^ Ugg I just hope we get no Series 2 characters. That was easily one of the worst thing about Skylanders, and it was a pain considering that some figures got variants AND reposes. There are 7 Eruptors now if you count the Silver/Snow ones and the 5 ingame variants.
I know Disney like making collectables and that's cool, but there's a point where you've gotta draw the line. I'm going to collect these things to no end and I'll complete my collection completely but I don't want to waste money on the same character, and I probably won't want to play through with them again(if I did, I would reset my old figure). That's the kind of thing that encourages me to stop. If they want to make collectables, they should make them the special figures(like the crystal variants), not regular figures which should stay available until it just isn't viable.
But anyway, OP, I think the answer is yes. But it may be best to get figures as soon as you can, lest they become hard to find. Skylanders still make stuff from the first wave but some figures from Giants are very hard to find, like the discontinued Granite Crusher, Series 2 Slam Bam is hard to find as they haven't manufactured him since the first wave, and so on. @CueLanoo posted pretty much the same thing I wanted to. Speculation, I think that Disney are also going to be able to keep more stuff in stock better. Remember, guys- Activision is big, but they're like a kitten compared Disney. If DI does really well like many of us expect it, they can practically burn money on it.