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

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BeEatNU said:
FYI

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=148300844&postcount=14396
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Damn. I can understand getting out. =/

If no one buys these off you by Feb, might be willing to buy all of them. Would just do so to give away to people on here. I guess...PM me in Feb if no one takes you up on an offer?

I spent all my money this month on Amiibos, a second 4K TV, and buying my tickets + reserving places for my trip to Japan with my GF in Feb (we bumped it to mid Feb). But I get paid first week of Feb. So let me know if you still need to sell them (if by that time, you've already sold individual ones, I'll still be willing to buy whatever is left).
 
Getting some amiibo has opened the floodgates. I just finished looking at some Disney Infinity figures and considered buying a couple.
 
Son Of D said:
Getting some amiibo has opened the floodgates. I just finished looking at some Disney Infinity figures and considered buying a couple.
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I just don't like Disney Infinity's artstyle. Everything is a bit too simple. Think the only one I've seen that had me wanting it was Wizard Mickey.
 
IntelliHeath said:
I don't know why people kept bringing up with scalpers again. I think it might be better if people just let it go with scalpers. The blames should be placed on Nintendo for mismanaging the stocks and made it incredible hard to get for some people.

I'm trying to keep myself neutral with scalpers because they probably need money on their table for important reason.

I don't really approve any arrogant scalpers' actions where they would rub it right in other people's faces or constantly reminded people about it.
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I agree with this, we are all getting bitter for something we can´t control, this kind of stuff happens all the time, its just something we notice now because it happened to something we have interest on, but it happens all the time: Expos like Comic-Con exclusives, numbered production runs, ultra limited editions, random pulls, all this stuff is always a mess at first because of how much speculation is before the stuff even releases.

Nintendo´s fault was not been clear with the limited nature of some of this figures, sure that works to their advantage now because they can sell off what they have yet to launch without fear of stock getting stuck on the shelves, but the fact that they are releasing more Marth and that it seems they are getting some retailers to enforce a limit seems to show they are making moves to allow everyone to get the figures they want.

And when Rosalina are Lucario are revealed as commons you will all recognize me as your true Lord and Savior, SalvaPot the Blabber.
 
All I need to secure is Ness, Villager, and Shulk.

Ness and Villager for my fiancee, Shulk for myself because he's my second main.

I've already talked to a few people in the thread about the Ness/Villager situation but the fact that there isn't a solid date for the preorder on Ness is fakkin balsheet.
 
Glitchesarecool said:
All I need to secure is Ness, Villager, and Shulk.

Ness and Villager for my fiancee, Shulk for myself because he's my second main.

I've already talked to a few people in the thread about the Ness/Villager situation but the fact that there isn't a solid date for the preorder on Ness is fakkin balsheet.
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I can help you out with Villager if you can wait till Feb. Let me know what your situation is by then. I would def help out too, since it's for your fiance. Would love to help you make them happy.
 
The only amiibo I still want are Robin, Lucina, and Ness, and maybe, just maybe, one day Villager will come down in price. Would love an Olimar since Pikmin is a favorite, but I just don't see it coming out too well. For all intents and purposes though, I've only got $39 (maybe $52 depending on Oli) to go. Then I can start saving again.
but for other figures
 
After my morning class I check my phone to see emails from nowinstock that Villager and Wii Fit Trainer are in stock. Click the link, "of course their gone now". Check this thread, "oh, guess they were never there to begin with".
 
SalvaPot said:
I agree with this, we are all getting bitter for something we can´t control, this kind of stuff happens all the time, its just something we notice now because it happened to something we have interest on, but it happens all the time: Expos like Comic-Con exclusives, numbered production runs, ultra limited editions, random pulls, all this stuff is always a mess at first because of how much speculation is before the stuff even releases.

Nintendo´s fault was not been clear with the limited nature of some of this figures, sure that works to their advantage now because they can sell off what they have yet to launch without fear of stock getting stuck on the shelves, but the fact that they are releasing more Marth and that it seems they are getting some retailers to enforce a limit seems to show they are making moves to allow everyone to get the figures they want.

And when Rosalina are Lucario are revealed as commons you will all recognize me as your true Lord and Savior, SalvaPot the Blabber.
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I can kind of see Lucario, but not Rosalina. Scalpers alone will see to that. And even if those two remain in stock for a bit, they will eventually sell out and I don't trust Nintendo to keep a steady supply of these things one bit. So my guess is Lucario will be plentiful at first but will eventually sell out, Rosalina will be mostly hard to get. Let's see who ends up being right :P
 
Nintendo of America is truly doing a poor job for North American Amiibo collectors

1. No comment on Canada's ability to acquire Rosalina due to Target closing nationwide
2. No release date for Wave 4 and constant delaying and splitting of waves with no communication.
3. No communication when pre-orders will be available
4. No comment on restocks and availability
5. Poor work with retailers to limit items 1 per customer and ensuring preorders and sales are fair for everyone

It is a failure of the highest degree while the rest of the world gets plenty of stock, preorders available upon announcement, early releases and more.

