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I was wondering how many of you are collecting 2 of each Skylander, one to go down each upgrade path. Also if it would be a good idea in general, cause I am considering getting 2 of each for my collection.

I think it's a great idea, but a costly one. I'm certainly not going to entertain the idea until the craze and figure shortage have subsided.

Ya that's the only problem... the money, it would kill my wallet.

The game is primarily my son's, but I enjoy the game quite a bit. I will say though, I can't imagine getting more than 1 of each Skylander in my situation. I can always reset my Skylander's level if I am not happy with the path I have chosen. I did with Gill Grunt because I keep hearing that the Water path is better than the Harpoon path (which I chose).

Well I resest them if i don't like the pathi reseted my GG and spyro a few times so getting 2 of each charector maybe not unless they come in a three pack and i get an extra though I don't include Legendary and dark to be the same so I would get L chop chop and stuff

Yeah, it'd definitely be a great idea, but I couldn't justify getting a second one just to have in the box or even if I was gonna open it. Thus far, the only ones I've tried both paths are Spyro/Legendary Spyro, Bash/Legendary Bash and Drill Sarge. (Drill Sarge's variant from the triple pack.

Once I get Chop Chop, I'll try out the other path. But really, if they would have released variants or even Legendaries of all the characters, I probably would have picked them all up to get the other path.

No... Just no.

A. Why would you spend more money on getting 2 of each figures
B. You can just reset the character
C. The more duplicated you buy for yourself, the less they'll be for everyone else

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1. That way you can battle each to compare paths strengths.
2. Sell your spare.
3. Get bragging (or look like and idiot) rights.
4. Not have to beg your kids to use their figures.


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i dont plan on buying 2, just one full set, not including legendaries, variations, or the gold & silver & transparent ones. Those i plan on getting aswell but not until they're set at a reasonable price or i come across them in the stores. =)

Well I think I will buy 2 of each seeing as I am a collector I just need to get some cash to afford them and of course I need there to actually be Skylanders at the stores!!!

I'm currently only planning on buying one of each character. I'm not too interested in the gold and silver variants but I might buy a clear blue one only if it's for a reasonable price.

I'd rather just buy one of each character and be done with it. It's too expensive to go the other way.

Plus, I'd feel a little guilty about buying a duplicate. I mean, c'mon, the figures are hard enough to find at this point. I'd rather just buy one Champion and leave x number of that same Champion at that store for a kid to find.

No i buy dem 2 play wif dem

I would love to have a another set of each unopened (in singles no less, not 3 pack sets), just because I like that kind of thing (not to hold for value..), but as others have said, it'd be entirely too expensive. As it stands, I'm slated to spend well over $300 total by the time everything comes out. To do it twice? Not possible. And even if it was, enough is enough.

ive only bought two of the characters i REALLY like. like drobot, drill sergeant, wrecking ball, erupter, and double trouble. i plan to get another cynder becausei think id like the other path too.

IMO its only worth it if you really want the character's other path without starting over and resetting

I personally think it's unfair for anyone else trying to buy the figure.

^This. I really see no point in buying 2 of every figure. There is a reset button, use it. And buying 2 just so you and your kid can have one each? Wouldn't it be more valuable to teach them how to SHARE? And it would be extremely difficult to get enough coins and stuff to max up 64 Skylanders. I can barely get enough for 8! O.o

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^This. I really see no point in buying 2 of every figure. There is a reset button, use it. And buying 2 just so you and your kid can have one each? Wouldn't it be more valuable to teach them how to SHARE? And it would be extremely difficult to get enough coins and stuff to max up 64 Skylanders. I can barely get enough for 8! O.o

One of the best levels to play to get money is Perilous Pastures, especially if you do the Tech Gate. I've found that you can get about 1000 gold each run-through of the level.

Back on topic, I agree with your point. Sharing is caring, and sometimes I think that's pushed to the side.

^Yeah, I normally use that level, but it's kinda boring going going through the same level OVER and OVER.

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^Yeah, I normally use that level, but it's kinda boring going going through the same level OVER and OVER.

