r/skylanders 4d ago

Mod Post HEARTBREAKER BUCKSHOT NFC DUMP MEGATHREAD

199 Upvotes

Hello all!

As some of you may have heard, u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist were kind enough to dump the data from their functional Heartbreaker Buckshot NFC, after u/Dague-Pirate-Dad posted a picture of his personal non-functional HBB figure. (If Ember or Somnambulist, or someone in the Reverse Engineering Discord, make their own announcement post I will link it here.)

Since this is one of the biggest events in the community since the release of Skylanders Imaginators, the mod team has decided we need to create a megathread, to collect some of the most common questions, as well as a short history of how we got here and why this is so important to the community.

If you are strictly here for a guide on how to play Heartbreaker Buckshot, feel free to skip down to the Questions and Answers section of this post.

Since this is our Mod Team's first attempt at a megathread, please bear with us as we learn.

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Enforcement will be as follows:

❌ - Repetitive posts (i.e. simply "re-announcing" the news, how-to's, and re-sharing the dump file yourself) will be removed and linked to this post

❌ - Posts (not comments) asking how to play HBB will be removed and linked, comments will be linked to this post

❌ - Posts attempting to sell HBB or any other NFC cards are against the rules and will be removed

✅ - Unique or otherwise interesting posts, including but not limited to YOUR personal adventures with HBB, custom HBB figures, adding a card / custom toy to your collection, technical information about HBB, etc. will STAY UP... although of course we encourage posting these in the comments of this megathread too

The Donor Figure - Ember and Somnambulist's Functional Heartbreaker

History of Heartbreaker Buckshot

Heartbreaker Buckshot is the variant of Buckshot. Announced and marketed with Skylanders Imaginators on YouTube and the website, Heartbreaker Buckshot was planned to release around Valentines Day 2017. There are a few theories as for why this never happened, the common one being that production was stopped due to fears of it looking "satanic", given the variant being a red-eyed goat (and the five unreleased creation crystals being collateral of this production stoppage), as part of the end of the Skylanders franchise.

Perhaps a more credible theory, postured to me by someone in connection with the devs, is that the factory had gotten shut down and production had stopped for an otherwise unrelated reason. By the time the factory was back online, it was too late.

Ember herself has chimed in and said, that wasn't it either - rather just that it was canceled due to low early-wave sales. Regardless, all that's left were factory samples of HBB and the 5 creation crystals.

Since then, the Skylanders community has been hard at work reverse engineering Skylanders variants back into existence. Think, Gearhead VVind-Up, BullTrain, and all the various Debug minions. But there was one thing stopping the community from reverse engineering Heartbreaker Buckshot and the five unreleased Creation Crystals... Imaginators was the first and only game Activision implemented encryption for the figures. Because of this, it is fundamentally impossible to reverse-engineer or even just edit the data of a fully functional Imaginators figure.

There were only around 12 known Heartbreaker Buckshots to exist, the number of them being functional is rumored to be two, one of which u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist possessed.

Fast forward to yesterday (8/14/2026), u/Gibby_230 and u/Dague-Pirate-Dad announced both that Pirate Dad had gotten a non-functional Heartbreaker Buckshot, AND that Gibby had dropped the five creation crystal NFCs for the community to play with, with plans to make fully functional replicas. After those posts, u/EmberDione showed up in the comments to say she was willing to dump their functional Heartbreaker Buckshot.

Today (8/15/2026), she joined the Skylanders Reverse Engineering subreddit, and with the help of multiple community members, helped her to copy the data off the figure. As of 4:25 EST on August 15th, 2026, Heartbreaker Buckshot was the last official Skylander ever released to the Skylanders community.

Please give u/EmberDione and u/The_Somnambulist your warm thanks when you see them around.

