Skylanders Giants - Giant Character Pack - Thumpback

Thumpback is one of eight Giants Skylanders and represents the elemental Water source. Be aware that this figure does NOT work with the original Skylanders, "Spyro's Adventure".Design:Thumpback is nearly twice the height of regular Skylander figures and has a solid, high-quality feel to it. The figure is based on whales and shows morphological features of both, baleen whales and toothed whales. The water base and purple barnacles on his wrists are translucent. Set on the portal, his wrist protection will glow with a dark blue colour. There are no other illuminating parts to the toy. Thumpback is rich in detail in sculpt and paint: his body colour varies from light blue to a darker colour, his back is littered with barnacles, paint on armour parts, chain. eyes, tongue and toes is applied nicely without too much overlap onto other parts of the figure. The only thing I dislike is the lack of colour detailing on his shoulder pads (e.g. backwash). Certainly one of the better looking Skylanders out there!Gameplay:Thumpback has two default attacks: He can swing his anchor in a wide arch, dealing damage to all enemies in reach. Thumpback can even perform a combo by pressing buttons in a specific sequence (easy to carry out for young gamers). His secondary attack is a belly flop, allowing him to cover ground faster and hitting enemies in the process. This attack is excellent as Thumpback is usally slow (speed 20) and would otherwise struggle to finish some of the Heroic Challenges of the game. His third attack lets him bite enemies to inflict large amounts of damage. Upgrade paths allow further development of his anchor or concentrate on his belly flopping and chomping. The former alters the look and damage of the anchor attack and gives Thumpback extra attack combos, such as using his anchor to create a whirlpool. The latter allows biting during belly sliding and releasing a stream of water (and seastars) through blowhole and mouth. It also improves his armour significantly. The only downside: Thumpback's belly slide is difficult to control, so prepare to slide of ledges or to get stuck in obstacles from time to time.My verdict:I absolutely love Thumpback! He is fun to play, looks good and even provides some educational value by teaching kids the difference between whales of the mysticete and odontocete family. Highly recommended!Design: 9/10Gameplay: 9/10Overall: 9/10

As shown In pictures works fine great service

Misleading, pictures show in packagingblike new, read the fine print! No picture of actual item you are buying Mine came with orange marks all over it, scratches and and paint missing which wasn't in description.

Just what he wanted, but hasn't made him play the game any more, so perhaps a bit pricey for the use it gets! Quality, deliver, etc all fine though!

Purchased as a birthday present for my grandson, who is a skylander fan. Item arrived in good time and in good order. Would recommend and use again

I was buying this for my grandson for his birthday and it arrived the day before excellent service left it in box and wrapped it up and he was so thrilled when he opened it and is carrying it around with him he loves it !!!! and thanked me so much for Thumpback so was worth the hassle of shopping on line lol

I bought this for my son, who already had lots of skylanders including some Giants, and he loved it. He liked it on and off the screen because of the light up feature and the texture of the actual character. It is very tactile. he also like what it could do in the game. He is quite experienced with Skylanders but was definitely impressed.

My boy is a Skylander's fan. He loves Thumpback and he plays with him all the time. Thumpback is quite good in the battle.