The Ninjini Toys R Us Times Square event was definitely an official promotion. I was one of those in line to get one of the 300 free early pre-release figures on Feb 5, 2013. I worked around the corner and popped over around 4pm. Activation gave out white wristbands to the first ones to arrive to ensure everything was orderly. I showed up less than an hour before the release (4:30pm) and was surprised how short the line was. There was definitely nothing different about this figure from the eventual release. Just that you got it earlier than everyone else
Some others not mentioned here: Before the release of Spyro’s Adventure there were the starter trio given out to managers who attended a GameStop Manager’s conference in 2011 (I will be putting out a more in-depth video on these figures soon) The Dark Spyro Single Pack was also available to attendees at Skylanders’ Arena Tour Event. Blue Metallic Chop Chop was also available through a social media giveaway bronze Hot Dog was also available at Gamescom 2013, and an event held by LG to promote the release of Skylanders: Battlegrounds on the LG Smart TVs
I know Activition gave away a few convention exclusives through social media posts (like Chrome Spyro and Love Bug) but I only included the promotions with a larger prize pool. Still interesting to know the others you mentioned though, thanks bro 😎
gutted that i was not sentient during the golden era of Skylanders so i missed all of these 💔 pearl hex looks sick as hell deffo need to find her someday!! Awesome vid as always 🫶🫶
theres still a video up on youtube of me getting the frito lay chip bag for the giants minis, and then unboxing them. somehow i knew every single contest in this video, and i miss it soo much
I remember winning one of the Quickdraw Rattle Shake figures from a fritolay's bag, and i was super excited because rattle shake was my most favorite skylander of all time :)
Oof, knowing the contests were free would've been great, but I still think my parents back in the day wouldn't have liked me giving my address to someone regardless of if it was a chip company or something else.
I remember asking my dad if I could get a 3d printed Skylander but he said “No it’s too expensive” well look how rare they are now! (Are they rare idk)
Always kinda regretted not getting into Skylanders. Only game I played was Swap Force. And even then, I stuck with the dark edition starter set and didn't buy any other figures.
I have all the SSA sidekicks and Green Fire Bone Hot Dog. Wish I knew I didn’t have to buy the frito lay bags to get the free figures. I also have QuickDraw Rattleshake but I bought it not knowing about it’s frito lay promotion
I’m so confused how I own a trigger snappy with the SSA base as I live in the UK and those crisps (chips for US) don’t exist in my country so I have no clue how I own trigger snappy with the SSA base lol
Hey I was wondering if you could maybe help me with getting the happy birthday Ben star cast NFC card? I tried doing it myself but it just doesn't seem to work. Also I don't know if this is confirmed if you can get a heartbreaker buckshot and NFC card. But I would like to get that to do you think you can maybe help me with that?
The Ninjini Toys R Us Times Square event was definitely an official promotion.
I was one of those in line to get one of the 300 free early pre-release figures on Feb 5, 2013. I worked around the corner and popped over around 4pm. Activation gave out white wristbands to the first ones to arrive to ensure everything was orderly. I showed up less than an hour before the release (4:30pm) and was surprised how short the line was.
There was definitely nothing different about this figure from the eventual release. Just that you got it earlier than everyone else
Thanks for the info! There’s practically zero info about this event left online. That’s awesome to know
I remember my dad got all the minis for free for Spyros adventure with one phone call, never understood how he pulled it off
🐐
Your dad got has got some connections man ☠️☠️ Respect tho 🫡
I’m jealous.
Did he work for frito lay?
@@whackyzachy1482 nah that man was just invulnerable on the phone, he got us first class upgrades on a flight once just by arguing
That Free Kaos sensei figure I got with my Imaginators starter pack, easily the greatest preorder bonus I’ve ever gotten!
Same here
Some others not mentioned here:
Before the release of Spyro’s Adventure there were the starter trio given out to managers who attended a GameStop Manager’s conference in 2011 (I will be putting out a more in-depth video on these figures soon)
The Dark Spyro Single Pack was also available to attendees at Skylanders’ Arena Tour Event.
