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Make a Skylanders Themed Easter Basket #EggsellentSkylanders

March 26, 2015 by Momstart Leave a Comment

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Miles and Zoe love Skylanders, so much so that when they met the actor that does the VO for the captain they recognized his voice. Patrick Warburton was really a great guy and very good with kids. Skylanders has been in our house for years and this year we’re celebrating Easter with them the Trap Team and the new Trap Team Easter Toys.

Eggsellent Weeruptor was chosen as this year’s official mascot for the Annual Dragon Egg Hunt! Being new to this time honored tradition, he disguised himself as a candy-coated egg and proceeded to capture Spyro, Cynder, and Drobot within a Traptanium basket… sort of missing the point of the occasion. But what he lacks in point-getting, he more than makes up for in “Eggsellence!”

Power Punch Pet-Vac was the greatest, most daring flying ace in all of Windham. He was given his magical wings when he was young, as was the tradition for all Air Barons. But when his homeland was raided, he chose to sacrifice his wings to a young mother so she could fly her children to safety. This act of nobility caught the attention of Master Eon, who sought out the young Air Baron and presented him with a gift – a powerful vacuum device that would allow him to soar through the skies once again. Jet-Vac accepted the gift with gratitude, and now daringly fights evil alongside the other Skylanders.

The Bunny Earth Trap is one of the most unique Traps of the bunch and features a cute bunny-themed design.

I let the kids help with their own baskets this year. They had a lot of fun making them. Zoe decided to put the packages in and she arranged them herself, while Miles opened each package and placed them in his basket. He told me that more would fit in that way.

After letting both of them make their own baskets I decided to make one more final basket to show how amazing it can look.

The Trap Team

With Skylanders Trap Team, players can take characters out of the game and place them into physical “Traps” that kids can take with them, effectively bringing Life to Toys. In Zoe’s words the Trap Team game is awesome. You can play with two or one character and there is a trap that captures them. They are stronger and really cool. Miles says you put them in the trap and you have an element key and you put someone that has that element on that spot. That’s all they learned from a commercial and reading the box, or playing with a friend. Because we just received the game ourselves.

OFFICIAL GAME PLAY:

In Skylanders Trap Team, you can play as a Skylander or capture Skylands’ most wanted foes and unleash them for good. It’s up to Portal Masters to find these villains and capture them inside the new Traps that transport the villains into the real world via the Traptanium Portal. Once trapped, players can return the villain to Skylands as a playable character. This exciting new play pattern gives fans the option to switch between playing as a Skylander hero or a villain at any time, creating fun and unique “tag team” gameplay.

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Last Hurrah Before Back To School #GoodFunForAll With @FritoLay @SkylandersGame

August 25, 2014 by Momstart 3 Comments

Sponsored by Frito-Lay, all opinions are my own

Frito-Lay and Skylanders® teamed up for a summer of fun and it’s not over yet. This year, Frito-Lay is giving fans the opportunity to bring Skylanders® characters to life with an amazing augmented reality experience through the free mobile app Blippar. The Frito-Lay Blippar experience also offers families the chance to win a Skylanders® prize, plus fans will score unique Skylanders® content that’s fun for the whole family! The joint promotion between Frito-Lay and Activision provides fans with the unique opportunity to win a translucent version of the Skylanders® character Fire Bone Hot Dog.

He is fearlesss.

Now through September 5, fans have the chance to win 1 Fire Bone Hot Dog figure for every 15 minutes of the promotion. Yes, you heard that right! For every 15 minutes during the promotion of the Fire Bone Hot Dog promotion, one lucky fan will win the Skylanders® figure! Entering is easy! Just download the free Blippar mobile app on your smart phone or tablet and scan the back of a specially marked Skylanders® Frito-Lay Variety Pack and enter for a chance to win.

iPhone download:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/blippar/id410604563?mt=8

Android download:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blippar.ar.android&hl=en

To celebrate the promotion, fans will receive a $5-off coupon on a Skylanders® SWAP Force™ Starter Pack and a $1-off coupon on Skylanders® SWAP Force™ Single Toy after participating in the promotion. Coupons supplies are limited, so enter to receive the coupons before they’re gone!

