Amiibo Thread 3 | Where release dates are made up and preorders don't matter!

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This makes me think, I missed Metal Knight's preorder window on Bestbuy.ca when they went live, anyone thinks they will have some when it releases in stores?
 
Just going to repeat this from last thread:

Yrael said:
Hmmm...just thinking about one of my orders with Amazon.it (Pit and Falcon). I ordered a while ago, but there's still no shipping date. Do you think the chances are high that they'll actually fulfil the order? (They've already shipped the other two I ordered, Fox and Ike.)
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I'm not sure if I should cancel my Amazon.it order...it's been sitting there in limbo for a while. :( I actually ordered all four Amiibo at once, but they split it in two.

And I'm still hoping that I can somehow get a Shulk. I'm so annoyed at Mighty Ape for not fulfilling my Shulk preorder (well, technically Nintendo for not supplying enough stock). I'll be so sad if that just gets cancelled.
 
Blue Namagem said:
Mononoke said:
I know you didn't ask, but I made you some avatar's that use the board's native 100x120 dimensions. You don't have to use any of them though. The one you have now is great. Was just messing around:

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WOW, those are amazing! You didn't have to do that, but I greatly appreciate it! I like the one with the transparent background, that's actually what I was trying to figure out how to do, and you saved me the trouble. Thanks so much.

Btw, I've read since way, way back about all the stuff you've been through, the stress of these dumb release dates and your personal issues, and I think it's great that you're still hangin' around with this community. Try not to be so hard on yourself, because most of the people here are willing to help, whether it be amiibos or just in general. I haven't seen any posts from you in quite a while, so I'm only speaking from the time recently when you said you were leaving the community and giving up on amiibos. Everything'll be fine, you'll see.
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Thanks! You get the last avatar I'll ever make (not including ones for myself). :D

And thanks for the words. It was good to take a break, cuz I really don't give a crap about these anymore. I mean, I do. But not really. I don't care if I don't get them. I'm more so just laughing at how crazy the shit is.

I've been lucky so far though, mostly because thisbejason and I have been helping each other out (he will hook me up with EU versions he got extras of, I got him US Lucario, and Meta Knight JP) and am helping him with other stuff. If I didn't have other people I was working with, there is no way I would be able to complete these waves.

Too ridiculous.
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Fularu said:
This makes me think, I missed Metal Knight's preorder window on Bestbuy.ca when they went live, anyone thinks they will have some when it releases in stores?
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Best Buy is the least reliable of the amiibo retailers for extras. But you can always try.
 
Persona7 said:
Should I arrive really early? I was thinking of arriving around 25 minutes before they open and chilling in my car until they open.
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An hour seems most reasonable. If you don't see anyone waiting at the door, wait in your car until you do.
 
@Piscus, did you decide which Target you're going to?

@Person that said my avatar didn't have too much going on... hmm who was that *checks post history*
Oh it was you Piscus. How about now?

Mononoke said:
Thanks! You get the last avatar I'll ever make (not including ones for myself). :D
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Better not be true. Otherwise I'll take it it's my fault and then I'll be sad =(
 
Persona7 said:
Should I arrive really early? I was thinking of arriving around 25 minutes before they open and chilling in my car until they open.
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I say if there is no one in line then just chill in your car, but when you see other people arriving and start lining up straight book it in line!
 
Fularu said:
This makes me think, I missed Metal Knight's preorder window on Bestbuy.ca when they went live, anyone thinks they will have some when it releases in stores?
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Who knows. But if TRU is any indication, I'm expecting more horror stories (only enough for pre-orders, or only 4 per store). They are starving NA with supply. So I would not expect Best Buy to do any better. But maybe they will.

Since I'm opening mine anyways and putting them in my display, I just decided to get mine from Japan and import it. Didn't even want the hassle. I have 2 meta knight coming this in a day. Once I realized they were dicking us around with 5 different release dates, awful supply constraints (lol Lucario only having 4 per store what a joke)...I just decided tot get most of the rest by import.

