn't go out and buy *everything* on day one - simply because I couldn't justify paying launch-day prices on six starter packs, two of which would be for systems I don't own and never will. I'd been mulling the decision for awhile, but when faced with the product in front of me last night, I couldn't do it. I *did* buy four starter packs (Wii U, Wii U Dark, Wii Dark, 3DS) and one of everything else (except for Best Buy/GS exclusives, as they don't open for another hour...)

Hoping I don't regret not picking up a non-Nintendo Dark Starter... but I still occasionally see TT Dark bundles out there... Guh. Activision, I put up with a lot out of you... this six starter thing is pushing it. ;)

Meanwhile here in Cali: 8:24 right now, stores open at 10 AM.
#TheWaitStruggle

Just got back with the Wii U starter pack, pretty much all of wave 1 besides the combo packs, terrafin or sea shadow. I can wait for them so that i can get them with their matching vehicles

Sliiightly disappointed in my run myself.

I couldn't find the Shark Tank anywhere and I really wanted that.

Having no Target here, couldn't get Nitro SS either.

The game is amazeballs though. Love it so far.

Got everything I wanted from Wave 1 at TRU midnight launch. They had very little shelved but thankfully not many people showed up. They honored the 40% off sale plus let me use the leftover coupons on the counter. Then I tacked on a $35 reward from buying Swap Force and Trap Team last year!! Total savings $81. Not bad, I guess. Now to pick up my pre-orders of Best Buy and Game Stop exclusives and to wait for USPS to deliver by Target pre-order of the Nitro vehicle... ho hum. Hopefully we see a great sale on the starters for Black Friday.

I had a great day 1 haul. I got to the TRU midnight opening 15 minutes late but was still able to grab all of wave one newlanders minus fiesta, I also got legendary jet vac and frightful fiesta. My only disappointment was not finding any wave 2 figures which is fine.

Glad to hear most of you guys got what you wanted. I'm pretty happy with just getting the starter pack because here in Canada the prices are sky high. I will fill up my team later on with vehicles and more superchagers. I probably will only get dive clops and his ride another day and done already with wave 1. Keep the day 1 story's coming

Did anyone find wave 2 figures? I'm at my 3rd store, and...nothing. WalMart didn't even have anything Superchargers related on the shelves. Where is wave 2????

Certainly odd then. In the USA. I hope my day one will be better.

No wave 2, in fact even early in the morning none of the stores I visited had Fiesta...which I would've expected given the short pack of shipments. The honest problem though is that the stores I visited looks like they got VERY FEW CASES...in fact I'd say fewer than 4 or 5. I couldn't even find a starter pack in the required platform. At TRU the Wii Dark Starters were NOT on the floor....so it seems they are being protective. There was literally 1-2 figures per peg...NOT MUCH STOCK AT ALL.

Given what I saw one of two things is happening 1. They are expecting abysmal sales and planning limited stock or 2. they're pulling something out of the Nintendo playbook and trying to drive demand with artificial scarcity. I guess a third option may exist that they simply weren't ready to ship much to stores...given the earlier release.

The shelves at the 2 Toys R Us, in the Salt Lake City, UT area, had a great display, fully stocked, plenty of inventory. They had the Dark Starter Packs. Sigh.....just no wave 2, bummer!

But, we are complete with wave 1 and looking forward to a lot of Skylander time today!!!

Day one I got everything I wanted. Only issue I ran into was my GameStop pre-ordered XBox 360 Dark Starter Pack. GS employee thinks they gave the 1 copy they had of Dark 360 to a customer that had Dark Xbox One pre-ordered. One of the employees ran to another local GS and grabbed a copy of the Xbox 360 Dark for me. Due to this mix up, they told me to grab any one vehicle and it'd be on them! So overall, everything worked out!

Got everything I needed except for the Double Packs and (of course) Golden Hot Streak.

Great for me I got everything I wanted

Had a GREAT day 1!!

Picked up everything expected out, minus the combo packs. It seems none of the stores in my area received any of these. I checked TRU, BB, GS, Target and Walmart. Biggest letdown was Walmart - they had nothing out!!!! Guess they don't need the business.