I totally agree. :l

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I personally think it's unfair for anyone else trying to buy the figure.

the duplicates ive gotten where when they were everywhere. how is getting 2 unfair.. well.. whats unfair is activision not making enough to begin with. oh yea, and as seen on ebay, life aint fair

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there are certain things you dont want to share. like underwear or a toothbrush, your personal stuff. your character that you used to leveled up and picked what upgrade path it has, hat, or taken online and played with.. you just dont share some stuff.

@Madel
play the very first part of kaos's level. just the first few areas in it gives you around 1000-2000 and tons of exp.

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@Dragons-go-hrr
there are certain things you dont want to share. like underwear or a toothbrush, your personal stuff. your character that you used to leveled up and picked what upgrade path it has, hat, or taken online and played with.. you just dont share some stuff.

@Madel
play the very first part of kaos's level. just the first few areas in it gives you around 1000-2000 and tons of exp.

You just equated a toothbrush to a skylander? LOL yea you dont want to share spit on a toothbrush, but I would bet you would kiss someone someday. Good lord, its a plastic toy.

no.. i will not share a toothbrush... kissing/other stuff is different but things that scrub bacteria out of your teeth is just not cool...
also the not sharing the toy is more about how its your character that you played and made all the choices and did all the challenges for. you get like, sentimental about it, and if you reset it, you just lost your character..

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no.. i will not share a toothbrush... kissing/other stuff is different but things that scrub bacteria out of your teeth is just not cool...
also the not sharing the toy is more about how its your character that you played and made all the choices and did all the challenges for. you get like, sentimental about it, and if you reset it, you just lost your character..

So are you going to insist that whomever your kissing rinses with Hydrogen Peroxide before you kiss them? I would bet that there is more germ transfer when you brush your teeth with your own toothbrush as opposed to swapping spit with someone else.

tooth brushes have a scrubbing actionthats just nasty. it scrubs plaque off your teeth.. and btw im a grown man... (well i still like toys but whatever) so ive done quite a bit of stuff with kissing and more... but i will not use someone elses tooth brush..

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I personally think it's unfair for anyone else trying to buy the figure.

the duplicates ive gotten where when they were everywhere. how is getting 2 unfair.. well.. whats unfair is activision not making enough to begin with. oh yea, and as seen on ebay, life aint fair

When they were everywhere?, I don't remember a time when they were everywhere. Every shop I have been to (I don't actually have the game yet so I would just browse at the figures and stuff), all the Skylanders have been sold out (Except a little shop I know of). Really, one of the duplicate Skylanders you bought could have gone to an unlucky 6 year old who had been crying because they couldn't find that figure. Seriously, how do you say to someone of that age that "Life is unfair", Life can be fair and it's just that greedy people can make it unfair.
Damn, I didn't think that would be longer than one sentence.

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tooth brushes have a scrubbing actionthats just nasty. it scrubs plaque off your teeth.. and btw im a grown man... (well i still like toys but whatever) so ive done quite a bit of stuff with kissing and more... but i will not use someone elses tooth brush..

Then dont read this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/hea...toothbrush.html

from launch day till the day after christmas .also i think itd probably be a very good idea to teach kids the world is unfair. and how come the 6 year old is more important than me? i should do without so that others may play? seems kinda weird. if i was at a store and a 6yo got to the toys before, id let them have it. but im not going to plan for a future child that doesnt exist in that space and time. so. yeah.. that

I like the IDEA of having one for each path, but the cost makes it prohibitive unless you have money to burn. And how would you distinguish two Spyros, for example? Mark the bottom of each base? Re-paint one of them? Too much trouble for this portal master.

^Too true.

on my drobot with quad laser eyes i drew eyes, on my drobot with the wing things has a little like 3 sides gear that he shots out of his wings.

I'm happy enough with just one of each figure (except the Legendaries, and Dark Spyro, of course). If I want to change them, I'll re-train them!

I thought about having two to have them go on both paths, but honestly it's not worth it. I dont need two of the same action figures, especially at the price they are.

