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Sure I can, I will buy Zelda and Link, and then I will stop. Unless there is a massive sale.
Amiibo Discussion Thread
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Sure I can, I will buy Zelda and Link, and then I will stop. Unless there is a massive sale.
FladamPlays
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Toys R Us near me (Irving, TX) was fully stocked. I grabbed Marth & Villager since there was only one facing of each. Rounded out the 3 for $30 with Kirby.
Across the street at GameStop they were also fully stocked, but had about 1/6 the space that TRU had for the product. Couldn't help myself and picked up Fox and Samus while there.
Across the street at GameStop they were also fully stocked, but had about 1/6 the space that TRU had for the product. Couldn't help myself and picked up Fox and Samus while there.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters?
You must be stocking up on kindling for the winter months.
Or he's actually the Boss from Saints Row
Colonel Mustard
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From what we've seen, wave 3 appear to be a decent step-up in the quality department.
Joei
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I bought mine at BBY for in-store pickup and it rang up at 10.39+tax. I'm going there in about 15 minutes to get it.
Chance Hale
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My local best buy had six of them!
Believe me, I have Samus and Mario en route as we speak....I just don't really like the ones with the shoehorned in bases. I'm sure Nintendo will learn their lesson as a result.
Jailer of Hope
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Went to 4 stores and I saw zero figures for Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager. Marth is $30 on Amazon through 3rd party. lol
Picked up Samus and Pikachu.
Picked up Samus and Pikachu.
Damn! Need to go check that out after work.
ArcaneFreeze
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Just came back from Best Buy and they had a whole stack of Adapters separately along with the GCube controllers.
Doesn't it actually cost them money to inject color into that clear plastic?... should've just left it as clear.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters?
You must be stocking up on kindling for the winter months.
Literary burn
Hamburgler
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My local Toys R Us had plenty of stock on all figures according to a friend who went. Had him scoop me the full set. Hurray for $200~ less money!
Berek Halfhand
Member
So I contributed to the problem and picked up a few.
Samus without a doubt looks the cheapest. Kirby is the best.
Samus without a doubt looks the cheapest. Kirby is the best.
can someone post a close-up of the Link amiibo?
also, I sure hope those things sell like hot cake so Nintendo releases amiibos of Smash assist trophies (and ... stage hazards, I suppose). I need those Skull Kid, Midna, Ridley figurines
also, I sure hope those things sell like hot cake so Nintendo releases amiibos of Smash assist trophies (and ... stage hazards, I suppose). I need those Skull Kid, Midna, Ridley figurines
Literally.
Might be an initial shortage for the popular ones as people are trying to find the next big toy this holiday season. Stories like Marth and WFT being hard to find with increased second-hand prices adds more fuel to the hype.
superNESjoe
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I picked up Samus at the local GameStop today. I think she looks really good.
bananafactory
Banned
Can someone explain amiibos to me? I've been hearing so much about them and don't understand why people are buying them like 5 or 10 at a time.
Imagine Skylanders or Disney Infinity, except the creator has promised that they will work on multiple games rather than just one.
Hence... madness.
The Elite
BOSS
She's become my main in the latest version so I am definitely in.
CronosBlade
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Missing Villager, Wii Fit and Marth but ordered from best buy site, so all covered.
bananafactory
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Hah...I don't really understand those either
So you buy the amiibo and you can use that character in a game?
Mysterious
Banned
In Smash, each figure is an AI character that you level up and teach stuff. You can save that data into the figure. The same figures unlock some stuff on other games, such as the Link amiibo unlocking a brand new weapon in Hyrule Warriors or a bunch of amiibo unlocking Mii costumes in Mario Kart 8. Future games are supposed to get amiibo support too, such as Captain Toad and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. The amiibo we are getting are Smash branded, but we are sure getting other amiibo lines too in the future, but nothing is announced so far. Of course, the Smash amiibo only save Smash data, so nothing major will come from them besides being AI characters in SSB or unlocking stuff on other games.
The Elite
BOSS
I think she looks pretty damn good.
Mine does at least.
She looks huge there.
UncleSporky
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A lot of them had tiny flecks of paint in weird areas. Just a spot here or there that didn't belong.
Villager's nose is painted brown, many of them had an extra strip of brown below the nose, or a little too much paint on the nose that stretched off of it to the left or right onto the face.
All of this was VERY minor though. Had to look close to see it at all, I honestly probably wouldn't have had a problem with any of them, but since I was able to pick and choose obviously I got the best.