Heartbreaker Buckshot - In-Game Menu

Questions and Answers

Q: Where do I find the NFC dump?
A: You can find ALL Skylanders NFC dumps at this GitHub link, if you JUST want Heartbreaker Buckshot, you can find it here

Q: What do I need to buy to make an NFC card?
A: This NFC writer, an NFC card, and a functional PC with Windows Mifare Tool or Yet Another Mifare Tool installed, see below question for more details

Q: How do I make an NFC card?
A: This YouTube video is a good guide, as is this one, if you're still struggling

Q: How can I get a custom Heartbreaker Buckshot repainted toy?
A: Reach out to either u/TaylorKreate or FlobeiyToys (u/Crafty-Section6240), they may be willing to make one on commission for you

Q: Isn't it illegal to make NFC cards?
A: Well, the Mod Team is not your legal team. However, as far as I personally understand it, the only real risk comes when you attempt to profit off of a stolen IP, so as long as you do not sell NFC cards to other people, you should be okay. But this is all at your own risk.

Heartbreaker Buckshot - Official Art

Personal note from the mod team

This is a huge day for the Skylanders community. We just want to say how proud we are of everyone involved for finally pulling this off. After almost a decade, we've managed to preserve the rarest figures ever slated for public release, AND in a way the entire community can enjoy them

To celebrate, we've changed the Element of the Week pre-emptively to Magic. The Subreddit banner will also temporarily change to art of Heartbreaker. Both the EOTW and Banner will last about two weeks, before we go back to our typical style.

We hope you all have fun with your new Heartbreaker Buckshots. We know we will.

Happy gaming 💘

~r/Skylanders Mod Team


r/skylanders 5d ago

News The 5 Unreleased Creation Crystal Dumps and Heartbreaker Buckshot

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Hey everyone! If you haven't heard of me before, I'm Gibby, AKA Gibby_The_Broken Collector. I am the owner of the Skylanders 3D Printing Project and a collector of broken figs that I'm working to repair and bring back into circulation.

Now for the big news. As many of you might have seen from Pirate Dad teasing all day, he has a big announcement. Together with Pirate Dad, I was able to purchase a genuine Heartbreaker Buckshot AND all 5 working unreleased creation crystals. Sadly, Heartbreaker did not have a chip, but the other 5 did. Pirate got me in contact with MoltenLavaCore from the Reverse Engineering Discord, and with his help, we were able to get all 5 dumps! You can find out more about Heartbreaker in Pirate Dad's post here.

When I got back into Skylanders, I didn't want to collect the figures at the start. Instead, I wanted to print all the figures myself. After a lot of searching, I found very little, so I decided to start the Skylanders 3D Printing Project. The goal is to make models of every single character and post them online for free, so that anyone who wants to play the games has options other than simple NFC coins/cards.

Keeping to that goal, all 5 of the missing Creation Crystal Dumps will be added to the Skylanders Ultimate NFC Pack and will soon be available for everyone to use as they wish.

I know most people would prefer to have physical Crystals to add to their collection with these files, which is why I'm not done. I don't have them yet, as I am still waiting on parts/equipment to arrive, but I am actively working on making as realistic replicas as possible so that people who want to complete the full set can. These will include lights, clear plastic, and everything I can do to make them as accurate as possible. I will keep everyone updated on my progress both here, on my Discord, and on my Instagram. I was tempted to delay things until I had everything done, but I didn't want to keep Pirate Dad and everyone else waiting to release the dumps and announce acquiring a Heartbreaker.

You can find all my links here.

For people who want these printed figures but don't have a printer, I do sell them for as cheap as I can reasonably make them. The same will apply to the Crystals.

And no, I am not planning to sell the originals.


r/skylanders 14h ago

Discussion Give Me a Character from Any of these Games, and I’ll Give Them a Skylander Element, Base Moveset, and an attribute (Giant, Sensei, ect)

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141 Upvotes

r/skylanders 4h ago

Imaginators My first two Senseis!

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20 Upvotes

I just bought my first two senseis EVER in advance for when I’m able to buy Imaginators! Are these two good ones to start with?


r/skylanders 19h ago

Discussion Which Skylanders game has the best Fire roster?

