Comments on: How-To: Add Articulation to Skylander Figures

By: Sean McGinnis

Sean McGinnis — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:01:06 +0000

Hiya I was wondering, although the guide shows you how to do it I feel that people may not have access to the tools needed. I also feel that altering the figure ruins its integrity.

By: Jamie R

Jamie R — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:45:24 +0000

this is cool but it will be really hard to do im thinking of making one any way even if it takes all day $$$

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:14:05 +0000

Pretty Cool! Although it would be damn near-impossible to do this with a skylander like Shroomboom (not enough room for joints) or series 1 stealth elf (body is too slim and frail)

By: Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:51:38 +0000

Chris,
This is definitely regrettable. We developers at Toys for Bob were following Brandon’s progress, some of us cheering him on, but Activision didn’t take so kindly to it and I unfortunately don’t have any sway with their legal department.

By: Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:38:13 +0000

Hey, Jin! Thanks for the great guide!
And yes, I didn’t mean to imply that removing the character would break anything, only that putting the character on the portal would not work without the base.
Keep up the great work!

By: John Mallamas

John Mallamas — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:23:56 +0000

Jin Saotome here, creator of that guide! Thanks for the link. For clarification removing the character won’t ruin anything and if you add the foot-peg they can be put back on the base at any time. But only the base activates on the portal, the plastic character does not.

By: Lacer

Lacer — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:06:12 +0000

Looks awesome. I’ll have to grab some of the lesser used ones and try though out.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:31:00 +0000

Hey Blake, since you work for the parties involved in the skylanders IP, how about being a good maker ambassador and talk to activision et al about their heavy-handed tactics towards makers regarding those ‘magic bases’?

Sources:
Overview: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/30/activision-sends-cease-and-desist-to-skylanders-hacker/
Take down letter: http://brandonw.net/skylanders/activision.pdf
Maker response: http://brandonw.net/skylanders/response.txt

Remember: If you can’t open it, you don’t own it.