All I need is Sonic and Mega Man now.
 
Fularu said:
This makes me think, I missed Metal Knight's preorder window on Bestbuy.ca when they went live, anyone thinks they will have some when it releases in stores?
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None of the Best Buy stores in my area are going to carry the Meta Knight Amiibo. In fact, one store said that they are considering getting rid of the Amiibo display case altogether, as they want to make room for the Disney Infinity/Skylanders toys.
 
Mononoke said:
Who knows. But if TRU is any indication, I'm expecting more horror stories (only enough for pre-orders, or only 4 per store). They are starving NA with supply. So I would not expect Best Buy to do any better. But maybe they will.

Since I'm opening mine anyways and putting them in my display, I just decided to get mine from Japan and import it. Didn't even want the hassle. I have 2 meta knight coming this in a day.
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Mine sure had a horror story but honestly Ive never had a bad preorder experience at BB so welll see... I go in all the time asking about them...
 
Blues1990 said:
None of the Best Buy stores in my area are going to carry the Meta Knight Amiibo. In fact, one store said that they are considering getting rid of the Amiibo display case altogether, as they want to make room for the Disney Infinity/Skylanders toys.
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Nintendoomed. Doesn't matter if they print money; no one wants the hassle of these B-tier characters and anime freaks when they can have more Elsa!

Rosalina be damned...
 
Zonic said:
Perhaps it could be done like how ThisBeJason did it & mention "Hey, I want to to enter, this is who I already have & this is who I need". I was talking with MADGAME & he was gonna throw in a Fox, so I was gonna have it so people could enter for both him & Rosalina if they wanted to, but they're not allowed to win both.
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I did it the way I did it for two main reasons: I wanted to give an Amiibo to someone who didn't have it already and I had EU and US Amiibo so I had to make sure to give EU to openers and US to collectors or openers.

I think it's great to start off this new thread with a contest. Gj Amiibros and Amiigals.

PS Rosalina, you WILL be MINE tomorrow!
 
greenwolfe7 said:
Mine sure had a horror story but honestly Ive never had a bad preorder experience at BB so welll see... I go in all the time asking about them...
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BB is usually good with pre-orders. I just meant those trying to get one without one. At this point, I'm not even expecting these chains with exclusivity to even get anything past pre-orders.
 
Pit arrived from Gamestop. Like my Amazon order for Captain Falcon, Pit was packaged in a good sized box and surrounded by airbags.

Looks good.

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Xamdou said:
I say if there is no one in line then just chill in your car, but when you see other people arriving and start lining up straight book it in line!
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My friend said there was a line at Toys R Us for Lucario but as soon as they opened the door everyone ran to the back cutting in front of everybody and the employee started handing them out randomly.



but yeah, I feel ok about the limit and the large amount they received.
 
Mononoke said:
BB is usually good with pre-orders. I just meant those trying to get one without one. At this point, I'm not even expecting these chains with exclusivity to even get anything past pre-orders.
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My tru sold away everyones preorder to one guy who stood outside... Per the store manager i talked to this morning... He said it was dumba new guy...
 
Mononoke said:
Holy god guys, pete_clarf has a really great idea. If we work it out, this giveaway could be really cool and interesting!

Essentially, he wants to make it like a tournament. So the first step we would have modbot select winners. And by winning randomly, you get an entry into this tournament. Once all the contestants are picked. THEN we go to phase 2. That's the tournament.

Then we will allow people that entered to pick the Amiibo they want to represent them, and we will have the amiibos duke it out on Wii Smash U.

Here just look at this (Pete explains it better):

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=149997221&postcount=239
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Yes that seems the funniest way to do it. I want to see the fights too. Would be pretty exciting. I wish we could do a live feed on YouTube watch it in real time. Would be freaking awesome.

PS omg wtf we are already on page 11 or 12? At this rate well be on OT4 in no time!
 