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No wave 2, in fact even early in the morning none of the stores I visited had Fiesta...which I would've expected given the short pack of shipments. The honest problem though is that the stores I visited looks like they got VERY FEW CASES...in fact I'd say fewer than 4 or 5. I couldn't even find a starter pack in the required platform. At TRU the Wii Dark Starters were NOT on the floor....so it seems they are being protective. There was literally 1-2 figures per peg...NOT MUCH STOCK AT ALL.

Given what I saw one of two things is happening 1. They are expecting abysmal sales and planning limited stock or 2. they're pulling something out of the Nintendo playbook and trying to drive demand with artificial scarcity. I guess a third option may exist that they simply weren't ready to ship much to stores...given the earlier release.

Just as a FYI, Fiesta is available on Bestbuy.com. I haven't been out to stores to scope out the stock situation, but it seems your area is the one of the only outlier areas with not much stock in stores. I just checked Brickseek using one of the DCPI numbers somebody mentioned and it seems all the Target stores in my area have 45+ figures each with very minimal sold.

I just got the Wii U and 3DS starters for now. They didn't have any of the figures I want (I think Nightfall's the only one I want who even had a chance of coming out today, but apparently she's been delayed because of defective chips or something?).

What's weird is I got there shortly after 8am and Toysrus still wasn't open. For a minute I was scared they wouldn't open until 10, but then they apparently saw me outside and suddenly remembered that they were supposed to be opening early today, because they rushed over and let me in.


Anyway, now I'm just waiting for people to start putting Spitfire and Hot Streak up on ebay for a decent price. Not sure how long that'll take.

Excellent! I got...
Xbox 360 Starter Pack. (Spitfire, Super Shot Stealth Elf, and Hot Streak).
Fiesta and Crypt Crusher.
Stormblade and Sky Slicer.
Sea Racing Pack (Deep Dive Gill Grunt and Reef Ripper).

And no, no Wave 2 at my Toys R Us.
If there was, I would've definitely gotten Stealth Stinger.

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Quote: TakeYourLemons

No wave 2, in fact even early in the morning none of the stores I visited had Fiesta...which I would've expected given the short pack of shipments. The honest problem though is that the stores I visited looks like they got VERY FEW CASES...in fact I'd say fewer than 4 or 5. I couldn't even find a starter pack in the required platform. At TRU the Wii Dark Starters were NOT on the floor....so it seems they are being protective. There was literally 1-2 figures per peg...NOT MUCH STOCK AT ALL.

Given what I saw one of two things is happening 1. They are expecting abysmal sales and planning limited stock or 2. they're pulling something out of the Nintendo playbook and trying to drive demand with artificial scarcity. I guess a third option may exist that they simply weren't ready to ship much to stores...given the earlier release.

Just as a FYI, Fiesta is available on Bestbuy.com. I haven't been out to stores to scope out the stock situation, but it seems your area is the one of the only outlier areas with not much stock in stores. I just checked Brickseek using one of the DCPI numbers somebody mentioned and it seems all the Target stores in my area have 45+ figures each with very minimal sold.

Yeah, the idea was to play him day one. I guess I should've gotten out earlier or last night...not a biggie....I have Frightful to be delivered Monday until more shows up.

Best Buy had everything that I could tell. Some stuff on a small little display in the main aisle across from the video games, and then down the aisle there was a cart with pretty much all of the toys on it. I spotted some of the Steel Plated Smash Hits on the very bottom. Saw a few adorable kids grabbing everything and marveling at Terrafin. ("Look at dis shark shooter terrafin!" "I LOVVVEEE SHARK SHOOTER TERRAFINNNNN!")

Walmart was absolutely pathetic. I rolled in after noon and nothing was on the shelf. Like really? Were stores not told it was launching today because some of you guys have mentioned stores haven't put anything out and it's really bizarre.

Target had nothing out on the actual shelves too, but no one was really looking at it except for one kid who mistakenly showed his mom Short Cut as a "new" figure. I walked around a bit and over by the cellphones there was one of those rack carts that had a bunch of boxes in there opened. One had already been opened and I was able to pick out a pristine Stealth Shooter with the foam stuff and everything around it. So niceeee.

Frightful Fiesta and SPSH are en route to me, should be here Monday or Tuesday maybe. So not bad, got everyone I wanted. I'll be picking up the game on Black Friday I think, maybe I'll get the 3DS one later on next year.

