darkSpyro

My Little 9 year old brother stepped on my portal, crushing it because he wanted to enter the game :-P

I lol'd irl.

Glad you got the warranty, though.

Di...did he really? The portal is pretty heavy duty..you'd really have to step on it hard to damage it.

The games all come with 180 days warranty according to Activision's support site. You can order a new one from there, but you'll probably have to ship the broken one in to them.

I don't think warranties would cover this sort of thing (nor even should).

I hate to say it but my 4 year old daughter is wise enough to know the difference between fiction and reality so worry about a 9 yr old who thinks that they can enter the game?

If it were my kid, he would be paying for a new game out of his pocket money / XMas/Birthday money.

Quote: chaosworrier

I don't think warranties would cover this sort of thing (nor even should).

I hate to say it but my 4 year old daughter is wise enough to know the difference between fiction and reality so worry about a 9 yr old who thinks that they can enter the game?

If it were my kid, he would be paying for a new game out of his pocket money / XMas/Birthday money.

i was 9 years old sitting in my closet in the dark for like 2 hours because i thought it was a portal to the digital world(digimon) and i had my digivice with me too. even my friend and little brother did it with me once in a while, obviously nothing happened but its not a fact that "i/the kid needs to get help" its that i'they have a big imagination, which there is nothing wrong with that, trust me. lol

but i agree, i'd def. at least ground my child for doing it because those arent cheap, and i would never take my kids money but they'd def. be grounded and doing alot of house work lol

O.o I gotta admit, that's funny. Warranties are always good to have.

no, i bought warranty wif best buy, they'll replace it, I drove out to Indiana brought my game to show my 9 yr old brothers, (im 28, ya ik its a huge age difference) and well, Nick crushed my portal i'll post pics if i can, but i'm busy with classes

You should definitely post pics! If you want..
And did you see what the inside of the portal looked like?

Yes it looks kinda like a barcode scanner that changes color, it still works

Activision asks that you print their prepaid shipping label and send the portal to them. Then if it is found to be broken, they will send a new one out to you. It takes about 2 weeks according to their website.

Due to the above, my wife and I agreed to live with our portal eating batteries as we could not handle the constant whining from our kids about when the portal is to arrive back from activision.

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Quote: chaosworrier

I don't think warranties would cover this sort of thing (nor even should).

I hate to say it but my 4 year old daughter is wise enough to know the difference between fiction and reality so worry about a 9 yr old who thinks that they can enter the game?

If it were my kid, he would be paying for a new game out of his pocket money / XMas/Birthday money.

i was 9 years old sitting in my closet in the dark for like 2 hours because i thought it was a portal to the digital world(digimon) and i had my digivice with me too. even my friend and little brother did it with me once in a while, obviously nothing happened but its not a fact that "i/the kid needs to get help" its that i'they have a big imagination, which there is nothing wrong with that, trust me. lol

but i agree, i'd def. at least ground my child for doing it because those arent cheap, and i would never take my kids money but they'd def. be grounded and doing alot of house work lol

There's a difference between big imagination though...
I mean I had a big imagination and I imagined all sorts of things...but I never did anything that would damage or break something

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Quote: chaosworrier

I don't think warranties would cover this sort of thing (nor even should).

I hate to say it but my 4 year old daughter is wise enough to know the difference between fiction and reality so worry about a 9 yr old who thinks that they can enter the game?

If it were my kid, he would be paying for a new game out of his pocket money / XMas/Birthday money.

i was 9 years old sitting in my closet in the dark for like 2 hours because i thought it was a portal to the digital world(digimon) and i had my digivice with me too. even my friend and little brother did it with me once in a while, obviously nothing happened but its not a fact that "i/the kid needs to get help" its that i'they have a big imagination, which there is nothing wrong with that, trust me. lol

but i agree, i'd def. at least ground my child for doing it because those arent cheap, and i would never take my kids money but they'd def. be grounded and doing alot of house work lol

There's a difference between big imagination though...
I mean I had a big imagination and I imagined all sorts of things...but I never did anything that would damage or break something

thats true

Send in pictures if you can.

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Activision asks that you print their prepaid shipping label and send the portal to them. Then if it is found to be broken, they will send a new one out to you. It takes about 2 weeks according to their website.

Due to the above, my wife and I agreed to live with our portal eating batteries as we could not handle the constant whining from our kids about when the portal is to arrive back from activision.

To clarify, Monsinour's wife decided that she did not want Monsinour whining about it until it came back...

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Activision asks that you print their prepaid shipping label and send the portal to them. Then if it is found to be broken, they will send a new one out to you. It takes about 2 weeks according to their website.

Due to the above, my wife and I agreed to live with our portal eating batteries as we could not handle the constant whining from our kids about when the portal is to arrive back from activision.

To clarify, Monsinour's wife decided that she did not want Monsinour whining about it until it came back...

LOL, and even my wife LOLed.

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My Little 9 year old brother stepped on my portal, crushing it because he wanted to enter the game :-P

0.0 I lol'd so much after reading this! How in the world did he break it though?

Why don't you tell him that he isn't a Skylander.

Portal eating batteries? Which console requires batteries for the portal?

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Portal eating batteries? Which console requires batteries for the portal?

Wii and 3DS, I think...

PS3 as well.

For the record 3DS portal only needs batteries when used with the console; when used with a PC it powers via the USB cable.

Seriously? Wow... just wow... I'm sorry, but your brother isn't very bright.

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PS3 as well.

For the record 3DS portal only needs batteries when used with the console; when used with a PC it powers via the USB cable.

Well yeah, but for general console playing...

I thought PS3 was... Wait no, thinking about it almost all PS3 controllers are wireless

XBox is the abherration as companies have to pay a license to use the wireless API when developing for it.

Then again, Activision do that for the Guitar/DJ Hero stuff?

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XBox is the abherration as companies have to pay a license to use the wireless API when developing for it.

Then again, Activision do that for the Guitar/DJ Hero stuff?

Did you expect anything less from M$?

A two year old I could see doing this, but a NINE year old? That's disturbing.

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XBox is the abherration as companies have to pay a license to use the wireless API when developing for it.

Then again, Activision do that for the Guitar/DJ Hero stuff?

Did you expect anything less from M$?

Given the loss the first Xbox made, M$ originally promised to keep everything open to maximise 3rd party dev.

That said, they are greedy so, no, it does not surprise me in the least.