How did we celebrate the fun with Frito-Lay and the upcoming Skylanders® Trap Team™? We went to New York and spent a day at Central Park. Central Park is HUGE! We walked about 7 miles that day. We watched different people do street performances. Then we found a castle and we only left because we got hungry.

Then we had a great family dinner at Guy Fieri’s restaurant. Once we were home from New York we continued the fun at home of course by playing Skylanders® and then by taking our little Skylanders® character Fire Bone Hot Dog outside to play with us. He really liked exploring our neighborhood.

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Family Fun in New York Thanks to Frito-Lay & Skylanders #GoodFunForAll #AD

July 30, 2014 by Momstart 89 Comments

The kids and I are off to New York, we’re going to be spending a week there, a week and a day to be exact. The kids have been entered into a modeling and acting competition and have been practicing and preparing for MONTHS. So it’s finally time, and as a family, when it’s over, we’re going to tour New York. I’m not entirely sure what we’re going to do but we’re going to have a very fun family activity thanks to Frito-Lay and Skylanders®. I’m thinking we’re either going to go to the Bronx Zoo or see the Statue of Liberty and we’re going to have fun photo adventures with the Skylanders character that is being sent to our hotel directly. We are super excited.

In June, fans 13 and older were asked to vote for their favorite character to help select the winning hero to be featured in the upcoming Skylanders® Trap Team™ game, slated for release in North America on October 5,2014. Voting closed on June 13, 2014 and the winner will be revealed later this year. You can pre-order Skylanders® Trap Team™ by visiting www.skylanders.com/trapteam

While we wait for the winner to be revealed, Frito-Lay is offer two new exciting Skylanders® promotions. Now through September 5, you have the chance to win 1 Fire Bone Hot Dog figure for every 15 minutes of the promotion. Yes, you heard that right! For every 15 minutes during the promotion, a fan will win the exclusive toy! All you have to do is download a free app called Blippar. Using this app on your smart phone or tablet- scan the back of a specially marked Skylanders® Frito-Lay Variety Pack and enter for a chance to win.

That’s not all, you can also enter the Frito-Lay Skylanders® Game Truck sweepstakes until August 15! Simply use the free Blippar mobile app and scan the Skylanders® character on a Frito-Lay Skylanders® in-store display. More info at http://fritolaygiveaway.com/

Download the app for each device:

iPhone download

Android download

So run out and get your specially-marked Frito-Lay Classic Mix and Flavor Mix 20-count variety packs and use the Blippar app to scan the back of either of these packs with for a chance to win a Hot Dog Fire Bone figure. And after you participate in either of the promotions, you’ll receive a coupon for $5-off Skylanders® SWAP ForceTM Starter Packs and a $1-off coupon for Skylanders® SWAP Force™ Single Toy. Supplies of these coupons are limited, so enter to receive them before they’re gone! You can also enjoy really fun Skylanders® content for you and your family when you use the app to scan the Skylanders® character on the Frito-Lay Skylanders® in-store displays!

Enter to Win:

Two (2) Frito-Lay Multipacks (Skylanders® Branded), one (1) Exclusive Fire Bone Hot Dog, one (1) Skylanders® backpack, 1 Skylanders® lunch bag, provided by Frito-Lay(Estimated $50 value)

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How To Throw A Skylanders Party

June 17, 2014 by Momstart 16 Comments

We are partnering with Frito-Lay and Skylanders and received a lot of Skylanders Swag including the Xbox 360 version of Skylanders Swap Force and my children have been dying to open it and play with all of it and I made them wait for the "Choose and Name a New Hero" party day. The party day finally came and now I’ll be lucky to rip the kids away from the Xbox at all this summer. Skylanders RULE!

The three Skylanders Trap Team™ hero finalist names and their fan-submitted inspirations (in alphabetical order by hero name) are:

"Bat Spin" submitted by Kimberly Josey from Charlotte, N.C., is a witch tasked with saving the underworld from trolls to prove worthy of joining the Skylanders heroes.

"Flip Wreck" submitted by Noel Foster from Clearwater, Fla., is imagined as half-dolphin and half-shipwreck, unlike any Skylanders the world has ever seen.

"High Five" submitted by Phylicia Nakamoto from Elk Grove, Calif., is the fifth son of the Royal High Flying Dragonflies. Famous for his great speed, this hero can fly higher and faster than any other dragonfly in Skylanders.

