Which means, you need trap masters and villains of each element, including "unknown" elements and a Kaos trap... which is proving very difficult to find in stores or online for reasonable prices (like the Kaos trap being about $75 on Amazon)

Was it really necessary to mandate trap master's for opening elemental portals?

For exploring everything in this new version, you must have: one trap master of each element; one trap of each element plus the Kaos trap (if you want to play as Kaos); unknown trap (there are villains that you have to put in unknown traps); maybe unknown trap masters (there are gates that you must have an unknown character)

For exploring everything in this new version, you must have: one trap master of each element; one trap of each element plus the Kaos trap (if you want to play as Kaos); unknown trap (there are villains that you have to put in unknown traps); maybe unknown trap masters (there are gates that you must have an unknown character)

So now you have to go out and buy a set of traps in addition to one trap master of each element

One big con on this game comes from the Activision marketing department, who is clearly trying to figure out a way to extract more and more money from the players, is that now you have to have a Trap Master of an element to get into the special areas (previously, any skylander of that element would do).

Activision, the company that makes this game has decided that in order to unlock certain gates in the game, gates that come up VERY often in the game, you must buy a brand new figure, a Trap Master, one for every element

The mini Skylanders are also super cute and both my kids like to play with them as toys as well as in the game

The mini Skylanders are also super cute and both my kids like to play with them as toys as well as in the game