darkSpyro

By now, many of us have amassed a fair amount of Skylanders within our respective collections. This thread WANTS to know which Skylander(s) are the Gems of your personal collection?

Imagine this... you have an equally devoted Skylander collector over to your house. You show them the majority of your collection first, however, you save the following figure(s) for last... making them the centerpieces/gems of your entire collection:

This may be based upon rarity, value, condition, custom-made or simply your favorite character(s) that you have grown fond of.
1. Please try and limit your list to no more than three.
2. Please tell us why these are your "gems."
3. Provide pictures that would recreate the scenario of "showing off your most prized Skylanders!"

*** This thread is NOT meant to one up anyone or become an avenue for bragging, but simply a way for us enthusiasts to share our most beloved figures with one another in a fun setting ***

Really looking forward to seeing and reading about everyone's "gems."


-> The gems of my collection in no particular order are:
- 2011 E3 Trigger Happy (I've always loved Trigger Happy as a character, and when it comes to T.H.'s, they don't come much rarer than this one.)
- Activision Slam Bam prototype (I love the "look" of this Slam Bam! I personally think the white arms and legs make his figure look so much better. Also, to my knowledge, it's a one of a kind figure.)
- Activision Crystal Clear Ice Prism Break prototype (I've always liked the Ice variants, but I've come to realize that this one is my absolute favorite!)

My whole collection, but GITD Zap is my favourite, but Chop Chop I bought before I even had the game!

Nice! Despite GITD Warnado being my avatar, I have always liked GITD Zap the best from the first three GITD variants! Thanks for sharing!

Well.. I'll start off with my Gold Drill Sergeant. I got him off of Amazon.com for $30!

Next is my Clear Stealth Elf. I got her from ToysRUs when a guy was unpacking a shipment of S:SA figures!

Now, on to the Rock variants. I got the Rock Whirlwind in a 3-pack at ToysRUs, and Rock Zook at Walmart.

On to my Prototype figures! I got a Prototype Gill Runt off of eBay for $30. I also snagged the Ninjini for $36.
And, last but not least, my Trigger Happy error with a Terrafin cardboard back was got from Target.

mine is my custom warnado, off his tornado, my custom green/gold/cream s1 ignitor, and my factory error swarm.

ingame, my gems are:

Royal double trouble
swarm
warnado
zook

My favorite is probably the Metallic Toy Fair purple Cynder. Then it's a tie between the clear variants and the glitter/sparkle variants.

This is such a good thread!

The three skylanders that i'm most pleased about are:
(1 being most pleased)

1: My sidekicks that are being shipped to me from America. These little guys are'nt in the UK as of yet aand i'm so excited to finaly have them! Although they don't do an awful lot I think they're just awesome!
2: My GITD Fright Rider. This UK exclucive is just amazing! Frighty is one of my favorite characters, just being beaten by Hex! So adding this to my collection on day 1 of Giants was great!
3: My Amazon (US) Exclucive Flameslinger. I debated and debated wether to buy this guy because he was almost double the price because of shipping. When he came to my door i was so excited and lovelovelove the way he looks! The orange colour of the Amazon smile against the firey red flames of his base just dazzle me!

Edit: Here's a picture of 2 and 3. I'll update when the sidekicks arrive!!!



Edit: Updated picture with my 3rd gem the sidekicks and some friends

My gems are...

-Gnarly Tree rex because I bought it from a girl in my city and not off ebay, got it half the price that ebay is selling.

-Green Gill Grunt, because I'm a HUGE xbox 360 fan. Really not fond of gill grunt as a playable character but I love the way this figure looks.

-Flocked stump smash, because I really dont have that many variants, nor do i ever have luck finding the rare ones.

This is a video rather than pictures. But its my entire series 1 collection to date.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1QCELsfQlw

mine are

-gold s2
-GITD s2
-red s1
-blue
-

S1 Zap-He's my favorite
S1 Drobot-Also a favorite
S1 Camo,Warnado,Whirlwind,Cynder and Double trouble-I love them all and I found them in the extreme heat of the skylanders shortage

Royal Double Trouble
Flocked Stump Smash
Gill Runt

Gold .

Hot Dog, Shroomboom, Camo, and Blue Bash.

Thumpback
Eye Brawl
2X FSS
WERDS
Blue Bash
GITD Sonic Boom

I think mine would have to be:

-Arkeyan Chop Chop Custom: Although I'm sure a lot of people have really rare figures, this one has struck me as one of my favorites because of how much time I spent into making it. First custom figure pretty much I've ever done, and a lot of love went into making him look just right.

