If you’re a parent with a Skylanders fan in the home (or a Skylanders fan yourself), you are wondering which figures are popping out this year and when you will get them. This convenient checklist should be updated with new information as we have now it.

The very first thing to grasp is this year’s set has four other kinds of figures: swap characters, new standard characters, returning characters, and lightcore figures. Moreover, there are both adventure packs (a bundle with a brand new level, two items, and an exclusive character) and battle packs (two characters and a brand new multiplayer arena).

Battle and adventure packs will retail for $25. Swap characters are $15, lightcore figures are $13, and regular characters are $10. Swap characters can switch their tops and bottoms with others (there are 16 in total). Series 2 and Series 3 returning figures have an ultimate “Wow Pow” ability. Lightcore figures glow at the portal and in addition explode and deal damage when entering the sport. 

As a reminder, all of your figures work across platforms, and the Spyro’s Adventure and Giants characters are usable in Swap Force.

Here’s what we all know immediately:

Fire

• Fire Kraken
• Smolderdash
• Smloderdash – Lightcore
• Fryno
• Lava Barf Eruptor – Series 3
• Hot Dog – Series 2

Water

• Wash Buckler
• Freeze Blade
• Wham Shell – Series 2
• Punk Shock
• Rip Tide
• Blizzard Chill – Series 2
• Gill Grunt – Series 3

Earth

• Rubble Rouser
• Doom Stone
• Flashwing – Lightcore
• Prism Break – Series 3
• Knockout Terrafin – Series 3 – Available in Fiery Forge battle pack
• Scorp
• Slobber Tooth

Life

• Stink Bomb
• Grill Drilla
• Bumble Blast – Available in Fiery Forge battle pack
• Bumble Blast – Lightcore
• Zoo Lou
• Ninja Stealth Elf – Series 3 
• Thorn Horn Camo – Series 3

Air

• Free Ranger
• Boom Jet
• Warnado – Series 3
• Horn Blast Whirlwind – Series 3
• Turbo Jet Vac – Series 3
• Pop Thorn – Available in Tower of Time adventure pack
• Scratch

Tech

• Magna Charge
• Spy Rise
• Countdown
• Countdown – Lightcore
• Wind Up
• Heavy Duty Sprocket – Series 2
• Big Bang Trigger Happy – Series 3

Magic

• Hoot Loop
• Trap Shadow
• Star Strike
• Star Strike – Lightcore
• Dune Bug
• Super Gulp Pop Fizz – Series 2
• Mega Ram Spyro – Series 3

Undead

• Rattle Shake
• Night Shift
• Grim Creeper
• Grim Creeper – Lightcore
• Roller Brawl
• Twin Blade Chop Chop – Series 3
• Phantom Cynder

Because of the brand new tech within the swap characters, everyone might want to purchase a brand new portal (included within the starter pack). There are different figures included in each:

Standard home console starter pack (Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

• Wash Buckler
• Blast Zone
• Ninja Stealth Elf

Collector’s Edition with “Dark” figures (only available at GameStop – Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

• Dark Stealth Elf
• Dark Spyro
• Dark Slobbertooth
• Dark Blast Zone
• Dark Wash Buckler 

3DS Version

• Volcanic Eruptor
• Rattle Shake
• Free Ranger

Also consider that retailers typically offer exclusive variants. These kinds of appear different in-game and feature improved stats. Others are simply cosmetic enhancements to the figures. 

Once we’ve got a more in-depth handle of which figures outside those available within the starter packs should be available at launch, we’ll update this. Skylanders Swap Force comes out this Sunday for Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and 3DS.