I haven't played the game yet, even though I have collected every character so far. (Saving it for Christmas for the kids.)
I have the Crystal Lightning McQueen, but I am not sure if I want to go down the road of collecting all of the future crystal versions. I know that the Crystal McQueen has extra power, or something like that. However, I was was wondering if there are different challenges for the regular McQueen. In other words, do I still need to use the regular McQueen to unlock all of the challenges/missions/whatever in the Cars Playset? Or can that be done with the Crystal version? Or, are there separate challenges in the playset for the Crystal version?
I am trying to figure out if it is worth it to collect the crystal versions or not. I have already decided I am not going to bother collecting all of the discs, as I don't think that stuff will hold my kids' attention and what can be unlocked in the toybox will be more than enough. I am more willing to collect the crystal figures if there is a difference in the play. I am starting to wonder if it is worth it to collect the crystals if all it does is the same gameplay, with just a little more juice. My kids won't care about that extra juice...but if there are different gameplay scenarios, then I would be more interested. If these Crystal versions are just another money grab aimed at collectors, I am not sure if that will be enough to keep me invested in those versions.
I am aware of the Hall of Heros and how they can be added to that. And the collector in me does like that...but I am not sure I want to duplicate figures to have to store just for the sake of collecting. I won't buy them to just sit in a package collecting dust to sell later. I only want toys that I (and the kids) will actually play with.
I hope that all makes sense. And I would like to know prior to the next wave of crystals, since I can't really play the game until after Christmas and then they would be harder to find.