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

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I'm seeing my therapist. Been seeing her since I was diagnosed with PTSD after my battle with cancer and the shit with my family (mom said I deserved Cancer. God gave it to me since I'm not religious. Basically my family abandoned me and left me to die. My cousin who was the only IRL support I had, took her life because of a life long battle with depression. All of that + the Cancer really messed me up).

Anyways, was talking about how weird it is that you guys are basically my family since my own isn't in my life. All of these thousands of people are my friends and basically family. And these people support me and get me through the struggles I have to keep battling.

We live in a weird time where you can have that with the Internet. Sorry for the random rant. Was just reflecting is all. I guess I really am lucky.
We're such a wonderful family.

I can ignore your flaws. It's what buddies do :p
Ain't a flaw. It's a feature!

So no one liked the 5 minutes Pringle edit I did? And here I was hoping we could use it to welcome people.
 
How much is a complete Wave Four import pre-order including shipping costing in the States at the moment?

$148

$45 of that was shipping, but I chose the quickest shipping. So at 6 Amiibos that is...

Def don't import if you don't want to pay above the retail price. You are easily tacking on $5 on top of each order.
 
$117 for me.

That's not too bad. I was looking at how much it would cost to send a Wave Four out from New Zealand and unfortunately it's like $150USD maybe more.

$148

$45 of that was shipping, but I chose the quickest shipping. So at 6 Amiibos that is...

Def don't import if you don't want to pay above the retail price. You are easily tacking on $5 on top of each order.

Yeah I can probably do close to that but it sure wouldn't be quickest shipping.
 
Me and my Fiancé are so grateful for you. You are seriously like a best friend or older brother. You've helped us out every step of the way it's crazy.

Jason pretty much texts me all the time and makes sure keep me informed in case I can't stay on top of things. Not to mention that since I came into collecting late, there is no way I could have gotten all of Wave 3. And yet I only need Sonic and Mega Man now to finish it. All because of you :)

This is why I love AmiiboGAF. You guys are always so awesome. :)

Gonna repost this since it got buried pretty fast:
Should we organize an AmiiboGAF 3DS/Wii U/Steam spreadsheet? I want some of you cool people on my friends list.

Maybe some of SwapNoteGAF out there could join in too. ;_;
 
I'm seeing my therapist. Been seeing her since I was diagnosed with PTSD after my battle with cancer and the shit with my family (mom said I deserved Cancer. God gave it to me since I'm not religious. Basically my family abandoned me and left me to die. My cousin who was the only IRL support I had, took her life because of a life long battle with depression. All of that + the Cancer really messed me up).

Anyways, was talking about how weird it is that you guys are basically my family since my own isn't in my life. All of these thousands of people are my friends and basically family. And these people support me and get me through the struggles I have to keep battling.

We live in a weird time where you can have that with the Internet. Sorry for the random rant. Was just reflecting is all. I guess I really am lucky.

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fwiw for everyone that was finger wagging the Paypal dispute thing I posted about earlier as fraud (and there were a lot of people), I'm aware, and there's a reason it had a winky emoticon, but I guess that was lost. I'll make sure to find a better way to indicate that tongue is planted firmly in cheek next time.
 
I don't know how they could implement this without a few things.

1) You don't wanna piss off the people who bought both versions to get Mewtwo for free.
2) You don't wanna make an amiibo that makes you buy more content as DLC, as it'll piss off the people who buy it and don't know you can't use it without DLC.
3) If you release the DLC first, you have to make the people who bought the digital DLC not angry that they could've just bought an amiibo instead.
4) Stock will likely sell out anyway, why create an incentive unless you plan to create a huge stock of the character?

If they do make DLC character(s) into amiibos, I expect the functionality to be limited. As in- when Mewtwo and say Lucas and Wolf are released, an update goes out to Smash. The update allows you to play against these characters online and gives you their amiibo data. But you can only play as them if you pay to download them.

I can definitely see them doing something like that with Pokemon on the N3DS. Give you Pokemon to use if you scan their amiibo in. I bet there will be something like that in Pokemon Z, (or whatever the "third" XY game is). Scanning the Pikachu amiibo, can give you a special Pikachu, or the Lucario amiibo gives you a special Lucario. I think that would be pretty cool.
 
