Disney Infinity Fans

The bonus is the only reason I think you should preorder! You save around $18!

I pre orders because the free figure and invade they do sell out because I've been waiting since January 16th

I think they'll sell out over the build up to C day but before that, who knows?

There is just no way it sells out....maybe specific characters, but no way does the starter pack sell out. I never got into skylanders at all, can someone who did or does tell me if ever at any point sold out of starter packs (with the base thing). I know I know, stop comparing them, but in sales terms, the games are similar enough to share the market and one could at least project sales on how a competitor did.

The starter pack for Spyros Adventure sold out in Australia for about two weeks and was quickly restocked. Since then, both games for all platforms have been everywhere.
The figures are a different matter though. I have no idea how companies project sales of individual characters (for example, series one Cynder for Spyros Adventure are still available, whereas some of the figures came out and then vanished).
I've pre-ordered all of the figures. I purchased all of the first Spyro figures when they first came out. After Christmas (whilst chatting to friends about how things went), a lot of my friends were annoyed that they had bought a game for their kids and were unable to go into all areas of the game because certain figure types weren't available (and weren't restocked until a good couple of months after Christmas).
It would be an absolute no-brainer to preorder if we, like America, got a free character for doing so! Here in Australia, we get two packs of power discs from EB Games (Australian GameStop) if we preorder or, bizarrely, a not very impressive keying from Toys r Us, or storage bag/box from Target.

The go to market for Spyro's Adventure was a little messed up. There were actually plenty of everything for it when it first came out. I had payid better attention to the game so I was able to get anything I wanted. The shortages really occurred with that game in the states when it made it to the most wanted holiday toy list from Toys R Us.

You really never saw the starter packs sell out. As in the previous case. They were quickly restocked. However, a good number of the individual characters were very difficult to find. It is funny that series 1 Cynder was mentioned. It took me forever to find that one along with Wham Shell, but I did find them on the shelf. If you were patient, you didn't have to pay a ton on eBay.

Activision did a better job on Giants. There was plenty of stock available. You had the opportunity to get any character you wanted with the exception of some of the exclusives (Granite Crusher). Again, the initial launch was not the problem. The problem was completing the set. Ninjini was the toughest, and a lot of people still have a problem finding her.

Long story short, if Disney learned anything at all from Activision, it should be product availability. If these playsets adventure mode is only going to sit at 8 to 10 hours, then Toy Box mode is going to be what drives this game. For that to be successful, people are going to have to be able to get their hands on the discs and the figures to have as much creativity at their finger tips. This games success will live or die on user driven content.

It'd be a good idea. I'm personally committing to preordering so I can get the free figure because its a good deal. Says on GameStop page that figures are extremely limited so I'd do it ASAP.

Like most here, I'd stick with the pre-order. The free figure is worth it alone, not to mention not having to deal with any SOLD OUT situation, should one occur. I've noticed a ton of buzz lately, and lots of articles framing Infinity as one of the big Holiday gifts this year. If that's the case, I'd rather get in the door now than when everyone else decides they need it and all the extras...

Okay so I preordered. I wanted to do it at walmart so I could pick up at midnight, however when I went there, they told me there was no free toy with a preorder as a bonus so I decided to go to toys r us and take advantage of that 20% off coupon. I am dissoaointed by their preorder operation as well however, when you preorder online you can choose which figure you want, but when you preorder in store, you cannot. I have to wait till I pick up the game and hope they have the figure I want. Saturday August 18th at midnight is really going to suck knowing I could have got the game from walmart.