Got my 50th wave 3 case from EE today. Must say that I'm somewhat disappointed in some of the figures.

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My biggest complaint is that collar on Spirit under the webgear. Not liking that at all. Quality seems better than the first go round of 50th offerings.

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I'm not a fan of the collar either. I'm not impressed with either of those figures or all the red on CC. It's too shiny for one. The other ones I'm ok with, at least this Blowtorch is in a more military theme.

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Picked up the Snake Bite Corps 3 pack

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Tonight I hit up my local 5 Below and picked up 2 of these "Skylanders Giants" Starter Sets. The portals are AWESOME for fantasy projects once the cord and electronics are removed (I also removed the transparent white piece near the bottom and the actual bottom as they do not match the rest of the portal texture-wise).



Also, the Cynder (dragon character) figure can be used as an immature dragon as it is not too cartoony (just needs a more realistic paint job). The other figures have useful elements (backpack and hose from the eagle guy and the wood giant has several beautifully sculpted wood knots that are easily removed with a hobby knife) so you get a lot of great fodder for $5.

I want to go back and get a few more either tomorrow or Monday after work.

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I picked up the last 4 Skylanders sets at the 5 Below by my house giving me 6 portals, dragons and sets of fodder cut from the figures of the other 2 characters.

I wish they had had 2 more sets though as there are 8 unique symbols on the portals and I would have liked to make some form of display with 1 portal each having a unique symbol highlighted to serve as the totem for 8 different wizards/factions/etc.

There are 3 more 5 Belows within a reasonable driving distance so I will check them eventually for 2 more sets.

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curious to see what you do with those portals Spec. That may influence my own option to buy some

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Just got the notification this package just showed up at the post office...

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Got a couple 1/6 scale figure sets today (SSC Arc Trooper Fives and HT Gordon/Blake w/ Batsignal) as well as my monthly MOTUC shipment. And my G.I. Joe 50th Silent Strike set arrived too.

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Had to go pick up my monthly prescriptions yesterday. Ran to TRU as well. They stocked the three packs! Missed out on Alpine. Grabbed the Firefly set. Dusty looks really nice. I'm still not sure about Bazooka. I'm sure he'll grow on me once I open them up.

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Scored 2 more of those Skylanders sets at the 5 Below in Paramus.

Then hit TRU and picked up the Alpine/Shocktrooper/Rock Viper 3pk for sgcaper.

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anyone that got the skylanders set want to unload a copy of the game? We bought a giants set from a used store, got it home and they'd shorted us the disc.

John M>

What system do you have?

The sets from 5 Below are for the Wii U

If that is what you have, let me know.

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crap didn't think about that. I just have a Wii.

TRU was having a 20% sale on Playmobil so I got a food truck, a blacksmith set and a vampire/Frankenstein lab.

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