I’ve been going into Target for months watching the prices on the Skylanders Special Edition Wii that had the exclusive Gnarly Tree Rex in it. The whole set is $149 but has gone as low as $119. It is the full version of Skylanders Giants plus three figures including Gnarly Tree Rex (A Black and Blue repaint of Tree Rex). I have been tempted on more than one occasion to buy that set but then practicality sets in and I realize that we just replaced our Wii with a Wii U. Why would I need a second Wii when we don’t even use our old Wii anymore. I could say that the wiimote inside and nunchuck plus Gnarly Tree Rex might be worth it at the $119 price. But I didn’t buy it and the price went back up to $129 and then back to $149. They haven’t sold many at any price so I wait and I watch. But I decided to go another route. Continue reading Time to Get Gnarly→
I popped into Target today and on the shelf they had a Lightcore ShroomBoom figure. This was one of the Wave three Skylanders Figures that we did not have. I’ve been hunting down every released figure so far and have been very successful, in fact the rest of this week will probably be a Skylanders themed week because I have a couple of ordered figures on the way. They will join with Lightcore ShrooomBoom to take on Kaos.
I played this figure for a bit (Leveled him through all the available Heroic Challenges) and also upgraded many of his powers. He’s a fun character to play and has many goofy sayings. I suspect that he is voiced by Billy West but have not been able to confirm this. IMDB has no info on this and I cannot find the confirmation anywhere but he sounds so much like Billy West’s character, Fry, in Futurama. I’m still looking for confirmation on that one.