The voting is over and the winning hero will appear on Skylanders packaging and in the Skylanders Trap Team™ video game slated for release in North America on October 5, 2014. The finalist receiving the most eligible fan votes will be awarded a $100,000 scholarship. To celebrate the promotion, fans will receive $10-off coupons for Skylanders SWAP Force™ Starter Packs in specially marked packs of Frito-Lay Classic Mix and Flavor Mix 20-count variety packs.

Now for the Fun….

We had the characters out and the kids role played with their favorite characters while I finished getting the final touches ready. We also had some Skylanders coloring sheets ready for kids that like to color.

I had so much fun setting up the party area because all you need is color when it comes to Frito-Lay and Skylanders. Another party activity we had was create your own Skylanders cupcake. I had a cookie cutter that I used to cut the shape out of a cake I made and then gave the kids the supplies and cupcakes were made.

Supplies needed:

Cupcakes or cookies
lots of icing options
Candy

This is the winning Skylanders cupcake:

The kids also had fun swapping Skylanders cards.

I was really concerned fighting would break out but it was so awesome, Miles and Zoe were able to make sure they had the same amount of cards and that Zoe had the “Strong” girls and Miles had the boys.

So for a party you need:

Color
Food
Cake
Fun

For the fun we had a ball toss game.

Each kid paired up and took one of the Skylanders Balls (inside them were Skylanders key chains)

They would toss the ball to their partner.

Then they take a step back.

Then they toss it again.

They continue doing this until someone doesn’t catch it then they are out.

Winners got a Skylanders prize.

Everyone had a great time at our party and we’re thrilled it was a success!

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Hosting A Frito-Lay and Skylanders “Choose and Name a New Hero” Party Giveaway

June 4, 2014 by Momstart 51 Comments

My kids are HUGE Skylanders fans and they only started playing at Christmas of this past year. We received a Skylanders Swap Force Starter kit and then for my daughter’s birthday I found some of the Skylanders on sale and had her pick out one. So she’s quite excited to have a girl. Plus over the years I’ve collected a few here and there and they have a small but growing collection.

We are partnering with Frito-Lay and Skylanders and throwing an at home party with some of Zoe and Miles’ friends celebrating the Frito-Lay and Skylanders "Choose and Name a New Hero" contest. Fans were asked to select and name one of three potential heroes they wanted to see come to life in the next Skylanders video game. Three finalists were selected out of over 20,000 contest submissions.

The three Skylanders Trap Team™ hero finalist names and their fan-submitted inspirations (in alphabetical order by hero name) are:

"Bat Spin" submitted by Kimberly Josey from Charlotte, N.C., is a witch tasked with saving the underworld from trolls to prove worthy of joining the Skylanders heroes.

"Flip Wreck" submitted by Noel Foster from Clearwater, Fla., is imagined as half-dolphin and half-shipwreck, unlike any Skylanders the world has ever seen.

The winning hero will appear on Skylanders packaging and in the Skylanders Trap Team™ video game slated for release in North America on October 5, 2014. The finalist receiving the most eligible fan votes will be awarded a $100,000 scholarship. To celebrate the promotion, fans will receive $10-off coupons for Skylanders SWAP Force™ Starter Packs in specially marked packs of Frito-Lay Classic Mix and Flavor Mix 20-count variety packs. Go vote for your favorite here: www.fritolay.com/skylanders

One lucky Mom Start reader can win a gift basket with Frito-Lay and Skylanders products by answering which of the 3 finalists is your favorite. Winner will be chosen on .June 17th.

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Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Heroes Giveaway #Skylanders

March 28, 2014 by Momstart 28 Comments

Build your favorite pirate with eight legs and no pegs, then swap bodies to create ultimate combinations with Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Wash Buckler. Control the forces of evil by building a magnetic robot hero, then swapping bodies to create ultimate combinations with Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Magna Charge.

Do you have a little one that loves to build? Do you have kids that play Skylanders SWAP Force™? We do, both of my children like to build and to play Skylanders SWAP Force™. So when they see the combination they have to play with it. Miles has some of the Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Heroes already, they are up in the valley of his room deep in a mess of adventure as all boys rooms are at his age. These will be down in the pit of fun very soon,

These super-sized buildable heroes with special micro axises let you pull them apart and swap with other Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ heroes. Create the perfect combinations to defend Cloudbreak Islands and stop Kaos’ evil plans!

