r/skylanders • • 8h ago

Spyro’s Adventure SKYLANDERS SPYROS ADVENTURE 15th ANNIVERSARY STREAM

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Hello Skylanders Community!
We all know this is the time of the year to celebrate the games that shaped our childhood and of course, this community. 5 years ago, we were pleasantly surprised when Toys for Bob went live on Twitch to show us the 10th Anniversary Skylanders Spyro's Adventure live stream, and it was an absolute blast.
The next year came and they did the same for Giants, although it was a video instead. The trap team anniversary came and went, and here we land at imaginatiors, no sight of a stream from Toys for Bob. Not even for the 15th anniversary of SSA…

Until tomorrow! Now, officially TFB is busy finishing up Spyro: A Realm Beyond, and while they cook on that, I as well as a group from the original SSA Team (former-TFB developers) will be streaming on YouTube at 12:00PM PST

I invite you to come along, Celebrate, and ask questions for them to answer!
We also have some special surprises at the end!

-Shojiki and the rest of the SSA15 team

(assuming OBS doesn't crash out in the morning and cause me to re-do the live setup) You can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/410heJHDrJg?si=hl_SOd96nROFUTDy


r/skylanders • • Aug 15 '26

Mod Post HEARTBREAKER BUCKSHOT NFC DUMP MEGATHREAD

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Hello all!

As some of you may have heard, u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist were kind enough to dump the data from their functional Heartbreaker Buckshot NFC, after u/Dague-Pirate-Dad posted a picture of his personal non-functional HBB figure. (If Ember or Somnambulist, or someone in the Reverse Engineering Discord, make their own announcement post I will link it here.)

Since this is one of the biggest events in the community since the release of Skylanders Imaginators, the mod team has decided we need to create a megathread, to collect some of the most common questions, as well as a short history of how we got here and why this is so important to the community.

If you are strictly here for a guide on how to play Heartbreaker Buckshot, feel free to skip down to the Questions and Answers section of this post.

Since this is our Mod Team's first attempt at a megathread, please bear with us as we learn.

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Enforcement will be as follows:

❌ - Repetitive posts (i.e. simply "re-announcing" the news, how-to's, and re-sharing the dump file yourself) will be removed and linked to this post

❌ - Posts (not comments) asking how to play HBB will be removed and linked, comments will be linked to this post

❌ - Posts attempting to sell HBB or any other NFC cards are against the rules and will be removed

✅ - Unique or otherwise interesting posts, including but not limited to YOUR personal adventures with HBB, custom HBB figures, adding a card / custom toy to your collection, technical information about HBB, etc. will STAY UP... although of course we encourage posting these in the comments of this megathread too

The Donor Figure - Ember and Somnambulist's Functional Heartbreaker

History of Heartbreaker Buckshot

Heartbreaker Buckshot is the variant of Buckshot. Announced and marketed with Skylanders Imaginators on YouTube and the website, Heartbreaker Buckshot was planned to release around Valentines Day 2017. There are a few theories as for why this never happened, the common one being that production was stopped due to fears of it looking "satanic", given the variant being a red-eyed goat (and the five unreleased creation crystals being collateral of this production stoppage), as part of the end of the Skylanders franchise.

Perhaps a more credible theory, postured to me by someone in connection with the devs, is that the factory had gotten shut down and production had stopped for an otherwise unrelated reason. By the time the factory was back online, it was too late.

Ember herself has chimed in and said, that wasn't it either - rather just that it was canceled due to low early-wave sales. Regardless, all that's left were factory samples of HBB and the 5 creation crystals.

Since then, the Skylanders community has been hard at work reverse engineering Skylanders variants back into existence. Think, Gearhead VVind-Up, BullTrain, and all the various Debug minions. But there was one thing stopping the community from reverse engineering Heartbreaker Buckshot and the five unreleased Creation Crystals... Imaginators was the first and only game Activision implemented encryption for the figures. Because of this, it is fundamentally impossible to reverse-engineer or even just edit the data of a fully functional Imaginators figure.

There were only around 12 known Heartbreaker Buckshots to exist, the number of them being functional is rumored to be two, one of which u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist possessed.

Fast forward to yesterday (8/14/2026), u/Gibby_230 and u/Dague-Pirate-Dad announced both that Pirate Dad had gotten a non-functional Heartbreaker Buckshot, AND that Gibby had dropped the five creation crystal NFCs for the community to play with, with plans to make fully functional replicas. After those posts, u/EmberDione showed up in the comments to say she was willing to dump their functional Heartbreaker Buckshot.

Today (8/15/2026), she joined the Skylanders Reverse Engineering subreddit, and with the help of multiple community members, helped her to copy the data off the figure. As of 4:25 EST on August 15th, 2026, Heartbreaker Buckshot was the last official Skylander ever released to the Skylanders community.

Please give u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist your warm thanks when you see them around.