The people who buy 2-4 of each for each family are honestly insane. Learn to share. There are 32 Skylanders, if you buy all 32 and your kids cant share 32 of them, they have a problem that you should resolve.

It's not impossible to have two kids agree on a path to level them up. I remember when me and my brother were younger we shared one console. Super NES and N64. Then by time gamecube came out we were both a bit older so we got our own systems. Until then we shared everything. We usually only had one save file. If he was playing I would watch and make comments on what to do next and how to level up or buy certain items.

Teach your kids to share. If they dont like it tell em to go in their room and they wont play at all.

I honestly dont understand parents. "MOM, BUT I WANTED TO PLAY AS SPYRO" "but you sister is playing as Spyro, wait til she's done and you can play as Spyro" "BUT MOM, I WANT TO PLAY NOW!" "Fine, i'll buy you your own Spyro"

No. Good parenting is "You'll share it or you wont play at all and you'll sit in your room all night"

I certainly agree with the fact that sharing is important but... I don't have any kids, but still i understand.

I personally don't have any desire to have beyond one of each figure. One, I have other hobbies as does my wife so its not something that makes sense to us with money. Second, we need to have some place to actually put the figures. Once we hit ten figures the shoebox wasn't cutting it anymore plus our dog had already gotten one to try to use as a chew toy. I broke down a couple days ago and got a 3-pack of Sortmaster boxes from Lowes. Working much better now.

The only doubles I've had so far are a extra Eruptor that was in a 3 pack we purchased for the other two. We gave him away for free to another family. We have a extra Drill Sergeant from the most recent wave 3 pack. We'll likely give that one as way as well. Had to purchase a second Hex as the earlier mentioned dog chewed her head off. (Figure still works mind you, but my wife couldnt bear playing with a headless figure even if they were undead) We'll end up with a extra Wrecking Ball and a Sonic Boom as well since a three pack has been the only way I can find Stealth Elf short of buying a 3DS. I couldnt justify dropping the money for a game on a system we don't own to just get the figures, then turning around and giving away a game with no figures.


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Actually thats a bit of a lie. At this point I would buy extras of Double Trouble and Trigger Happy if I could. I like both the characters and would get variants just because if I found them.

The whole kids sharing thing is a nice old school theory.
But, unfortunately peace in the house usually means holes in the pocket.

And now that I think of it, I guess you would need 4 of each kind.
So, if you wanted to battle same path vs same path, and then 2 paths for each.

Yeah,
That can be a bit excessive.

-M

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^This. I really see no point in buying 2 of every figure. There is a reset button, use it. And buying 2 just so you and your kid can have one each? Wouldn't it be more valuable to teach them how to SHARE? And it would be extremely difficult to get enough coins and stuff to max up 64 Skylanders. I can barely get enough for 8! O.o

Well, for those of us who play with these in tournaments, having one will sometimes cut it. It won't cut it with me, though, as I shouldn't have to reset my Terrafin who went down the Brawler path (if I prefered that path), level it to 10, redo all 26 currently available Heroic Challenges, just to switchto Sandhog, so I could beat a Master Blaster Drobot in PVP. Then I would have to reset him again, go down the Brawler path, level him to 10... again, and take him through 26 Heroics again.

That is more of an example of someone who may prefer Brawler on Terrafin, to Sandhog. However, only a Sandhog Terrafin could compete with a Master Blaster Drobot.

Having two fixes that problem. If your opponent is going to pull out a Master Blaster Drobot, that's when you know to break out a Fear Eater Ghost Roaster, or a Sandhog Terrafin.

It's like trading card games. Why do people who play games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Eye of Judgment, have more than one of the same card? You customize your decks. In this case, you're customizing your Skylanders. Luckily, there is only a reason to own 2 of each, instead of card games, where some literally only play with multiples of the same card.

