As I mentioned yesterday I still do not have a solid release date for Wave 3 in the US. However, taking into account some recent events, it may be coming sooner than we anticipated.
Wave 3 Sightings
The first sighting actually came up about a week ago at a Target in Indiana.
As you can see from the pictures only, Big Bubble Pop Fizz, Lava Lance Eruptor, and Splat were available at this time. However, they were available for purchase.
The second sighting was more recent and took place at a Toys R Us in California.
The same three figures were available here as well, but once again they were not locked at the register and could be purchased immediately.
So far there's not really a pattern to the release and the lack of a register lock is definitely odd, but it's good to see new Skylanders starting to show up.
Where are the Vehicles?
In both sightings you may have noticed that there were only three SuperChargers.
If you recall my breakdown of Wave 3 from a few weeks ago you know that there's supposed to be more to Wave 3.
For those of you who have been around SKylanders for a while, you may know where I'm going with this, but for the rest of you, let me explain.
I'm referring to a Split Release.
In past years Wave 3 has always come as a Split Release. Typically the Core Skylanders would be released a week or so before Christmas and then the “gimmick” figures (i.e. Giants, Swappers, Trap Masters) would be released a week or so after Christmas. They're all still considered part of Wave 3, but they're not all released at the same time.
Since we didn't get any Core Skylanders this year I was wondering what would happen, but it looks like they may have answered my question.
It looks like we'll see the Wave 3 SuperChargers first and then the Wave 3 Vehicles will follow at a later date.
I don't know what this means for the Combo Packs, Triple Packs, and Action Packs, but I would guess that they will show up around the same time as the Vehicles.
wave 3 is gonna have the best vehicles! shield striker,thump truck, tomb buggy, soda skimmer, and even the sky racing action pack!
Agreed. I think Wave 3 is going have most of my favorites from this game.
How long do you think people in Montana will have to wait to get wave 3?
If you have a Toys R Us nearby, I would expect that they have the Wave 3 SuperChargers by now. They have been found all over the US this week, but only at TRU so far.
Sadly, I don’t. The closest Toys R Us is 3 hours away.
Can’t wait for the tripple pack and vehicles for wave 3 hopefully nightfall is released with the rest of wave 3 by far my most wanted skylanders after spotlight and blackout, was unable to find in store don’t want to shell out 50.00+ for them. Glad to see superchargers not being hard to find compared to trap team that one was crazy because of the port strike and activision odd shipping strategy. Its a long shot but maybe in the near future activision will throw long time fans a bone and re release the hard to find traps, skylanders and the light and dark packs.
Just got splat! No register lock!
And I do happen to have a problem. Her staff is very wiggly. When I pulled her out of my pocket her brush was above her arm. It is posable in a way. It is like the problem people had with rocky roll.