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Reading my receipt, it seems I can get a refund as it is faulty and not down to me, but i'm not sure if I want to as Samus is rare around here kinda I think and her lean ain't so bad.

Hmm...
It's cosmetic damage on a part you really shouldn't care about.
 
Did anyone else's pre-order from entertainment earth get cancelled? They say "We have been notified by the manufacturer that we will not be receiving any additional shipments of Nintendo Amiibo Animal Crossing Villager Wii U Mini-Figure". I'm confused... I thought Nintendo had confirmed they were making more of wave 1 Amiibos. What's the latest word on this? Are they or are they not discontinued?
 
Did anyone else's pre-order from entertainment earth get cancelled? They say "We have been notified by the manufacturer that we will not be receiving any additional shipments of Nintendo Amiibo Animal Crossing Villager Wii U Mini-Figure". I'm confused... I thought Nintendo had confirmed they were making more of wave 1 Amiibos. What's the latest word on this? Are they or are they not discontinued?

Bunch did, including me.

Sounds more like Nintendo had limited supplies for NA of certain characters, and the suppliers for places aren't able to get any more. They're selling through the print, and will probably keep selling through them very quickly.

It sounds like best bet is hope more ship with wave 2, or alternatively try ordering from somewhere like Play Asia.
 
God damn it this is dumb.

This company is the devil. They make extremely limited supplies of wave 1 which makes the demand for wave 2 shoot through the roof. I'm not gonna fall into the trap of paying insane prices for the Amiibos I'm missing. I'm gonna try to get the ones I can by pre-ordering but for the rest? Screw it. If Nintendo never makes anymore of Villager/Marth/WFT, they won't get my money.
 
I can't even do the best buy thing, to store shipping is not available.

Why can't I just order the damn things to my house?

If the demand is there for more of wave 1, they need to meet it. Having to hunt these things down is bullshit. What sucks is I could have gotten villager, but I didn't know Nintendo was this retarded.
 
Does anyone think the Bowser amiibo will be rare? It's kind of the only one I want, but I don't think it will be that hard to find where I would have to preorder it.
 
Once wave 2 hits any Marth/Villager/WFT will dry up fast. Between the 12th and the 24th will be a crazy hunt here in Canada. Fuck it. I'll just import the JAP Amiibos and call it a day. This thirst is way to real and I haven't felt this consumed by collecting toys since my Beast Wars collecting days.


Does anyone think the Bowser amiibo will be rare? It's kind of the only one I want, but I don't think it will be that hard to find where I would have to preorder it.

Mario universe characters are here to stay. They're very well known and are popular. I don't expect Bowser to deviate away from this.
 
Went to my local Toys R Us tonight to just look around and they had four Zelda Amiibo figures out. So, I grabbed one to buy because, hey, why not? And when I brought it up to the counter the lady said I cannot buy it until the 12th. I already have all of wave 2 preordered at Gamestop but it's nice to know we will probably get wave 2 on the 12th. So, there's that.
 
I just found 2 Wii Fit Trainers at a Walmart (am still at the Walmart right now).

20 USD shipped (cost plus shipping/envelope) for any GAFer that needs one, just PM me.
 
Someone needs to be a good person and help notify me (by PM or whatever) whenever preorders go up for Rosalina, Palutena, and Lucina. I am NOT missing out on those.
 
Do we think King DeDeDe will be hard to find? My son really wants one, hoping it won't be a nightmare to get him one.

Kirby characters aren't as well known as Mario, Donkey Kong, or TLoZ characters. He might be somewhat difficult to tract down at some point but not RARE rare. Well that's my speculation anyway. Just preorder it if you have the chance.
 
Do we think King DeDeDe will be hard to find? My son really wants one, hoping it won't be a nightmare to get him one.

Seems to be already sold out most places online. My guess is yes. Gamestop still has it. Their shipping prices are crazy though. I tried to order 4 amiibos but they wanted $15 in shipping. Nope. I'll only be buying Shulk there because I have to.
 
