Swap Force is OUT!!!

As of midnight today Skylanders Swap Force is available for purchase. But you already knew that.

WSD (wannabe Skylander Dad) went to a local Toys R Us for the midnight launch. There were about 20 people in line at midnight. WSD picked up his xbox pre-order with a free light core Hex. He also picked up all the characters he set out to buy. The list was documented in the last post. 

Legendary Free Ranger

Legendary Light Core Grim Creeper

Enchanted Hoot Loop

At Walmart the employees knew about Swap Force but did not know if they had recieved any shipments. WSD explained that the game "launched" 30 minutes ago so a good bet would be that they have something. After a radio call to the back the stock guy came out to talk with WSD about what exact character(s) he was looking for. He was super helpful and nice and did not seem put out at all that he was being asked to do random things in the middle of the night. 

Tomorrow will be Gamestop and Target. Maybe even Toys R Us. 

No school or work makes it a great second day after launch. 

Wal-Mart Pre-Order issues

Today I went to check on an order I had with Wal-Mart, then decided to check the SWAP Force selections. I was blown away with the price increase for Enchanted Hoot Loop and the Magic Three Pack. This is of course an error by the store but it doesn't make me want to pre-order at this moment. Hopefully they correct it soon.

 

I plan on being at a Wal-Mart at midnight October 13th maybe the in-store Hoot Loop will cost less. ;)

 

I did double check any settings that may have caused the currency to change. I didn't find anything. Notice that the Wii Starter Pack has the proper price...? Weird.

 

This has to be mistake

Browsing the preorder pages of the various retailers I noticed something on the Walmart site and thought this has to be a mistake. I am glad I didn't preorder from Walmart. I don't think we could wait that long for these Skylanders. "Preorder this item today and it should ship on 12/31/13."

Currently Walmart is the best place around here to find any type of Skylander. The Target nearest us has had zero new shipments in the last two months. I took them off my Skylander hunting route. As the kids would say, "Fail, Target"

And this is a fail for Wally World.