darkSpyro

When's it coming out already? Good grief. Takes these idiots forever to release these things.

the next wave will be out by 3/1/15

Sweeeeeeet

3/1/15.. He's just kidding around.


Or he typed it wrong, then he's just lying.

No evidence = Total BS...

Quote: Himewad

When's it coming out already? Good grief. Takes these idiots forever to release these things.

They've actually done great to date. We've had a two-three week lull....not a big deal.

There's only nine left, not including variants...pretty good considering shelf space as to remain "justifiable" for retailers for the next nine months.

I however, am feeling anxious for some more landers. So on that point alone I understand your plight.

Quote: lordexodus

No evidence = Total BS...

Well...duh. This was a vent thread and an ask to see if anyone had the 411. I think it's obvious that there's exactly NO information out there...and when we do know about it it will be within a few days of a release.

My .02--we'll have something released in a timeframe not to exceed 30 days between now and when it's all done. We'll have "something" new monthly as a given.

inb4 everything just leaks out for the rest of the year and there's no new "wave".

I'd expect something around March or April. Easter is a bit later this year, the 20th I believe. Usually that's around the time when we see new stuff come out. Whether it be a special figure or a new wave.

I don't really expect anything before that.

Quote: Himewad

Takes these idiots forever to release these things.

Likes a franchise.
Calls its creators "idiots".

Quote: Himewad

When's it coming out already? Good grief. Takes these idiots forever to release these things.

Well on the bright side, you have less to hunt for in the meantime. And you have more time to accumulate monies to buy future figs. So it's not a total loss. Also, relax. I want to know about the new waves too, but getting angry isn't going to make them come faster. If anything, it'll just give you heartburn. You could try doing something constructive while you wait. Say, repaint a fig you have in any manner you wish, or make fanart and silly captions. There's loads you can do to distract yourself if you wish.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to make it out in this post like every American fan waiting for new waves is a whining brat or something. Those of you sitting around who only want one or two favourites and not much else, just sitting down not saying anything waiting for the two Skylanders leaked months ago who you thought looked cool, you guys are real champs. But there are people who need to get it in their heads that it's impossible for Activision to magically speed this up super fast and they HAVE been making a gradual improvement with these releases, not just sitting on their bums. All of those people are who this post is directed towards. Also, I don't mean to "blame" said people, but they need to be patient... Seriously, and be grateful for the things that have improved.

At least Wave 3 in America wasn't broken into Adventure/Battle Pack, THEN SWAP Force/LightCore a month later, THEN [presumably] Cores/Reposes weeks later. Now THAT'S stretching out releases!

We still don't have Quickdraw or even Legendary Night Shift, which the US had access to a month/months ago, for the record.

I'm just sayin', be glad you aren't living here, and into this franchise, simeltainously. ;P I understand how waiting for new 'landers is annoying- but stop making it out like every three-week gap is the longest wait ever, people. The releases in the US are much faster than they ever were in SA or Giants, and you're given way more than the international countries. For the first time, you even got the game before any other countries- how much do you need!?

By the way, I'll just leave this quote here. It's from Crash Mania Forums, regarding Activision's neglect of Crash Bandicoot, but I think some of you may be thinking this way subconsciously.


This post might seem hypocritical coming from me who loves to criticise everything in SF, but imagine all the times I could have criticised other things about the franchise I haven't. And notice that I have been trying to make more "positive" posts as well. And again, I don't mean to "blame" whoever reads this post and is like this, but you CAN change your attitude about this, and think about all the promotions and releases and things you've gotten which other countries haven't. Don't you guys remember how crazy the releases were in SA?

No matter how quickly Activision releases these, there will always be some issue... If they bring them out all at once people will "get bored of the game too fast" because they'll have played all the characters and have nothing left to do, and if they don't, people will complain that "they can't use their favourite characters". Seriously, everyone like that, just put a sock in it. There are games besides Skylanders and other hobbies you can enjoy when there aren't new Skylanders out. If you're bored of waiting for Skylanders, maybe stop thinking about it and play other games? It's you reminding yourself that all the characters aren't out and getting upset over it... Be happy with the content you have access to and if it's that big of an issue distract yourself with other things. And remember, you aren't owed anything because you've bought all the Skylanders! It was YOUR CHOICE to get into the hobby.