What. The. Fuck.
 
BurritoBushido said:
still no preorders? gahhhhhh

also I got Peach trolled for little mac stock alert this morning
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Everyone did. Each time Amazon removed a character, they sent out an alert that something was in stock. We got like 8 texts total. All false alarms. Amazon is doing something strange by removing all their Wave 1 and 2 stock.

No idea if they are planning on doing Wave 4 pre-orders soon, or what. But yeah.
 
Byron Bluth said:
Nintendo of America is truly doing a poor job for North American Amiibo collectors

1. No comment on Canada's ability to acquire Rosalina due to Target closing nationwide
2. No release date for Wave 4 and constant delaying and splitting of waves with no communication.
3. No communication when pre-orders will be available
4. No comment on restocks and availability
5. Poor work with retailers to limit items 1 per customer and ensuring preorders and sales are fair for everyone

It is a failure of the highest degree while the rest of the world gets plenty of stock, preorders available upon announcement, early releases and more.

What. The. Fuck.
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They wouldn't even communicate with people on whether certain amiibos were going to be discontinued or not. Like..how can you not have that answer. Either you are going to make more, or you aren't. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW.
 
Azula said:
They wouldn't even communicate with people on whether certain amiibos were going to be discontinued or not. Like..how can you not have that answer. Either you are going to make more, or you aren't. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW.
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Yeah that is what I meant about no communication on restocks or availability. We have no idea if an Amiibo will be a low stocked and then discontinued one.

Most will say they are making 10 000 or whatever. Nintendo just says nothing, it is borderline cruel and manipulative IMO.
 
Azula said:
They wouldn't even communicate with people on whether certain amiibos were going to be discontinued or not. Like..how can you not have that answer. Either you are going to make more, or you aren't. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW.
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Maybe because they were worried about how Amiibos would actually perform.

Nintendo of America, and Nintendo's extensions in general, are massive, massive companies. Decisions have to go through multiple boards of directors, marketers, etc. It might just be held up because there are decisions that still have to be passed, because Amiibos ended up selling differently than their testing forecasted.

It's impossible to know. I'd rather they say "we don't know" or not comment instead of giving out fake numbers or lying.
 
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Realized your avatar was one of the first ones I made. I didn't scale the sparkles well (because I didn't have the multiple sizes).

Do you like this better?
 
Byron Bluth said:
Nintendo of America is truly doing a poor job for North American Amiibo collectors

1. No comment on Canada's ability to acquire Rosalina due to Target closing nationwide
2. No release date for Wave 4 and constant delaying and splitting of waves with no communication.
3. No communication when pre-orders will be available
4. No comment on restocks and availability
5. Poor work with retailers to limit items 1 per customer and ensuring preorders and sales are fair for everyone

It is a failure of the highest degree while the rest of the world gets plenty of stock, preorders available upon announcement, early releases and more.

What. The. Fuck.
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Agreed completely. Think about this, amazon.de STILL is selling Villager (or was as of yesterday). When was the last time a retailer was selling Villager in the US? First week of December? People can still walk into stores in certain countries and find an ample supply of the holy trinity. No way anybody is having that kind of luck anywhere in the US period. Such a mishandling.

Also something to consider is that if it weren't for the reseller and importing situation due to the mishandling, there would likely still be an ample supply of amiibos in Europe and Japan for pretty much any amiibo.
 
Glitchesarecool said:
Maybe because they were worried about how Amiibos would actually perform.

Nintendo of America, and Nintendo's extensions in general, are massive, massive companies. Decisions have to go through multiple boards of directors, marketers, etc. It might just be held up because there are decisions that still have to be passed, because Amiibos ended up selling differently than their testing forecasted.

It's impossible to know. I'd rather they say "we don't know" or not comment instead of giving out fake numbers or lying.
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They are obviously selling well and we are looking at entering the 3rd and 4th wave, along with the Mario Series soon.

If they have time to announce, release and promote etc. for these waves, they have time to make a plan to communicate to us properly.
 
Glitchesarecool said:
Maybe because they were worried about how Amiibos would actually perform.

