The Rise and SAD Fall of Skylanders

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  @JordanFringeGaming · 3 years ago · pinned

  Thanks so much for watching, check out my video on Skylanders Academy on my Cartoon channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26BOZm5OaE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26BOZm5OaE&amp;ab_channel=JordanFringe</a>

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• ZR

  @zray1324 · 3 years ago

  Rip to a good franchise. And also my parents wallets for buying me almost every single gen 1 figure

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• WA

  @wahoo42069 · 3 years ago

  My cousin got cancer when we were really young, it had progressed a great deal and none of us were sure she would make it. I remember seeing the valve she used to take her chemo for the first time and thinking that she was a cyborg (in a good way), I didn&apos;t really understand what cancer was yet.<br><br>Her parents wanted to do something for her before she passed away, so they got in contact with Make - a - Wish. From what I remember, she really loved Skylanders and wanted to learn more about game design. She ended up going to the studio where they developed the game! <br><br>They ended up naming a level after her, the Heroic Challenge - SABRINA level in Skylanders Giants. I think she was super in love with capybaras, so she wanted to have them in the game somehow? I kinda forget.<br><br>Sadly, this story doesn&apos;t have a great ending. Sabrina hasn&apos;t played Skylanders in years. She totally kicked cancer&apos;s ass though! Just completely grew out of the whole Skylander phase.

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• SH

  @sharky255 · 3 years ago

  Finding rare skylanders in stores was the peak of shopping, from themed to flocked or clear

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• BN

  @BNotInc · 3 years ago

  I remember when I was in Elementary school, some kids would have a Skylanders rental service! It was honestly pretty cool to see how Skylanders was such a big thing in my small town. People would also trade Skylanders and simply show them off.<br>Those were the good ole days. 😌

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• LI

  @littlebitsalterego5811 · 3 years ago

  My dad has every single skylander to exist; the employee only skylanders, the mispainted or error skylanders, at least 300 boxes of them. And to top it off, a tattoo of ghost roaster. I feel like i have to say this here because this is the only appropriate place to bring up this man’s dedication to skylanders. It will be missed.

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• AC

  @aceris5874 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I remember being so pumped for Sunburn&apos;s release. It was sold out at every store we checked, but finally at our hometown Walmart, a lone Sunburn was sat atop the book shelf aisle. Felt like the happiest day of my childhood ngl

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• RA

  @Raptortaco · 3 years ago

  I worked at Toys R Us in 2016 and I had to stock the shelves with all three of these companies&apos; statues and it was a mess. We had way too many and it was the Christmas rush so we were expected to get them all out on the shelves and on the hanging pegs. Thanks for reminding me of this. The horror...

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• LE

  @levferno483 · 3 years ago

  I can’t believe that I was so obsessed with this game and how long ago it was. I treasure the early installments in this series and they remain as a permanent part of my childhood gaming.

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  @a_sapphic_girl4566 · 3 years ago

  I was a kid during this whole thing. This whole video felt like being dragged down memory lane in the fastest, harshest, yet a very pleasant way.

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• TH

  @Theokal3 · 3 years ago

  Personally I feel like a mistake was not doing more with the story of these games. Like you said, they kept doing Kaos as the villain and nothing else, which in itself was repetitive, but there&apos;s also the fact all characters have bios with interesting backstories... which are never used in the game proper. Even the Skylander Academy show does absolutely nothing with these backstories, instead just using most characters for cameos while making completely different stories for the ones who do get focus. This had the potential to be as rich in characters as Transformers, and they blew it.

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• TY

  @tykamen5588 · 3 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s sad to see it go because this is the series that introduced me to Spyro. For the longest time as a kid I thought Spyro was just an original Skylander character but he wasn&apos;t and years when I found out about this it made me want to play the reignited trilogy when it was announced. So I have Skylanders to thank for introducing me to Spyro and his series.

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