That's not too bad. I was looking at how much it would cost to send a Wave Four out from New Zealand and unfortunately it's like $150USD maybe more.

Yeah. If you want to get these as cheap as possible, you have to always just order at retail in you region. Importing will always cost $5 more on each order as you have to factor in shipping + import fees.

If you aren't that into Amiibos, or I mean into it enough to want to pay beyond retail, then you really really have to hope you get a pre-order in within your region. If you can't, then you pretty much have to hope you get lucky and the amiibo you want has extra stock.

The problem I'm finding is, more and more it feels like stock in NA is pretty much pre-order only. And that's it. So you either get a pre-order in, or pound sand. Or, you have to really go early, camp out, or be like a mad man hitting up store to store, trying to get lucky. Factor in that gas money, and all that time.

That is where IMO you start actually evening out the cost that it is to import. And it's no where near scalper cost. You are still paying retail technically, you just end up having to pay for the other stuff. Which is unfortunate. But that comes back down to, Nintendo not making enough supply on purpose. So you pretty much have to do what you have to do.
 
I don't know how they could implement this without a few things.

1) You don't wanna piss off the people who bought both versions to get Mewtwo for free.
2) You don't wanna make an amiibo that makes you buy more content as DLC, as it'll piss off the people who buy it and don't know you can't use it without DLC.
3) If you release the DLC first, you have to make the people who bought the digital DLC not angry that they could've just bought an amiibo instead.
4) Stock will likely sell out anyway, why create an incentive unless you plan to create a huge stock of the character?

If they do make DLC character(s) into amiibos, I expect the functionality to be limited. As in- when Mewtwo and say Lucas and Wolf are released, an update goes out to Smash. The update allows you to play against these characters online and gives you their amiibo data. But you can only play as them if you pay to download them.

NoA doesn't care if anyone is angry. That is pretty much fact nowadays. But I want this to happen so I don't have to buy the amiibo AND the DLC.
 
$117 for me.
Yeah I got them all preordered for that much. I'll be on the lookout for US preorders so I can get them natively at a lower price if I can, but ~$19 per amiibo, with defined release dates to boot, doesn't sound too bad to me.
 
Ohhhhhhhh boyyyyy putting the TRU number into Fedex works and it tells me I'm getting Lucario tomorrowwwww!

Also I will still totally pay someone for a NA Rosalina. I need her ;o;
 
I will say this. For those that 100% refuse to pay more than retail, I totally get that. I think that's more than reasonable. Not everyone has the money to throw around for these (and even if you do, maybe it's the principle of the thing). But I still think you should always pre-order imports for the ONE Amiibo you absolutely must have, or the ONE amiibo you think will be rare as shit (in this case, I think that will be Ness or Lucina).

It doesn't hurt to pre-order these, since you don't get charged till shipping anyways. And in terms of paying over retail, it's not that bad if you are only doing it for ONE. If you are like me, you are 100% willing to pay $5-8 more for each one, simply because it takes out all stress/hassle out of having to deal with Amiibos in NA. Nintendo are purposely choking Supply to create demands. And it even goes beyond the lack of Supply. It's the shitty way Nintendo doesn't communicate. The awful release dates.

To me, it's worth the money to save me time and stress of just NOT even dealing with that all together. Now I know 100%, my Wave is secured. I don't have to think about it again. In many cases, Amazon/import in general, ends up getting you Amiibos weeks before they even come out in the U.S.

So for me, it's 100% worth paying that extra money. But for those that don't see that value, or refuse to pay that, then I still suggest at least doing it for ONE Amiibo. At the very least, just for back up. And you can cancel at any time.
 
I'm looking to import Amiibos for fair prices from countries that have Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Shulk, Rosalina, and Lucario easily available. Please PM if interested.

I'm in the U.S.
 
I will say this. For those that 100% refuse to pay more than retail, I totally get that. I think that's more than reasonable. Not everyone has the money to throw around for these (and even if you do, maybe it's the principle of the thing). But I still think you should always pre-order imports for the ONE Amiibo you absolutely must have, or the ONE amiibo you think will be rare as shit (in this case, I think that will be Ness or Lucina).

