The latest entry in the annual Skylanders toys to life franchise has just released, allowing us to create our own heroes for the first time in series history. As detailed in our E3 preview, using special Creation Crystals, players can customize their characters appearance, personality, stats and fighting style, taking the place of standard figures. But what if you want your Skylander to be able to stand side by side with the favorites you’ve collected over the last five years? Now’s your chance, thanks to the Skylanders Creator app.
The app has all of the same character customization options the game has, allowing you to work on your next character when you’re away from the game. When you’re satisfied with what you’ve made, Activision is giving us the option to have the character 3D printed, complete with the same technology that standard figures have. This means when you place the toy on your Portal of Power, it will summon your fully realized character, moves, stats and all. Pretty cool for the most imaginative players out there.
At $50 each for your custom figure, that might be a little pricey for some, which is why you’ll also have the option to have a trading card printed with the same functionality for $15. For those especially proud of their character, they can have it printed on a T-Shirt for the world to admire at $25.
Check out some samples of what the service delivers below, and let us know if your creations are worthy of being immortalized as a figure. And by the way, I’m totally jealous that I didn’t come up with “Steampunkin” first.
