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Platform 360, PS3, Wii, Win, 3DS Publisher Activision Blizzard Developer Toys for Bob Release Date 10/16/2011

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Skylanders reaches over 100 million toys sold

By Emily Gera on Feb 07, 2013 02.07.13

Activision's Skylanders franchise has already reached over 100 million toys sold,, it was announced during Activision's Toy Fair 2013 press conference. The popular franchise hit over $500 million in total revenue sales on top of this, based on the video game and collectible toy collection. Skylanders Giants, the sequel to Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, made over $195 million in the U.S alone. The next installment in the Skylanders series, Skylanders Swap Force is scheduled to hit this fall, featuring a new line of figures both outside and in the game. The toys, which are made up of two halves and split at the waist, are user-swappable characters that can be customized to allow players more choice. The ability to swap out halves of all the 16 characters that will be made available at...

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Skylanders franchise is a half a billion dollar industry in the US alone

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 11, 2013 01.11.13

The Skylanders line of toys and video games has netted over $500 million to date in sales at retail in the U.S., according to Activision. According to NPD data collected between January and November 2012, figures produced for both last fall's Skylanders: Giants and the original Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure released in Oct. 2011 have outsold some of the country's top action figure toy lines, including Beyblades, Star Wars and WWE. The Skylanders: Giants video game along with its figures and accessory packs netted more than $195 million in sales in the U.S. in 2012. According to NPD data, Skylanders: Giants also topped box office sales for the top children's films during the 2012 holiday season. These include Wreck-It Ralph, with a total gross of just over $178 million, and Rise of the...

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Activision Blizzard posts $841 million Q3 revenue, driven by Mists of Pandaria, Diablo 3 and Skylanders

By Michael McWhertor on Nov 07, 2012 11.07.12

Publisher Activision Blizzard reported record third quarter results today, boasting $841 million in revenue for the three month period ending Sept. 30. According to the company, the better-than-expected results were driven by the launch of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and continuing sales of Diablo 3 and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. Operating income for the quarter was $227 million, according to the company's SEC filing. Blizzard's Diablo 3 has sold in excess of 10 million copies since the game launched in May, CEO Bobby Kotick said. Following the launch of the Mists of Pandaria expansion, the World of Warcraft subscriber base is holding at 10 million as of Sept. 30, according to the company. The company announced in October that it had sold 2.7 million copies of Mists of...

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GameStop Kids pop-up stores coming this holiday season

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 26, 2012 10.26.12

GameStop Kids pop-up stores will be installed around the country for holiday shopping guidance, GameStop announced today. The stores are designed to help parents pick video games and toys for their children, by collecting some of the most popular kid-friendly brands in one place. GameStop Kids locations will feature merchandise for properties such as Star Wars and Lego, and games like Skylanders, Angry Birds and Minecraft. Items include a Minecraft Creeper head ($19.99) and a 5-inch Angry Birds Star Wars plush ($14.99). The first GameStop Kids store opens today at the Grapevine Mills Mall in Grapevine, Texas, the home of GameStop's headquarters, and the company will open approximately 80 locations in total across 28 states. Look here to see if one will be available near you. If not,...

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Skylanders action figure compatibility explained with a chart

By Dave Tach on Oct 24, 2012 10.24.12

Although Skylanders: Giants is compatible with all of the figures from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, the same isn't true for all of the new figures working with the old game, according to a chart on the official Skylanders website. Giants, Battle Packs, New Core and Re-Posed characters are incompatible with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, as seen in the chart below. According to One of Swords, although some of the LightCore characters work with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, players will have to hook them up to Skylanders: Giants to gets the benefit of the latter game's new blast attack. Each Skylanders: Giants toy also includes a "Works With" label explaining its compatibility.

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Animators bring Skylanders: Giants to life through hand-made models

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Oct 06, 2012 10.06.12

Skylanders: Giants, the sequel to 2011's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, features a myriad of unique creatures created through stop-motion photography and advanced modeling techniques, reports GamesBeat. Skylanders combines physical action figures with a video game component. Each figure can be brought to life by "teleporting" them into the game using a special platform. In an interview with the GamesBeat, Animation Director Paul Yan explained the process of crafting living figures, which start as simple toys. "There are so many different characters and body types," said Yan. "Every single character has a unique personality and we have to do a lot of custom work to make them work." Toys for Bob first creates a kid-friendly character, followed by sketches. The toy is then recreated in...

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Releases
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  • Xbox 360
    • Released 10/16/2011
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Toys for Bob
  • PlayStation 3
    • Released 10/16/2011
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Toys for Bob
  • Wii
    • Released 10/16/2011
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Toys for Bob
  • Windows
    • Released 10/16/2011
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Toys for Bob
  • Nintendo 3DS
    • Released 10/16/2011
    • Publisher Activision Blizzard
    • Developer Vicarious Visions
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