Skylanders Giants {Giveaway CLOSED}

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Winners:  Kerry S, Judith W, Deb R, Leanne V, Bel M, Angela B

Thousands of years ago, the Giants fought epic battles in Skylands but were banished to Earth. With a new threat looming, it's time to bring them back to join forces with the Skylanders to defeat KAOS. Only you can put them on the Portal of Power® to unleash their strength in the ultimate battle to save Skylands!

Skylanders_Giants_Logo

A few weeks back, we were invited to Activision HQ in Sydney, to have a hands on experience with the new Skylanders Giants - before it was released to the general public. Excitement plus for a little boy!

Here are my 2 little posers, with the giant Spyro in the reception area of the Activision building.


IMG_7559


This was the first time Sam had a play with Skylanders and he was immediately hooked. It’s amazing how quickly kids pick things up and Skylanders Giants is aimed at his age group.

If you have a primary school aged child, you will no doubt have heard that Skylanders Giants is now here and available in stores.

Skylanders Giants once again merges the physical world of toys with the virtual world of games through the portal of power.

It’s a very clever game where you begin with the starter pack. The starter pack includes the Portal of Power plus 3 Skylanders toys.


Skylanders Giants


Here is Sam, gleefully clutching his new game. I think he looks a teensy bit excited, don’t you?


Skylanders Giants


If you have the original Skylanders from last year, you can still use the toys on the new portal, but can’t use the new toys on the old portal. Clear?


Tree Rex


The game's plot is centered around the backstory between how the ancient Skylanders, who are the "Giants", were separated from the rest of the normal sized Skylanders. We spend the game, chasing after a bad guy called Kaos with Flynn (the pilot of an airship) and Cali.

In my opinion, Skylanders Giants is a fun game (yes I’ve sat and played with Sam). You have to defeat the bad guys and the more you defeat, the more experience you have and the more you level up and become stronger.


PRO’s:

The Skylanders toys are not overly expensive, so they make for good bribes.

The toys can play on all consoles. For example, we have a Wii so Sam’s little friends, Billy can come over and bring along his Skylander toys and they can play together (with the 2 Wii controllers). Sam can take his Skylander toys and go over and visit Billy, who has a PS3 and can play with his Skylander toys. Make sense?

image

The Skylanders Giants, Portal of Power hooks up directly to the Wii (or whatever console you have) which means that you don’t need to go through tonnes of batteries like the previous version.

Skylanders toys have magic memory and remember everything. If kids level up their toy at home and use it on a friends console it remembers all of their stats.

CON’s:

Time wastage. Before you know it, you’ve been sitting there with your son playing for 3 hours and wondering where the time has gone… or is that just me?

GIVEAWAY TIME:
3 x Skylander Giants character toys
3 x Skylander Adventure packs (2011)
 
With thanks to ACTIVISION, I have 6 fantastic prizes to giveaway to some lucky Samelia’s Mum readers (and just in time for Christmas).
Please enter via the Rafflecopter below
 

1. Open to **Australian residents only.**
2. Giveaway will close on **14 November 2012**.
3. The judge’s decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered upon.
4. [Samelia’s Mum](http://www.sameliasmum.com) will take no responsibility for any delay, loss or damage to prizes sent to winner/s.
5. Winner/s will be announced on the Samelia's Mum Facebook page and/or contacted by email.


Disclaimer: No payment was received for this post. I did however, receive a  Skylanders Giants Starter Pack for review. All opinions are my own or of my family.

36 comments

  1. HooksnCables name says itself hooks and cables a techy type warrior wounded name

    ReplyDelete
  2. Starburst - magic element shooting stars to create damage!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I would be Ninjini - cause I am always saying to my kids - Any last wishes!!!!! LOL - they still don't clean their rooms after saying this though.

    ReplyDelete
  4. The Zombie Ninja. Because aside from Skylanders, my son is also obsessed with Plants vs Zombies. All we hear in our house is how much he wants Skylanders and all about Zombies. He even made up a song about PvZ today.. it was hilarious.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Wings of Bling - I'd be a Skylander suitable for girls, coloured pink, and bejewelled wings!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Erogg the great lol, rname eminds me of a little troll!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Super power Mummy, To wave her wand and the house is clean

    ReplyDelete
  8. "Ole Shebang" because that pretty much sums up what I do - everything lol

    ReplyDelete
  9. Crunch 'em Caroline: pulverising the opposition is a requirement in meeting the team's goals.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Time traverser (as that matches my desired super power)

    ReplyDelete
  11. Predictor! I wish I could foresee anything and stop bad things happen.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Ginormo invisimum, i would want to be one of the giants, my super power would be invisibitly and I'm a mum!!!

    galwayst@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  13. Interpretation! When my kids speak Skylanders, Pokemon or MineCraft I just nod and pretend to understand! Knowing what it is they are on about would give us a whole new level of communication and understanding!

    ReplyDelete
  14. the inforcer my son say i dont let them get away with a thing and i will make sure it is done

    ReplyDelete
  15. it would be freeing time so i can get everything done that i need to in 1 day

    ReplyDelete
  16. Mystic Mind Bender

    ReplyDelete
  17. "Rise and Shine Howler" because that's what I howl about 10 times every morning to the kids!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Batty....because thanks to the kids, I am in fact a little batty!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Gherkin, because thats my dogs name and shes a real trooper!!!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Pesce the Magician

    ReplyDelete
  21. Shadowshift.Many shapeshifting talents including blending with shadows and confusing opponents.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Sprint Charge aiming to clean the whole house in 20 seconds :)

    ReplyDelete
  23. FLASHBACK- would fit in with my power of stopping time

    mzmumma81@lottos.com.au

    ReplyDelete
  24. OMGosh I have no idea but I know my girls want them.

    ReplyDelete
  25. Belinda Fletcher11/13/12, 4:36 PM

    'Bounder' (from my son Cooper, aged 7)

    ReplyDelete
  26. The death stare..stops my opponent, frozen in fear..very similar to the 'mummy stare'. Jodie-Anne Harlow :)

    ReplyDelete
  27. I would love to be thumper, he's super strong like all us mums :)

    ReplyDelete
  28. Star riser

    jo.m.72@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  29. Mad Mumma - because I am!

    ReplyDelete
  30. thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo, congratulations other winners :)))

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for your comment. I truly appreciate the time you've taken to leave me a message. I will attempt to answer comments via email.