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^This. I really see no point in buying 2 of every figure. There is a reset button, use it. And buying 2 just so you and your kid can have one each? Wouldn't it be more valuable to teach them how to SHARE? And it would be extremely difficult to get enough coins and stuff to max up 64 Skylanders. I can barely get enough for 8! O.o

Well, for those of us who play with these in tournaments, having one will sometimes cut it. It won't cut it with me, though, as I shouldn't have to reset my Terrafin who went down the Brawler path (if I prefered that path), level it to 10, redo all 26 currently available Heroic Challenges, just to switchto Sandhog, so I could beat a Master Blaster Drobot in PVP. Then I would have to reset him again, go down the Brawler path, level him to 10... again, and take him through 26 Heroics again.

That is more of an example of someone who may prefer Brawler on Terrafin, to Sandhog. However, only a Sandhog Terrafin could compete with a Master Blaster Drobot.

Having two fixes that problem. If your opponent is going to pull out a Master Blaster Drobot, that's when you know to break out a Fear Eater Ghost Roaster, or a Sandhog Terrafin.

It's like trading card games. Why do people who play games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Eye of Judgment, have more than one of the same card? You customize your decks. In this case, you're customizing your Skylanders. Luckily, there is only a reason to own 2 of each, instead of card games, where some literally only play with multiples of the same card.

In all my years of playing M:TG i never had to go farther than the first store to get whatever series that just came out. Having the chase cards in there makes going to ebay/trading fun. I understand and see where your coming from, but its not the same. If you only take 1 of each element and get 2 of them, you would spend $128 + tax. 2 boxes of 36 packs at release from retailers typically ran $50. So I could get 2 boxes of the cards and would garuntee me atleast 4 of the uncommon ones and 12 if not more of the commons.

Its apples to oranges just on availability alone.

I hardly find Skylanders on the same level as Magic the Gathering or any similarly designed CCG. Skylanders PvP was far from designed for competitive tournament play. The fact there is even a "fair battle" option, which busts any character fully upgraded (moves and stats) down to the level of the character they are facing pretty much moots all arguments about needing to have characters fully upgraded, maxed out on heroic challenges, etc.

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^This. I really see no point in buying 2 of every figure. There is a reset button, use it. And buying 2 just so you and your kid can have one each? Wouldn't it be more valuable to teach them how to SHARE? And it would be extremely difficult to get enough coins and stuff to max up 64 Skylanders. I can barely get enough for 8! O.o

Well, for those of us who play with these in tournaments, having one will sometimes cut it. It won't cut it with me, though, as I shouldn't have to reset my Terrafin who went down the Brawler path (if I prefered that path), level it to 10, redo all 26 currently available Heroic Challenges, just to switchto Sandhog, so I could beat a Master Blaster Drobot in PVP. Then I would have to reset him again, go down the Brawler path, level him to 10... again, and take him through 26 Heroics again.

That is more of an example of someone who may prefer Brawler on Terrafin, to Sandhog. However, only a Sandhog Terrafin could compete with a Master Blaster Drobot.

Having two fixes that problem. If your opponent is going to pull out a Master Blaster Drobot, that's when you know to break out a Fear Eater Ghost Roaster, or a Sandhog Terrafin.

It's like trading card games. Why do people who play games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Eye of Judgment, have more than one of the same card? You customize your decks. In this case, you're customizing your Skylanders. Luckily, there is only a reason to own 2 of each, instead of card games, where some literally only play with multiples of the same card.

In all my years of playing M:TG i never had to go farther than the first store to get whatever series that just came out. Having the chase cards in there makes going to ebay/trading fun. I understand and see where your coming from, but its not the same. If you only take 1 of each element and get 2 of them, you would spend $128 + tax. 2 boxes of 36 packs at release from retailers typically ran $50. So I could get 2 boxes of the cards and would garuntee me atleast 4 of the uncommon ones and 12 if not more of the commons.

Its apples to oranges just on availability alone.

True. That analogy about the card games may be off. I never got into trading card games, outside of Eye of Judgment, because it was a video game itself, where the cards (made by Wizards of the Coast) came to life on your screen.

