Trap Team Easter Skylanders Update
Just like last year, there will be three specially packaged Skylanders for Easter.
In place of the standard packaging you will find each of these three in an egg-shaped package labeled as the Spring Edition.
This year's Spring Edition includes:
Each figure (or Trap) will be packaged individually and will only be available for a limited time. However, they should (eventually) be available at all major retailers.
GameStop Pre-orders
If you've been around Skylanders for a while, then you probably know that pre-orders for individual figures are pretty rare. Today though, GameStop wants to help you out.
Easter Skylanders
GameStop currently has all three Easter Skylanders available for pre-order. You can find them using the links below:
On their website they have these figures listed with a release date of Marth 15, 2015.
This seems a little bit odd because the latest Toys R Us release date list shows these figures coming out on March 2, 2015. So, either GameStop has their release date wrong or Toys R Us is getting and early release. I would bet on the latter.
Eon's Elite
In addition to the new Easter figures, GameStop has also opened up pre-orders for the final two Eon's Elite figures.
In case you forgot, the final two are Elite Eruptor and Elite Gill Grunt. You can pre-order them from GameStop using the links below:
Elite Eruptor and Gill Grunt are scheduled to release on April 10, 2015. However, if you recall the third wave of Elite Skylanders (Terrafin & Stealth Elf) came in almost 2 weeks before their scheduled release, so I don't know how much stock you want to put in that date.
Other Release Date Updates
Finally, a few weeks back I showed you that you could pre-order Blackout (a Wave 4 Skylander) from Best Buy.
At that time they did not have a release date set. They have now sent out emails to those who have pre-ordered stating that Blackout will be available on March 8, 2015.
Still no word on if this is the release date for all of Wave 4 or if Best Buy has some sort of early release with Blackout, but more Skylanders are coming.
I just tried to do the Game Stop preorder abs they want to charge separate shipping and handling for each one. So, a $27-ish order was totaling out around $49. I’ll wait for TRU or Amazon.
Just came from TRU. Nothing new in shipment today, other than two boxes of Wave 3 traps. No expected Red Hot Tussle Sprout trap, either. Did see a forecast of the special Easter characters for March 23 vs. 2nd, elsewhere. Could explain the Game Stop preorder options for the 15th.
Just pre-ordered eons elite and the easter skylanders and got free shipping on all. So am happy now I don’t have to hunt them down elsewhere!
Yes! Finally! They were charging a $3.50 “handling” fee a couple weeks ago, so I didn’t get them. It’s a good thing I decided to check here for new.
Blackout is March 22 now … Easter offerings should be 15th still but likely will trickle in to various locations any time between the 15th and end of month. Spotlight has been announced as releasing … the way Skylanders worded it, it sounded like it was already released but I doubt it will be in stores before Blackout – in fact I would expect to see it sometime after Blackout.