Skylanders Superchargers - Light and Dark

On 09/20/2017 at 08:24 PM by KnightDriver

I am now on the Superchargers figures. This is the fifth game in the series. It came out in 2015, which is about when I started collecting them because Superchargers didn't do as well as the previous games and Gamestop started their buy 1-get-2-free sale on figures right after the holidays. All the game starter packs were marked down too.

There are two figures and their vehicles per element except for the light and dark ones with just one each. These are the ones I have.

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Nightfall and her vehicle Sea Shadow. Astroblast's vehicle Sun Runner.

I have the Astroblast figure but it's the legendary variant. I'll put all those together in their own pic.

I don't know why Superchargers didn't do as well. Maybe it was toys-to-life fatigue? It seemed like the perfect idea to add vehicles. Who doesn't want their Skylanders to ride vehicles? There is something about the design of the Supercharger toys that doesn't quite have the charm of the previous ones. Maybe it's that they don't have those giant swords, horns, axes, scissors, etc. . . that the Trap Team have. I love those vehicles though.

This series saw a crossover with Nintendo, an Elite line, and a large number of variants with first names like Nitro, Dark and Power Blue. Oh, and the holiday ones.

I have a good chunk of the Superchargers, but there are still a few I'd like to get.

Cary Woodham

09/21/2017 at 12:25 AM

One thing I like about Skylanders is the toys just seem to say, "Play with me!" And I thought the Superchargers vehciles were like that, too. Wheels moved, fins could flap, propellers turned, it was just cool. I really liked the DK and Bowser Skylanders, too.

KnightDriver

09/22/2017 at 12:18 AM

That's what started me on Skylanders, those vehicles. I was just looking at Thrillipede's Buzz Wing and noticed you could push a button and the wings fold out. Neat! I'm going to post those soon with the DK figure in the Life element catagory.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/21/2017 at 11:20 AM

I like the vehicles, but maybe it would have been better for them to be bigger, relative to the size of the figures?

09/22/2017 at 12:12 AM

I was thinking the same. It'd be neat if the figures actually fit in the vehicles. Those vehicles would be pretty big, or the figures would have to be pretty small. The are the right relative size in the game though.

PixlBit