Amiibo Discussion Thread

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Byron Bluth said:
So do the French and German Amiibo boxes have German and French writing on them or are they in English?
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On french ones, the text behind is english, but when the character has different names (like villager), there's seven of them on the front in addition to english (german, french, dutch, italiano, spanish, greik (spelling?) and another one I don't identify.

Pretty sure that's the same packaging all over Europe.


And I haven't been able to get a Falcon yet... when I finished my trip today, I had seen ALL of wave 1 except Kirby (including 7 Marth, 2 WFT and 1 Villager), more than a dozen of Luigi/Diddy, half a dozen Zelda, but only a single Pit, Mac and Falcon (bought the first two, but the third one was damaged :( He was still sold in less than 3h)
 
A Target like five minutes away from me says it has Captain Falcon, Luigi, and Diddy in stock. I wanna go check the store so bad but I'm stuck at work for another couple of hours. Probably gonna miss out.
 
Fuck, I missed ebay lucario, oh well, at least I got the toys r us one,

I actually ordered another one with my second paypal account, hopefully neither gets cancelled, I want to collect this, dammit.
 
Byron Bluth said:
It will be really fucked if after Christmas supply evens out and they are all available on mass.
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That's always a possibility.

But as of now Nintendo has given consumers the belief that past Amiibos won't be coming back.

You have Iwata's statement on them being limited and now Miyamoto's statement that they are considering bringing back discontinued Amiibos in card form as opposed to releasing their figures again.
 
Don't get your hopes up on the Target availability. I placed a Target order for in-store pickup and 10 minutes later it was cancelled due to lack of stock. I went into the Target earlier today and an employee told me he had never seen the items on the shelf, but speculated that scalpers were buying them all. Makes me wonder if the scalpers are actually employees...
 
Crazy how long these Amazon Little Mac's have been stocked. Normally they would be wiped out in mere minutes. Good things to come?
 
shanafan said:
Crazy how long these Amazon Little Mac's have been stocked. Normally they would be wiped out in mere minutes. Good things to come?
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Everyone is freaking out over Pit/Captain Falcon. It's the perfect time to get him if you really want him.

If the one I ordered ends up showing up (and being little mac), I'll probably sell the one with the messed up display. I have plenty of friends still looking for them.
 
Stormwatch said:
Don't get your hopes up on the Target availability. I placed a Target order for in-store pickup and 10 minutes later it was cancelled due to lack of stock. I went into the Target earlier today and an employee told me he had never seen the items on the shelf, but speculated that scalpers were buying them all. Makes me wonder if the scalpers are actually employees...
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I'd check the in-store price checker (you can grab the Target ID number off the website and manually enter it, or just pull up a UPC picture) to see the store's stock status. It'd tell you if it's an employee hiding them away.
 
Just grabbed the last 2 of the 4 Falcons the Summerville SC had. Saw them go from not in stock to in stock and left. They were behind Peach ha. Just need Pit now from Wave 2.
 
I give up for the day. Went to almost every retailer in the Huntsville area and struck out. Luckily I did get an order for Little Mac in at Amazon in case Best buy screws me over.
 
Byron Bluth said:
So do the French and German Amiibo boxes have German and French writing on them or are they in English?

Wanting to get some of the rare ones for a friend for Christmas (a late gift now) but he will likely have his OCD trigger when the boxes are different or something.
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Anyone have any experience importing from Amazon Germany and/or France?
 
Stormwatch said:
Don't get your hopes up on the Target availability. I placed a Target order for in-store pickup and 10 minutes later it was cancelled due to lack of stock. I went into the Target earlier today and an employee told me he had never seen the items on the shelf, but speculated that scalpers were buying them all. Makes me wonder if the scalpers are actually employees...
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Good point. Online it said falcon was in stock at my target. went there NOTHING. asked, they had nothing. Their amiibo stock was pathetic. a few mario left, couple samus, yoshi and 2 zelda. that was IT.
 