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BUILD AND SWAP WITH Mega BloksSKYLANDERS HEROES!

Three (3) winners each receive:

· Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Wash Buckler

· Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ Magna Charge

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Activision’s Skylanders Swap Force Xbox 360 & Xbox One

December 16, 2013 by Momstart Leave a Comment

My kids played Skylanders Swap Force for the first time this weekend and they loved it. It’s the first game that my daughter has really truly enjoyed. Most games are more complex and the controls are hard for her to figure out, but Skylanders sucked her in with the story and then with the controls and game play. We have the game for the Xbox 360 but might just have to upgrade to Xbox One. I love how easy it is to play Skylanders between consoles, but mostly I was so happy to see my daughter actually get a kick out of playing a video game. Skylanders is made for kids young and old!

The skylanders need your help:Embark on an exciting new adventure with the Skylanders and the SWAP Force. For generations, the SWAP Force protected the volcano that replenishes Skylands’ magic. That is until an epic battle caught them in an eruption that blasted them apart, sent them to Earth and gave them the ability to swap powers. Only you can mix and match their tops and bottoms, put them on the new Portal of Power™ and save Skylands.

Miles and Zoe both wanted to play Blast Zone, he seems to be a very powerful player. It’ nice because as they go from level to level the game told them which power they needed and the kids had fun swapping the characters making new characters. I think I read that if you have all the characters you can create 256 different combinations of power, that’s awesome!!!.

An all-new team of characters can swap their bottom and top halves for unique gameplay experiences. Kids can even bring their older Skylanders in to join the fun – including Giants! The SWAP Force Starter pack comes with the game, two swappable Skylanders, one standard Skylander, and an updated Portal of Power.

Product Details

Includes:

1 Video Game
1 NEW Portal of Power
5 Dark Skylanders Figures
5 Character Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes
5 Trading Cards
1 Mega Character Poster

Mega Bloks Skylanders Swap Force™ Boss Tank Showdown Giveaway #SkylandersSWAPForce @MegaBloks

November 3, 2013 by Momstart 107 Comments

MEGA BLOKS SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE™ BOSS TANK SHOWDOWN is for ages 5 and up and we received a sample for us to use as review in this giveaway.

About the Boss Tank Showdown

Evil Glumshanks bars the way to Kaos in his massive Boss Tank! Wash Buckler must try to take him down without losing a leg in the Boss Tank Showdown by Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™. Wash Buckler must use all of his Water powers and secret swapping ability to defeat Glumshanks and his tank. Duck Glumshanks’ cannon attack and watch it blast through the breakthrough wall, then use Wash Buckler’s mix-and-match capability to combine with any other Skylanders SWAP Force™ character and smash Glumshanks’ Boss Tank. Defeat Glumshanks and send a message to Kaos – the Skylanders won’t rest until the Darkness is finally defeated once and for all!

Ideal for kids 5 and up.
Features:

• Buildable Boss Tank with working launcher

• Includes Wash Buckler (Water Character) with mix and match capability –swap him with other Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ figures and turn him into a different character every time!

• Evil Glumshanks character in battle garb

• Buildable wall that “breaks” into pieces when activated, simulating tank cannon damage

• Combines with other Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force™ playsets to build your adventure!

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One (1) winner receives:

· Mega Bloks Skylanders Swap Force™ Boss Tank Showdown

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Skylanders Giants Transformed into Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™ Zeppelin Air Ship Assault Giveaway @MegaBloks

March 11, 2013 by Momstart 87 Comments

On March 15th Mega Bloks® will be introducing a new line of Mega Bloks®: The Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™. We received the Zeppelin Air Ship Assault for review and Miles was really excited because he’s seen the Skylanders Giants™ video game. It’s a really great video game and I know that kids love to play with characters they are familiar with. What little boy doesn’t like little friendly monsters? Mine sure does!!

About Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure won critical and fan acclaim by being the first video game to combine the toy world and the game world into one singular, seamless experience. Skylanders brought toys into the game world; now Mega Bloks is bringing that game into the real world with Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™!

