Amiibo Discussion Thread 2: I Got 99 Pre-orders But A Rosalina Ain't One

Status
Not open for further replies.
Hey guys and gals. Hope everyone's having a good time. Just wanted to pop in and say I've been enjoying reading this thread while I keep my eye on amazon.com and gamestop.com for wave 4. Thanks for that.
 
I know Nintendo has put out many games on a Sunday, but I wonder if they'd actually put out a release of amiibo that day. I assume lots of big box stores would wait until Tuesday, but who knows! I've got all of Wave 3 on order for pick up at Gamestop, but I'll be gone the 1st. Hope they'll hold an in-store pickup until the 2nd!
 
Can I be honest with you guys about something?

After being burned from multiple retailers, specifically for the Pit Amiibo, I'm getting pretty peeved that Nintendo had dropped the ball for the availability of these figurines here in Canada. (Especially with what happened to me with my pre-order at Best Buy.) Seriously? Release the second wave for a couple of weeks, and then cut off the stores for ordering more? I don't care what they say, it's nonsense that most of the Amiibo's are widely available across Europe and Japan, but the rest of us here in North America have to jump through hoops & donate an organ just to get our favourites. At this point, I'm done with trying to get the Pit Amiibo. Yeah, I'm Finished!

However, I did the smart thing and went to my local EB Games tonight, and asked if they could put my name & number down. That way, once they get the email from Nintendo for when the 4th wave of Smash Amiibo's are available for pre-order, they will give me a call first thing and I'll bust my ass down to pre-order Ness & Pac-Man. In full. Under lock and key. In a vault. Anything, so that I won't be fucked again.

Oh, I remember reading about what happened to your Pit. You never got one? :( Well, if I have an extra Pit I could give you for cost + shipping. I've just been saving him to trade with, but I don't think I'll be able to get like a Marth or anything I'm looking for for him. lol I'm in the US, though, so shipping may be a little more, but if you're interested we could try to work something out.
 
welp, I guess I had ordered a Fox from Fry's not too long ago and it finally came in...

img_0476cjs4r.jpg


Guess I have trading material for when Wave 3 hits.
 
Any guesses on the rares for Wave 4? I'm giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt on Robin and Lucina due to the S.T.E.A.M. functionality (ha!) and assuming Ness will be the lowest shipped?
 
Any guesses on the rares for Wave 4? I'm giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt on Robin and Lucina due to the S.T.E.A.M. functionality (ha!) and assuming Ness will be the lowest shipped?

Lucina and Ness for damn sure!

I also preordered the Lucina Figma because I am a huge collector of Figma and the details are amazing!
 
I wonder. When I get old and my grandchildren come to visit and see my display of 50 or so Nintendo toys they will look at me and ask "What are those Abuelo?" and I´ll say to him "Oh, mijo, you see, when I was a young fella I used to run around like a prancing zebra looking for the blasted things. It was the year 2014 or 15, I´m not sure, the Great War on Christmas was at a truce and Chabelo´s final rise to power was starting unbeknownst to us all. I was standing in line for the brand new copy of Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, oh what a great game I remember, nowadays its worth about 300000 Mexican pesos. In my time that amount of money was a fortune, but nowadays its just worth about 30 hours of BrainTV, the TV that is implanted in our brains to be allowed to get a Drivers License. You will get one When you are older, sonny."

"Anyway, where was I? Oh yes! I was waiting for that blasted game at my local Best Buy, nowadays you may recognize that store as WalTarBuys R us, a corporation of AmaGoogApplle Inc. And then I decided to check the amiibo section. And there it was. It was love at first sight. A lonely Little Mac amiibo was there waiting for me"

"What is a Little Mac, grandpappy? Sounds like a food rich people it. Like Grandma"

"Oh yes, grandma. Wonder where she is now. Oh well. But no, its not a food, unless you think its food for the soul, because that certainly it is. Is that toy on the front, see? The one with the boxing gloves and the sexy... I mean spirited look on his eyes. That toned muscles, that firm buttch-I-I-mean, the boxer"

"Looks like a jerk"

"YOU SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE, KIDDO, OR I´LL SEND YOU WHERE I SEND GRANDMA. Now let me keep telling the story"

"O-okay grandpappy... please don´t send me there again"

"So yes, Little Mac. He was there. I was there. I reached for him. And then some other guy try to reach for him at the same time"

"Really? What did you do?"

"Well mijo, when you are an adult you have to act civilized and like a man"

"You punched him, didn´t you"

"What?! No! I weighted like 60 kilos back then, he could have blown me away with his breath. No. I said out laud "Aww, the stand is broken" "

"Was it?"

"Of course not! But that made him flinch for a second. I took my chance, reached to the figure before him and run like the devil. I looked back and I saw a small child crying behind the guy, I felt so proud at that moment. I paid for it and went home, my life complete"

"Wow, grandpa, you are a jerk. And your story sucks. I´m going back to watch BrainTV"

"Wha-You-Wha-gah! You are a jerk too!"