Picked up all the single characters and vehicles, including the exclusive's. Kept The SkylAnders series in the Nintendo family so I picked up the Dark WiiU starter and the 3DS starter.

Day one!? Day one!? It's not even the 25th
Lucky USAers

Epic Fail

Since I pre ordered all wave one from best buy including the combo packs, I didn't need anything else from wave 1. Today I went got most exclusives and hunted for wave 2. Not a single store had wave 2

Worst Skylanders release ever.

and on top of that my pre order isn't coming until wed. Or Thurs. THIS WEEK!

Pretty good.

List of what I got:

Xbox One starter pack
Sea Racing Pack
Fiesta
Crypt Crusher
Stormblade
Sky Slicer
Steel Plated Smash Hit

After my 3rd walmart visit, the guy there told me they simply omitted to deliver because they don't get deliveries on Sundays (usually on Monday and Tuesday, here anyway) so they'll have the stock in 2-3 days at most...

I made a special trip to a TRU (an hour drive for me) and unfortunately, all I scored was a legendary Jet-Vac. No Shark Tank anywhere to be seen around here. Sad panda.

Also, no Smash Hit in any of the 2 Best Buy stores near me..

Other than that, I had a good day 1 overall.

Quote: High_Volt23

Epic Fail

Since I pre ordered all wave one from best buy including the combo packs, I didn't need anything else from wave 1. Today I went got most exclusives and hunted for wave 2. Not a single store had wave 2

Worst Skylanders release ever.

and on top of that my pre order isn't coming until wed. Or Thurs. THIS WEEK!

This is all self inflicted. Assuming Wave 2 is out on day 1 is a bit foolish. Complaining you can't play until stuff arrived since you went the preorder route is an individual problem. Lessons to learn from next year.

I got everything in Wave 1, minus Nitro Stealth Stinger and Sea Racing Pack. Now I just gotta wait for the starter pack and that mentioned racing pack to come over Amazon.

I now got all or most of the stuff from wave 1. I don't have any stress about whether I'll find things. I just spent the last 6 months passing by pegs full of Trap Team stuff I didn't need. I'm sure I'll get most of it soon enough.

Got everything except dual packs, the game itself (not sure when my dark edition will ship) and Sea Trophy pack.

ShaneG.

I got everything I wanted. Utilized multiple TRU coupons from "demo" to maximize savings. Came out better doing that versus buying into GCU. Only issue was I had to go to 2 Targets for Nitro Stealth Stinger. Best Buy display was small and I had to ask for Steel-Plated Smash Hit. No reason to go to Wal-Mart, which is no big deal since it is normally horrible on launch day.

Got everything but:

Dark Bowser
Dark Clown Cruiser
Dark Stealth Elf
Dark Sea Shadow
Spitfire
Hot Streak
Donkey Kong
Barrel Blaster
Nitro Stealth Stinger
Frightful Fiesta

I got everything, minus any of the normal Playstation/Xbox starters (waiting until black Friday) and that elusive Golden Hot Streak. I also managed to get the only non derpy eyed Gill grunt that my TRU had. The paint on his arm is horrible, But I'd rather have that than GG looking in opposite directions.

Incredible! I got most of Wave 1! Heres what i got!

GOT: Dark Spitfire, Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf, Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac, Steel Plated Smash Hit, Fiesta, Stormblade, Dive-Clops, Dark Hot Streak, Dark Sea Shadow, Crypt Crusher, Sky Slicer and the Kaos Trophy

I didn't think I would get Jet-Vac (Who surprised me! Hes really good) Fiesta or Crypt Crusher but I did!

My favorites that I got were Steel Plated Smash Hit (his attacks are SO cool but my Best Buy had nothing of Superchargers out. They had to the back to get Steel Plated Smash Hit for me and a bunch of other people. Everyone was looking for Smash Hit lol) Dive-Clops and Jet-Vac

I preordered Wii U Dark starter, Dive Chops & Stormblade (and their respective vehicles) from Amazon. And today I went to TRU and brought the 3DS starter and Race Sea Pack (to take advantage of their BOGO 40% off sale). Unfortunately, I have to keep from spending too much on this game, so I think this is what I will spend for now until after Wave 2 comes out.

