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My Marth from eBay came today. $45 with shipping. Plastic on box got a tad crumpled in one spot and the sword is ever so slightly bent, but overall, I am a happy man!

Do I take him out of the box? I am leaning towards yes. I wanna play with the sucker.

You are enabling the scalpers maaaaan. Just kidding! Happy you got your hands on one!

I want to trade my villager for a marth, but I've not seen anyone attempting to trade with me so far =,(
 
My Marth from eBay came today. $45 with shipping. Plastic on box got a tad crumpled in one spot and the sword is ever so slightly bent, but overall, I am a happy man!

Do I take him out of the box? I am leaning towards yes. I wanna play with the sucker.
Yeah take him out and enjoy it
but keep the box they look so good

Are Amiibos good to get for a future noob Smash player like myself?
Yeah they're awesome to train with, my level 50 Mario can beat 2 level 9 bots by himself so he's good to practice 1v1 with. Also they look really nice :)
 
went to 2 Targets, 2 Best Buys, 2 Toys R Us. 2 Gamestops and 2 mall Gamestops.
mall Gamestops had nothing new.
one Gamestop had one Little Mac; one had a bunch of Zeldas.
Targets had some Zeldas.
one Toys R Us had a ton of Zeldas and Little Macs. one Toys R a few Zeldas.
Best Buy had jack and shit. a couple of DKs, Marios, and Peaches in each store.

all I wanted is one little Diddy Kong. boo.
 
went to 2 Targets, 2 Best Buys, 2 Toys R Us. 2 Gamestops and 2 mall Gamestops.
mall Gamestops had nothing new.
one Gamestop had one Little Mac; one had a bunch of Zeldas.
Targets had some Zeldas.
one Toys R Us had a ton of Zeldas and Little Macs. one Toys R a few Zeldas.
Best Buy had jack and shit. a couple of DKs, Marios, and Peaches in each store.

all I wanted is one little Diddy Kong. boo.

Buy Little Mac and trade for Diddy
 
Went to TRU last night before closing and only saw Zelda, aside from the wave 1 regulars.

Had a hunch today, went by there around 4pm, and they around 4 each of Little Mac and Diddy Kong. I snatched up 2 of each, retreated to the back of the store, and rethought my strategy. Realized I don't want to be a scalper, took my extras back to the aisle, and saw a couple desperately looking through the figures on the shelf. Asked if they were looking for either of these (holding out Little Mac and Diddy) and told them they could have them. They almost cried. That was my good karma deed for the day.
I refuse to think that that couple were scalpers
. Also grabbed a Fox at a nearby Gamestop as he seems to be drying up in supply.

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Club Nintendo Mario figures display I found for 25 cents at a garage sale

Got Marth on the way from Japan. At least I've got the rare figs so far covered.
 
Went to TRU last night before closing and only saw Zelda, aside from the wave 1 regulars.

Had a hunch today, went by there around 4pm, and they around 4 each of Little Mac and Diddy Kong. I snatched up 2 of each, retreated to the back of the store, and rethought my strategy. Realized I don't want to be a scalper, took my extras back to the aisle, and saw a couple desperately looking through the figures on the shelf. Asked if they were looking for either of these (holding out Little Mac and Diddy) and told them they could have them. They almost cried. That was my good karma deed for the day.
I refuse to think that that couple were scalpers
. Also grabbed a Fox at a nearby Gamestop as he seems to be drying up in supply.

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Club Nintendo Mario figures display I found for 25 cents at a garage sale

Got Marth on the way from Japan. At least I've got the rare figs so far covered.

Good on you. Almost cried though? ._.
 
Hoping I can make rounds tomorrow and see if any have popped up.
Seems like no one has even received the stock yet or has put them out because of the original date they had.
 
The more I think about it the more I know I'm going to end up buying a Marth and Villager for big bucks. My job and life situation allows me to have quite a bit of disposable income. Paying $50 each for these wouldn't be a huge bummer to me.
 
Whew, I managed to find a Samus that doesn't lean, unlike the 9 other Samuses that were hanging on the same rack. Yikes, that seems like a real problem.
 
So I made this to help out the people in the USA who are still looking for amiibos, I need help from EURO/AUS/Japan Gaf if they know of figures not available there but available here, so we can help each other out and have some trading going.

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Hope it helps!

Edit: Also, most "in-store" stuff is from personal experience, if you feel I have to change something or something is more rare than it seems please let me know to update it.
 
The more I think about it the more I know I'm going to end up buying a Marth and Villager for big bucks. My job and life situation allows me to have quite a bit of disposable income. Paying $50 each for these wouldn't be a huge bummer to me.

Well there's a Villager for $30 USD shipped on ebay. (Japanese)

Only Marth is last that price now.
 
This is the Toys R Us in my area:

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Literally a wall of only 4 or 5 characters. Behind me was the same situation.
 
Why does everyone think Shulk will be so rare? You all know there are about 3 gamestops in every square mile of the states right? I imagine he'll be as common as any of the regulars simply because he's the special one you can only get at GameStop so they want him available. If he's never in stock, what point is there in visiting the store? GameStop wants traffic in their stores. I could be wrong but I imagine they'll have him readily available so they get people coming in for him and buying more shit before they leave.
 
