SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The population of Skylands will be booming come fall. Activision is introducing the option for “Skylanders” players to create their own characters in the series’ sixth ...

Senseis, on the other hand, are more typical Toys-To-Life Skylanders. They’re a line-up of 20 new characters and 11 former in-game villains that will all be released as classic physical toys for ...

The next "Skylanders" entry will also add 31 new "sensei" characters to the roster of more than 350 heroes that have been released since the original "Spyro's Adventure" in 2011. "Skylanders" ...

According to Activision, each character will also be compatible with the original Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. Skylanders: Giants is due for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and iOS ...

And at first I thought one of the female characters – Stormblade – was actually a boy. She isn’t very girl-like. Skylanders: Trap Team had a better collection of girl characters. It had a lot of major ...

For those new to the series, the concept of Skylanders revolves around real toy characters which can be used to unlock their corresponding in-game avatar. By placing a figurine on a USB portal ...

Toys for Bob Character Director I-Wei Huang is arguably the most recognizable person on the Skylanders development team outside of CEO Paul Reiche. He recently sat on the Skylanders panel at San ...

Skylanders Trap Team is available now for pre-order, and will launch on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PS4, Nintendo Wii and Wii U, and the Nintendo 3DS on Oct. 5.

Now, with Skylanders: Swap Force, players can personalize their characters even more with the 32 total added characters to the roster--half of which have swappable parts.

Skylanders Swap Force toys have two brains and one heart. This means that tops and bottoms can be upgraded independently while character stats reside just in the upper portion (with their tiny ...