It doesn't hurt to pre-order these, since you don't get charged till shipping anyways. And in terms of paying over retail, it's not that bad if you are only doing it for ONE. If you are like me, you are 100% willing to pay $5-8 more for each one, simply because it takes out all stress/hassle out of having to deal with Amiibos in NA. Nintendo are purposely choking Supply to create demands. And it even goes beyond the lack of Supply. It's the shitty way Nintendo doesn't communicate. The awful release dates.

To me, it's worth the money to save me time and stress of just NOT even dealing with that all together. Now I know 100%, my Wave is secured. I don't have to think about it again. In many cases, Amazon/import in general, ends up getting you Amiibos weeks before they even come out in the U.S.

So for me, it's 100% worth paying that extra money. But for those that don't see that value, or refuse to pay that, then I still suggest at least doing it for ONE Amiibo.

My problem is that missing the .co.uk preorders is causing about as much stress as trying to find the damn things on stores. Now I have like all the Amazon retailers up and refreshing the pages every few minutes. It sucks because of how Nintendo has handled all of this. :/
 
Me and my Fiancé are so grateful for you. You are seriously like a best friend or older brother. You've helped us out every step of the way it's crazy.

Jason pretty much texts me all the time and makes sure keep me informed in case I can't stay on top of things. Not to mention that since I came into collecting late, there is no way I could have gotten all of Wave 3. And yet I only need Sonic and Mega Man now to finish it. All because of you :)

Thanks man means a lot! I could just tell you were a good guy from the start and wanted to do whatever I could to help. You def inspired me to do the giveaway and Hunchback gave me the means.

I look forward to helping each other until the very end! Plus it would be cool to meet you and your future Mrs and maybe even some other AmiiboGAF too! Smash Bros AmiiGAF Party haha
 
I will say this. For those that 100% refuse to pay more than retail, I totally get that. I think that's more than reasonable. Not everyone has the money to throw around for these (and even if you do, maybe it's the principle of the thing). But I still think you should always pre-order imports for the ONE Amiibo you absolutely must have, or the ONE amiibo you think will be rare as shit (in this case, I think that will be Ness or Lucina).

It doesn't hurt to pre-order these, since you don't get charged till shipping anyways. And in terms of paying over retail, it's not that bad if you are only doing it for ONE. If you are like me, you are 100% willing to pay $5-8 more for each one, simply because it takes out all stress/hassle out of having to deal with Amiibos in NA. Nintendo are purposely choking Supply to create demands. And it even goes beyond the lack of Supply. It's the shitty way Nintendo doesn't communicate. The awful release dates.

To me, it's worth the money to save me time and stress of just NOT even dealing with that all together. Now I know 100%, my Wave is secured. I don't have to think about it again. In many cases, Amazon/import in general, ends up getting you Amiibos weeks before they even come out in the U.S.

So for me, it's 100% worth paying that extra money. But for those that don't see that value, or refuse to pay that, then I still suggest at least doing it for ONE Amiibo. At the very least, just for back up. And you can cancel at any time.

I agree with this.

I will be preordering Zero Suit Samus from absolutely wherever I can. I will import it from wherever. It will be mine.
 
Yeah. If you want to get these as cheap as possible, you have to always just order at retail in you region. Importing will always cost $5 more on each order as you have to factor in shipping + import fees.

If you aren't that into Amiibos, or I mean into it enough to want to pay beyond retail, then you really really have to hope you get a pre-order in within your region. If you can't, then you pretty much have to hope you get lucky and the amiibo you want has extra stock.

The problem I'm finding is, more and more it feels like stock in NA is pretty much pre-order only. And that's it. So you either get a pre-order in, or pound sand. Or, you have to really go early, camp out, or be like a mad man hitting up store to store, trying to get lucky. Factor in that gas money, and all that time.

That is where IMO you start actually evening out the cost that it is to import. And it's no where near scalper cost. You are still paying retail technically, you just end up having to pay for the other stuff. Which is unfortunate. But that comes back down to, Nintendo not making enough supply on purpose. So you pretty much have to do what you have to do.

