Eye Brawl and Thumpback Skylander Giants available on Amazon $14.99

If you set up alerts on nowinstock.net or zoolerts.com, they will email and/or text you to let you know when they are in stock at walmart, gamestop, amazon, sams club, etc.

amazing that some of those get sold for $60 on one auction and $35-40 on another. all 2 minutes apart

Amazon just changed the price from $14.99 to $41.98 for the Thumpback

Quote from jorgito2001 : I sometimes feel I'm NEVER gonna pick up a Thumpback for my kids! I did manage to find some Series 1 rarities at TRU the other day (Voodood, Boomer, Wrecking Ball), plan to give it to them as a mini-Valentine's day gift, I'm sure they'll love 'em! Still, just need ONE flippin' Thumpback figure! Can't believe some of you are finding them easily in stores! I had to be at my local TRU half an hour before they opened a few weeks ago to get my hands on Eye Brawl...pretty ridiculous. And for the guy saying the game is boring!...its obviously not for you...my 11 & 8 year old LOVE the Giants game! Plus the 3DS version is a different and arguably BETTER in gameplay value & much more challenging! You don't know what you talkin' 'bout cause I am HOOKED on the 3DS version right now!

You would get no argument from me on that - have 3ds versions of both, in addition to one for the xbox and giants for the wii U

The 3DS versions I think are much better.

Anyhow, feel good that you're not waiting on Ninjini $80-$300 for something that will be plentiful by summer

Quote from spydersdeals69 : Skylanders are overpriced toys that parents pay out the nose for to appease their kids with self-entitlement issues. Whether they're bought out of guilt, attempts at purchasing a child's love, or simply to cease the incessant whining of said child is another matter. These little plastic toys go on a "portal" that lets the characters into a video game. The game is mind-numbingly boring and so simplistic that even a lobotomized monkey should feel insulted; think of pressing button "A" once every 2-3 minutes and you get the drift. Profit from insane parents descibed above! Although, after you pay eBay to rape you with fees and the post office robs you with carrier costs, you won't make much. See above for buying suggestions. In real life, they're good for next to nothing and are a silly fad.

What makes you feel so entitled that you have to judge people that you don't know. I do believe in moderation and I do believe that some people are giving the kids the misconception of what materialistic things mean to them. But what you may not understand is that there can be worse things than buying an "overpriced" toy for a child. Who am I to say how someone should raise their child but at the same time why are you so quick to judge others? I wouldn't want to raise my child to feel entitled that they deserve to have every toy out there but at the same time I don't want to raise a child to just point fingers at others and blame them for the world's "problems". I want to raise a child to understand the beauty of life and what they can change to make it better (if enjoying a few overpriced games along the way happen, then so be it. It's worth it).

picked up both eye brawl and thumpback at 10:07 am cst today at regular retail list price. amazon stated that there was an additional couple days for processing. should get them both by next wednesday. thanks for the heads up, op!

i personally love playing skylanders with my kids. it's quality entertainment and leads to great imaginary play away from the video game.

Quote from krazymop : Cry and whine some more, why don't you?

The only ones whining are those that can't find these. As for me, I'm laughing all the way to the bank with the absurd profits made off overpriced and so-called "rare" variants of these silly toys. My 14 year-old son turned $150 holiday cash into thousands of dollars by flipping these over and over already. Every time he hears a kid pitch a fit over these in a store, he looks at me, grins, and says, "FREE MONEY!" and we laugh.

Quote from uberbeast : Not sure if you are trolling but as a parent who has 3 kids who LOVE the game, your description could not be more wrong. 1) $10 for a toy that can be played with a game AND outside the game is cheap. 2) If hitting "A" is all you did, you are playing it wrong. 3) The figures have full RPG style upgrade paths, every figure has different abilities and the data is stored to the figure itself which allows playing across multiple games. Very cool tech and a pretty good game.

I'll grant you that the tech is certainly impressive and innovative, if only from a money-making angle...

However, to state that someone is going to spend $10 is entirely misleading. To purchase all the characters for this simplistic, yet cost-leaden game will cost hundreds upon hundreds of dollars, and that's if you get them at retail cost. NOBODY spends $10 on Drobot or Trigger Happy and is done with it. The starter pack alone runs $75.