It's perfectly fine to criticise things, but that doesn't mean just ignoring everything that IS good and just looking for things that you can whinge about. People have ALWAYS been complaining about this system and now that Acti is actually improved upon the US release system, I don't see many people praising that. Imagine what a massive task it must be to actually manufacture and get all those toys- I don't think that's quite as simple to fix as some people make it out to be,

^ Well said I find the waiting exciting anyway, it wouldn't BE exciting if Activision spoiled us

Quote: newkill

Likes a franchise.
Calls its creators "idiots".

Yes, yes I do. On both counts. One being true doesn't cause the other to be untrue. I've been railing on these nimrods and stretching out the releases of figures ever since SSA. I want the figs, and I want them when the game is released.

Quote: TheLurk

Well on the bright side, you have less to hunt for in the meantime. And you have more time to accumulate monies to buy future figs. So it's not a total loss. Also, relax. I want to know about the new waves too, but getting angry isn't going to make them come faster. If anything, it'll just give you heartburn. You could try doing something constructive while you wait. Say, repaint a fig you have in any manner you wish, or make fanart and silly captions. There's loads you can do to distract yourself if you wish.

I don't need time to accumulate "monies" to buy the figs. I'm an adult with a job. I can afford them any time I want. I also don't need to relax. I'm not angry - I'm just pointing out my frustration with the suits that have made consistent decisions to spread out the release of these figures year after year.

And I'm not going to paint figures or whatever else you mentioned. I have better things to do with my free time.

Still waiting on Wave 3 here in the UK, but it is definitely frustrating to have to wait!

I heard Gamestop was expecting them on February 33rd.

No one needs Wave 4 yet I mean really Wave 3 just came and out and it isn't even fully released.

Yeah... it seems like Wave 3 *just* came out (could be because I just got SWI a short while ago)...

This came up when we were awaiting wave 3 and I'll say the same thing without going into too much detail. I think the spreading out of releases is both smart for Activision, the retail stores and customers all around. It continues to keep the game fresh and people coming into the stores and continued income for Activision all year long. If everything was released at once, there would be a lot bought at once, then quickly die off. Without the hype of new releases, players would get bored (especially if they got everything in the first days) and just give up on the game. It also helps with store space and distribution as it would be difficult to find the space and distribute them all at once. It would be a nightmare for the stores and distribution to release them all at once. As for the customers, they don't have to worry about getting them all at once or figure out which ones to buy, when. Just because you're rich and have a lot of spare money doesn't mean everyone else does. In fact, most people (I would say over 80-90% and I'm low balling it...it's probably more like 95%) do not have the income to go buy everything at once. Especially when the target audience is kids. Spreading them out the way they do is smart to spread the customer's money out, too. There's a reason they have a release in October and a couple of waves for the first couple of months. It's a popular Christmas gift. After Christmas, they release another wave to attract those kids with Christmas money. After that it usually becomes closer to Easter so parents can put Skylanders in their Easter baskets. It usually dies down after that as they gear up for the next game release. So stop complaining. The suits are actually smarter than you. Just because you're impatient doesn't mean someone else is an idiot because they don't follow what you want.

Look at most toy lines (at least figures with lots of different items to be released). They don't release them all at once. They spread them out every few months.

Quote: obidawsn

This came up when we were awaiting wave 3 and I'll say the same thing without going into too much detail. I think the spreading out of releases is both smart for Activision, the retail stores and customers all around. It continues to keep the game fresh and people coming into the stores and continued income for Activision all year long. If everything was released at once, there would be a lot bought at once, then quickly die off. Without the hype of new releases, players would get bored (especially if they got everything in the first days) and just give up on the game. It also helps with store space and distribution as it would be difficult to find the space and distribute them all at once. It would be a nightmare for the stores and distribution to release them all at once. As for the customers, they don't have to worry about getting them all at once or figure out which ones to buy, when. Just because you're rich and have a lot of spare money doesn't mean everyone else does. In fact, most people (I would say over 80-90% and I'm low balling it...it's probably more like 95%) do not have the income to go buy everything at once. Especially when the target audience is kids. Spreading them out the way they do is smart to spread the customer's money out, too. There's a reason they have a release in October and a couple of waves for the first couple of months. It's a popular Christmas gift. After Christmas, they release another wave to attract those kids with Christmas money. After that it usually becomes closer to Easter so parents can put Skylanders in their Easter baskets. It usually dies down after that as they gear up for the next game release. So stop complaining. The suits are actually smarter than you. Just because you're impatient doesn't mean someone else is an idiot because they don't follow what you want.