-Flocked Stump Smash: One of the coolest promotional figures I've seen in quite a few years. Plus, I seemed to be one of the first people to get him, if the thread here was any indication. So that was kind of cool as well.

-Spyros: The entire reason I got into the Skylanders franchise was because it had one of my flat out favorite video game characters in it- Spyro. I grew up with the Spyro games (Spyro the Dragon was the first game I ever owned for my first console) so it was wonderful seeing him again. To heck with the haters I say! Less than 2 years ago, there was ZERO Spyro merch out there on the market, sans the plush from carnivals and stuff. So right now I think younger me would have a conniption that there's not only plush but Styluses, figures, toy sets etc etc all bearing the name of my favorite purple dragon.

never been lucky with this variants but ill def camp out for skylanders 3 just to watch out for the new variants.

Here are mine

http://s1324.beta.photobucket....x800ho/library/

/\ whoah! variants!

My favourite is gold s2 flameslinger because he is my favourite skylander and when he was announced I had to get him
My second favourite is dino rang because he is such a cool character
My third favourite has to be hex because of her wow pow in giants

My gem is employee prism break. I was so happy when I won the auction! How do you post pics?

Go to imgur.com, and follow directions.

My Whisper Elf and my Whirlwind

First off, thanks everyone for sharing all of your gems! It's pretty cool to read how these have become your favorites.
I do have one critique, however... WE NEED MORE PICTURES or VIDEOS!!!

To post a pic:
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2. Once the URL has been generated to where your pic has been uploaded, copy it.
3. Click on the "image" icon found above the comment window (the icon has the sun, tree, blue sky, and grass look)
4. Paste your pic URL within the [img]HERE[img] brackets.
5. Always preview first, by pressing the "Preview Reply" button.

There!

Mine was my hot head, then my destructive dog just haaaaad to eat him, so now I don't really have anything like variants, so I guess my gem is my eye brawl, who should be coming in the mail anyway now! (Please don't troll me about my hot head right now, I'm not in the mood to deal with anyone mean, thx)

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Mine was my hot head, then my destructive dog just haaaaad to eat him, so now I don't really have anything like variants, so I guess my gem is my eye brawl, who should be coming in the mail anyway now! (Please don't troll me about my hot head right now, I'm not in the mood to deal with anyone mean, thx)

No worries, man. Just because some of us choose to put our variants as some of our gems, doesn't mean that a normal factory figure is any less important to YOUR collection. If that is the centerpiece of your collection, then I for one, am happy to have found out! Thanks for sharing!


@Matteomax: Thanks for the pics! We will all admire your Ninjini fig until she is released!
@ JackSparx: You, sir, have good taste! It would also appear that you have a thing for Skylanders with pointy "elvish" ears!! Also, I'm glad that you seem to be enjoying the thread...

Keep the pics coming...

You know what I found funny? I was talking with my mother when I put her on the Portal and it gave me the error message, I said: "I hope I find Eye-Brawl and Thumpback soon..", and the next day, I got em! I HAVE TEH RAREST VARIANT: WISH GRANTING NINJINI!

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You know what I found funny? I was talking with my mother when I put her on the Portal and it gave me the error message, I said: "I hope I find Eye-Brawl and Thumpback soon..", and the next day, I got em! I HAVE TEH RAREST VARIANT: WISH GRANTING NINJINI!

Pretty cool there! Don't forget to wish for more wishes!

I really like the look of Ninjini more and more! Skylanders really does a GREAT job of making the female characters look appealing and interesting... in a toy sort of way of course!

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Mine was my hot head, then my destructive dog just haaaaad to eat him, so now I don't really have anything like variants, so I guess my gem is my eye brawl, who should be coming in the mail anyway now! (Please don't troll me about my hot head right now, I'm not in the mood to deal with anyone mean, thx)

No worries, man. Just because some of us choose to put our variants as some of our gems, doesn't mean that a normal factory figure is any less important to YOUR collection. If that is the centerpiece of your collection, then I for one, am happy to have found out! Thanks for sharing!


@Matteomax: Thanks for the pics! We will all admire your Ninjini fig until she is released!
@ JackSparx: You, sir, have good taste! It would also appear that you have a thing for Skylanders with pointy "elvish" ears!! Also, I'm glad that you seem to be enjoying the thread...