In person she seems very small actually! Looks awesome, but small.
bananafactory
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Cool, thanks.
esmith08734
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Just browses Target. Pathetic, lol. Had like literally four. Might check out GameStop.
sixteen-bit
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I think she looks pretty damn good.
Mine does at least.
red helmet paint is running into the visor
Chance Hale
Member
My Toys R Us had around 30 Marios, and at least 4-5 of the rest. Bummed you can't use Amiibos in Classic mode, thought I'd be able to use them to spam CPUs, lol.
UncleSporky
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Actually I haven't even shared my experience yet.
Went to my local Toys R Us at 9:40. I thought they opened at 10, they actually opened at 9. However, they were still fully stocked! I might have been the first person to buy any. I wish I had a pic of their Amiibo wall there, it was really impressive. Tons. Very little of it was dedicated to Marth and Wii Fit Trainer, though. Like...if there were 8 racks of Link (with 3 per rack), then there were 2 racks of Marth and 2 of WFT.
I got my pick though. And...I just couldn't help myself. They were 3 for $30! That's saving $4 per figure, so if I got 6 I would save $24! I had to do it.
I got Villager, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Link, Marth, and Fox. I also have a free Samus coming from TRU online with my Smash order.
Fox probably looks the best out of the ones I bought, he is really nicely detailed. Surprisingly good.
Later my friend called from Best Buy, he had picked up his Smash preorder and said they were sold out completely of Amiibo, so I told him TRU seemed to have a good stock, he was going to head over there.
Went to my local Toys R Us at 9:40. I thought they opened at 10, they actually opened at 9. However, they were still fully stocked! I might have been the first person to buy any. I wish I had a pic of their Amiibo wall there, it was really impressive. Tons. Very little of it was dedicated to Marth and Wii Fit Trainer, though. Like...if there were 8 racks of Link (with 3 per rack), then there were 2 racks of Marth and 2 of WFT.
I got my pick though. And...I just couldn't help myself. They were 3 for $30! That's saving $4 per figure, so if I got 6 I would save $24! I had to do it.
I got Villager, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Link, Marth, and Fox. I also have a free Samus coming from TRU online with my Smash order.
Fox probably looks the best out of the ones I bought, he is really nicely detailed. Surprisingly good.
Later my friend called from Best Buy, he had picked up his Smash preorder and said they were sold out completely of Amiibo, so I told him TRU seemed to have a good stock, he was going to head over there.
The Elite
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I don't understand why ANYONE who doesn't post on GAF would want a freaking Marth... are there that many Fire Emblem fans?
The Elite
BOSS
Ha ha. Agreed. Technically I suppose Link is the most valuable at the moment, but that God damn stand.
Probably gonna have to pick up Villager, Marth and Wii Fit trainer seeing as they appear to be the rarest. As for which one I will actually use, I am totally undecided.
Maybe Pikachu, at least until Dedede is released.
UncleSporky
Member
He is a rad swordsman though. Feels like a figure to duel against Link or something!
And people do main him in Smash, whether they're Fire Emblem fans or not.
Fire Emblem Awakening was big, so... I think that they should've gone with Lucina to be honest.
Jailer of Hope
Member
After checking 2 walmarts and a best buy for Marth, I caved and went to Gamestop where I found it. It was also the only place I saw Villager and Wii Fit Trainer. On Amazon, Marth seems like the only figure sold out but available at double value through 3rd party.
ubersticky
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I haven't really followed this because I thought it was stupid but... now I want a few but I don't see zero suit samus? Will they release more?
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
So I just picked up my amiibos and Smash, and I'm opening them now.
Marth's face looks REALLY GOOD. Maybe I just got lucky? I'll try and upload a pic.
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WARNING: I took this with a camera phone, with terrible lighting, and my hands are shaky (can't help that...). The photo doesn't do it justice by a long shot. But hopefully you can tell that the paint job on the face looks pretty decent.
Marth's face looks REALLY GOOD. Maybe I just got lucky? I'll try and upload a pic.
EDIT:
WARNING: I took this with a camera phone, with terrible lighting, and my hands are shaky (can't help that...). The photo doesn't do it justice by a long shot. But hopefully you can tell that the paint job on the face looks pretty decent.
And apparently you can store data in them or something? How would that work game to game...
Pre-ordered Mario, Link, and Pikachu, will pick them up once I go get Smash. Any impressions so far?
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