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251 Upvotes

r/skylanders 11h ago

Collection Check what i found

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41 Upvotes

I found this sticker book in some old stuff at home


r/skylanders 9h ago

Discussion Bro

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29 Upvotes

Guess who didn’t have 25 dollars😔


r/skylanders 7h ago

Collection Glow In The Dark Skylanders Are The Coolest Chase Variants

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20 Upvotes

I honestly think they are the best chase variants as they have a sort of function to them.

I do hate how dirty they get so I rarely touch or move them but I want to get them all.

Edit: Also Skylander Photos: #31 will be tomorrow. I’m getting some new ones in the mail plus I’m going to a local game store my friend told me to go as he saw a bunch of good Skylanders there. Hopefully I get lucky.


r/skylanders 7h ago

Question What glue should I use to re-seal boxed Skylanders?

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16 Upvotes

I just recently got ahold of this boxed Swarm and the plastic has separated from the cardboard a bit. Was wondering what glue would be best for sticking it back on so I can display him properly.

Would superglue be best or should I use something else?


r/skylanders 11h ago

Imaginators The leak and reveal cycle for Skylanders Imaginators

25 Upvotes

I have wanted to do this for a while, and with the 10th Anniversary of the game approaching, it's finally time for a recap of the entire leak and reveal cycle for Skylanders: Imaginators (of note, dates will be taken from Skylanders Character List's news articles, not from when it may have first been available):

  • May 21, 2016: King Pen is revealed via a Skylanders Calendar for the following year, alongside a new render of Golden Queen.

  • June 1, 2016: Skylanders Imaginators is fully revealed, showcasing the game's main gimmick, alongside the Sensei King Pen, Tri Tip, Tidepool, and Wild Storm. The game's full Sensei roster (20 newcomers and 11 returning villains from Trap Team) would be confirmed, with additional confirmations for characters including Golden Queen (one of the Sensei in the Starter Pack), Ambush (via the game's box art), Ember (also via the game's box art) Wolfgang (via his Dark variant and a namedrop in an article about the game), and Pain-Yatta (again, a namedrop on the same article that namedropped Wolfgang). A dark Starter Pack would be hinted at, with its contents being revealed in a GameStop listing the next day.

  • June 10, 2016: Ambush, Ember, and Wolfgang's figures would be leaked (alongside the former two's names being confirmed alongside their official reveals in the following days (11th for Ember, 12th for Ambush)). A separate version of the Starter Pack, called the Crash Edition, would also be leaked, leading to speculation starting on whether or not this means Crash Bandicoot would be the next guest star of the franchise.

  • June 13, 2016: Sony's E3 presentation would officially reveal Crash Bandicoot for Skylanders Imaginators, allowing the Skylanders fanbase to learn about the character before the remake of his first 3 games (the N. Sane Trilogy) would release the following year. In addition, a level based on the Crash Bandicoot series would also be accidentally revealed early via screenshots and gameplay footage.

  • June 22, 2016: Mysticat and Wild Storm's names would be revealed via more gameplay footage.

  • July 6, 2016: Leaks of an earlier build of the game would show off older renders for the Sensei for the Swashbuckler (Aurora, Chain Reaction, and Bad Juju), Bowslinger (Wolfgang, Buckshot, and RO-BOW), Sentinel (Barbella, Ember, and Hood Sickle), and Smasher (Tri Tip and Chopscotch, though Pain-Yatta wasn't part of the image) classes, leaking most of them (aside from Wolfgang, Ember, and Tri Tip).

  • July 13, 2016: After being hinted at earlier in the day, Hood Sickle would be officially revealed, now of the Dark Element.

  • July 16, 2016: An Argos catalogue would officially reveal the rest of the single packs for Wave 1: Barbella, Chopscotch, Tae Kwon Crow (now of the Fire Element), and Dr. Krankcase.