Keep the pics coming...

Thanks man! You are very kind!

the most epic figure would be:


employee exclusive prism break, in E3 SPYRO PACKAGING!!!!!!!!

@DluA - You're right! I didnt notice until you said but i do love all of the elvish figures! As it so happens Ninjini is my favoriteGiant, too >.< How Funny!

@Matteomax - Love all of your chase variants. Have never found or seen any!

@flashwingftw - I'm jealous that you have eye-brawl! He's the one i've been waiting for (2nd to Ninjini). Love the undead element!

Mine would have to be E3 Spyro and Employee Break sent in a box directly from Activision's offices. I kept the two boxes, lol.

Other than that, I would say the slap wrist bracelet only given out the week and week after the first game was out. I haven't seen one of those on Ebay, and I wonder how many still have one? I have a couple of double-sided posters from before the first game came out. They were handed out during store demo events.

Ick, this picture is terrible, look at that lighting, and that placement, I just, wow, okay, whatever -- here are my three gems in my collection!

White Prism Break - This was my first ever rare variant, so naturally it means a lot to me.
Hex - Not only is she my favourite Skylander but she was also the first one I bought outside of the starter pack trio. Also the first one I fully leveled up, upgraded, etc.
Blue Bash - Dumb story time, a very very kind ToysRUs employee went to the back and pulled out a box of these guys just because I asked. This was back in my "two of each" phase for even the variants that I've quickly put a stop to, but I ended up walking out with three. But just remembering how nice that employee was when everyone else gave me the recycled "all we have is out" line makes these Bashes special to me.

i can't select 3. this is my customs collection ...

created by Jin Saotome:




created by April Skyy



created by Xerokills


created by Insane At Play

I choose all my varients and all my stealth elfs

^That Wrecking Ball made me shudder...

@GameMaster: Do you have a pic of the slap bracelet? I didn't even know they existed? I assume the Holiday Employee Exclusive will be a gem in most any collection!

@BlazinBlack: Appreciate your post! I find it interesting the things that make these figs our gems. The fact that you remember the TRU sales person enough to make Blue Bash of your gems is pretty unique. Also, were you lucky enough to find the Flocked Polar PB or was it bought via eBay?

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i can't select 3. this is my customs collection ...

!!!!!!! They are awesome! You need to work for ACTIVISION! That voodood is awesome!

flashwingftw i only did the last 3 voodead is by an artist called april skyy

Alright t7gga... since you can't decide on three, I'll attempt to do it for you! BTW, really do like your custom collection! Really well done!

My personal favorites from your custom collection are (in order):

@flashwingftw:

The top ones that are not creepy are jin saotome customs.

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@GameMaster: Do you have a pic of the slap bracelet? I didn't even know they existed? I assume the Holiday Employee Exclusive will be a gem in most any collection!

@BlazinBlack: Appreciate your post! I find it interesting the things that make these figs our gems. The fact that you remember the TRU sales person enough to make Blue Bash of your gems is pretty unique. Also, were you lucky enough to find the Flocked Polar PB or was it bought via eBay?

I actually got him at a WalMart just last week! He was just sitting out, I think someone picked him up and set him down since it was right next to that little display dome with the loose Skylanders.

If I may add one more gem from my collection (that I stupidly forgot in my original post. orz) for a bit of a unique reason, four actually - my sidekicks. Not just because they were from the Frito Lay promotion, but because I got them a little over a week after our house caught fire. We were all really upset, me especially since my cockatiel passed away from the smoke, but once these little guys came in the mail it made me the happiest I had been since the night of the fire. And they kind of gave me a bit of my hope back that everything would be okay after all this (we finally move back next month!). I know it's kinda lame, since they're just little toys, but they meant the world to me back then, still do!

Wow, you have REASONS to like your skylanders. I just lile their looks.

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@GameMaster: Do you have a pic of the slap bracelet? I didn't even know they existed? I assume the Holiday Employee Exclusive will be a gem in most any collection!

@BlazinBlack: Appreciate your post! I find it interesting the things that make these figs our gems. The fact that you remember the TRU sales person enough to make Blue Bash of your gems is pretty unique. Also, were you lucky enough to find the Flocked Polar PB or was it bought via eBay?

I actually got him at a WalMart just last week! He was just sitting out, I think someone picked him up and set him down since it was right next to that little display dome with the loose Skylanders.