Nintendo of America, and Nintendo's extensions in general, are massive, massive companies. Decisions have to go through multiple boards of directors, marketers, etc. It might just be held up because there are decisions that still have to be passed, because Amiibos ended up selling differently than their testing forecasted.

It's impossible to know.
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I mean, sure. Like I said I get them NOT knowing how Wave 1 and 2 would sell. I get them being under-supplied during the first run. But why aren't they reacting to the demand? What is the excuse for discontinuing figures that sold out right away?

Why aren't they now making more supply knowing that demand is so high? So I'm understanding of them not knowing how these would sell at first. But it still feels like they are totally mis-handling this after the fact (and in the larger sense). And that's not even taking into consideration things like, them not communicating well with retailers/consumers. I don't see what that has to do with them not knowing how they would sell or not.
 
The "gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him" is becoming the new "my uncle works for nintendo," but my local gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him there would be NO preorders for wave 4.

Take with a slat hill of salt.
 
Azula said:
I mean, sure. Like I said I get them NOT knowing how Wave 1 and 2 would sell. I get them being under-supplied during the first run. But why aren't they reacting to the demand? What is the excuse for discontinuing figures that sold out right away?

Why aren't they now making more supply knowing that demand is so high? So I'm understanding of them not knowing how these would sell at first. But it still feels like they are totally mis-handling this after the fact (and in the larger sense). And that's not even taking into consideration things like, them not communicating well with retailers/consumers. I don't see what that has to do with them not knowing how they would sell or not.
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I was shocked they did not apologize in the last Nintendo Direct.

This has been one of the biggest screw ups Nintendo has made in a long time.
 
I found a Target with a shit-ton of Marth, WFT, Villager, & Fox. No sign of the Captain or Pitty Pat. It was one of those Super Target stores in the middle of nowhere.
 
hutna said:
The "gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him" is becoming the new "my uncle works for nintendo," but my local gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him there would be NO preorders for wave 4.

Take with a slat hill of salt.
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Oh goodie. Let's make this even more stressful.

Btw Azula, I'm glad I went with this avatar. It looks really good! Kinda looks like the squid is splashing amiibo colors.
 
hutna said:
The "gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him" is becoming the new "my uncle works for nintendo," but my local gamestop manager told me his nintendo rep told him there would be NO preorders for wave 4.

Take with a slat hill of salt.
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NewEgg has them up, they wouldn't have a page up so early if they weren't. Same with Amazon and the Mario Series placeholders.

Maybe GameStop/EB Games won't be, they didn't for Wave 2 (in store, they did online), but I doubt on a whole NA will have preorders from some retailers.
 
Neoxon said:
I found a Target with a shit-ton of Marth, WFT, Villager, & Fox. No sign of the Captain or Pitty Pat.
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WTF.

Are you going to buy a bunch of them? That's freakin insane. Where are you located? I'm sure a bunch of people here would be willing to Pay Pal you right now, so you can get them the Holy Trinity they are missing. There are like 3 people in this thread right now, that desperately want Villager.

I would be willing to Pay Pal you $50...just to get 3 Villagers alone.
 
Neoxon said:
I found a Target with a shit-ton of Marth, WFT, Villager, & Fox. No sign of the Captain or Pitty Pat.
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Would you be willing to pick me up a Villager and I'll pay for it plus whatever the shipping is? I have a friend looking for one for quite a while but doesn't want today and arm and a leg.
 
ThisBeJason said:
Such a liar. Those are EU packaging. He never got 100 from Target, see? We have hope!

If anyone finds a seller with EU Rosalina on eBay and the seller if form Michigan, report it here pls. Pretty sure it'll be from our very special friend.
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Pretty sure those are US amiibo not EU look at the bottom left no number or wording in the top right corner
 
Byron Bluth said:
NewEgg has them up, they wouldn't have a page up so early if they weren't. Same with Amazon and the Mario Series placeholders.

Maybe GameStop/EB Games won't be, they didn't for Wave 2 (in store, they did online), but I doubt on a whole NA will have preorders from some retailers.
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Agreed, just reporting from the field, sir. :)
 
Byron Bluth said:
They are obviously selling well and we are looking at entering the 3rd and 4th wave, along with the Mario Series soon.

If they have time to announce, release and promote etc. for these waves, they have time to make a plan to communicate to us properly.
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Azula said:
I mean, sure. Like I said I get them NOT knowing how Wave 1 and 2 would sell. I get them being under-supplied during the first run. But why aren't they reacting to the demand? What is the excuse for discontinuing figures that sold out right away?

