Skylanders Toy Fair Exclusive Cynder Giveaway Winners
OWTK Giveaways — By Jeff on February 26, 2012 at 9:11 pm
This sucks.
While I’m happy for the two lucky folks randomly selected to receive my two purple metallic, 100% rad and rare Cynder figures, I’m completely aware that this post will disappoint many. This is apropos, in a way, since many of you disappointed me in the run up to tonight’s announcement.
Listen, I know that a good number of you are on the up and up, the majority really, and I sincerely appreciate each of you and your various entries into this giveaway. And then there are those of you who tried to cheat by posting multiple comments under different names, over different dates, and with different “favorite” Skylanders. Others had a hard time following the basic instructions; for example, leaving a comment saying “I want this SOOOO bad” isn’t an entry. Sorry to break the news to ya. Neither is telling me you posted about the giveaway on your personal Facebook page. This kind of stuff made my job more difficult. And I don’t like my job to get more difficult. At all. I ended up deleting 60-70 comments that either didn’t follow the instructions or that I deemed cheats. I don’t have time for such bullshit.
This will be the last giveaway of this kind that I host. There is almost no upside for me, just work I don’t need and postage costs to who knows where to pay for. Frankly, flipping these two Cynder figures on eBay for a couple hundred each would’ve been the way to go for me, if only to not hear about people’s ill family members, pathetic pleas for me to pick them in a random giveaway, and threats of hurting themselves if they don’t win. Seriously? Stay classy, it’s a god damn toy.
Yeah, all of this Toy Fair exclusive Cynder business has sucked a bit of joy from my Skylanders experience. I guess it was too be expected, but still, the lack of dignity and grace of some ruin things for the rest. Such is true here, and in the rest of life as well.
All that said, a big hearty congratulations goes out to Robert (Comment #28) and Nicole (Comment #142)! You should both have emails from me in your inbox. I hope you are excited and will enjoy playing with Cynder. If you sell her and profit from all of this, well, that would just be icing on this turd cake, wouldn’t it?
*Wickedly cool Cynder Toy Fair Figure photo at the top right snagged from the Cool Toy Review website.
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Don’t let the assholes get you down! If I were in your shoes, I’d never do another giveaway either. But even though I didn’t win one of the figures, I appreciate the opportunity. Hope this week is better.
Random?
I thought this was based on what people’s like or dislike and/or experience with the toys. But apparently it’s random. You shouid have have just given them to your kids. WEAK!
I’m disappointed regarding this skylanders contest! It was supposed to be about experience with the game. Apparently kids loose.
Hey John, I stated clearly in the giveaway post that “I’ll randomly pick a winner…”. This wasn’t fucking rocket science.
So I end up giving two rare and valuable toys away to a pair of randomly chosen people who exhibited the ability to read and follow a few simple rules and you think that is the definition of “WEAK”? Get thee self to a mirror.
Congrats to the winners and thank you again Jeff for your values and kindness in this giveaway. It is too bad that people spoil it for the rest of them, but note that while there were a few people that clearly violated the rules and gave the contest a bad taste, that there are still other people who were truly thankful for the opportunity and for your unselfishness in providing and still following through with your random giveaway.
It is nice to know that there are people out there that stand up for values, integrity, honor, kindness and honesty. Keep it up Jeff and don’t let the others bring you down or take that away from you!
Thank you, Stephanie. This means a lot. Sorry you didn’t win!
my favorite is cynder i did not just say that. and tim sproat MY DAD DID like you on face book but my crappy computer waz messing up that day. Id maybey did not sumit the like
whats speaxcil its just cynder normal in game its not like chaos minions it just a painted cynder it no diffrence thogh cant wait for sunburn
this sucks
i wish i won