"I love you grandpapy"

"I love you too mijo"
 
Any guesses on the rares for Wave 4? I'm giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt on Robin and Lucina due to the S.T.E.A.M. functionality (ha!) and assuming Ness will be the lowest shipped?

This is just pulling it out of my butt but...

(common down to rare)

Wario
Charizard
Pac Man
Lucina
Robin
Ness
 
Just put down a pre-order on 3x Rosalina Amiibo. Not sure what I'll do with them just yet, unfortunately I don't think I can't get them into NA without shipping bumping it up to scalper level pricing unfortunately.

Also probably going to put a pre-order down on Lucina and Marth for a friend who is Fire Emblem obsessed but doesn't understand Amiibo scarcity. He really digs his Pit. Maybe a Ness for myself for rarity too.
 
Just put down a pre-order on 3x Rosalina Amiibo. Not sure what I'll do with them just yet, unfortunately I don't think I can't get them into NA without shipping bumping it up to scalper level pricing unfortunately.

Also probably going to put a pre-order down on Lucina and Marth for a friend who is Fire Emblem obsessed but doesn't understand Amiibo scarcity. He really digs his Pit. Maybe a Ness for myself for rarity too.
What country and store did you preorder from?
 
Never been into figmas. But damn that Lucina one. Do you have a link where I can order? I'm in the US.

Sure! Figma's have many points of articulation and the detailing are amazing as well, they include alternate faces for different expressions, and gear also!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...keywords=lucina$pagemax=40$getcnt=0$pagecnt=1

This is my goto site for japanese import goods! Thanks to Gaf Pickups of the Months crew for pointing out this wonderful site!

Also thx to Diggeh for Amiibo'ing my avy!
 
Sure! Figma's have many points of articulation and the detailing are amazing as well, they include alternate faces for different expressions, and gear also!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...keywords=lucina$pagemax=40$getcnt=0$pagecnt=1

This is my goto site for japanese import goods! Thanks to Gaf Pickups of the Months crew for pointing out this wonderful site!

Also thx to Diggeh for Amiibo'ing my avy!

Oh I know this site! Do they charge you right away? Or wait till it ships? I'm fine either way. Just want to know of if I should expect being charged now.
 
Oh I know this site! Do they charge you right away? Or wait till it ships? I'm fine either way. Just want to know of if I should expect being charged now.

They email you to confirm payment when they have received the item, so yea wait until it ships. Amiami have huge discounts on all their items, Lucina figma is only $44 there while it cost more at other import sites!
 
Oh I know this site! Do they charge you right away? Or wait till it ships? I'm fine either way. Just want to know of if I should expect being charged now.

It will charge when it's ready for shipping. The perksproblem with amiami is they don't generally allow for cancellation.
 
Oh I know this site! Do they charge you right away? Or wait till it ships? I'm fine either way. Just want to know of if I should expect being charged now.

If you select paypal, you don't pay until it ships. They have to weigh the item, figure out shipping costs, all that. They then send you an invoice, you pay, and stuff gets shipped.
 
decided to check out my small college town's wal-mart, pretty much had the basics (link, mario, etc.) but was pleasantly surprised to find out they had a fox :o

hopefully sheik comes back in stock on amazon at some point, but probably not.
 
They email you to confirm payment when they have received the item, so yea wait until it ships. Amiami have huge discounts on all their items, Lucina figma is only $44 there while it cost more at other import sites!

Well I'm in! This is so awesome. Great way to end my birthday. This looks amazing. So glad you guys told me about this.

:)
 
Oh, I remember reading about what happened to your Pit. You never got one? :( Well, if I have an extra Pit I could give you for cost + shipping. I've just been saving him to trade with, but I don't think I'll be able to get like a Marth or anything I'm looking for for him. lol I'm in the US, though, so shipping may be a little more, but if you're interested we could try to work something out.

Unless if you live across town, I'm tight on money right now, so shipping is out of the question for me. Still, I thank you for the offer, man.
 
It will charge when it's ready for shipping. The perks with amiami is they don't generally allow for cancellation.

I think that's the opposite of a perk. :P

Welcome! Happy Birthday btw! That Lucina Figma is just the beginning lol!

Yep. I preordered her and now I have 3 other Figma preordered. I regret not getting Pit and Dark Pit when they first appeared - now they're triple MSRP!
 
The perks with amiami is they don't generally allow for cancellation.
LOL I got banned from Amiami because an emergency came up and I had to cancel a preorder of 2 Figma. Was only my 2nd order I had with them.

Hobby Search is pretty great though, I have been allowed to cancel twice and have been allowed week long deadline extensions multiple times
(Figma get delayed alot so sometimes a payment request shows up unexpected.)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom