Toy Time: Variant SuperChargers

On 11/11/2017 at 06:52 PM by KnightDriver

These are all the other variants from Skylanders SuperChargers that aren't legendaries or holiday/seasonal themed ones. I only have a few of them. I never meant to collect any of the variants anyway. They just entered my collection kind of by accident. So here's some Power Blue figures I have.

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Power Blue Splat, Power Blue Splatter Splasher, Power Blue Gold Rusher

The Power Blue characters were made to raise awareness of Autism. The Autism Speaks organization's color is blue.

I remember rolling into a Toys-R-Us in a different town one day and saw they had a buy-1-get-2-free sale, or something along those lines. They had a few I wanted, one of them being Gold Rusher. That it was the Power Blue variant wasn't my interest but I didn't have that one and that's all they had. The Splat and Splatter Splasher variants I got to fill out the sale. They were free. I still need Trigger Happy to drive that Gold Rusher though.

The other Power Blue character was Power Blue Trigger Happy.

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There were Dark variants and a whole Dark Starter Pack. I almost got that when it was super cheap, but I wasn't really into playing dark versions of the characters. They're so cheerful. Why would I want evil versions of them. But they did a Dark Hammer Slam Bowser and his Clown Cruiser, which actually look kind of cool now that I see them again.

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Dark Spitfire and Dark Streak. Also looking kind of cool. Batman wouldn't look bad in that vehicle.

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Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf. Her vehicle was a Nitro variant instead of dark, strangely enough.

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Dark Turbo Charge Donkey Kong and his vehicle, Dark Barrel Blaster.

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Dark Sea Shadow. Weird they didn't do a Dark Nightfall, but Nightfall is kinda dark already.

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Then there are Steel Plated Smash Hit and Golden Hot Streak. Golden Hot Streak appeared in random starter packs.

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Nitro Soda Skimmer.

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And that's all there is for SuperChargers. Up next, Skylanders Imaginators.

Cary Woodham

11/12/2017 at 12:58 AM

The only variants I have are a Dark Spyro that came with one of the games I reviewed, and a solid silver painted Spyro that I got at E3 one year. I haven't opened that one yet.

KnightDriver

11/12/2017 at 09:08 PM

I noticed there was a special E3 Hot Streak.

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11/12/2017 at 11:14 PM

By the time Superchargers came out, the folks at E3 weren't letting me in the show anymore.

11/16/2017 at 12:04 AM

That sucks. Pixlbit needs its E3 rep there every year.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/12/2017 at 02:36 AM

that's a plush hovercraft at the bottom.

Bowser looks cool.

11/12/2017 at 09:03 PM

Bowser's gonna take that plush hovercraft and take his posse for a joy ride. I'm hearing a song about that right now. And a video ala those weird Pee Wee Herman style White Zombie videos.

Phantasystar77

11/13/2017 at 03:44 PM

The varients can become a pain to collect. This series is such a darn money-pit, but I love it. I haven't bought any new figures in awhile so I'm due for a few new ones.

11/14/2017 at 10:41 PM

It's scary to think about buying these things at full price. I didn't even think about it until 2015 when they started to go on sale.

goaztecs

11/14/2017 at 12:49 AM

That's really cool that there is an Autism Awareness variants. Do the characters in game change to blue as well? I know with the Disney Infinity Toys R Us clear figures they were clear in game.

This past weekend Toys R Us had the Wii Starter Pack for super cheap (under $5 maybe) and I thought about picking up a set and trying Bowser in the PS3 game. I figure it won't work but it would have been interesting to try.

I should have bought the dark set when i had the chance. I would have liked to unlock the Dark Levels and now the local GameStops don't have as many figures as they used to.

11/14/2017 at 10:40 PM

Yea, they're blue in the game. All the cosmetic changes to the toys happen in-game too. They just don't have any special moves, which sucks.

Bowser definitely won't work on PS3. Only Nintendo systems unfortuneately. I thought they functioned as amiibo's as well, but I tried one and it didn't.

I kind of want the dark set now too for completionist reasons. It was so cheap last time I saw it, like $12. I should've got it.

Super Step Contributing Writer

11/15/2017 at 01:54 PM

Designs like the Dark Streak always remind me of Judas Priest album covers. Painkiller, specifically.

11/15/2017 at 11:55 PM

Ha ha. Yea. Priest covers. That would be a really strange cosplay band. One that did Skylanders but in the style of Judas Priest. Kaos could totally pull off a Rob Halford with his bald head.

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