Look at most toy lines (at least figures with lots of different items to be released). They don't release them all at once. They spread them out every few months.

I agree with your comments about spacing them out. My only gripe I have is the order they do it in. I say in the first 2 maybe 3 waves you should release all the new figures. Then after that is done release the variants and reposes. When they start showing the game and getting you hyped for it they show all the new characters, but you can't get them all till right before the next new game comes out. That doesn't make sense to me. If they want to release them in the way they are they shouldn't show the new characters till right before they release them. That way the kids and even adults can get that initial hype they had when they saw the videos leading up to the game throughout the releases of the figures. Every child has there favorites and normally its the newer ones that they haven't seen before. So I think to help parents with Christmas and holidays they should make those available first. The collector and the ones that want all the figures are still gonna buy the rest of them as they come out throughout the last few waves. Just my thoughts on it. I don't mind waiting but I'm also not gonna go back and replay the whole game in late August or September because I finally got the last new character that came for the game.

Easter is a time where video games/toys are very popular. I expect to see something by then.

I am happy using the time to get all my old level 15 figures to level 20. There are a lot of them to do.

To me I am glad for the wait these things get expensive when you want to buy the whole next wave at once like my kids and I do, gives them and me time to re coupe the money.

I think another reason Activision would rather spread out there releases is to spread their profit out over 12 months instead of just one. This helps with budgeting and looks better for investors.

To me, I don't mind the spread releases, exclusives, or order in which they release figures. I just wish that they had solid release dates with plenty of quantities for customers. That's not all on Activision though, as they don't control the retailers. I wouldn't be surprised if manufacturing effects release quantities as well.

Which brings up the extra costs of releasing all figures at once.

You also have to think in this time period between Waves is good for the company and impulse buyers. Waiting for the next wave, they see a Skylander that they would perhaps pass by if they had the option of all at once. But they grab it now, and when the next Wave hits, they get the one they want as well. Not great on our wallets at time, but hey that's business lol.

Spreading out the waves is smart, both for us and them. It spreads out our purchases and allows people to find figures in a wave before having even more stuff to find. Not everyone tracks them down when they first come out. By the time the next one rolls around, you usually see most of the previous wave regularly - it is happening now, they have many of the last wave on shelves regularly around here - I saw several pegs of the new swappers the last time I went to TRU (and they hadn't just arrived, I asked).

For Activision, it gives them time to build up anticipation and lengthen the franchise excitement leading up to the next game.

Now, if I were to express a preference for change I would prefer they at least give rough timeframes of when a new Wave would be out and what is in it. The only thing we have to go on now is impressions from previous years and early heads up from retail employees. Of course, that would backfire too - as soon as they said something, people would be in retailers hounding them about figures. People never read the press release, and make assumptions. It would cause headaches. An employee at TRU was telling me he got hounded by a customer because they didn't have green Gil Grunt in yet and he was in their advertisement - and this was in November. The ad clearly stated when he was due out, but no that didn't stop people from demanding the retailer live up to their lack of reading.

I don't agree that all the new figures should be release early. It's the new figures that bring hour and entice customers to come back. Most people really don't care about variants and reposes. Even me, who's someone who gets the benefits of having the new repose and like variants, don't really have the interest in wasting my money on all of them. My son got a Super Gulp Pop Fizz after Christmas because his cousin got it for Christmas. She said she already had it, but I almost bet that he just had a S1 Pop Fizz and didn't really get the difference. That's probably typical of the majority of people (especially kids) who play Skylanders. And for the collectors, they want to stagger those releases as well for the same reasons.

In the US:
Wave 1- October
Wave 2- October
Wave 3- December/January

For Wave 4, I predict it will arrive in the US March/April.

Quote: Matteomax

3/1/15.. He's just kidding around.


Or he typed it wrong, then he's just lying.

Ya i was joking around, it was late and I was tired. I ment to revisit the thread earlier on but got very busy last few days,

Quote: Matteomax

Easter is a time where video games/toys are very popular. I expect to see something by then.

I agree, if not a wave than definitley Springtime Trigger Happy.

Yeah springtime trigger happy! Now I wonder if they'll try putting him in a special box like they did with Lgd LC Chill?