Toy Fair 2014 began yesterday. In stark contrast to past years, Activision has changed things up and decided NOT to reveal anything about the new Skylanders game at Toy Fair.
I had heard rumors of this before the fair, but I was hoping we might still get a few tidbits or a glance at new characters. But, they have chosen to keep a lid on it and they're sticking to it.
On the other hand, they did stick to another tradition. In the picture to the right, you can see the Toy Fair Exclusive figure for 2014.
The word is that they are not handing these figures out quite as liberally as in past years though. They are reserving them for those who made appointments to meet with Activision and some folks from the major press arena.
The average joe is not going to be getting one of these figures at the Toy Fair.
There a few of these Metallic Red Dune Bugs up on eBay already and I expect we'll see a few more as the week progresses. Past Toy Fair Exclusive figures have been known to be quite expensive and I would imagine this year will be no different, especially with the limited supply.
I was really hoping to have more to report this week, but it looks like that will have to wait. Now I'm really looking forward to February 24th.
Maybe I’m not the collector type, but I’d be disappointed with this exclusive Dune Bug. Instead of any detail work, they dipped it in red paint and called it a day. Seems a sad ‘special gift’. News on waves 4 and 5 of SWAP Force would have been better.
Personally, it’s not for me either. It has been a tradition though.
In 2012, it was Metallic Purple Cynder:
https://skylanderscharacterlist.com/metallic-purple-cynder/
In 2013, it was Metallic Blue Chop Chop:
https://skylanderscharacterlist.com/metallic-blue-chop-chop/
Like you said, it’s really for the collectors.
Purple doesn’t look nearly as awesome as the blue, which is less awesome as the red. Also, do these look different in game as well?
If you check out the individual character pages, like this one:
https://skylanderscharacterlist.com/metallic-red-dune-bug/
You’ll see that I have included a category for Variant Type. All of the Toy Fair Exclusive are “Chase” variants which mean that they just look like the regular figures in-game.
Man i’m disappointed i was hoping for a leak about skylanders 4 as well!
Well, you have to remember, Activision does not charge any more than normal for Chase Variants. The mark-up comes from a third party looking to make a quick buck.
In my opinion Chase Variants are just out there for the collectors.