Why aren't they now making more supply knowing that demand is so high? So I'm understanding of them not knowing how these would sell at first. But it still feels like they are totally mis-handling this after the fact (and in the larger sense). And that's not even taking into consideration things like, them not communicating well with retailers/consumers. I don't see what that has to do with them not knowing how they would sell or not.
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I'm talking out of my ass here because I don't belong to these companies, but from what I've gleamed being on Neogaf, these kinds of waves of releases can be predetermined months or years in advance. It might be difficult for them to change course suddenly. Maybe the contracts they used to produce the figures only limited a certain amount of production, and said contracts have to be renewed with the companies before a re-release can happen. All of which takes time.

Again, I don't know, but I think people aren't looking at this situation through the eyes of a massive business enterprise with all the deals that have to be approved.

As to the customer relations thing, again, I'd rather no answer than some falsehood that would make me even angrier when the truth comes to light, but that's just me.
 
I've been on both ends of the scalping spectrum.

I used to search out old rare games and flip them on eBay right away. However, I would always start the bidding at 99 cents. It came back to bite me a couple of times but, more times than not, it worked to may advantage.

This past fall, I ended up paying over $1000 for a ticket to Game 7 of the World Series.

So I can understand both sides, really. There's no reason to blame anyone except for the people willing to pay crazy prices!
 
Glitchesarecool said:
I'm talking out of my ass here because I don't belong to these companies, but from what I've gleamed being on Neogaf, these kinds of waves of releases can be predetermined months or years in advance. It might be difficult for them to change course suddenly. Maybe the contracts they used to produce the figures only limited a certain amount of production, and said contracts have to be renewed with the companies before a re-release can happen. All of which takes time.

Again, I don't know, but I think people aren't looking at this situation through the eyes of a massive business enterprise with all the deals that have to be approved.

As to the customer relations thing, again, I'd rather no answer than some falsehood that would make me even angrier when the truth comes to light, but that's just me.
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Well that's fair. I just wish they would give consumers a better idea if they plan on discontinuing things or not. IF they communicated better what they plan on doing (in terms of reprints), I think there would be less anger. Also, wish they did a better job with release dates etc. That has been maddening.
 
REALLY contemplating waiting for that mysterious Marth restock or to just ask someone to hook me up with one. I'd assume Nintendo wants to have Marth ready to go by the time Codename S.T.E.A.M. is out but I don't know if I wanna wait that long.... :<

Plus who knows how this Wave 4 issue will go while I'm waiting for Wave 3. Might as well just let my current planned expenses (n3DSXL, etc.) go through then worry about Marth.
 
Azula said:
WTF.

Are you going to buy a bunch of them? That's freakin insane. Where are you located? I'm sure a bunch of people here would be willing to Pay Pal you right now, so you can get them the Holy Trinity they are missing. There are like 3 people in this thread right now, that desperately want Villager.

I would be willing to Pay Pal you $50...just to get 3 Villagers alone.
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There's also a Fry's that had a lot of the Trinity (more so Villager).

I live in Houston, by the way, but I'm at College Station at the moment.
 
Neoxon said:
There's also a Fry's that had a lot of the Trinity (more so Villager).

I live in Houston, by the way, but I'm at College Station at the moment.
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Ah disregard my PM then.

Shame, I'm in So Cal. It's crazy to me you found the holy trinity just casually in MASSIVE stock. They have been sold out for months, and go for $60-100 on Ebay alone.

If you are willing to pick up some for others, let us know. If not, that's fine too. But if you are, let me know. I'll totally PM you money to get some. These would be given out to members on this forum that need them to complete their collections.
 
Neoxon said:
There's also a Fry's that had a lot of the Trinity (more so Villager).

I live in Houston, by the way, but I'm at College Station at the moment.
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How is this even possible when US villagers resell for over $100? Dude you have to help people out here. We haven't heard about somebody finding one of the trinity in the wild in weeks.

I definitely want a US Villager for my collection (not to resell).
 
Sorry. I didn't mean to start a crazy moral discussion on scalpers and Nintendo's amiibo supply problems. =P

On a happier note, I finished putting together my display cabinet this morning. Now it's time to feng shui my home office a bit and make sure it's in a good spot for me to see and utilize!
 
I can try to relocate the Super Target &/or the Fry's, but my mom's car needs to be repaired first (it broke down not too long ago in the middle of the freeway). The former would be harder to locate, though.
 
When you say Fry's has, you mean they HAVE or their webstore says so?

Bro I'd totally pay double for a US Villager, plus shipping. As I'm from Dallas, I know shipping shouldn't be much.
 
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