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Additionally, all discs at NexWave Games are carefully inspected and assessed for quality. When discs arrive, we do not accept any that are so badly damaged that they are unlikely to work. We only accept discs with light scratches at most. Discs with scratches are then treated in our professional disc repair machine. By warming the disc and polishing it with soft brushes, these machines can remove a very thin layer from the disc. This removes the layer containing surface scratches and improves the disc’s readability. This ensures the disc works properly, even on consoles with ageing lasers that have difficulty reading games! Great news for the player.
Drill Sergeant Series 2 Skylanders Figure
Drill Sergeant from Skylanders Giants is the gold-coloured robot with two large drill arms and a barrel above his head. The photo shows the rerelease with raised arms on a gear-shaped base. This is the Series 2 rerelease from the Giants generation, recognisable by the orange lower edge of the base and the different pose. It remains a regular, fully playable character, not a large Giant. The physical figure has no interchangeable halves and does not track your movements. Control the on-screen character with the normal controller; the figure provides identification through the portal.
You use the figure with separate game software, a controller and a Portal of Power compatible with your console and game. The base contains the chip that identifies the character and can store game data. The figure needs no batteries or power cable of its own. Place it on the portal and control the digital hero with your ordinary controller. A Nintendo amiibo reader or Disney Infinity Base does not replace this Skylanders portal.
This offer concerns the pictured loose character. A game, portal, vehicle, trading card or original packaging is not automatically included. The five examples below concern supported console releases from Giants onwards, not the earlier Spyro's Adventure. A compatible character does not mean every bonus area opens or every special feature becomes available. Check the game and portal combination; Nintendo 3DS and Switch releases have different setups and are not described here as identical versions.
History
Skylanders Giants arrived in 2012 as the second main game, following 2011's Spyro's Adventure. Alongside new characters, Activision introduced Series 2 rereleases of existing heroes. These received a different physical pose and an orange rim beneath the base while retaining their recognisable identity. This figure belongs to that returning group. Giants in the listing therefore refers to the toy generation and game, not an exceptionally large character with the special abilities of an actual Giant.
The chip in the base made the figure more than a recognisable ornament. It could store experience, gold and unlocked abilities, among other data. A character could therefore take its development to another supported setup. This differs from a complete saved adventure: story progress remains the responsibility of the game and console. Nor should you assume particular prior training or a clean starting state for a used figure.
After Giants came SWAP Force, Trap Team, SuperChargers and Imaginators, each adding figures and gameplay ideas. Activision retained older characters in later games, but new toy functions were not automatically added to old figures. An ordinary Skylander did not become a swappable SWAP Force character, Trap Master or Sensei. This continuity lets an older collection work within the correct sequels. Software, portal type and any additional pieces remain separate requirements; a loose figure is never a complete setup.
Five Skylanders Games
Skylanders Giants lets you use this figure as its own character in the action adventure. Place it on the matching portal to fight across the islands, collect treasure and develop abilities. Regular heroes differ from the large Giants, which can tackle specific obstacles and challenges. This figure therefore does not replace that special group or automatically open every area. These five examples start with Giants and then describe supported console sequels. A loose figure includes no game software, console or required portal.
Skylanders SWAP Force supports this older figure as a playable character in its action adventure. New swappable heroes combine upper and lower halves, but this Giants figure lacks that construction. You retain its own character rather than assembling two halves. Areas requiring a specific SWAP Force property do not automatically become available. Use the software and portal setup prescribed for this game; toy compatibility does not mean every old portal works for all functions.
Skylanders Trap Team lets you use this figure in ordinary combat and exploration. The game also revolves around capturing defeated villains and temporarily playing as them. Correct traps and a compatible Traptanium Portal are required; this figure does not replace them. Nor does the character become a Trap Master. The original manual reserves Traptanium crystals and associated elemental gates for that special group. You can keep playing an older hero without expecting every new toy function to come with the purchase.
Skylanders SuperChargers brings this older hero into an adventure also centred on vehicles. You can retain the character, but the figure is not itself a vehicle and does not make it a SuperCharger. Vehicle sections require the necessary separate equipment. The full adventure on platforms including Wii U, PlayStation and Xbox also differs from SuperChargers Racing for Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Do not expect that campaign in every edition. This offer includes no car, boat or aircraft.
Skylanders Imaginators supports older figures alongside new Senseis and created heroes. You play the existing character with its familiar abilities. This figure is not a Creation Crystal and therefore does not provide the item used to store your own Imaginator. Sensei-specific benefits do not follow from compatibility alone either. The ordinary console setup combines game, portal and controller. Nintendo Switch uses a different figure-reading method. Online matches or downloads are not promised as functioning extras with this loose figure.
