Has anyone else ever heard of this franchise or play it? For those of you who don't know, Skylanders is the spiritual successor to Spyro the Dragon, and features Spyro as one of the playable characters. Skylanders is essentially a simplified isometric dungeon-crawler (Diablo, Torchlight, etc) aimed at a younger audience, but has a moderate following of older gamers as well. The unique draw of the franchise comes in the form of collecting the figurines of all the various playable Skylanders. Each figurine can be summoned into the game by placing it on the "Portal of Power", a peripheral that comes with the starter kit that connects to your console. While you are playing, your character data is saved onto the figurine, and can be used in any other game on any other console. It's essentially a marketing gimmick but it's interesting none-the-less. Anyway, I was curious if anyone here plays. I grew up loving Spyro the Dragon, and find the Skylanders series to be very enjoyable, especially after a long day at work when I just need a little bit of downtime gaming.