The rumors and shreds of evidence have been piling up for a few weeks now, but GameStop has finally made the announcement.
Both King Cobra Cadabra and Steampunk Shrednaught are GameStop Exclusives.
Skylanders Day – June 27th
I have already shared my disdain for GameStop and their “Skylanders Days” many times over, so I won't go into that here. But here's what you need to know.
I can confirm that GameStop employees have received correspondence from corporate stating that neither of these items are supposed to be sold prior to June 27th.
In any case, with GameStop's track record, I highly recommend keeping a close eye on your local stores this week if you are interested in these figures.
One Day Sales
In GameStop's ad this week, they have a number of sales that are only good on June 27th.
These include:
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Trap Masters
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Core Skylanders
- Get Steampunk Shrednaught Free, with Pre-order of Skylanders SuperChargers (for Adventure Club Members)
Additional Sales All Week
There are also a few more Skylanders sales that are valid from June 24th to June 30th.
These include:
- Trap Team Starters Packs – $29.99
- Free Giants 3-Pack and Punch Pop Fizz with purchase of Starter Pack
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Eon's Elite Skylanders
- Free Water Trap with purchase of any other Trap
- 50% off select Skylanders Accessories
The star of these sales is definitely the Buy 1, Get 1 Free Eon's Elite. This essentially makes them $12.50 each, but you do need to buy them in pairs.
I definitely want to get my hands on King Cobra Cadabra and Steampunk Shrednaught, so I will be keeping close tabs on my GameStop locations this week.
Hopefully we don't encounter too many horror stories.
Good Luck!
I like the eons elite deal too because they are over priced.
I don’t think the Eon’s Elite are overpriced.
I know but still, can’t they just lower the price a bit
I guess so.
Apparently, eruptorhttp://t01.deviantart.net/nVdVRKQtrfxQVHEGetxPF3h0IC0=/300×200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre09/4357/th/pre/i/2015/168/d/9/skylanders_superchargers_2_ssb4_request_by_elemental_aura-d8xmz30.jpg’s name is super barf eruptor, look on google.com
The last Eruptor we saw was named Lava Barf Eruptor. I highly doubt that they would give the next one such a similar name.
I need to get confirmation from a more official source before it will go up on the site.
Thanks for sharing though.
Ok, but it was cut off, it said his name was mega barf eruptor.
This is the pic
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Just the mention of “Skylanders Day” from Gamestop makes me shudder. That being said, the sale is pretty awesome.
Try “Power Rangers” season 1 while working at a TRU.
Who’s High Volt? I noticed his/her name on the Superchargers figures page.
High Volt is a SuperCharger voiced by Josh Duhamel.
Josh visited the Skylanders booth at E3 and mentioned in a few interviews that he was voicing High Volt. We don’t have much information about the character though.
One thing you didn’t mention is that the free Steampunk Shrednaught trap is only free with a SuperChargers pre-order if you’re an Adventure Club member. Supposedly, non-members don’t get that perk, though I guess it really depends on how much of a stickler for the rules any particular Gamestop is.
Good call. I missed that on my first read through.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Totally off topic from this page, but did you ever notice that the 3DS starter pack for Superchargers comes with a portal of the SWAP Force design?
It’s not unusual. In Trap Team, the 3DS version came with a “Giants-style” Portal.
I guess that makes sense.
Went to Gamestop today and found this!
Unfortunately, an employee came up to me and told me to hand it to them. 🙁
Could these be images for the skylanders racing?, These were on google
Probably.
Are these ads for all stores? My local store knows nothing about the buy one get one free trap master or base figure.
They should be. The ad is directly on their website. Here’s the link:
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/pages/events/Skylanders-Day-6-27/
How did you find that on the web site? I guess I just do not know how to navigate the GameStop website.
Got King Cobra and Steampunk at GameStop yesterday. No one said anything about not being able to sell them yet.
I was able to purchase King Cobra Cadabra yesterday and was able to buy the trap today on my second try. The first store scanned it and then told me they were not allowed to sell it. The manager even called his manager to see if he could. The next store I went to the guy looked at the screen weird but then sold it to me. I told the store that the items were not supposed to be on the shelf until the 27th, after I made my purchase of course 🙂 .