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Aaah, allright! Let's keep amiiboGAF going then.

Today I opened my villager... I should have waited for the other 3 I have in transit, but fuck it, Toy r us says they will give me an update tomorrow, so I'm not going to wait anymore.

Its perfect.

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Sorry Fantomex T___T

Yeah, I opened mine thinking I pick up a boxed keeper whenever I happened to see one on the shelves. Target had so many, after all, I figured I'd just take my sweet time.
 
Do you think toon link will be rare? I mean, just how many other games do you think he will appear in? Not many, I'd imagine.
So far he's confirmed to do everything that regular Link does (Link costume in MK8, Spinner in HW) so he already has some nice compatibility built up. Not to mention Toon Link is a very popular character. I can't imagine him (or any Zelda character sans maybe Shiek) being that hard to find.
 
Anyone think Rosalina might come out to play again tonight? I know Target said no more til Feb, but then we heard a few people got some the next night...
 
Personally I'm just going to wait until Feb 1st and be waiting at Target at 7:30 am to grab one for myself.

I hope to god you get one man. Because I hope she doesn't turn out like Pit. Were there is only enough to fill pre-orders. Till then Amazon France is your friend. Just sayin.
 
I hope after Wave 3 that Nintendo decides to include non-Smash Amiibo into Waves 4 and beyond. Really hoping that Captain Toad and Toadette get Amiibos instead of the Smash characters just unlocking random bonuses in CT:TT.
 
Personally I'm just going to wait until Feb 1st and be waiting at Target at 7:30 am to grab one for myself.

A friend of mine has one reserved for me from his import stash, but I'll probably do the same thing.

For wave 3 I honestly only think Bowser will be the most available, while everyone else will be uncommon-rare. I don't see many more Amiibo getting the same release numbers as wave 1, but that's just me. 1 or 2 per wave will be available, but they have to clear shelf space for new ones and they can't make tons of everyone.
 
I hope after Wave 3 that Nintendo decides to include non-Smash Amiibo into Waves 4 and beyond. Really hoping that Captain Toad and Toadette get Amiibos instead of the Smash characters just unlocking random bonuses in CT:TT.

This so much. We need Captain Toad, Toadette and Wingo. Also a Mario Kart Shy Guy amiibo would be sweet, since Shy Guy is pretty much the mascot of that series now.
 
Well.... so far its been One day on one day off, so logic says... Yes, it should be on tonight.

Who needs sleep, right?

Morning Routine:
Wake up 5:30 AM
First thought: Amiibo!
Grab cell phone.
Refresh Target Rosalina page
Curse life.
Try to go back to sleep.
Realize I have to pee.
 
Morning Routine:
Wake up 5:30 AM
First thought: Amiibo!
Grab cell phone.
Refresh Target Rosalina page
Curse life.
Try to go back to sleep.
Realize I have to pee.

Go to pee.
Comeback to computer.
Check amiiboGAF
Rosalina was just up for 3 minutes while taking a pee.
Cry to sleep.
 
I hope to god you get one man. Because I hope she doesn't turn out like Pit. Were there is only enough to fill pre-orders. Till then Amazon France is your friend. Just sayin.

Yea but Target doesn't do pre-orders in store so there has to be some available on the shelf day 1?
 
Yea but Target doesn't do pre-orders in store so there has to be some available on the shelf day 1?

Target is not great about pre-orders...I pre-ordered all of Wave 2 from Target and all of them were cancelled...So I'm honestly skeptical anyone will be getting Rosalina unless you go to the store when they get her in...
 
Go to pee.
Comeback to computer.
Check amiiboGAF
Rosalina was just up for 3 minutes while taking a pee.
Cry to sleep.

Heh, when the Rosalina page first went up, I wrote a program that would pull down her store page and determine if she was for sale or not. If she was, it would play a loud and annoying sound. I then started this program on an old laptop in my bedroom.

I effectively built an Amiibo alarm clock.

/got my preorder in first night she was available
 
Yea but Target doesn't do pre-orders in store so there has to be some available on the shelf day 1?

Ok, so the day Luigi released almost all stores got 20 Luigi's according to the DCPI tracker. Assuming Rosalina as a exclusive is NOT extremely rare, we can assume it should have around that number. Enough for people going to the store at opening if we are assuming they buy between 1 and 4 of them, since most likely there is going to be 3 to 6 in the shelf and the rest in the back.

If its rare, we can expect 4 figures per store,,,

So, in any scenario Rosalina shouldn't last more than 2 days, unless Target gets constant shipments. The fact that Rosalina is exclusive only in NA but not anywhere else means they are been produced as much as other characters. There is also the fact that is both a Mario character and a Popular character too.

All things said, I think its fair that people hunting for them should be able to beat scalpers and get one.

Oh, and has target ever enforced a one per costumer rule in-store? Just curious.
 
Heh, when the Rosalina page first went up, I wrote a program that would pull down her store page and determine if she was for sale or not. If she was, it would play a loud and annoying sound. I then started this program on an old laptop in my bedroom.

I effectively built an Amiibo alarm clock.

/got my preorder in first night she was available

You clever devil, you!
 
Heh, when the Rosalina page first went up, I wrote a program that would pull down her store page and determine if she was for sale or not. If she was, it would play a loud and annoying sound. I then started this program on an old laptop in my bedroom.

I effectively built an Amiibo alarm clock.

/got my preorder in first night she was available

Care to share code? Im working on something similar myself using Java but I feel like I could do this easier with a grease monkey script or something but im unfamiliar with it. Prolly python too but im midway educating myself python. Working on making a checkout script as well for several websites I got a couple working but obviously some sites are more difficult than others. But an alarm is a simple enough brilliant idea too I was trying to go whole hog and habe it check out with one too lol.
 
Heh, when the Rosalina page first went up, I wrote a program that would pull down her store page and determine if she was for sale or not. If she was, it would play a loud and annoying sound. I then started this program on an old laptop in my bedroom.

I effectively built an Amiibo alarm clock.

/got my preorder in first night she was available

Share with gaf pretty please! We must beat the scalpers!!!
 
Ok, so the day Luigi released almost all stores got 20 Luigi's according to the DCPI tracker. Assuming Rosalina as a exclusive is NOT extremely rare, we can assume it should have around that number. Enough for people going to the store at opening if we are assuming they buy between 1 and 4 of them, since most likely there is going to be 3 to 6 in the shelf and the rest in the back.

If its rare, we can expect 4 figures per store,,,

So, in any scenario Rosalina shouldn't last more than 2 days, unless Target gets constant shipments. The fact that Rosalina is exclusive only in NA but not anywhere else means they are been produced as much as other characters. There is also the fact that is both a Mario character and a Popular character too.

All things said, I think its fair that people hunting for them should be able to beat scalpers and get one.

Oh, and has target ever enforced a one per costumer rule in-store? Just curious.
They better limit it to one per customer.
 
When Ness gets released I am going to be worse than a fat old lady in the 90s looking for beanie babies

OH, I'm ordering 2 of those suckers FROM ALL retail stores, I don't care if I end up with 16, that one is the only one I need and I'm not taking any chances. ANY chances.

I did the same with King Dedede.
 
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