As of today, you can now score some sweet Skylanders Trap Team toys in McDonald's Happy Meals! The good folks at Activision have sent out a complete set for me to showcase for you. Each figure has unique articulation...Additionally, as in the past, each toy has a coupon for $10 off a Trap Team Starter Pack, or $1 off a Single Figure.
Just one of those videos where I talk fast and try to showcase you what to expect...In this case, it is a preview of the upcoming Skylanders featured in the SWAP Force Happy Meals!
Starting this Friday, March 28th, 2014 you can get these awesome Skylanders in your McDonald's Happy Meals! The promo will run thru April 24th, 2014 and in addition to the toys you can expect coupons like last time. One will be for $10 off a SWAP Force Starter Pack and the other was simply stated as "$1 Off a Skylanders Character." I assume this will work not only with SWAP Force core characters, but LightCore and swappers too. Similarly, I have no reason to think it wouldn't work with SSA or Giants Skylanders, but we will have to wait and see.
That said, I will get stand alone pics up soon...It is currently 4:30 AM and I am dead tired...the pics will be the same as in the video fyi.
Here is the character rundown for the 8 featured:
Eruptor: Looks to be a light up effect
Prism Break: Also looks to be a light up effect (modeled after Hyper Beam Prism Break)
Free Ranger: Looks to be a top
Freeze Blade: Looks to shoot the chakram
Magna Charge: Looks to be a projectile attack from the Magnet Cannon
Rattle Shake: Looks to be a projectile with Snake's Venom (prob just the snake here)
Wash Buckler: Looks to be one of those quick action turns with the cutlass
Chompy: No clue what he will do, but it'll be nice for displays!
Tomorrow, Friday, April 12th, 2013 marks the "official" date that you should start finding Skylanders Giants toys in Happy Meals. I have a feeling there will be a lot of adults purchasing Happy Meals for themselves this time around.
Here is the group shot from HappyMeal.com:
As best I can tell, the "boys" will get Giants while girls will get Fijits Shimmies. So, if your daughter wants that new Jet-Vac, make sure to denote you want a "boys" Happy Meal.
That said, your other option...should you not have kids, grandkids, nieces, or nephews and don't much care for the food...you can usually walk in and purchase the set.
I went out with my family Friday night and we got 4 Happy Meals. The end result? 3 Drobots and 1 Crusher. Not exactly what we had hoped for...That made me realize how important it would be to land the set by just purchasing it. That McDonald's refused to sell me any (ie employee doesn't know, doesn't care, or doesn't want to do it).
I got pretty lucky Saturday and found a store willing to sell me the set (or in my case, all but Drobot). They brought out 2 new boxes (one was white and blue, the other white and black). It took a few minutes for 2 employees to find all 8...I noticed Kaos and Chop Chop were the last two to be fished out. Meanwhile, they accumulated a stack of Drobots and Tree-Rexs on the counter.
As soon as I heard the price was $1.69 per toy, I knew I made the right call. With tax, I walked out the door with all 8 that I needed for around $14. When we got 4 Happy Meals Friday night, we were out $15 or $16. Plus, I had some bad nuggets, lol. That said, this worked out quite well as I now don't have to buy more Happy Meals, beg to exchange duplicates, or worry that between kids, collectors, and scalpers I might miss out on Kaos (the one I really wanted the most).
Here are a few videos highlighting the complete set and individual openings for more detail:
COMPLETE COLLECTION VIDEO
1. Tree Rex
2. Spyro
3. Gill Grunt
4. Jet-Vac
5. Crusher
6. Drobot
7. Chop Chop
8. Ignitor
9. Kaos
Note that I ordered them by their toy number which you can find on the bag (1-9). You might also find this interesting:
All 8 Elements are covered with 1 Skylander. Kaos makes up the 9th.
Series 2 Skylanders: 5 (Spyro, Gill Grunt, Drobot, Chop Chop, Ignitor)
Newlanders: 1 (Jet-Vac)
Giants: 2 (Tree Rex and Crusher)
Light-up Effect: 1 (Tree Rex)
Projectile Effect: 3 (Spyro, Gill Grunt, Jet-Vac)
Inertial Move: 1 (Crusher)
90 Degree Move: 2 (Chop Chop, Ignitor)
Wing Flap: 1 (Drobot)
Face Switch: 1 (Kaos)
Projectile Strength (Farthest to Shortest): Spyro, Gill Grunt, Jet-Vac
The best news is that the toys all look much better than you would think based on the online appearance at happymeal.com.
They lack the secondary colors and detail you are used to with regular Skylanders, but for $1.69 they are pretty nice.
Overall, this is a nice, affordable set for collectors and something kids will really enjoy and look forward to...
The real draw for me still remains KAOS. He is a nice size and I am fine with the limited action due to just finally having a Kaos figure to include with the rest of the collection...I think he will easily be the most sought after....
Good luck landing your favorites, or completing a set!