But the thing with Skylanders, is that there is a hidden level of depth, for adults who discover it. Taking these characters through Heroics, make the Battle Mode seem more strategic than one once thought. Speed is a definate factor when using a character like Ghost Roaster's Ectoplasm, when gone down the Fear Eater path. He takes less damage, plus moves blazingly fast, which allows him to get close to Drobot, to deal some melee damage. Now if I prefered Skull Master, and tried that against Drobot, I would get my butt beat before I could count to five. However, that's not to say that Skull Master wouldn't work, because it probably works best against some Skylander who goes down any given path.

I know everyone can't own two. However, for those who can, it makes it easier to match wits with any given Skylander, who has gone down any given path.

Gothamlord. On the 360/PS3 version, it busts you down to level 1, takes away your third move, and heroics. However, in the Wii version, fair battle keeps you at your level, allows you to keep your third move, but brings you down to the opponents level to a point, but not fully.

The people I play with, though, have all Heroics done and all characters max level. Of course, I beat a level 10 Double Trouble, with a level 2 Stump Smash. It just took longer, due to some Heroics being done on Double Trouble, so his armor stat boost, kept causing him to absorb damage more than my level 2 Stump Smash would be able to.

Comparing console version and the full affect of what aspects it nerfs still doesn't remove my point. You complained about needing multiple figures for tournaments and compared it to Magic the Gathering and having multiple copies of cards. There is a handicap option with the game's PvP. The main consoles that people generally use for tournaments mentioned knock them down to level 1. Skylanders isnt Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, King of Fighters, Guilty Gear, or any other fighter game that see high level competition. Its not an arcade system nor is it set up for online play. Sorry I just don't buy into the whole getting multiples for tournament competition argument you've proposed.

To each their own, Gotham. You don't see the depth in this, while others do. What makes every human, human, is the fact they don't always have to see things the way others do. That's why we have opinions.

A lot of people didn't think something as simple as Smash Bros. would be able to vie for people who like to compete in tournaments. It happened, though. In time, I could see Skylanders becoming a tournament viable game. Of course, that's just my opinion.

I own all of the games you listed, but I still find Skylanders to be pretty fun, and it's the first game I played in any style of tournament play. Street Fighter, and games like MVC3, are all based around people doing things like infinites (MVC), or crouching short, short, medium, fierce kick, followed by a flash kick. In other words, people do the same things as other people, in order to win. What makes this game fun, like Smash Bros., is level hazards, plus the fact that there is always a way to beat someone no matter what exploit they find to win.

I have the whole set so far (aside from the legendaries, Empire of Ice, and Cynder) and I'm sorry to admit that I've started buying a second set as well for collector's sake. This is the only time I've been this passionate about a toy line aside from the old school Thomas the Tank Engine figures, so this time I want to have an unopened set. I know the other day I sort of called someone out for doing the same thing, so to whoever that was, I apologize. My rule though is that I'm only allowed to buy a figure if there are at least two of the same figure in stock. If there's only ONE in stock at a store and I buy it even though I already have one, then I'm being a complete creep. If there are a couple available, I'm still a creep, but not AS big of one since I'm still giving other people a chance to get one.

I'm not going to be getting multiples of the starter kits though. I'll only buy duplicates of the starter pack exclusives if they make them available in separate packs.

i think it would be really cool if someone bought ten of every character 2 of every character is as far as id go and i don't think i will be doing it anytime soon

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i think it would be really cool if someone bought ten of every character 2 of every character is as far as id go and i don't think i will be doing it anytime soon

How is it cool? =/

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i think it would be really cool if someone bought ten of every character 2 of every character is as far as id go and i don't think i will be doing it anytime soon

How is it cool? =/

Hopefully sarcasm? :/

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i think it would be really cool if someone bought ten of every character

Gamemaster, the gauntlet has been thrown down. Are you man enough to pick it up and run with it?

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i think it would be really cool if someone bought ten of every character 2 of every character is as far as id go and i don't think i will be doing it anytime soon

How is it cool? =/

I'm joking just so many people contemplating getting doubles (and some people having stupid amounts (4 or more) of the same figure) if you have enough money i say go for it if not then there's nothing wrong with only having 1 of each figure especially seeing as some people cant even do that