Seriously, that is some clever marketing right there; in every other game, you unlock new characters by reaching a certain level or mastering some skill. In Skylanders you have to buy the characters (some are upwards of $25 each) and there are a bazillion of them.
I know there's a bazillion, because they kept taking up residence all over my lounge room floor.
I knew we needed to find a way to store them that pleased both me and the boys (no I was not forking out $50+ for one of their gaudy licensed storage options).
I had it in my mind that a shadowbox would be the perfect solution, not realising that a nice, simple shadow box was as rare as hen's teeth these days!
As luck would have it, the morning after I was a bridesmaid in my sister's wedding, we decided to pop into the local little country market.
And what should I spy as we rounded a corner, but a large wooden spice rack.
I couldn't believe my luck when the seller told me it was $4! I wasn't entirely sure the characters would fit, but for $4 who would turn it down?
It wasn't the most attractive of colours, but I knew with a few coats of paint it could be lovely.
I already had a sample pot of Taubmans "Iceberg", and 24 hours and 2 coats later, it was looking much better!
For $4 and the cost of a sample pot of paint, I think the result is much more appealing than one of the licensed storage options!
Great thinking, Lauren. We only have a few of these so far, thank goodness!
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