I also got most everything minus Wii U dark edition. All stores had plenty of stock. However we only found Golden HS at 1 Target. We stopped at game stop around 5 pm and they told us they had not sold a single SC set all day. We just came for the Frightful Fiesta.

I got all of wave 1 and High Volt, Smash Hit and Nightfall. My nightfall however is broken and I can't use her.

Hopefully more, AND FIXED Nightfall's appear in stores soon. I'm going back on the 25th to see if they have anything new (Nightfall, Smash Hit and High Volt)

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Incredible! I got most of Wave 1! Heres what i got!

GOT: Dark Spitfire, Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf, Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac, Steel Plated Smash Hit, Fiesta, Stormblade, Dive-Clops, Dark Hot Streak, Dark Sea Shadow, Crypt Crusher, Sky Slicer and the Kaos Trophy

I didn't think I would get Jet-Vac (Who surprised me! Hes really good) Fiesta or Crypt Crusher but I did!

My favorites that I got were Steel Plated Smash Hit (his attacks are SO cool but my Best Buy had nothing of Superchargers out. They had to the back to get Steel Plated Smash Hit for me and a bunch of other people. Everyone was looking for Smash Hit lol) Dive-Clops and Jet-Vac

I ran into the exact same issue at Best Buy, everything had to come from the back and I waited over 30 minutes for the Sea racing pack that was still on the truck that the failed to unload last night. Got the impression that they forgot that s game launched today. If it wasn't for my discount (saved me close to $80), I would've bought everything at Gamestop.

I got what I wanted, but I thought there'd be a few more on the shelves.
Here's my loot:
-Wii Dark Starter Pack
-WiiU Starter Pack
-Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac
-Sea Shadow
-Sea Trophy Action Pack
-Frightful Fiesta
-Fiesta
-Crypt Crusher
-Dive-Clops
-Dive Bomber
-Stormblade
-Sky Slicer

I didn't get Terrafin, as I'm waiting for the Combo Pack, and didn't get Nitro Stealth Stinger (no Target in Canada) or Steel Plated Smash Hit (no Best Buy close enough, might order it online).

My haul was great. Got everything but the combo packs.
Target & Best Buy had nothing out, so I asked an employee about them at each location. Took a while but got Steel-Plated Smash Hit and Nitro Stealth Stinger.
Next to TRU's great haul was GameStop, which I got Frightful Fiesta, the regular strategy guide and DE PS3 starter pack. But the coolest thing is I'm a Power Up member at GS and I had over 10K in points, so I used 10K of my points and got $10 off the DE starter pack. Not too shabby, though the combos and Wave 2 would have been nice.

Good, though I may have experienced lost stickers in both my Dark Edition and Racing Pack (I really hope not...).

None of the stores around here had Wave 2, and since they don't have firm release dates, I'm a little worried I'll end up missing out on a couple of them by the time I come across them in-store.

Really Good:

Wii U Dark
PS4 Reg.

Frightful Fiesta
Crypt Cruiser
Racing Pack (Gil Grunt)
StormBlade
Sky Slicer

Basically got everything I intended to get today.

Wii U Dark
3DS Starter
Fiesta

All I needed for now. Waiting on BBRB + Tomb Buggy + Splatter Splasher for my Sea vehicle, and Crypt Crusher and Stealth Stinger will come later. I may also get Nightfall later, but that's debatable.

I tried to hold back but....

Ended up getting the BB GCCard and getting the single Characters (Exclusive), Race pack and Vehicles (minus Terrafin) with 20% savings on all items. Did not have the 2-Packs (They will call me when they come in along with Wave 2). It will be worth the $30 for 2 years by the time it expires.
Got the Target exclusive
Got the GameStop exclusive
Went to TRU and picked up the Dark Wii & Dark 360 Starters with the 40% along with an extra 15% (Signed up for TRU Credit card).
Added the TRU Exclusive along with an extra DiveClop to get 40% off +15%.
Went back after lunch and picked up the Xbox Starter and WiiU Starter to get 40% + 15%. (The 15% was good all day - Same day of sign-up)
Will purchase the 2-packs and Wave 2 at BB when they come in (20% off and cheaper than TRU).