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Skylanders Reaches 100 Million Toys Sold

by Louis Garcia on February 06, 2013 at 06:00 PM

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The Skylanders franchise has proven to be quite popular for Activision, with over 100 million toys being sold in the U.S. Over $500 million in total revenue has been made from the video game and collectible toys.

The announcement was made at Activision’s Toy Fair 2013 press conference, where it was also revealed that Skylanders Giants, the sequel to Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, has earned more than $195 million in the U.S.

Skylanders Swap Force – the next game in the series – received a debut trailer earlier this week. The title will be shown at NYC's Toy Fair 2013 starting on February 10.

Source: Destructoid

Filed under: News, Activision, skylanders, skylanders giants, Skylanders Swap Force

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by Patrick Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:03 PM

Wow, that much... and yet I've never heard of this. Which alternate reality is this from?
by The Destroyer of Controllers, Cody Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:10 PM

Literally prints money. Say what you will about Activision, but they can take a series on life-support and make it print money (miss the Ps1 era Spyro, but heard these were fun).
by shmahadle Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:12 PM

As much as I dislike how they usually run good series to the ground, Activision sure knows how to make money.
by LADodgersFan Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:19 PM

Man, I could just imagine Bobby Kotick dressed in a Scrooge McDuck outfit, jumping from a high-dive into a pile of cash. As much as I dislike their business practices, Activision executives are some evil geniuses.
by Ed-e Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:54 PM

Activision should use the money to let Raven Software make another Singularity.
by Companion Cube Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 06:59 PM

"Parents Everywhere Sigh in Agony"
by chris Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 07:55 PM

Well i gess i was number 1 hundred million :)
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by Darkvizardberrytan Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 08:19 PM

Its not surprising. ITs just like the benie babies of the 90s.
by interasteral7 Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 08:40 PM

There is going to be a day when Vicarious Visions adds Crash Bandicoot into the Skylanders series and it will be the end of Crash Bandicoot.
by Tim Gruver Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 09:40 PM

Grrr. . . don't encourage this kind of insidious marketing scheme people!
by Cube Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 01:15 AM

Thank god they took spyro's name out of this crap. This crap is not a spyro game.
by Cube Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 01:15 AM

Thank god they took spyro's name out of this crap. This crap is not a spyro game.
by elygamer97 Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 05:38 AM

I HATE SKYLANDERS!!!
by Dude The Hedgehog Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 08:27 AM

No... No...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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by nightcrawlerash13 Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 11:18 AM

Good for them!
by mariarose493 Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 12:31 PM

upto I looked at the check which was of $5905, I be certain that my friend was like they say trully taking home money parttime on their apple laptop.. there best friend started doing this for only eight months and a short time ago cleared the loans on their apartment and bought a top of the range Cadillac. we looked here, http://www.bit90.com
by John Wrek Friday, February 08, 2013 at 06:11 PM

Really? Wow.