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A portion of a Eurogamer review...

A game using this toy technology with the depth and breadth of Pokemon, or the variety and replayability of the Lego games, would be absolutely amazing. For now, "pretty good" will have to do.

Full review here

#skylanders While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure are certainly cute, colorful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new way. More »

Take a bit of Call of Duty and mix it with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure to get this internal teaser poster for Spyro's return. Can we expect the same series whoring that Call of Duty sees?!

#blackfriday I just finished saying that Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure was one of my favorite games of the year and now I find out that Toys R Us is giving away a copy to people who pick up the Red Nintendo 3DS Mario Bundle. More »

A portion of a GamesRadar review...

You'll love
Leveling up characters
Collecting hats
Using the Portal with the action figures

You'll hate
Level structure lacks variety
Limited multiplayer modes
Buying characters to access portions of the game

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - full review here

A Wii and 3DS review from Nintendo Life...

3DS review

Wii review

If I was 8-years-old, I would be losing my flippin' mind over Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. It would be at the top of my birthday and Christmas list, and I would collect every one of those figurines, much to the chagrin of my parents who would have to pay for it. And it's because Skylanders takes a simple game and makes it interesting with some cool technology. Unfortunately the high price and gimmick might be the reason many don't play...

A portion of a Modojo review...

What's Hot: Fun platform adventure, box includes three Skylanders, excellent use of glasses free 3D, attractive and colorful graphics.

What's Not: $69.99 is a bit steep for a 3DS game, you cannot purchase the game by itself.

Full review here

Coming from Toys for Bob's Twitter...



The ones that are out there are selling quick! Good to know that more are on the way, including some new ones.



Also worth noting, the fantastic soundtrack is now available on iTunes. You can grab it right here.
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Magic
1. Voodood
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Double Trouble
4. Spyro
5. Legendary Spyro
6. Dark Spyro

Water
1. Gill Grunt
2. Slam Bam
3. Zap
4. Wham-Shell

Wind
1. Warnado
2. Lightning Rod
3. Sonic Boom
4. Whirldwind

Undead
1. Ghost Roaster
2. Hex
3. Chop Chop
4. Legendary Chop Chop
5. Cynder

Tech
1. Trigger Happy
2. Legendary Trigger Happy
3. Boomer
4. Drobot
5. Drill Sergeant

Fire
1. Flameslinger
2. Ignitor
3. Eruptor
4. Sunburn

Earth
1. Bash
2. Legendary Bash
3. Dino-Rang
4. Prism-Break
5. Terrafin

Life
1. Stealth Elf
2. Zook
3. Stump Smash
4. Camo

4 Adventure Packs:

1. Pirate Seas
2. Empire of Ice
3. Darklight Crypt
4. Dragon's Peak

A portion of a Joystiq review...

Sometime before Skylanders pulls its one-more-go hooks out of you, plan for an awkward parental conversation. It'll start with "Daddy, how did my new Zap get to level 10 while I was asleep?" I just hope you can come up with a good answer.

Full review here

There's some primal need buried deep within the human psyche that's fulfilled by performing repetitive, simple acts and watching numbers rise slowly and compellingly as a consequence. Ask anyone who ever got hooked on a Blizzard game; it's powerful stuff. Now imagine combining that need with another that's just as enslaving ... say, collectible action figures. Like Pokémon, but with a $9.99 price tag on each 'mon. It's the kind of concept that makes rooms full of suited executives twirl their mustaches approvingly.

It's exactly what Activision -- together with veteran Star Control developers Toys for Bob -- have done with Skylanders. As much ecosystem as game, the full Skylanders launch range comprises 32 three-inch plastic action figures (most sold separately), a disc-shaped "Portal of Power" peripheral, an assortment of add-on toys that work like DLC, and enough flashy packaging to give your garbage collector a bad back. Oh, and there's a kid-friendly button-mashing videogame buried under all that, too.

-Sky Schooner Docks
-Perilous Pastures
-Leviathan Lagoon
-Crystal Eye Castle
-Cadaverous Crypt
-Darklight Crypt
-Falling Forest
-Pirate Seas
-Stormy Stronghold
-Battlefield
-Arkeyan Armory
-Creepy Citadel
-Stone Town
-Troll Warehouse
-Lava Lakes Railway
-Molekin Mine
-Oilspill Island
-Dark Water Cove
-Stone Town
-Treetop Terrace
-Crawling Catacombs
-Creepy Citadel
-Goo Factory
-Battlefield
-Quicksilver Vault
-Arkeyan Armory
-Lair of Kaos
-Shattered Island
-Empire of Ice
-Dragon's Peak

#skylanders Children of Andy Robertson, writer for Wired's GeekDad blog, reached their limit of videogame time over the weekend, but did not want to stop playing Skylanders. More »

The fun, expensive, toy-laden Skylanders Spyro's Aventure is now available on the Mac. More »

#gutcheck MIxing together video games and collectible toys, Activision? How very Captain Power of you. As many will no doubt remember, the good captain and his soldiers of the future wound up defending clearance aisles from evil until fading into obscurity. Should a simillar fate befall Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure? It's time for a Gut Check. More »

#skylandersspyrosadventure Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure hit game and toy store shelves, resulting in thousands of children and adults learning a new way to play together. There are many different ways to squeeze fun out of these shiny lumps of plastic; let's take a look at three of them. More »

A portion of a Game Informer review...

Armed with a nice roster of characters, Skylanders is an engrossing experience. Outside of an odd difficulty spike at the end and a few less-than-polished moments, the game hits its target. If I were a kid, I have no doubt I’d be saving my pennies to buy more Skylanders. However, as an adult, it’s hard not to feel manipulated.

Full review here