OK All!
Its that time of year again: Starter Pack choice-time!!!
Ohh...The Whatizitz?...The WhohasItz? or The Wherizits? and, one of my favorites, The Howmuchizits?
Or in human speak: The Types, The Retailers and The Costs.
I will attempt to boil it down and present any advantages or limitations associated with any particular choice.
Feel free to update this section with any comments or new breaking news associated with Imaginator Starter Pack releases.
But be warned, you can't believe everything that you see.
So here goes:
As per the Skylander official page, three types of Starter Packs will be made available:
and a last minute entry:
and the super secret, finally revealed...
(A JOKE. Do NOT ask your local GameStop clerk for the Lightcore Edition...You will be beaten.)
The Standard Edition should be available at all standard retailers:
Gamestop, Toys-R-US, Best Buy, WalMart, EB Games, Amazon, Etc.
It will be released on the WiiU, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and XBox One systems.
It should be retailing for $74.99 in the USA. (Can we agree to round up the 1 cent to make it an even $75 +tax?!?)
Now here is where things get tricky.
The Dark Edition will ONLY be available thru GAMESTOP and their related retailer, EB Games.
The Dark Edition will not be sold at Toys-R-Us or WalMart or Best Buy.
It retails for $99.
The second tricky...is a tricky concealed by a counter tricky:
The Crash Edition will be available at all standard retailers (no exclusives) BUT...BUT...The Crash Edition is ONLY for the Playstation consoles: The Palystation4 and Playstation 3.
There will be NO Crash Edition for the WiiU or the Xbox consoles.
It is also listed to retail at $99.
A confirmed relief is that the Crash Bandicoot/ Dr. Neo Cortex Skylanders in the Crash Edition WILL be made available to the rank and file (Non-Playstation owning) players at Christmastime in the form of a Crash Adventure Pack. It will apparently go for @$35.
of 'Phineas & Ferb' fame.
Unfortunately...I have just received word from the website "All Skylanders, All The Time" that the Lightcore Edition Starter Pack has been cancelled.
No....wait...wait...
It has NOT been cancelled...*Whew*!!!....Lucky!!!
It WILL, however, be released in very small numbers, available at exclusive retailers only at Area 51 (See US Air Force recruiters for details), Warehouse 13, Gotham City, Narnia, Atlantis, Shangri-La and in the Orion's Islands. You will find them in the isle with Yawn Traps and Standard Thrillipede's.
It will retail for 35 Golden Galleons, 3 Sickles and 6 Knutes. (see Gringotts Bank for Muggle Monies Exchange Rates)
BONUS: All Pre-Orders (No matter the Edition Type) will be given a Free Kaos on pickup!
Nice....