Went to gamestop and the cashier said that wave 2 probably won't come till after Christmas. He didn't know exactly. Meanwhile, Fox was in short supply everywhere I went today. I went to gamestop, target, best buy, and TRU
 
Does anyone know if the retail exclusive amiibos are timed? Like will they be available at all the stores after a while, maybe a 2nd or 3rd printing or something?
 
Why does everyone think Shulk will be so rare? You all know there are about 3 gamestops in every square mile of the states right? I imagine he'll be as common as any of the regulars simply because he's the special one you can only get at GameStop so they want him available. If he's never in stock, what point is there in visiting the store? GameStop wants traffic in their stores. I could be wrong but I imagine they'll have him readily available so they get people coming in for him and buying more shit before they leave.
Shulk will probably be the rarest one. Xenoblade was selling for 69.99 used at gamestop before. And there arent many gamestops as there are best buys or walmarts.. also gotta take note his shipments will be small. Hes part of wave 3 what makes you think they will have so many more shulks tham sonic or bowser? Shulk will be sold out in 2 days.
 
Shulk will probably be the rarest one. Xenoblade was selling for 69.99 used at gamestop before. And there arent many gamestops as there are best buys or walmarts.. also gotta take note his shipments will be small. Hes part of wave 3 what makes you think they will have so many more shulks tham sonic or bowser? Shulk will be sold out in 2 days.



There are three times as many Gamestops in the US as Best Buys :)
 
So I made this to help out the people in the USA who are still looking for amiibos, I need help from EURO/AUS/Japan Gaf if they know of figures not available there but available here, so we can help each other out and have some trading going.

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Hope it helps!

Edit: Also, most "in-store" stuff is from personal experience, if you feel I have to change something or something is more rare than it seems please let me know to update it.
Thank you friend.
 
So while I have everything pre ordered at Best Buy because of Gamers Club I'll continue to buy them whenever I see them first if Best Buy does this again. I'd rather pay the extra 2 bucks and know I have my Amiibo's than wait in limbo and then maybe lose out on one.
 
There are three times as many Gamestops in the US as Best Buys :)

True but he's right though. Xenoblade was exclusive to Gamestop, and that didn't stop it from becoming rare. I'm thinking the Shulk figure will as well.

That's not to say it's not possible they won't keep the exclusives on the open line like Mario and the rest, it is certainly possible. As is anything right now concerning these amiibos.
 
True but he's right though. Xenoblade was exclusive to Gamestop, and that didn't stop it from becoming rare. I'm thinking the Shulk figure will as well.

That's not to say it's not possible they won't keep the exclusive on the open line like Mario and the rest, it is certainly possible.




The short of it is: Buy it right away if you want it :p
 
My local GAME has all the wave 2 characters. Picked up Little Mac and Pit today. Was tempted to pick the rest up but have them on pre-order elsewhere
 
The short of it is: Buy it right away if you want it :p

Exactly. It's possible Nintendo will restock every amiibo. It's possible they won't restock any of them. Play it safe and buy one if you want one bad enough. That's what the rare three amiibos have taught us.
 
Fuck this shit.

None of the places around me had any of the new ones already.

I think i'll just stick with my Villager, Marth, and Link and stop with the hassle if it's going to be this bad.
 
So I made this to help out the people in the USA who are still looking for amiibos, I need help from EURO/AUS/Japan Gaf if they know of figures not available there but available here, so we can help each other out and have some trading going.

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Hope it helps!

Edit: Also, most "in-store" stuff is from personal experience, if you feel I have to change something or something is more rare than it seems please let me know to update it.

Looks good, I might change Fox to Rare for in-store at Walmart, though, out of 3 I went to today I saw a total of 1 on the rack, and none in the back or anything.
 
Exactly. It's possible Nintendo will restock every amiibo. It's possible they won't restock any of them. Play it safe and buy one if you want one bad enough. That's what the rare three amiibos have taught us.




*looks at the empty shelf space saved for the Villager*




:( :( :(
 
Is Wave 2 supposed to be released in the UK yet? I checked in GAME today and I could only find a few Diddy Kong's, Luigi's and Zelda's with a ton of Marios, literally no other characters on the racks.
 
I work at Walmart in Canada and we have more Fox than any other character.

Might just be a regional thing then, sorry bout that. Walmart selection truly was pitiable though, most common were Mario and Pikachu, followed by Peach and like 2 Kirby who were loose in the packaging.
 
*looks at the empty shelf space saved for the Villager*




:( :( :(

I didn't plan to purchase any amiibos (except Shulk) but now that some are rare, I suddenly want them all including future amiibos. If Nintendo restocks all of them, I'll stop buying them as will a lot of others. I think that's a lot of money for Nintendo to lose so they really shouldn't, as much as I hate to say it. Not as long as they have new amiibos always coming out soon.
 
So I made this to help out the people in the USA who are still looking for amiibos, I need help from EURO/AUS/Japan Gaf if they know of figures not available there but available here, so we can help each other out and have some trading going.

10292454_826662600710023_8057564775962195726_n.jpg


Hope it helps!

Edit: Also, most "in-store" stuff is from personal experience, if you feel I have to change something or something is more rare than it seems please let me know to update it.

That chart reminds of me of the watchdog chart lol
 
I was in best buy earlier and saw they had one diddy left. I picked it up and took it to the checkout the guy rings it up and the computer tells him that the item is not available for sale yet :(
 
I can only choose one more to preorder right now, which do you think I should go for on Best Buy. I like both character pretty equally and this is a hard decision right now!

DEDEDE Or Ike?
 
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