Blues1990 said:
None of the Best Buy stores in my area are going to carry the Meta Knight Amiibo. In fact, one store said that they are considering getting rid of the Amiibo display case altogether, as they want to make room for the Disney Infinity/Skylanders toys.
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This makes little sense because they're selling extremely well.

They sell out within minutes on the website and they have customers who ask abotu them all the time so getting rid of them for more space to either Skylanders or Destiny (which both already have almost full aisles to themselves) sounds counter productive, because they won't sell more than they already do if they give them 10% more space.
 
Zonic said:
HEY, so completely random thought I had.

How would you guys feel about having Rosalina being given away through a SSB-related contest, similar to what pete_clarf is doing? But maybe have it be skilled based, like the person who gets the highest score for Rosalina on Classic & you need to take a picture with your username visible.

Might be a bit harder for me to keep track with my schedule (I've got 3 college classes on Tuesday & Thursdays, but only one on Mon. & Wed.), but might be a bit more fun. Of course, if you guys would prefer pure luck, that's perfectly fine.
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That's an awesome idea too.
 
Persona7 said:
My friend said there was a line at Toys R Us for Lucario but as soon as they opened the door everyone ran to the back cutting in front of everybody and the employee started handing them out randomly.
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Tru only had a few Luca's for non-preorders while Target is going to get a minimum 20+ Rosalina's for walk in's only... way better chance by a long shot. Like I said, I'd say an hour before is a safe bet. My plan is if there is no one in line I will wait in the car, but if there is a line already then well better book it!
 
I feel like a jerk asking but can someone be on the lookout for Rosalina and Shulk for me? I would be willing to pay you extra, I just won't have a chance to check stores until like noon or so. I won't leave you hanging either. I wish I could hunt with you all tomorrow :(. If you can, please PM me. If not, hey, good luck! It's my fault anyway that I didn't schedule accordingly with work and my girlfriend.
 
Warnen said:
So June ish for wave 4, nice to have a break after the Mario ones. Just hope amazon put up the preorders soon!
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Assuming that date is roughly accurate, I wonder if they pushed Wave 4 back so they could spend a couple months restocking Waves 1 through 3.
 
Xamdou said:
Tru only had a few Luca's for non-preorders while Target is going to get a minimum 20+ Rosalina's... way better chance by a long shot. Like I said, I'd say an hour before is a safe bet.
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Not by the stock check that was done earlier. Seems like there's only the average is around 5

greenwolfe7 said:
My tru sold away everyones preorder to one guy who stood outside... Per the store manager i talked to this morning... He said it was dumba new guy...
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Say what? I don't even understand anymore...
 
greenwolfe7 said:
My tru sold away everyones preorder to one guy who stood outside... Per the store manager i talked to this morning... He said it was dumba new guy...
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WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCK.

Wow, and I thought my store was bad. Oh man. That's fuckin crazy. Were pre-order people raging? Holy god.

I think you read my story? Wasn't anywhere as bad though. Just some shitty scalper buying up all 4 and the TRU manager allowing it.
 
My local Metro Detroit Target has 56 Rosalinas in the Back according to the electronics dude. I'm still taking no risks though, I'll brave the blizzard and be in line before 8.

Amiibos = Serious Business
 
VinFTW said:
Selling soul for Shulk and Meta Knight. PM me for details.
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Used souls don't go for much in this market so don't expect to so much as a Diddy Kong amiibo for yours. Unless, of course, your soul was recently purified from a prior contract from the Holy Ghost, in which case, you may be able to get Meta Knight OR Shulk. Not both.
 
My pops wants to go to the mall tmrw, gonna stop buy target and see if Rosa is there. I doubt it but maybe if I believe hard enough I can get me one

Mononoke said:
WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCK.

Wow, and I thought my store was bad. Oh man. That's fuckin crazy. Were pre-order people raging? Holy god.

I think you read my story? Wasn't anywhere as bad though. Just some shitty scalper buying up all 4 and the TRU manager allowing it.
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Do re share your story.
 
