At last I am done hunting down Skylanders, for now. I got the last Superchargers figure I wanted and got a second copy of the game to give to my friend Mark. Along the way, I picked up a few figures from the other games that I didn't have. I'm really down to the very last few figures on my list I made last December. Here's a pic:
Back row: Game disc
Middle Row: Bumble Blast Lightcore, Hot Dog Molten, Pop Fizz Love Potion
Bottom Row: Lava Lance Eruptor, Echo, Thunderbolt
The Lightcore Skylanders are pretty cool. They have small LED lights in them that light up when you put them on the portal. Bumble Blast is a design I like, very whimsical, depicting a beehive come to life.
Hot Dog Molten is a variant of Hot Dog released with the Giants game. Hot Dog is just cute as heck. Who can resist that wagging tongue?
Pop Fizz has been iterated upon endlessly in the series. This Love Potion variant was released with the Trap Team game. The thing is adorably vicious.
Those three just mentioned were extras I got on the 5-for-2 sale, but I was really after Lava Lance Eruptor, the driver of Burn Cycle I got the other day. When you combine driver and vehicle, something special happens in the game. I'll find out what when I play it.
Also important to my collection was Echo, one of the last of the core Skylanders I needed. I think I have two left of the original 74 or so. Since last holiday, I've made some progress.
Trap Team core figures have been the hardest to find so far. I still need about four of them, so I was glad to stumble upon Thunderbolt and put him on my shelf with the rest of the large Trap Team figures.
Not shown is a bag I got at Goodwill to put all this stuff in when I take it over to Mark's to play. Goodwill is great for bags for stuff. I got ones for all my consoles and toys-to-life figures real cheap.
After all this I've learned one thing. DO NOT make long lists. I often feel compelled to finish a list once I've started it, so it's best to start with a short list. Also, I'm cancelling all preorders for the rest of the year. According to my budget, I've spent all the way into December. Time to lay low for a while. I hope I can resist America's favorite national passtime, shopping.
How many Skylanders do you have in total? Have you counted them all?
Oh geeze. It's definitely over a hundred now. Maybe around 150. Yikes. That scares me. I saw a display of Skylanders at the library (I think I took a photo and posted it here once) again in a glass case. I took a long look and then said to myself, "I got a better collection." Maybe I should do a display.
I like the pink one.
I've been spending too much money too. I probably shouldn't have bought No Man's Sky, but I did. Oh well.
I didn't get the Superchargers Pop Fizz, but now I kind of want it.
Pop Fizz is fun in every variation.
Nice grabs. Im a huge Skylanders fan myself. I have a pretty good size collection, but still need a few of those myself. Anyway, if you care to add me, its Phantasystar77. I'd love to compare collections.
Sweet. One of the first things I did was search my friends to see who had Superchargers. None did, but I'll add you and now one will. I haven't logged in all my figures yet, but I think I will now. I looked at the area in Skylanders Academy with the figures and realized I had most of them. I'll do all that next weekend. SWEET!