I came so close to pulling the trigger... holy shit

I woke up to a text my sister sent me. It was a picture of her bf's amiibo collection. Although he just started with one or two, he eventually got most of 'em online along with some rare duplicates which he plans to sell.

I'm missing five in my collection: Marth, Link, Yoshi, WFT, and Diddy. I had the opportunity to get them when they came out, but I tried to be strong and just got my favourites. Anyway, I feel like I want them now and it would be a disservice to my collection if I didn't have them. So I went on eBay and a few online stores and sought them out. If I was to get all five, I'd be spending about $100AUD. I sat for a while and thought that I'd rather just save up for a PS4 at this point.

Edit: To be honest, scalping makes a whole lot of sense if you're planning to collect all of them. Even though it's ethically bad, atm it's a sure fire way of funding this hobby. I'm seriously considering doing it.
 
SevenDevils said:
I assume you called, just to make sure before you go out?
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I called and they said the looked on the shelves and nothing. I think they might be in the back so I'm gonna just go in and ask. I have two weeks of vacation, nothing else to do and its not even 1 pm yet. If I leave empty handed I wont be upset.
 
Ordered two Little Macs for me and a friend, all I need now is the gods to bless me with a Lucario and I'll have all the ones I've wanted.
 
Target in harrisburg pa had capt. Falcon. They show pit as arriving MAYBE the 21st. They have tags for him but no stock. Next shipment was the 21st.

EDIT high point target. Jonestown target was sold out by 3 to one dude.
 
one_kill said:
I came so close to pulling the trigger... holy shit

I woke up to a text my sister sent me. It was a picture of her bf's amiibo collection. Although he just started with one or two, he eventually got most of 'em online along with some rare duplicates which he plans to sell.

I'm missing five in my collection: Marth, Link, Yoshi, WFT, and Diddy. I had the opportunity to get them when they came out, but I tried to be strong and just got my favourites. Anyway, I feel like I want them now and it would be a disservice to my collection if I didn't have them. So I went on eBay and a few online stores and sought them out. If I was to get all five, I'd be spending about $100AUD. I sat for a while and thought that I'd rather just save up for a PS4 at this point.

Edit: To be honest, scalping makes a whole lot of sense if you're planning to collect all of them. Even though it's ethically bad, atm it's a sure fire way of funding this hobby. I'm seriously considering doing it.
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100$ for 5 isn't terrible... I mean thats 20 bucks per amiibo, which I assume are the rare ones?
 
Actual conversation I just had:

Me: Hi, is this Target's electronics department?
Lady: Yes, how may I help you?
Me: I'm looking for a Nintendo figurine. They're called "amiibo" and they're kinda like Disney Infinity toys.
Lady: Lemme check (heavy breathing...pause..) OK, here they are. Which one are you looking for?
Me: Captain Falcon. He's like a blue race car super hero driver man with a helmet. He's got a blue box.
Lady: I found him. We have four of him.
Me: Great! Can you put one aside for me?
Lady: Yes. I can pu..(phone hangs up, starts ringing for five minutes straight)
Me: .....
(phone picks up again)
Man: This is Target, electronics department. How can I help you?
Me: Uh.. hi? I was just on the phone with a woman there who said she could put a Captain Falcon amiibo on the side for me.
Man: Nah we don't have any of those.
Me: But she just said you have four.
Man: Nah. We don't have any of those.
Me: Thanks (click)

FUCK THESE STUPID THINGS
 
Captain Falcon at my local Target just went from In Stock to Limited Availability in the last 5 minutes. Makes me feel like they had some out.
 