The ZEPPELIN AIR Ship ASSAULT will be available in stores on March 15th, that’s Friday, where is the time going? It’s March already. My daughter found a friend to give the Skylanders Giants MEGA BLOKS kit to and he seemed to LOVE it!

Grab the cannon and take aim – Eye Brawl needs to shoot down an attacking Drow Zeppelin with Zeppelin Air Ship Assault by Mega Bloks Skylanders Giants^TM. The buildable Drow Zeppelin is an aerial menace to Skylanders everywhere. Eye-Brawl’s got his eye on it and needs to use his cannon to shoot the Zeppelin down to deal with the collectible translucent Troll Greasemonkey pilot.

Ideal for kids aged 5 and up.

Features:

· Buildable Drow Zeppelin

· Buildable Eye-Brawl (Undead giant) with detachable eye.

· Collectible Greasemonkey Troll in translucent green

· Skylanders Giants^TM-inspired cannon that really fires!

· Combine with other Mega Bloks Skylanders Giants^TM sets to build your adventure!

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Mega Bloks® Skylanders Giants™ Zeppelin Air Ship Assault

Retail value $19.99

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The Cross Platform Game: Activision Skylanders Giants

December 9, 2012 by Momstart 5 Comments

What I truly love about this game is that it doesn’t matter which platform you have, Xbox 360, Wii, or Playstation your Skylander Giant will work on any of them. Your character can be played with other players on different platforms it’s amazing! I’ve loved the idea of Skylanders since the first video game came out last year, I believe. Last year Skylanders was at Time To Play and listed as one of the top ten toys, it’s innovative, and so smart because the figurines increase your game. You can play the game without getting any other figures, but that’s the fun collectible part that just increases the depth and ingenuity to the game.

Any figurine can be used by anybody, at anytime, in any chapter (game level), anywhere there is a portal any console. What the game saves, and what each figure saves are two different things. The figures can save only one profile. You can save as many different games as your console will allow. EX: You may have your own game up to chapter(level) 12, but maybe a friend’s game is only up to chapter 3. He can still use the figurine’s powers you have earned. I hope that makes sense.

The Skylanders Story from Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure

For generations, the Skylanders — a diverse group of mythical creatures, each with their own powers, personality and tendencies — have used their magical powers, weapons and levelable battle skills to protect their homeland, the Skylands. But now, an evil tyrant with the powers of a portal master has frozen and banished them to Earth. Only you, a portal master yourself, can physically put Skylanders on the Portal of Power — a conduit between this world and theirs — and bring them back to life in their world where they can battle to save Skylands forever.

Action Figures with Brains

Skylanders are special physical action figures that come to life in-game. Just take a Skylander, place it on the included Portal of Power, which is synched to your game console and a representation of your chosen Skylander will come to life in the video game and do your bidding. There are over 30 Skylanders in total – each with unique abilities and powers (three are included in your starter pack). Skylander action figures remember their in-game experiences and upgrades as they explore the mysterious world of Skylands, battle menacing creatures and collect treasures. Conveniently, it doesn’t matter what gaming system your friends have at their house, the Skylanders work on and across all major video game systems. That means that you can take your Skylanders over to your friend’s house, drop them on their Portal of Power and your Skylanders will come to life in the game.

From Skylanders Giants:

Frozen in our world. Alive in theirs.

Thousands of years ago, the Skylanders Giants fought epic battles in Skylands, but were banished to Earth. Now Kaos is back and with a new threat looming, it’s time to bring them back to join forces with the Skylanders. Only you can put them into the Portal of Power® to unleash their strength in the ultimate battle to save Skylands.
Are you ready to face Kaos?

Key Features:

Starter Pack includes: Video Game, Portal of Power, 3- Skylanders Figures, Character Collection Poster, 3-Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes and 3-Trading Cards
Bring the Skylanders Giants back from banishment to join the Skylanders once again in this Starter Pack
Unleash the power of the Skylanders Giants with the Portal of Power®

Xbox 360:

No special instructions

Wii vs. Wii U:

The Wii and WiiU use the same portal. They are completely compatible in every way except for the software. The Wii software will work on the WiiU (though the game won’t be in HD if they play with Wii software), but the Wii U software will not work on the Wii. Toys will work on both platforms.

We received a sample from Activision.