Ironically I think it would actually be cheaper to order from the US to New Zealand and maybe Australia including shipping, but obviously getting a US pre-order is not worth the time or effort.

I'd like to be able to sell amiibo at cost to people in the States and Canada but because the Australian and New Zealand prices are so high - and the currency is down - it enters scalper tier pricing.
 
If you want the absolutely cheapest amiibo import, try to pre-order on Amiami.com as the exchange rate for yen to dollar is insanely good.

They sell out of pre-orders really quick though.
 
My problem is that missing the .co.uk preorders is causing about as much stress as trying to find the damn things on stores. Now I have like all the Amazon retailers up and refreshing the pages every few minutes. It sucks because of how Nintendo has handled all of this. :/

Yeah, that sucks. But if they had never had the pre-orders, then the stress would have been there anyways. Basically, it gives SOME people the chance to bow out of the game, and just take the stress free option.

I think having that option, is better then no option. I'm really sorry you missed out though. That really really sucks. But the good thing is, there will be pre-orders at Amazon france, italy, germany and so on. And NA stores themselves havent even done the pre-orders yet.

So you still have many many options to try to snag a pre-order. And if you do get a NA pre-order, then you won't have to pay the import fees or shipping, and will get them cheaper. So. You never know.
 
I'm still waiting for US Wave 4 pre-orders lol. Hopefully I won't get burned by missing out when they go up.

As of right now I'm only planning on getting Wario/PacMan/Ness from this wave. The first 2 should be pretty common (Wario definitely), and if it comes down to it I'd be more than willing to import a Ness for extra $$$. No point in spending the extra now when it might be avoided.
 
Ironically I think it would actually be cheaper to order from the US to New Zealand and maybe Australia including shipping, but obviously getting a US pre-order is not worth the time or effort.

I'd like to be able to sell amiibo at cost to people in the States and Canada but because the Australian and New Zealand prices are so high - and the currency is down - it enters scalper tier pricing.

Yeah. The U.S. amiibos are just really really hard to come by. I mean, even Sheik had like 2 per store in a lot of areas. I mean, I get that some stores had more. But overall her supply was THAT BAD, she pretty much was sold out before she even came out.

If you didn't have her on pre-order, I mean the kind of hassle it would take to try and get her at retail price (in a retail NA)...gah damn. Just ridiculous.
 
I will say this. For those that 100% refuse to pay more than retail, I totally get that. I think that's more than reasonable. Not everyone has the money to throw around for these (and even if you do, maybe it's the principle of the thing). But I still think you should always pre-order imports for the ONE Amiibo you absolutely must have, or the ONE amiibo you think will be rare as shit (in this case, I think that will be Ness or Lucina).

It doesn't hurt to pre-order these, since you don't get charged till shipping anyways. And in terms of paying over retail, it's not that bad if you are only doing it for ONE. If you are like me, you are 100% willing to pay $5-8 more for each one, simply because it takes out all stress/hassle out of having to deal with Amiibos in NA. Nintendo are purposely choking Supply to create demands. And it even goes beyond the lack of Supply. It's the shitty way Nintendo doesn't communicate. The awful release dates.

To me, it's worth the money to save me time and stress of just NOT even dealing with that all together. Now I know 100%, my Wave is secured. I don't have to think about it again. In many cases, Amazon/import in general, ends up getting you Amiibos weeks before they even come out in the U.S.

So for me, it's 100% worth paying that extra money. But for those that don't see that value, or refuse to pay that, then I still suggest at least doing it for ONE Amiibo. At the very least, just for back up. And you can cancel at any time.
As someone who just want to complete the Smash line, I'm willing to pay a little extra so I can relax and just patiently wait for my stuff to come rather than constantly sitting in front of my computer constantly pressing F5 hoping it would come up. Still, I should be able to casually get them like other figurines but when they are literally not making anymore as soon as they come out, it a bit bullshit that we have to be on Amiibos 24/7 to get them and sometimes those preorder don't even matter when they still get cancelled. Random release dates are also very annoying. Wave 1 is the only one with a solid release date and the rest going forward is Nintendo basically saying these amiibo will be available sometime this month whenever it gets there.
 
