As the new Skylanders characters start to hit retail, and the mysterious limited edition silver Skylanders start cropping up, Family Gamer TV takes some time to see what makes this game different and how well that works for one of our gaming moms.
A big question for Vanessa on the show is whether you need a lot of the figures to enjoy playing the game. While it’s worth remembering that you can complete the game with just three characters, to get the most out of the experience you really need to wade into the wonderful world of figure collecting.
The most recent additions to the range have been a second wave of figures, including Dino-rang, Hex and Wrecking Ball. My daughter was particularly excited to be able to team up two girl Skylanders: Stealth Elf and Hex are now her girl characters of choice.
This still leaves Sun Burn, Warnado, Slam Bam, Wham Shell, Double Trouble, Zook, Camo and Cynder to come in subsequent release and with one in each Element it means you can’t gain the extra stat boost from owning a complete set just yet.
In addition to the standard figures there are also a set of special editions. Legendary Skylanders are a different color and offer increase stats. Legendary Skylander figures currently include Legendary Bash, Legendary Spyro and Legendary Chop Chop although I suspect more will be added.
Most sought after of all are the limited edition Silver Skylanders. They are unlike the Legendary figures in that they have the same stats as their non-silver counterparts. They also look the same as standard figures when used in the game.
The novelty, especially for collectors, is in their different physical appearance, packaging and rarity — only being sent out randomly to retailers in limited numbers and found on shelves alongside standard Skylanders. Currently, silver Skylanders include Silver Dino-rang, Silver Boomer and Silver Eruptor.
Here’s my updated availability list with the new second wave figures added:
- Dino-rang Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Hex Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Wrecking Ball Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Terrafin Availability: Only as part of Pirate Adventure Pack.
- Prism Break Availability: As part of Triple Pack or Single Pack.
- Bash Availability: As part of Triple Pack or Single Pack.
- Legendary Bash Availability: As part of Legendary Pack (Toys R Us Exclusive).
- Ignitor Availability: In 3DS Starter Pack.
- Eruptor Availability: As part of Triple Pack or Single Pack.
- Flameslinger Availability: As part of Triple Pack or Single Pack.
- Sonic Boom Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Whilrwind Availability: Available in Single pack.
- Warnado Availability: Coming soon. Not in the Triple pack that Amazon returns for “Warnado”.
- Gill Grunt Availability: In 360, PS3 and Wii Starter Pack.
- Zap Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Spyro: Availability: In 360, PS3 and Wii Starter Pack.
- Dark Spyro Availability: In 3DS Starter Pack.
- Legendary Spyro Availability: As part of Legendary Pack (Toys R Us Exclusive).
- Voodood Availability: As part of Triple Pack and Single Pack.
- Trigger Happy Availability: In 360, PS3 and Wii Starter Pack.
- Drobot Availability: As part of Single Pack and Triple Pack.
- Drill Sergeant Availability: Exclusive to Sams Club in US.
- Stealth Elf Availability: In 3DS Starter Pack and Single Pack.
- Stump Smash Availability: As part of Triple Pack and Single Pack.
- Chop-Chop Availability: As part of Single Pack.
- Legendary Chop-Chop Availability: As part of Legendary Pack (Toys R Us Exclusive).
- Ghost Roaster Availability: In the Darklight Crypt Pack.