Just went to Gamestop to pre-order

4x Shulk
3 x Captain Falcon
2 x Mega Man
1 of everyone else in Wave 2 except Pit and Luigi were sold out
1 of everyone else in Wave 3 (minus MetaKnight and Lucario) except Rosalina who wasnt available for preorder

The cool thing is I get my cash back if I decide to get them at the TRU next door instead but good to have a backup plan. Still need to stop by a Best Buy to preorder Meta Knight. I think I should be fine just walking in to get Lucario (and Pit + Luigi) w/o a preorder since my TRU stocks a crazy amount of Amiibo.
 
Just went to Gamestop to pre-order

4x Shulk
3 x Captain Falcon
2 x Mega Man
1 of everyone else in Wave 2 except Pit and Luigi were sold out
1 of everyone else in Wave 3 (minus MetaKnight and Lucario) except Rosalina who wasnt available for preorder

The cool thing is I get my cash back if I decide to get them at the TRU next door instead but good to have a backup plan. Still need to stop by a Best Buy to preorder Meta Knight. I think I should be fine just walking in to get Lucario (and Pit + Luigi) w/o a preorder since my TRU stocks a crazy amount of Amiibo.

Preorder at TRU or BB to save your self a ton of money. It's buy 1 get 1 40% off online at TRU and if you have GCU at BB you get 20% off making them $10 each.
 
If my preorders get cancelled for lack of supply im officially done with amiibos, you win scalpers , fuck you
I have 2 diddys preordered so if i recieve both im thinking ill do a giveaway in this thread. Just have to pay shipping
 
If my preorders get cancelled for lack of supply im officially done with amiibos, you win scalpers , fuck you

i recommend importing from Japan if you see them available. Unless you care about the packaging, there's less of chance of cancellations from most import sites cuz once they sell out, they usually close preorders.
 
Preorder at TRU or BB to save your self a ton of money. It's buy 1 get 1 40% off online at TRU and if you have GCU at BB you get 20% off making them $10 each.

I'm staying away from buying amiibo online. The chances of getting ones with defects are high and I don't want to risk having to ship them back. Whats GCU?
 
Best Buy AND ToysRUs have horrific shipping practices??

Dang it! I had to order Meta Knight through the mail from Best Buy and Lucario through the mail from ToysRUs! These are for collection purposes!!!

Think they'll send them in boxes if I ordered more than one of each...?

I've ordered almost all of mine from Best Buy, including some doubles to open, and all but one were shipped nice and safe in a box. The Fox that came in a Bubble Mailer was ordered over Black Friday Weekend so that could have effected why it was the lone one shipped in a bubble mailer. I've been surprisingly satisfied with ordering them from Best Buy given they are $10 with GCU.
 
Does Amazon have problems with packaging or I am safe to preorder with them?

I want to preorder Diddy Kong but don't want to end up with a shitty box.
 
Is getting a Villager amiibo in store or online now impossible? Are we sure that there will not be any more of the villager amiibos made?
 
Best buy has always been really good to my orders, I order a lot of CEs from them that come in a nice sturdy box, with Amazon it's almost always in an envelope and damaged -_-
 
So I examined some Amiibos at my local store and noticed the quality control isn't too consistent. For example on 2 different Samuses there were painting differences around the legs. 2 different Links had slightly different iris positions, and the 2 Foxes I saw had plastic moulding lines on their snouts (one had it on both sides, the other only on the left).
I was actually planning to get Fox today but I'll hold off till I find one without the defects.
 
Does Amazon have problems with packaging or I am safe to preorder with them?

I want to preorder Diddy Kong but don't want to end up with a shitty box.

Completely depends on where they ship from. Here in Phoenix, I have never received poor packaging. But I hear others complain all the time. I'd say they are better than most.
 
Is getting a Villager amiibo in store or online now impossible? Are we sure that there will not be any more of the villager amiibos made?

It's not impossible to find in a store if you are lucky. Online yes, though play-asia has Japanese imports which will run you about $28 with shipping.

Nobody really knows if there will be more or not, you kind of have to assume there won't be.
 
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