darkSpyro

I wanted to see how much money each game costed to 100% the story mode. These prices are NOT retail, they are how much the figures are worth as of May 2018. For the starter packs, I will do SSA and SG Xbox 360, and everything else XB1
Prices are ESTIMATED from ebay

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure:
8 Elemental Gates and 4 Adventure Packs
Xbox 360 Starter Pack (Magic, Water, Tech) - $30
Pirate Seas (Earth) - $15
Darklight Crypt (Undead) - $20
Empire of Ice (Loose Figure because starter pack comes with water) - $6
Dragon's Peak (Fire) - $25
Cheapest Life Figure, Stealth Elf - $4
Cheapest Air Figure, Sonic Boom, Whirlwind, or Lightning Rod - $4
TOTAL - $105

Skylanders Giants:
Assuming you are starting the game with NO PRIOR FIGURES
Feat of Strengths and 8 Elemental Gates (SSA Adventure Packs but optional)
Xbox 360 Starter Pack (Life, Air, Undead) - $35
Cheapest Magic Figure, Pop Fizz - $4
Cheapest Water Figure, Chill - $3
Cheapest Tech Figure, Sprocket - $4
Cheapest Fire Figure, LightCore Eruptor - $4
Cheapest Earth Figure, Flashwing - $3
TOTAL - $53

Skylanders SWAP Force:
Assuming you are starting the game with NO PRIOR FIGURES
8 Elemental Gates, 8 SWAP Zones, Dual Elemental Gates, 2 Adventure Packs
Giant Chests not required
Dual Elemental Gates can be completed with 2 core characters but may as well get swappers instead
Xbox One Starter Pack (Water, Fire, Life, Climb, Rocket) - $40
Tower of Time (Loose Figure) - $5
Sheep Wreck Island (Loose Figure) - $10
Magna Charge (Tech, Speed) - $11
Rattle Shake (Undead, Bounce) - $6
Stink Bomb (Life, Sneak) - $6
Hoot Loop (Magic, Teleport) - $5
Free Ranger (Air, Spin) - $8
Rubble Rouser (Earth, Dig) - $6
TOTAL - $97

Skylanders Trap Team:
Assuming you are starting the game with NO PRIOR FIGURES
Traptanium Shards, Villain Vaults, 10 Traptanium Elemental Gates, 11 Elemental Traps to complete quests, 4 Adventure Packs
Xbox One Starter Pack (Water Trap Master, Life, Water Trap, Life Trap) - $40
Nightmare Express (Loose Figure) - $5
Mirror of Mystery (Loose Figure) - $9
Blastermind (Magic Trap Master) - $6
Magic Logholder (Magic Trap) - $8
Jawbreaker (Tech Trap Master) - $5
Tech Scepter (Tech Trap) - $5
Wildfire (Fire Trap Master) - $8
Fire Torch (Fire Trap) - $7
Krypt King (Undead Trap Master) - $9
Undead Skull (Undead Trap) - $8
Wallop (Earth Trap Master) - $8
Earth Hammer (Earth Trap) - $6
Bushwhack (Life Trap Master) - $6
Gusto (Air Trap Master) - $7
Air Jughead (Air Trap) - $9
Kaos Trap - $22
Light Element Expansion Pack (Light Trap Master, Light Trap, Sunscraper Spire) - $65 CHEAPEST I COULD FIND
Dark Element Expansion Pack (Dark Trap Master, Dark Trap, Midnight Museum) - $104 CHEAPEST I COULD FIND
TOTAL - $337

Skylanders Superchargers:
Assuming you are starting the game with NO PRIOR FIGURES
Supercharger Rifts, Land Rifts, Sky Rifts, and Sea Rifts
Elemental Vehicle Rifts not required
Xbox One Starter Pack (Fire, Life, Land) - $45
Sky Slicer (Sky) - $5
Dive Bomber (Sea) - $5
TOTAL - $55

Skylanders Imaginators:
5 Adventure Packs
Battle Class Shrines not required
Xbox One Starter Pack (Water Brawler, Earth Sorcerer, Fire Creation Crystal) - $30
Thumpin' Wumpa Islands (Crash Bandicoot Loose Figure) - $8
Gryphon Park Observatory (Loose Figure) - $17
Enchanted Elven Forrest (Loose Figure) - $12
Cursed Tiki Temple (Couldn't Find Wild Storm Loose Figure) - $80
Lost Imaginite Mines (Ro-Bow Loose Figure) - $70
TOTAL - $217 only expensive because these figures had horrible releases

So, most expensive game Trap Team and least expensive Giants and Superchargers
IMO trap team costing that much is not worth it, superchargers and giants are worth it, and swap force is worth what it costs

Isn't part of 100%-ing getting all the skylanders for that game?

Quote: undeadmaster

Isn't part of 100%-ing getting all the skylanders for that game?

no i'm talking about just the story mode

Huh, I didn't think Giants would be cheaper than Superchargers!

Quote: Bifrost

Huh, I didn't think Giants would be cheaper than Superchargers!

Been out a lot longer, but I think more importantly, here in Australia at least Giants was really popular with lots of games and characters sold. Whereas Super Chargers was not popular and few games and characters were sold. So now looking at the secondhand market here there are HEAPS of ads for Giants characters but not as many for Super Chargers. Stands to reason when you consider how any characters from a now discontinued 6 year old game are floating around.

Quote: JCW555

I can see why Trap Team is where nearly 2 million people stopped with the franchise. Jesus Christ.

Just wonder how much everything would be MSRP for all the games.

Well, that's how much everything would cost NOW. Back when it came out it was cheaper. Most of that price is the light and dark adventure packs, which were cheaper back in 2014/2015.

do we need traps to finish game 100% ?

Villain Quests are a challenge star, so yes.

It's clearly Imaginators, there's not even the need for a calculation.