Insaniac said:
100$ for 5 isn't terrible... I mean thats 20 bucks per amiibo, which I assume are the rare ones?
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That's true, but it's still $100
Add $300 more and it's a PS4

It's crazy how much the costs associated stack up

Also, if I get those five, I'm in it for the long run. Might as well stop early and keep strong and focused
 
BrianAltano said:
Actual conversation I just had:

Me: Hi, is this Target's electronics department?
Lady: Yes, how may I help you?
Me: I'm looking for a Nintendo figurine. They're called "amiibo" and they're kinda like Disney Infinity toys.
Lady: Lemme check (heavy breathing...pause..) OK, here they are. Which one are you looking for?
Me: Captain Falcon. He's like a blue race car super hero driver man with a helmet. He's got a blue box.
Lady: I found him. We have four of him.
Me: Great! Can you put one aside for me?
Lady: Yes. I can pu..(phone hangs up, starts ringing for five minutes straight)
Me: .....
(phone picks up again)
Man: This is Target, electronics department. How can I help you?
Me: Uh.. hi? I was just on the phone with a woman there who said she could put a Captain Falcon amiibo on the side for me.
Man: Nah we don't have any of those.
Me: But she just said you have four.
Man: Nah. We don't have any of those.
Me: Thanks (click)

FUCK THESE STUPID THINGS
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CIA???
 
Fuck, Toys R Us just cancelled my Pit pre-order that I placed back in November right after he was announced because they ran out of stock apparently. That's some straight up bullshit.
 
NFreak said:
Captain Falcon at my local Target just went from In Stock to Limited Availability in the last 5 minutes. Makes me feel like they had some out.
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Same here, at the same Target I was at on my lunch break. I am going back after work.

The clerk said there were no plans to put out any amiibos.
 
BrianAltano said:
Actual conversation I just had:

Me: Hi, is this Target's electronics department?
Lady: Yes, how may I help you?
Me: I'm looking for a Nintendo figurine. They're called "amiibo" and they're kinda like Disney Infinity toys.
Lady: Lemme check (heavy breathing...pause..) OK, here they are. Which one are you looking for?
Me: Captain Falcon. He's like a blue race car super hero driver man with a helmet. He's got a blue box.
Lady: I found him. We have four of him.
Me: Great! Can you put one aside for me?
Lady: Yes. I can pu..(phone hangs up, starts ringing for five minutes straight)
Me: .....
(phone picks up again)
Man: This is Target, electronics department. How can I help you?
Me: Uh.. hi? I was just on the phone with a woman there who said she could put a Captain Falcon amiibo on the side for me.
Man: Nah we don't have any of those.
Me: But she just said you have four.
Man: Nah. We don't have any of those.
Me: Thanks (click)

FUCK THESE STUPID THINGS
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More like fuck Target. That would've put me into a rage.
 
BrianAltano said:
Actual conversation I just had:

Me: Hi, is this Target's electronics department?
Lady: Yes, how may I help you?
Me: I'm looking for a Nintendo figurine. They're called "amiibo" and they're kinda like Disney Infinity toys.
Lady: Lemme check (heavy breathing...pause..) OK, here they are. Which one are you looking for?
Me: Captain Falcon. He's like a blue race car super hero driver man with a helmet. He's got a blue box.
Lady: I found him. We have four of him.
Me: Great! Can you put one aside for me?
Lady: Yes. I can pu..(phone hangs up, starts ringing for five minutes straight)
Me: .....
(phone picks up again)
Man: This is Target, electronics department. How can I help you?
Me: Uh.. hi? I was just on the phone with a woman there who said she could put a Captain Falcon amiibo on the side for me.
Man: Nah we don't have any of those.
Me: But she just said you have four.
Man: Nah. We don't have any of those.
Me: Thanks (click)

FUCK THESE STUPID THINGS
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Jesus fucking christ this sounds like a seinfield episode.

Please don´t fuck me over Best Buy, I´ll cut you!
 
Can you imagine if they do 8 and 16 bit retro versions of amiibo Nintendo characters that can be added in to Mario maker???


I would lose my mind. Buy them all. They could just be like the 2d sprite trophies in smash bros..
 
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