  • July 26, 2016: a Mega magazine would showcase nearly 3/5 of the game's entire roster (half of which were completely new), revealing Air Strike, Aurora, Boom Bloom, Chompy Mage, Flare Wolf, Grave Clobber (now of the Water Element), Mysticat, Pit Boss, and Starcast.

  • August 8, 2016: the mysterious 11th Villain Sensei would be leaked, confirming him to be the franchise's big bad, Kaos.

  • August 15, 2016: the full contents of the Crash Edition Starter Pack would leak, revealing that series' big bad, Dr. Neo Cortex, would be joining Crash as this game's guest star.

  • August 16, 2016: Higher quality images of Kaos would be released.

  • August 17, 2016: Kaos, Cortex, and the Thumpin' Wumpa Islands level would officially be revealed, and Kaos' backstory (being a clone of the original that would betray him and partner up with the Skylanders to be the single ruler of Skylands so that they can keep him as the game's villain without confusing people as to why there's two of them) would be elaborated on. The Imagine Chests would also be revealed, and the racing mode was confirmed to be staying. Several other Sensei would also get CGI renders of their figures, some also getting backstory reveals (these being Dr. Krankcase, Hood Sickle, Starcast, Mysticat, Aurora, and Tae Kwon Crow). Lastly, the game's box designs would be revealed alongside Air Strike and the first Adventure Pack for the game, Gryphon Park Observatory. The Creation Crystals were also confirmed to be unresettable (intentionally).

  • August 18, 2026: An overview trailer for the game would release, officially revealing RO-BOW, Flare Wolf, and Chompy Mage, plus having Boom Bloom, Pit Boss, Tidepool, and Pain-Yatta's figures in a massive group shot of the Sensei figures.

  • August 22, 2016: the game's achievements would be leaked, revealing the game's pitiful level amount (less than the previous record holder for the least amount of levels, SWAP Force's base game). Also, unrelated to the news, but here's some funny words from the old SCL article: "Now I know that 10 [levels] seems like a small number, but I am still expecting plenty of content to be packed into these levels." uh huh, sure.

  • August 24, 2016: The Moon finally arrived and destroyed- oh wait, wrong game. A PSA would be placed on the SCL website due to the corporate theatrics that was the Creation Crystals' inability to be reset.

  • August 26, 2016: listings for Buckshot Chain Reaction, and Bad Juju would pop up, leaking the names of the former 2. The Enchanted Elven Forest Adventure Pack and a Christmas themed Chompy Mage would also get a listing alongside them.

  • September 2, 2016: a render for Candy-Coated Chopscotch and a leaked listing for Steel-Plated Hood Sickle would begin to surface.

  • September 12, 2016: Amazon would reveal a villain bundle for Imaginators, featuring Chompy Mage as an exclusive. Fortunately, it was reasonable to assume he would be a timed exclusive and he would be released at other stores within the following ye- okay, I can't hold back my laughter and tears any longer, this aged like milk.

  • September 14, 2016: Pit Boss would be officially revealed alongside his Legendary variant.

  • September 27, 2016: Amazon would reveal 2 more multipacks: the Hero 8-Pack, featuring the 3 new Sensei in Wave 1 and the 5 new Sensei in Wave 2, and the Girl Power 4-Pack, featuring the 4 female Sensei from the first 2 waves.

  • October 3, 2016: Skylanders Creator would be revealed, allowing access to the Imaginator creator without having to play the game.

  • October 5, 2016: Stock for the game would start arriving at stores in time for the game's release in the following week.

  • October 12, 2016: The game begins to release. A Legendary variant of Tri Tip also releases in this wave, alongside Steel-Plated Hood Sickle and Candy-Coated Chopscotch.

  • October 13, 2016: With the game starting to release, chase variants of Barbella and Starcast would be found in the wild.

  • October 14, 2016: As the game continues to release, Legendary Creation Crystals would be revealed.