Blue Metallic Chop Chop was also available through a social media giveaway
bronze Hot Dog was also available at Gamescom 2013, and an event held by LG to promote the release of Skylanders: Battlegrounds on the LG Smart TVs
I know Activition gave away a few convention exclusives through social media posts (like Chrome Spyro and Love Bug) but I only included the promotions with a larger prize pool. Still interesting to know the others you mentioned though, thanks bro 😎
5:30 me he he
Was hoping you mentioned the Creator Contest as I won it myself too during the Light contest which blew my mind. So cool!
I WISH I could’ve been a part of any of those promotions back in the day.
Too bad I was like 7
gutted that i was not sentient during the golden era of Skylanders so i missed all of these 💔 pearl hex looks sick as hell deffo need to find her someday!! Awesome vid as always 🫶🫶
I already knew about some of these, but what I didn’t know really surprised me. Good video as always 👍
I remember seeing Skylander chips all over Parkview during those times.
theres still a video up on youtube of me getting the frito lay chip bag for the giants minis, and then unboxing them. somehow i knew every single contest in this video, and i miss it soo much
I remember winning one of the Quickdraw Rattle Shake figures from a fritolay's bag, and i was super excited because rattle shake was my most favorite skylander of all time :)
My whisper elf and barkely figures were both gotten from these giveaways. It's nostalgic to look back on this
Bro I really wish I knew about the call in thing I would have copped so many free figures when I was 10 and 11 and would have lived it up DX
Oof, knowing the contests were free would've been great, but I still think my parents back in the day wouldn't have liked me giving my address to someone regardless of if it was a chip company or something else.
Good strategy to hype the games, especially for the chase variants
I remember asking my dad if I could get a 3d printed Skylander but he said “No it’s too expensive” well look how rare they are now! (Are they rare idk)
They are very rare
Yes
Always kinda regretted not getting into Skylanders. Only game I played was Swap Force. And even then, I stuck with the dark edition starter set and didn't buy any other figures.
A midnight upload from the GOAT!?!
God, I mess those old promos lmao... 😭
amazing video, i never knew those 3 trap team cores had their names chosen by fans hahaha
I COMPLETELY FORGOT WHERE THE SPYROS ADVENTURE SIDEKICKS CAME FROM, I HAVE TWO OF THEM
I have all the SSA sidekicks and Green Fire Bone Hot Dog. Wish I knew I didn’t have to buy the frito lay bags to get the free figures.
I also have QuickDraw Rattleshake but I bought it not knowing about it’s frito lay promotion
I also have quickdraw but I also didn't know it was fritolay that's so cool
Dang near midnight release for me but really cool history lesson
Really cool stuff that they did for the games
I have question I live UAE does this delivery any country
I’m so confused how I own a trigger snappy with the SSA base as I live in the UK and those crisps (chips for US) don’t exist in my country so I have no clue how I own trigger snappy with the SSA base lol
damn knowing i could’ve gotten quickdraw rattle shake for free back then but couldn’t makes me sad/mad💔
I have the whisper elf from spyros adventure 😭
Hey I was wondering if you could maybe help me with getting the happy birthday Ben star cast NFC card? I tried doing it myself but it just doesn't seem to work. Also I don't know if this is confirmed if you can get a heartbreaker buckshot and NFC card. But I would like to get that to do you think you can maybe help me with that?
I have Quickdraw rattle shake
I found my series 1 Gill Runt figure I won from the 2012 Skylanders Frito lays contest
So random lol but appreciate the upload good to see it
so it is possible to almost finish the 2first games with onely buying the game and portal
Hey, random question, what king of super glue do you use for your customs? Every glue I’ve used makes my Skylanders brittle
I use loctite super glue gel. For small pieces it’s better to stick in some sort of wire or armature in each side to keep them from becoming brittle.
I wish i knew about the name contest because the names they chose aside from flip wreck are kinda trash
High Five was meant to be
So the stump smash I actually got in stores no giveaway or anything
Yet there was no mini bouncer and mini hot head
Do you know where krypt krusher is
I got hot head for free I was so happy.
I swear I bought that stumpsmash at walmart
I got the gill runt one
From the frito lay
I still have the terabyte I won back in the day
dude idk what ur on about i always just picked up my skylanders and walked out of the store, no purchase needed
Yeah officer, he’s right over here