Heartbreaker Buckshot - In-Game Menu

Questions and Answers

Q: Where do I find the NFC dump?
A: You can find ALL Skylanders NFC dumps at this GitHub link, if you JUST want Heartbreaker Buckshot, you can find it here

Q: What do I need to buy to make an NFC card?
A: This NFC writer, an NFC card, and a functional PC with Windows Mifare Tool or Yet Another Mifare Tool installed, see below question for more details

Q: How do I make an NFC card?
A: This YouTube video is a good guide, as is this one, if you're still struggling

Q: How can I get a custom Heartbreaker Buckshot repainted toy?
A: Reach out to either u/TaylorKreate or FlobeiyToys (u/Crafty-Section6240), they may be willing to make one on commission for you

Q: Isn't it illegal to make NFC cards?
A: Well, the Mod Team is not your legal team. However, as far as I personally understand it, the only real risk comes when you attempt to profit off of a stolen IP, so as long as you do not sell NFC cards to other people, you should be okay. But this is all at your own risk.

Heartbreaker Buckshot - Official Art

Personal note from the mod team

This is a huge day for the Skylanders community. We just want to say how proud we are of everyone involved for finally pulling this off. After almost a decade, we've managed to preserve the rarest figures ever slated for public release, AND in a way the entire community can enjoy them

To celebrate, we've changed the Element of the Week pre-emptively to Magic. The Subreddit banner will also temporarily change to art of Heartbreaker. Both the EOTW and Banner will last about two weeks, before we go back to our typical style.

We hope you all have fun with your new Heartbreaker Buckshots. We know we will.

Happy gaming 💘

~r/Skylanders Mod Team


r/skylanders • • 1h ago

Fan Art TT Cores as Trap Masters 💎

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r/skylanders • • 12m ago

Imaginators It's been 10 years since the last Skylanders game released 🥲

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r/skylanders • • 2h ago

Other I saw a few posts about this, so I decided to make one too :)

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r/skylanders • • 19h ago

Fan Art DOUBLE TROUBLE fan-art by Alessandro Rossetti

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Double Trouble feets the Halloween mood pretty well, right? 💀

As you can see, I decided to mirror the image. Why did I do that?

📙In my view, this choice completely changes the perception of what the image communicates.

It shifts the narrative from a character trying to grab you to one who is either running away or chasing after the light, before being locked away in a grim, dark prison (I let the illustration itself make this decision for me).

This happens because of the way we read images: from the top-left toward the bottom-right.

What do you think of this decision? Let me know in the comments! 🖤

Here is the link to vote the next SKYLANDER

https://www.patreon.com/posts/172424938?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share


r/skylanders • • 18h ago

Question Why does my Spyro have a clear bottom instead of colored?

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I don’t have any other Skylanders that have this type of base. Does anyone know why this is?


r/skylanders • • 27m ago

Question In Superchargers, why didn't the Skylanders just visit the Eternal Archives to learn about the Darkness? It has a copy of every book and spell punks aren't needed.

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Are they stupid?


r/skylanders • • 1d ago

Discussion Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure 15th Anniversary Livestream | With Former Toys For Bob Developers! Live on October 16

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r/skylanders • • 8h ago

Other I wanted to join in the fun

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Weirdly enough I have never used a Dark Skylander and I don’t really have one I particularly dislike so far


r/skylanders • • 13h ago

Question This Gill Grunt has no eyes. Is it a rare factory defect?

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I got this little lot of Skylanders and it came with this Gill Grunt with no eyes.


r/skylanders • • 33m ago

Other Here's mine

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Wham Shell has always been the best for me... A f*king crab holding a huge mace... Wonderful.

Nothing to declare on Thumpback except HAIL TO THE WHALEEE!!!

Undead is my favourite element and I had to put my pfp there.

Enigma is so mysterious... I find him incredibly cool and I think his ability roast is extremely fun.

A mariachi driving cars is very cool for me... And he's UNDEAD!

I love snakes (if you haven't noticed yet)

From Earth I had to put the coolest shark ever... I could have put SS Terrafin but I find the original fighter more funny.

For Fire I was thinking to Wildfire too but that sword got me.

One of the best Villains in Trap Team is the best Tech character for me... Even over Trigger Happy, ngl

For Undead would have put both Rattle Shake and Pit Boss but my choice has gone on the first one because I never played the Sensei... But I am sure he's really funny.

From Air I put the hawk that loves vortices and hates vultures (obviously for these reasons)

Camo is incredibly fun even if he's not very strong in latest games.. but I still love him.

Blastertron and Hood Sickle share the same arguments with Dr Krankcase... They are perfect.

I think that very few people talks about Dino-Rang and that doesn't reflect how cool this guy is.

Choosing her as an Overrated was difficult because I love Stealth Elf but she is the most normal among the well rated Skylanders.

I like every Skylander buy Barbella Is too mid for me. Personal opinion.

Trap Team is the best game... Too perfect: Fights, Story, Arenas, Villain Roast... I could stay here hours.


r/skylanders • • 15h ago

Haul Got a perfect new in box Pearl Hex today

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Was really surprised that it was still in perfect condition after more than 14 years.


r/skylanders • • 2h ago

Discussion Which Battle Classes Skylanders from the First Five Games Would Be In

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Most are self-exlpanitory, but I know there are some questionable picks here, so let me explain. Also, Primary Attack takes priority over everything else for this.