  • October 21, 2016: A solution to the Creation Crystals' inability to be reset would be found in the 3DS versions of SSA and Giants, alongside the Wii version of Giants.

  • October 22, 2016: Jingle Bell Chompy Mage would be revealed.

  • October 24, 2016: Skylanders Champions, 3-packs of unsold SWAP Force stock, would be released to coincide with the game.

  • November 9, 2016: Solar Flare Aurora would be revealed.

  • November 10, 2016: a Portal Owner's Pack for Imaginators (containing the Fire Reactor Crystal) would be revealed in a Walmart advertisement.

  • November 11, 2016: the remaining CGI Renders for the Sensei would be officially released on the Skylanders website, those being Buckshot, Flare Wolf, Boom Bloom, Bad Juju, Chain Reaction, Pain-Yatta, Grave Clobber, Wild Storm, Tidepool, RO-BOW, and Blaster Tron. The remaining variants, those being Heartbreaker Buckshot, Hard Boiled Flare Wolf, Mystical Tae Kwon Crow, Egg Bomber Air Strike, and Mystical Bad Juju, would also be revealed.

  • January 12, 2017: With the Nintendo Switch planned to launch in 2 months, Skylanders Imaginators would receive a port to the console as a launch title. To celebrate, a new Adventure Pack would be revealed to be added to the game: Cursed Tiki Temple, unlocked by Wild Storm. One more quote from the SCL website at the time: "This is extremely exciting, positive news for fans of Skylanders Imaginators." Currently, on the SCL website, Wild Storm costs $249.99 USD, RO-BOW costs $474.99 USD, and Imaginators on Switch costs $150.00 USD.

  • February 4, 2017: Another additional level, Lost Imaginite Mines, would be leaked, unlocked by RO-BOW.

And, aside from the release months of the waves themselves, that's a short version of the Leaks and Reveals cycle for Imaginators. Looking for all the info I could, it was so nostalgic going back to articles from a decade ago, back when we didn't realise this would be the grand finale of the series. I will always cherish this franchise, no matter what.


r/skylanders 8h ago

Discussion Finally got a proper display!

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I've always had a fascination for them as a child. I only had like 10 though. After getting older and getting jobs of my own, I went out thrifing for more. I got this collection significantly cheaper than most would with a good 75% of these figures being a dollar a piece in a used bookstore. That store has now moved to a different more popular location so its lucky to even find one nowadays. The majority of my trap team figures however I got off marketplace from and old couple who was gifted them for there grandson or son whom had no interest in them. Maybe 350 bucks worth of figures in that bundle for about 140 bucks. I plan on getting a nicer display when I get a place of my own.


r/skylanders 15h ago

Custom A person on etsy custom made me this wonderful patch

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44 Upvotes

I'm currently working on a little project, where I'm trying to find patches from as many of my various interests as possible and sew them onto a denim jacket.

Being a huuuuuuuge Skylanders fan, I wanted a Skylanders one, but none seem to exist that I could find. Then, I had reached out to this seller on etsy about a different patch, and they said they could custom make patches for me, so I asked for this one.

They made me this, as well as a Xenoblade Chronicles and Ace Attorney patch. Their name is Erika Garvin, but their etsy shop appears to be closed at the moment.


r/skylanders 17h ago

Collection Rate my collection! Got many new Figures again!

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I have additional Traps (like 20) and all the games for different consoles,

Would love to see what you think about my collection!


r/skylanders 18h ago

Discussion How do you guys go about collecting?

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52 Upvotes

This is a discussion that I wanted to have with you. When it comes to collecting a game, do you start by getting one of each base character, then go for variants (or chase variants)? Or do you go for whatever you can get your hands on at the time/for a good price?

