Caught Up in the Sales

On 11/29/2015 at 03:13 AM by KnightDriver

Today I went to Gamestop to take advantage of their buy 2 get 1 free sale on all used merchandise. While I was there, I was told there was a buy 2 get 3 sale on Skylanders figures. Well, well, how could I resist. I was just thinking of getting into Skylanders. Now was the perfect time. See pic below for all the goodies I got for the price of one new game:

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Yea man, I got me some Xbox One games. That's Shadow Warrior, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, and Wolfenstein: Old Blood. Then I saw Skylanders: Swap Force starter kit on clearance for $10. That was an easy one. Then there was the buy 2 get 3 free sale on figures, so I got five swap force figures. The one in the middle is actually a duplicate of one in the starter kit because I just didn't look closely enough. Oops. It's the kind of thing that happens when you get swept up in the black friday sales. And I thought I made sure I didn't get any dupes either. Darn it! Anyway, I'm set with Xbox One for a while.

Tomorrow (meaning later today 'cause it's crazy early on Sunday morning right now), I'm going to rearrange what I'm playing next. I may put aside EDF: IA in order to play this new stuff. It'd be just cool to be playing Skylanders by Christmas time. It'd be like I was 10 years old again, but with a 5 o'clock shadow, beer in hand, and a potty mouth to rival a submariner after a six month voyage. Fun, fun, fun.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/29/2015 at 09:54 AM

I don't know how Skylanders will ultimately compete with Disney and Lego.... those are two powerhouses.

Well we can be thankful there's no eagles game on today!

KnightDriver

11/30/2015 at 12:59 AM

Is Lego doing the figure thing too?

11/30/2015 at 08:29 AM

yeah man, look up "Lego Dimensions". Plus Cary just did a blog on it.

12/01/2015 at 01:11 AM

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Just read Cary's blog.

Ranger1

11/29/2015 at 11:36 AM

Nice haul.

11/30/2015 at 01:01 AM

Thanks, but I'm getting nervous about my spending lately. I got to take it easy for a while and let myself catch up.

Super Step Contributing Writer

11/29/2015 at 04:31 PM

That's a lot of cool stuff.

11/30/2015 at 01:04 AM

I almost got Sunset Overdrive just to try, but then I saw Shadow of Mordor for the same price. Decision made in an instant.

11/30/2015 at 04:18 AM

Sunset Overdrive is the first game I'd get for an Xbone since I met the marketing staff when I toured Insomniac w a class.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

11/29/2015 at 11:34 PM

Those top 3 are awesome games. Enjoy!

11/30/2015 at 01:17 AM

Yea, I can't wait to get to them.

goaztecs

12/01/2015 at 11:24 AM

Awesome pickups man! If you have a TJ Maxx or a Marshall's go check them out. They have tons of Skylanders Giant figures. They are older but I think you can use them plus they are cheap like $10 for the three pack and I think 3-4 for the singles.

12/01/2015 at 04:48 PM

Oh man, I could get really into that. I'm so tempted to make a list of all the figures and go find them. I should take it easy right now though. Too much spending lately, and it's not even Christmas yet! I guess the Swap Force portal of power works on anything up to, but not after, that game?

12/02/2015 at 11:14 AM

Yeah I think that's how they get players to constantly buy the newest set with portal.

12/02/2015 at 04:37 PM

I guess I could buy the previous games then and use the Swap Force portal for them, and then get all those previous figures too. Oh what I have gotten into. . .

PixlBit