Magna Charge in Sorcerer. Blame Dr. Neo Cortex. I would have put Magna Charge, Jet-Vac, and Astro-Blast in Quickshot, if Cortex wasn't over there with a gun in Sorcerer. Because of him, any charater with a protectile that comes from the their body themselves (like Rocky Roll and, all of the Dragons) are a rapid shot from a Single Small gun end up in Sorcerer.

Ninja has both whips and thrown weapons. Wrecking Balls tongue is whip-like enough.

Pop Thorn in Quickshot. I actually had him in Sorcerer at first, but I changed where he was. I no he has no guns, but his thorns come from both sides and are fast enough I figured he could go here. Although, thinking about it again, I think he fits Sorcerer more, but there's so many there already.

Super Shot Stealth Elf. I don't care how fast she shoots, it's a big gun, it belongs in Bazooker.

Stump Smash in Swashbuckler. Technically, these are his hands, so he could go in Brawler, but in cases like his, I'm just gonna treat them as the weapon they're supposed to be, hammers.
The Swashbuckler Imaginator can have duel axes for a weapon, so that shows, even if it's a Smasher Weapon, having two of them makes him a Swashbuckler.

Much like Stump Smashes stumps, I've decided to treat Blades' Wings as swords, and his blade storm move seem real similar to what the Swashbuckler Imaginator can do. Either way, it was Swashbuckler or Brawler for him.

And finally Tread Head... where the heck do I put Tread Head?! His primary is a spin (he shares that with Warnado, but a least Warnado is using his body for it), secondary is a dash, and tertiary is an explosion out the back of his bike, which I don't think is enough to banish him to Sorcerer Purgatory.


r/skylanders • • 2h ago

Question Lost media skylander dark elements giants

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I start to research a lot of fan made skylander and I remeber this dark elements giants who was heart shape ( human heart, not comic like) and was a Kaos'experiment to create a personal giants. I try to research on reddit, deviant art, tumbler but i never found it again. I don't know if I immagineted or was eliminated from internet. Someone remember this fan made skylander or only me?


r/skylanders • • 8h ago

Discussion Things a Skylander does the best and the worst, Day 116: Enigma

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r/skylanders • • 16h ago

Collection My Superchargers collection

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I have 3 drivers who don't have their vehicles. Tomb Buggy is a bit hard to find, so I wanted to hear your thoughts which should I get: Crypt Crusher or Splatter Splasher?

Splatter Splasher seems to be well-liked, but I don't really have an undead vehicle. Which should I go for?


r/skylanders • • 10h ago

Flynn's Funny Flair How Would Your Favorite Skylander Act if They Got Drunk?

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I feel like Roller Brawl would either complain about Kaos loudly, or challenge someone to an arm wrestle.

Stealth Elf would act completely normal until she does something ridiculous.

Pop Fizz either wouldn’t get drunk, or engage in drunk science with Drobot and Sprocket.


r/skylanders • • 16h ago

Meme Noooo Drobot! ;-;

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Oh don't worry, he's actually fine (Spyro's Adventure logic, I guess.)


r/skylanders • • 1d ago

Fan Art Skylanders x Pokemon Demo v2

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Happy 15th anniversary to the Skylander franchise. As you may know, I’ve been making a Skylanders x Pokemon Fangame in RPG Maker and Pokemon essentials.

I was gonna upload the Demo back in August, but decided to hold it back to try and make things better, so I could release it for the 15th Year anniversary

To celebrate the event, there will be a 15th Year anniversary event in the game. Speak to Pandergast after freeing Flynn to find out more details.

In other news I also made a discord server in hopes to gather some supporters to see if anyone was interested in the game. My other posts did pretty good so I’ll say there is a possibility people would want more. The discord will have more frequent smaller updates compared to the larger updates I’ll post on Reddit. So if you do want to see more, why not join?

How to download:
Go to this link and download the .rar file
Extract the file (you can use anything, I use WinRAR)
Open the file and find game.exe
IMPORTANT: if you have played demo 1, you MUST make a new save file (if you have not you may skip this step)

Discord vvv

https://discord.gg/ZBJH4eJ43

Download vvv

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AlHn8uUsjRRNFvYlgRtg6HuXlTO6ZXje

And of course, let me know how you like it. Thank you for listening and I hope you have fun.


r/skylanders • • 10h ago

Question Need help with authentication of potential prototypes. Contemplating purchasing. Thank you

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r/skylanders • • 2m ago

Superchargers Skylanders Superchargers Nightmare Mode

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since i wanna platinum all skylanders games on my ps5 i’m struggling tf with Superchargers‘s nightmare mode, does anyone have tips which skylander/skylanders can beat it easily?


r/skylanders • • 14h ago

Question Custom Skylanders

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What are some of your favorite Skylander's you own? Also, where'd you get them?


r/skylanders • • 12h ago

Question I want to download Skylanders Giants on PC

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Hello Does anyone know what a good PC download for Skylanders giants is i want to play it with omoio


r/skylanders • • 1d ago

Discussion Favorite skylanders you play just because you love the design

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I don't care that her gameplay is weird... Her design is sick as hell and that's more than enough for me