The craze to buy skylanders is on. This took me by surprise when my kids started playing it. The game itself is brilliant and fun. By saying it is ‘fun’ I mean it is enjoyable to play at all ages. But my comment about it being brilliant goes to the game itself and how the creators are bridging the online and offline gaming. They took the best of games such as Pokeman with cards, online virtual worlds, figurines to collect and use, and somehow mashed it all together into an incredible experience.

How to Play Skylanders
Skylanders are characters that you can be in the Skylander game called Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure. You start with the game itself on either the Nintendo Wii, Sony PS3 or Xbox. You then utilize what is known as the “Portal of Power” shown in the figure to the right. The portal connects to your game system. When you place a Skylander Character on the Portal that character appears in the game.

The game is either 1 or 2 players so you can have two Skylander figures on the portal at once. You can also add additional items onto the portal to use. These characters will work on a friends game as well so you can take them with you. If your Skylander figure has increased its abilities then those abilities are saved in a chip inside the character. When you use that person with a friends game system and place it on their portal it will remember what level it is and what powers it has. Each character comes with a code that you can enter into Spyro’s online game over the internet. However the online version of the game will not know your characters ability level that you achieved online, not a big deal – just a note.

Where to Buy Skylanders

Amazon: See Skylanders Inventory at Amazon Here At Amazon you can view what is in stock from Amazon and other companies, yielding the largest selection.
eBay: See Skylanders Inventory at eBay Here At eBay you can find items from many sellers.
Best Buy: See Skylanders Inventory at Best Buy Here You can buy online and have it shipped or you can buy online and pickup at your local Best Buy store.
Wal-Mart: See Skylanders Inventory at Walmart Here You can buy online and pickup in store or you can choose to have it shipped to you, often they have free shipping.

Where to Buy Skylanders
You can purchase the game and characters at stores and online. It is hard to find the characters in stores, many are either sold out or only carry a few characters. Online you can check the inventory of each store, the characters, have them shipped to you and in some instances pick them up online. Here is where we suggest you look to begin looking to buy skylanders. This site lists the online stores to purchase the Skylanders and explains the difference between the Mega Pack, Adventure Pack, Character Pack, individual Characters and more.