Mononoke said:
WHAT IN THE HOLY FUCK.

Wow, and I thought my store was bad. Oh man. That's fuckin crazy. Were pre-order people raging? Holy god.

I think you read my story? Wasn't anywhere as bad though. Just some shitty scalper buying up all 4 and the TRU manager allowing it.
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Yup I read yours hence the pm i sent you ;)
But yeah it was crazy met a couple of those affect there basically gonna report the guy and get him fired....
 
Mononoke said:
Blue Namagem said:
Thanks! You get the last avatar I'll ever make (not including ones for myself). :D

And thanks for the words. It was good to take a break, cuz I really don't give a crap about these anymore. I mean, I do. But not really. I don't care if I don't get them. I'm more so just laughing at how crazy the shit is.

I've been lucky so far though, mostly because thisbejason and I have been helping each other out (he will hook me up with EU versions he got extras of, I got him US Lucario, and Meta Knight JP) and am helping him with other stuff. If I didn't have other people I was working with, there is no way I would be able to complete these waves.

Too ridiculous.
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See, that's what I'm talking about, you have someone to help you out, just like I knew you would. It's all about worming together and helping each other.

And hey, I'm honored to be the recipient of your final avatar!

Hey, just a heads-up: if you can help out with my 7 Mega Man alt color project, I'd be incredibly grateful. Already have at least one lead on this, so any more would be great, for retail + shipping or a possible trade. It's gonna be a daunting task, but I'm really looking forward to the results! Even if you get your hands on extra yourself, PM or reply. Or, if you could help spread the word, it'd mean a lot. Thanks!
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TheOmegaSpartan said:
Used souls don't go for much in this market so don't expect to so much as a Diddy Kong amiibo for yours. Unless, of course, your soul was recently purified from a prior contract from the Holy Ghost, in which case, you may be able to get Meta Knight OR Shulk. Not both.
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I may or may NOT have been visited by God last night.

Soul might be worth more than usual...
 
esmith08734 said:
I feel like a jerk asking but can someone be on the lookout for Rosalina and Shulk for me? I would be willing to pay you extra, I just won't have a chance to check stores until like noon or so. I won't leave you hanging either. I wish I could hunt with you all tomorrow :(. If you can, please PM me. If not, hey, good luck! It's my fault anyway that I didn't schedule accordingly with work and my girlfriend.
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If you could help me with 1 of 7 Mega Man amiibos I'm hunting for, you'll have my eyes out around here for an extra of either, rest assured.
 
Auron_Kale said:
Funny enough, he was slated to arrive on Tuesday according to the tracking number, but when I got home after buying some groceries, the box was at my front door
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Hm I don't see mine at my front door... should I be worried?

Neo Dark said:
Not by the stock check that was done earlier. Seems like there's only the average is around 5
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I asked in person and my local store is has 28 Rosalina with a one per person limit. I like them chances yo!
 
Fularu said:
This makes little sense because they're selling extremely well.

They sell out within minutes on the website and they have customers who ask abotu them all the time so getting rid of them for more space to either Skylanders or Destiny (which both already have almost full aisles to themselves) sounds counter productive, because they won't sell more than they already do if they give them 10% more space.
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That's what I said to the sales clerk, and he agreed that it was stupid. But that particular store hasn't ordered in any more Amiibo, as they have a giant bin that's filled with Mario figurines that no one is buying. It's a weird situation, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm going to do my business with EB Games and through online retailers, as it's almost impossible to get any of the new Amiibo figurines though local retailers.
 
So as I have two sets coming in of the normal wave 3s(non exclusives) im thinking about doing my first giveaway... Deciding how to do it...

if all come in I'll have 3 megaman(1 claimed blue namagaman, 3 sonic, 2 dedede, 2 ike, 2 lucario (1 claimed thisbejason), 3 toon link, 3 bowser, 1 meta knight, 2 shulks, whatever i get tomorrow for rosalina, 2 sheiks...
 
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