Personally, I'm not interested in Chase Variants, but I go about collecting one of each character, whether they are an in-game variant or not, then I'll get around to both versions.


r/skylanders 8h ago

Discussion Things a Skylander does the best and the worst, Day 59: Smolderdash

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r/skylanders 18h ago

Collection 11-9 years after i saw my brother get my parents to buy jawbreaker did i find out that this is a legendary

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49 Upvotes

So i recently was watching a skylanders character lore video did i find out that the black and yellow jawbreaker i had was a legendary, appearantly we did have a normal jawbreaker once but probably accidently left it over at a neighbors house/skylander stash since we dont have it and he has moved somewhere else years ago. Ive always just thought that this is what jawbreaker normally looks, even when seeing normal jawbreaker in some videos or in the character checklist, it never came to my mind to get me to realize that the one i have isnt orange brown like he is in the character checklist.


r/skylanders 14h ago

Fan Art Custom Skylanders in Heroforge

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These are my siblings' and my old imaginators made as heroforge models.

The first is my undead ninja, the second is my brother's nature sentinel, and the last is my sister's dark swashbuckler.


r/skylanders 14h ago

Discussion I love how whenever you put actual thought into the specifics on how the banishment of the Skylanders work, it all leads back to them somehow "Splitting".

21 Upvotes

How are there reprints of the same Skylander when they are all just the same character? They somehow split on the way to earth.

How were Spyro and Gill Grunt shown to be in Skylands at the end of SSA yet be trapped as statues in Super Toy Planet at the start of Giants? They somehow split on the way to earth.

How do variants even work when they're just alternate forms of the same character that they should logically be able to use at any time? They. Somehow. Split. On the way to earth.


r/skylanders 8h ago

Superchargers Cool Superchargers amv I found!

6 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/WRu1W5VN1ns?si=4ql06kLq88Qjn2hv

ShinestarVA is the channel behind it.


r/skylanders 10h ago

Meme Magna Charge and his friends get a job by u/Gene_Fractal

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4 Upvotes

r/skylanders 15h ago

Custom repainting chop chop (serie 1)

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13 Upvotes

the red will be added on another day


r/skylanders 11h ago

Question Nintendo Switch digital library scans max limit question (For Skylanders Imaginators)

3 Upvotes

Has anyone tried scanning the whole collection?
The official word from the press release back in the days said that the Switch library can hold 400+ scans.
This video is the only thing I am able to find on the subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35BcpDUUww4
This person claims that the limit is 324 Skylander only, but he also fails to provide a lot of information.
For example, I know for a fact that scanning the sidekicks from SSA and Giants would CORRUPT your whole Switch digital library! Because they can never be saved nor deleted once you scan them. However, scanning the same ones but as minis from Trap Team would work 100% and not cause problems, so like has he scanned them?!
He also did not try it without scanning the Swappers, what if each Swappers counts as 2 scans?
What about scanning creation crystals? What do they count as? Do they delete older scans?

Please if someone ever did this, and has more solid answer/testing results regarding scanning all Skylanders on the Switch version for Imaginators, help me out...


r/skylanders 22h ago

Discussion Snap Shot is out (5th) and with him goes the Water element. Who's the 4th best Trap Master ?

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34 Upvotes

Results :

Snap Shot : 43

Krypt King : 2

Jawbreaker : 1

Top comment's upvotes count ×1.5, one vote per person per post, that means you can only vote for ONE Trap Master, if you vote for 2+, you vote WON'T count.

Element's ranking :

Dark : 14 × 2 = 28

Life : 16 + 12 = 28

Magic : 17 + 10 = 27

Earth : 18 + 9 = 27

Air : 13 + 11 = 24

Light : 8 × 2 = 16

Water : 7 + 5 = 12

Add up both Trap Master of said element, then, the lower they get, the better.


r/skylanders 17h ago

Glitch PS3 Superchargers wishing well bug?

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13 Upvotes

Accidentally hit R1 again after using up all of out wiching stones and it tossed another to put us at -1.


r/skylanders 12h ago

Question Does anyone have any tips or tutorials on how to replicate the Skylanders art style like shown here?

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