I'm still waiting for US Wave 4 pre-orders lol. Hopefully I won't get burned by missing out when they go up.

As of right now I'm only planning on getting Wario/PacMan/Ness from this wave. The first 2 should be pretty common (Wario definitely), and if it comes down to it I'd be more than willing to import a Ness for extra $$$. No point in spending the extra now when it might be avoided.

Yeah but you don't have to spend extra money now. Pre-orders are 100% free. Only get charged till it ships. So it makes no sense to NOT put pre-orders in when they open. Let's say Amazon france puts them up tomorrow. It would make zero sense to not just randomly put in an order for Ness.

You can cancel at any time. So why not have that back up? I mean yeah. In an ideal world, everyone would love to get these at retail cost, and at their own region. That would be wonderful. I still think that is the goal for everyone. Even those that got pre-orders in with imports. But if things go to shit like they have been over and over, then you know you have that back up order in place.

Just the way I see it. So basically, try to get the order in at cost. Try to get it cheapest. If you can, cancel whatever pre-orders you have. If you can't get any pre-orders in, and it's near impossible to get these in NA, then make that decision if it's worth paying $5-8 more to get an Amiibo you can't get.
 
huh, they have the scarf of Hyrule Warrior on preorder.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=GOODS-00018402&page=rt_02

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Has anyone had any luck finding a Mega Man amiibo? I've been trying to follow the amiibo scene, but I have absolutely no idea what is going on ;_;
 
Has anyone had any luck finding a Mega Man amiibo? I've been trying to follow the amiibo scene, but I have absolutely no idea what is going on ;_;

Only Australia got Mega Man and Sonic, as they got all of Wave 3 on Jan 29th (a single Unified date). There is some stories of Canada selling Sonic and Mega Man at select stores. But it's not out in that region overall, yet.

NA Mega Man and Sonic are pushed back to Feb 20th. Actually, every region around the world got pushed back to Feb 20th for them. Only some random locations got them in early for whatever reason. I have no idea why Canada had Sonic, when supposedly no other region has them till Feb 20th. But you know, nothing makes sense anymore.

So yeah, only way to get Mega Man right this second, is to pay Scalper fees on Ebay, and buy one from Aus/Candian buyer. Other then that, just wait till Mega Man actually goes on sale in other regions. I ONLY need Mega Man and Sonic, so this has me on edge. I really really wanted to get them, so I can just be done with this wave.
 
Only Australia got Mega Man and Sonic, as they got all of Wave 3 on Jan 29th (a single Unified date). There is some stories of Canada selling Sonic and Mega Man at select stores. But it's not out in that region overall, yet.

NA Mega Man and Sonic are pushed back to Feb 20th. Actually, every region around the world got pushed back to Feb 20th for them. Only some random locations got them in early for whatever reason. I have no idea why Canada had Sonic, when supposedly no other region has them till Feb 20th. But you know, nothing makes sense anymore.

So yeah, only way to get Mega Man right this second, is to pay Scalper fees on Ebay, and buy one from Aus/Candian buyer.

Dang, what is Nintendo doing over there >.> Thanks so much for the info!
 
I can't imagine how much of a clusterfuck Feb 13's gonna be, with N3DS/Majora's Mask 3D/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and select Amiibo releasing. Gonna be an apocalypse that day
 
I really don't feel optimistic at all for the rest of Wave 3. I think...

Ike
Dedede
Sonic
Mega Man

Are going to be hard as fuck to find. I think the supply for these is going to be choked. I might be wrong on Sonic and Mega Man, as there have been reports that they were common like Bowser in Aus. Which okay, make sense. They are really popular characters. But in terms of Ike and Dedede, they will be just like Sheik (non-existant). Stock will be shit for them. So...

I can only hope that Sonic and Mega Man end up showing up in stores Feb 20th, and you can just walk in and buy them. It will suck if they end up being pre-order only stock wise, and then other then that, good luck.

Dang, what is Nintendo doing over there >.> Thanks so much for the info!

