Skylanders Trap Team Wave 3 is out

Skylanders Trap Team Wave 3 is out but is probably gone by now. TRU released 3 Trap Masters and 2 cores on Sunday (along with the Light and Dark Element Expansion Packs).

A check of our local TRUs on Monday showed that one still had some in stock while the other sold out on Sunday.

So who is in Wave 3?

Trap Masters:
Ka-Boom
Tuff Luck
Blastermind

Cores:
Trailblazer
Cobra Cadabra
High Five (After Jan1)
Bat Spin (Later... maybe after Jan 1)

Minis:
Weeruptor
And WHAT? Pet-Vac?

Straight from Skylanders Lost Islands we see that Pet-Vac is a Wave 3 Skylander. Interesting!?

On the Lost Islands front... Winterfest Lob Star still doesn't show up as an in game character yet. He is just like the Dark and Nitro editions where you get an energy bonus but no Skylander. I have to imagine the code is recorded and when the game updates they will show up automagically.

Nitro Krypt King - Trap Master - Skylanders Trap Team

Target Stores are the place to be for Nitro Skylanders again. This Alt Deco version of Krypt King will be available on Day 1 or 5 October 2014.
Last year with Swap Force we saw Nitro Freeze Blade and Nitro Magna Charge. So will there be other Nitro Skylanders? You can almost bet on it.

Interesting to note that last year the term "Nitro" seemed to indicate a speed feature since the two Skylanders were both Speed ability. Krypt King doesn't come off as a speedy guy with that huge sword and all.

Pre-Order at Target.com

Skylanders Trap Team Poster

The Skylanders Trap Team Poster has been updated, but there are still some mysteries. This version of the posters is much more clear compared to the version we got a glimpse of during the tablet video. There have been some changes.
1. Names are now included and they are legible.
2. The villains have names and elements associated.
3. The Frito-Lay Skylanders are now missing.

Names that we now know, starting with the Trap Masters:

• Short Cut (Undead) - I think I have seen this guy in a horror movies. He has traptanium scissors. Can't wait to see his in game action.
• Enigma (Magic) - Grim Creeper meets the magic element. He would be a cool light core if he had eyes like a Jawa from Star Wars. 
• Tuff Luck (Life) - A female Trap Master. A chipmunk? She looks pretty vicious with those two blade thingys. 
• Thunderbolt (Air) - We can't tell if that is a beard or clothes but he could be the oldest Skylander. An look at that sword. 

New core Skylanders:

• Cobra Cadabra (Magic) - a snake like figure in a basket playing a flute
• Echo (Water) - A water looking dinosaur, possibly female, a cross between Zap and Punk Shock
• Trail Blazer (Fire) - A fire unicorn? Maybe that is just a helmet with fire coming out.
• Fling Kong (Air) - A surf board riding, frisbee throwing monkey

What are those 4 Question Marks in the top right corner? More Trap Masters? Giants Returning? Swap Force reposes? What happened to Spyro? No Trigger Happy? Trigger Snappy will have to do now that mini's or sidekicks actually fight in the game. More on that to come.

Here is the full list starting with the Magic Element

Skylanders Trap Team Tablet Edition

Skylander Trap Team is coming in October to all the major consoles. It was also recently announced that Trap Team is also coming to the Tablet, meaning iPad, Android tablet and even the Kindle Fire. 

The tablet requirements are a bit tight and cut out a few tablets that really aren't that old. Plus the folks that choose Android tablets, well if they can't upgrade the operating system to the latest they are out of luck. This does make sense since we are talking about console grade graphics. My iPad 2 struggles as it is. So we are on board with our iPad 4th Gen. 

A new Traptanium Portal comes with it. This is no ordinary portal. I has a slot on the side to support the tablet of your choice. Underneath it has a storage spot for the controller. Both portal and controller a Bluetooth based. It also comes with Snapshot and Food fight and two traps. The game will be the same as the console version which makes it very tempting but also hard to spend another $75 just to play on the iPad. They do have a special digital mode for Skylanders and Traps so you don't have to haul around the portal, figures and traps. That is a nice touch.

You can play with the controller or switch to touch controls on the screen. 

The starter pack will include a code to download the game from your specific app store.

As a side note, there will also be a downloadable trial version of the game that can be played with the touch controls. 

Questions that come to mind:

1. Will this be one player only? If not, then does the portal support more than one Skylander? The images only show one player and there is no mention of two player support. 

2. Will I be able to buy the controller separately, if something were to happen to the first one, say it got lost or if the answer to the first question is two player? 

It is available for pre-order today! Or in stores on launch day, 5 October 2014. 

Enchanted Star Strike only at Wal-mart

Enchanted Star Strike is at Wal-mart only. Pick her up while you still can. Last year Molten Hot Dog was a Wal-mart only Alt-Deco Skylander. He quickly disappeared. This year, Enchanted Hoot Loop hung around longer but I haven't seen him recently. Enchanted Star Strike was released in the last month and may quickly go out of stock.

We finally found her on Saturday!

Catch Phrase: 

"Shoot For the Stars!"

Her story: 

Looking for a way to magically banish the Skylanders, Kaos poured through every dusty scroll and ancient tome he could find. Upon stumbling across a rare and extremely powerful spell, he began to recite its words. However, he sneezed part midway through the incantation. As a result, instead of sending the Skylanders far away Star Strike was plucked from her home in the distant cosmos and brought into Skylands. Surprised, Kaos thought he'd won a powerful new ally in the mysterious and reserved Star Strike. But she knew evil when she saw it and promptly unleashed her fierce magical powers on him. Word of her victory over Kaos spread quickly and she was soon asked by Master Eon to join the Skylanders.