Let's not bamboozle those that have no idea what these are into thinking that they're "cheap toys." If one truly believes that $10 is the end of it, they live in a location called Fantasy Imagination Land, where these toys wouln't be "necessary to achieve a child's happiness."

Quote from proppat : Sorry you never got that G.I. Joe when you were a kid, bro.

Your sympathy is unwarranted. I never had an interest in boy's dolls as a kid. I was too busy hunting, fishing, camping, etc, with my parents and grandparents, participating in sports and academic events, or playing outside with friends to be interested in playing dress-up with dollies.*

*Not that there's anything wrong with that, sis.

Quote from g6t9ed : What makes you feel so entitled that you have to judge people that you don't know. I do believe in moderation and I do believe that some people are giving the kids the misconception of what materialistic things mean to them. But what you may not understand is that there can be worse things than buying an "overpriced" toy for a child. Who am I to say how someone should raise their child but at the same time why are you so quick to judge others? I wouldn't want to raise my child to feel entitled that they deserve to have every toy out there but at the same time I don't want to raise a child to just point fingers at others and blame them for the world's "problems". I want to raise a child to understand the beauty of life and what they can change to make it better (if enjoying a few overpriced games along the way happen, then so be it. It's worth it).

Who judged? Who blamed? I simply explained what Skylanders are. Read both my original post (and your own) again.

Quote from inspectorfox : Amazon just changed the price from $14.99 to $41.98 for the Thumpback

no, they didn't. they went OOS

Quote from spydersdeals69 : Who judged? Who blamed? I simply explained what Skylanders are. Read both my original post (and your own) again.

Read your first statement again, sir. Sounds like passing judgement to me.

Thank you OP! Just in time for my son's 8th birthday...

Quote from spydersdeals69 : I'll grant you that the tech is certainly impressive and innovative, if only from a money-making angle... However, to state that someone is going to spend $10 is entirely misleading. To purchase all the characters for this simplistic, yet cost-leaden game will cost hundreds upon hundreds of dollars, and that's if you get them at retail cost. NOBODY spends $10 on Drobot or Trigger Happy and is done with it. The starter pack alone runs $75. Let's not bamboozle those that have no idea what these are into thinking that they're "cheap toys." If one truly believes that $10 is the end of it, they live in a location called Fantasy Imagination Land, where these toys wouln't be "necessary to achieve a child's happiness." .

You are correct but the starter pack is all you NEED to play. (I got ours for $50 at TRU)

Any game where you buy accessories, DLC, or expansions all cost MORE than the initial fees. My kids love the characters and love unlocking new skills. I have been gaming since the Atari 2600 and its a great game that I can play/enjoy with my kids.

I will concede that it can be a money pit if you purchase all of the figures but you don't have to any more than you have to purchase every Transformer, Barbie, ect... for your kids. With that said, we have about 50 as I enjoy the game and my kids play with them all day long outside the game.

Looks like they are available at Gamestop.com

http://www.gamestop.com/toys/skyl...ack/106002

http://www.gamestop.com/toys/skyl...ack/105996

Quote from spydersdeals69 : Your sympathy is unwarranted. I never had an interest in boy's dolls as a kid. I was too busy hunting, fishing, camping, etc, with my parents and grandparents, participating in sports and academic events, or playing outside with friends to be interested in playing dress-up with dollies.* *Not that there's anything wrong with that, sis.

And now you spend your time stalking toy stores so you can make a few dollars profit.

Quote from montreid : @Spydersdeals. Luv reselling and making $$$ easily, but ease up on whacking the gift horse will you? I can only wished to have thought about marrying today's RFID technology to the D&D concept of figurines and power to gameplay. Kudos to them!

Like I said, it's incredibly impressive tech from a marketing standpoint. It creates a never-ending supply of profits on toys made in Taiwan for 50 cents each and sold for $10, $15, or even more...and that's at retail.

The real genius is releasing these in incredibly small quantities spread out over time, thus creating a "shortage," and whipping guilt-ridden, love-starved parents into a frenzy to get a "hard to find" item for their precious children before anyone else does rather than simply teach patience, wait for the next shipment, and pay normal prices. No complaints here. Looking forward to the new Disney game that will undoubtedly use this strategy. My kid's college will be free!

For what it's worth, parents of kids with a GPA of 4.0 (or for smaller kids, those that prove they've read X number of books in X amount of time) get the items at cost. It's not always about money!