It's cool. I NEED those two specifically, so I've been keeping my eye on it extensively. I would totally import these in a heartbeat. But sadly, they got delayed till the end of Feb with the rest of the world. In this case, getting them LOCALLY in your region, will prob be quicker. Assuming that, your retail stores actually get any stock beyond pre-orders.
 
I can't imagine how much of a clusterfuck Feb 13's gonna be, with N3DS/Majora's Mask 3D/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and select Amiibo releasing. Gonna be an apocalypse that day
I am glad a lot of this stuff is shipping to my house since I will be out of town. Hoping GameStop gets the amiibos in earlier so I don't have to worry about anything.
 
Yeah, that sucks. But if they had never had the pre-orders, then the stress would have been there anyways. Basically, it gives SOME people the chance to bow out of the game, and just take the stress free option.

I think having that option, is better then no option. I'm really sorry you missed out though. That really really sucks. But the good thing is, there will be pre-orders at Amazon france, italy, germany and so on. And NA stores themselves havent even done the pre-orders yet.

So you still have many many options to try to snag a pre-order. And if you do get a NA pre-order, then you won't have to pay the import fees or shipping, and will get them cheaper. So. You never know.

Since I only want a select few, I'm willing to pay probably 50%-100% premium on the figures I want. But finding online preorders is so hard. lol

The Rosalina madness in Canada was basically on my mind ever since Target Canada announced they were going out of business.
 
I can't imagine how much of a clusterfuck Feb 13's gonna be, with N3DS/Majora's Mask 3D/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and select Amiibo releasing. Gonna be an apocalypse that day
Why do Nintendo like to release everything all in one day? My wallet can't take a beating with MM LE (skull kid figure), monster hunter 4 and certain amiibo coming that day. I'm already going over $120 in that one day T.T
 
It's happening Amazon wave 3 amiibogaf. It has changed to shipping now. They still haven't updated a shipping date yet though. I have prime.

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Hey amiipals, anything new today apart from the UK wave 4 preorders happening?

I'm sorry fellow CisoR's... The best buy Rosie preorders happened when I was neither awake nor aware :( did they even happen?
 
Hey amiipals, anything new today apart from the UK wave 4 preorders happening?

I'm sorry fellow CisoR's... The best buy Rosie preorders happened when I was neither awake nor aware :( did they even happen?

Happened at 4 AM PST (well it was actually more like 3:55 but might as well say 4)
 
It's happening Amazon wave 3 amiibogaf. It has changed to shipping now. They still haven't updated a shipping date yet though. I have prime.

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Toon Link is awesome, Canada amazon shipped me mine and he showed up today. I'm surprised at how much I like this one.

Ike's taken a hit from the protos, but much like the Marth images, the "this looks like so much shit.jpg" that's up and about isn't representative of mine at all. It's not SUPER AWESOME or anything but it's not completely garbage tier either.

Missing both a Sonic and a Dedede preorder personally but I got the rest of wave 3 on lock.

Hoping for wave 4 orders up soon because bleeeeeeeeeeeeh
 
Why do Nintendo like to release everything all in one day? My wallet can't take a beating with MM LE (skull kid figure), monster hunter 4 and certain amiibo coming that day. I'm already going over $120 in that one day T.T

2x MM N3DS 399.99 possibly 3 depending...
Majoras Mask LE 49.99
Monster Hunter CE 59.99
Ace Combat 39.99
Shulk, Ike, Dedede 39.96

yeah...
 
Thanks man means a lot! I could just tell you were a good guy from the start and wanted to do whatever I could to help. You def inspired me to do the giveaway and Hunchback gave me the means.

I look forward to helping each other until the very end! Plus it would be cool to meet you and your future Mrs and maybe even some other AmiiboGAF too! Smash Bros AmiiGAF Party haha
Beautiful stuff here, guys. It's this level of friendliness and great attitudes that made me finally want to stop lurking and start participating here. I love how helpful and great everyone is to each other. It's such a rare thing to find on a message board these days, and it's incredibly admirable.

You guys are okay in my book, and I'd be glad to keep collecting these amiibos with all your help!
 
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