If I may add one more gem from my collection (that I stupidly forgot in my original post. orz) for a bit of a unique reason, four actually - my sidekicks. Not just because they were from the Frito Lay promotion, but because I got them a little over a week after our house caught fire. We were all really upset, me especially since my cockatiel passed away from the smoke, but once these little guys came in the mail it made me the happiest I had been since the night of the fire. And they kind of gave me a bit of my hope back that everything would be okay after all this (we finally move back next month!). I know it's kinda lame, since they're just little toys, but they meant the world to me back then, still do!

Aww.. That really sucks. Feel better.

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I actually got him at a WalMart just last week! He was just sitting out, I think someone picked him up and set him down since it was right next to that little display dome with the loose Skylanders.

If I may add one more gem from my collection (that I stupidly forgot in my original post. orz) for a bit of a unique reason, four actually - my sidekicks. Not just because they were from the Frito Lay promotion, but because I got them a little over a week after our house caught fire. We were all really upset, me especially since my cockatiel passed away from the smoke, but once these little guys came in the mail it made me the happiest I had been since the night of the fire. And they kind of gave me a bit of my hope back that everything would be okay after all this (we finally move back next month!). I know it's kinda lame, since they're just little toys, but they meant the world to me back then, still do!

Sorry to hear about your home and your cockatiel. I saw that you reside in Colorado based upon your deviantart info. If you don't mind me asking, which city are you in? Was it the fires in Colorado Springs over this past summer? I ask, because I used to live in COS, and wondered about the people who lost their homes.

At any rate, nice score at Walmart! I really think that's the ONLY retailer these days where you have a reasonable chance at finding variants...

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@GameMaster: Do you have a pic of the slap bracelet? I didn't even know they existed? I assume the Holiday Employee Exclusive will be a gem in most any collection!

@BlazinBlack: Appreciate your post! I find it interesting the things that make these figs our gems. The fact that you remember the TRU sales person enough to make Blue Bash of your gems is pretty unique. Also, were you lucky enough to find the Flocked Polar PB or was it bought via eBay?

Yeah. Here ya go.

^ Huh!? I guess I really never paid attention to this before? I assume the SSA slap bracelet, is in the same promotional giveaway realm as these SG items that are for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKYLAN...=item41701b17c3

At any rate, I would also have to assume that the slap bracelet is pretty rare. Thanks for the pic!

er, oops ... i broke the images in the posts that copied my original post

I like your jin saotome voodood.

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My gems are...

-Gnarly Tree rex because I bought it from a girl in my city and not off ebay, got it half the price that ebay is selling.

-Green Gill Grunt, because I'm a HUGE xbox 360 fan. Really not fond of gill grunt as a playable character but I love the way this figure looks.

-Flocked stump smash, because I really dont have that many variants, nor do i ever have luck finding the rare ones.

This is a video rather than pictures. But its my entire series 1 collection to date.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1QCELsfQlw

Totally agree about Gill Grunt! I also really like the "look" of him, but hate his in game play.
I like your video. It's thorough and to the point. You captured alot in a little over a minute...

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Aww.. That really sucks. Feel better.

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Sorry to hear about your home and your cockatiel. I saw that you reside in Colorado based upon your deviantart info. If you don't mind me asking, which city are you in? Was it the fires in Colorado Springs over this past summer? I ask, because I used to live in COS, and wondered about the people who lost their homes.

At any rate, nice score at Walmart! I really think that's the ONLY retailer these days where you have a reasonable chance at finding variants...

Thanks for the concern ya'll, means a lot to me really..;v; <33
But to answer your question DluA, our house is down in Englewood. It caught fire due to the ceiling fan in my room, and it ignited our attic. It's a pretty old house..so it short circuited. Thankfully the house is still standing but we lost a lot of stuff and have been misplaced since August. On the brightish side my parents are finally being able to re-decorate it the way they've always wanted to. If you can call that a bright side haha..but enough about that, I don't want to derail the nice thread you've got going here!

I'll have to make Walmart a more frequent hunting ground then! My Gamestop told me they've only seen one variant, a rock one, since the game's launch, and the guy at our TRU told me that if he sees a variant they don't even make it to the shelves...my Buy Back Games actually told me that some guy came in with "uncoloured clear ones" once and refused to sell them to them. I guess he figured they'd give him a small fortune for them but they didn't know the rarity so he left.