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

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StaticJam said:
What's the best site to import from?
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I've ordered from AmiAmi numerous times and never had an issue with shipping and their packaging is great. You can place an order and they only ask for your credit info (i use paypal) when the items arrives in the warehouse so no worries. However, navigating their site to look up you orders is dated and tedious. Other than that, they're great.
 
TheOmegaSpartan said:
I've ordered from AmiAmi numerous times and never had an issue with shipping and their packaging is great. You can place an order and they only ask for your credit info (i use paypal) when the items arrives in the warehouse so no worries. However, navigating their site to look up you orders is dated and tedious. Other than that, they're great.
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How much does shipping run? They won't give me a shipping cost.

"Shipping costs are calculated when orders are invoiced."

I don't want them to ship it and surprise me with a shipping cost to the US of 3x the item cost.
 
AmiAmi is great. It's my primary import shop now. Fuck Play-Asia and Nippon-Yasan.

thecouncil said:
How much does shipping run? They won't give me a shipping cost.

"Shipping costs are calculated when orders are invoiced."

I don't want them to ship it and surprise me with a shipping cost to the US of 3x the item cost.
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it's never that bad.
 
Lucario is being delivered via the post office to me today from Toys R Us Ebay. The tracking info started working, finally (just on FedEx not UPS as they said)

Who knew that would actually be a reliable way to get an Amiibo lol. It seemed so odd they'd sell them on Ebay and not just on their own store.
 
thecouncil said:
How much does shipping run? They won't give me a shipping cost.

"Shipping costs are calculated when orders are invoiced."

I don't want them to ship it and surprise me with a shipping cost to the US of 3x the item cost.
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I've never ordered multiple items at once always one figure at a time which usually results in cheaper shipping. One order I've had (priced at over 3000 JPY) the shipping was via EMS and the cost was 1,680 JPY or roughly $14-15. There may be a cheaper method (SAL?) but I've only ever used EMS for shipping.

So expect to pay $15-20 for a single order depending on the order

But they won't surprise you. The only thing you know when you place your order is the item price and which shipping method to choose. When they email you to pay for your order, you get the entire calculation including the shipping cost before you hit "Confirm". This is, however, when you use paypal as I've never paid with credit card on amiami.
 
Just got this email from Target.... fantastic.


Hello (Amiibro),

We're sorry, but we may not be able to deliver your item(s) by the original estimated delivery for your order (Order #xxxxxxxxxxx) placed on 12/17/2014. Your new estimated delivery date(s) are included below.

Here's what you can do:

If the item(s) are on backorder and you no longer want the delayed item(s), you can cancel them from the order detail page

You will not be charged for any items until they ship. The delayed items will be automatically shipped to you if they become available before the new estimated delivery date. If items need to be shipped separately, your shipping charges will not increase.

Thanks for shopping at Target.

Team Target

delayed item(s) quantity

Nintendo Ike amiibo Figure 1

New Estimated Delivery Date: 02/25/2015 - 03/13/2015

Nintendo Sonic amiibo Figure 1
New Estimated Delivery Date: 02/25/2015 - 03/13/2015

Nintendo Mega Man amiibo Figure 1
New Estimated Delivery Date: 02/25/2015 - 03/13/2015
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I preordered Megaman and Sonic back in December from Gamestop. Got the email saying they were delayed this morning.

They were the two I most wanted. I am considerably sad. Wonderful way to end my craft addict week lol.

Edit: meant to say Craptastic but auto correct have me that gem instead.
 
welp time to import. surprised gamestop didn't send a backorder email for Sheik or Shulk yet... just about all of wave 3 for me has been for online puchase ship to home.

Megaman, Sonic, DDD, Ike.....
 
M1nion said:
My Shulk is really feeling it now guys!
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That's why I ordered three Shulk Amiibos, my most wanted of them all.

-One to play with.
-One to keep sealed.
-One to get cancelled, lost, sold before I pick it up, stolen by GameStop employee or simply vaporize in the Amiibo ether.
 
thecouncil said:
How much does shipping run? They won't give me a shipping cost.

"Shipping costs are calculated when orders are invoiced."

I don't want them to ship it and surprise me with a shipping cost to the US of 3x the item cost.
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Shipping is based on which type (generally EMS, Air, or SAL), weight, and location. SAL is the cheapest one. Also if you choose to go with SAL small packet, you could also choose to do registered or unregistered. Registered gives you tracking and insurance. Unregistered does not. I have only ordered twice there and none of my orders are shipping out until April (Lucina and Elsa) but when they do ship out I'm going for registered. Not going to risk it on my first few orders especially since with that Elsa nendoroid. But I have a friend that's ordered from them quite a lot over the last few years and he says he has never lost a single package using unregistered so it's really your choice on that.

Edit: Oh here's the link on the info btw http://www.amiami.com/top/page/t/faq2.html
 
SuperCambot said:
Just got this email from Target.... fantastic.
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Okay so maybe it's just me, this is bad, but it's also good, as we now have Amazon, Gamestop, AND Target doing this. Means it's likely an across-the-board delay from Nintendo, which should hopefully mean our preorders are safe, just actually delayed. I'm fine with delayed as long as I eventually get it.
 
Sorceror12 said:
welp time to import. surprised gamestop didn't send a backorder email for Sheik or Shulk yet... just about all of wave 3 for me has been for online puchase ship to home.

Megaman, Sonic, DDD, Ike.....
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ionitron said:
I preordered Megaman and Sonic back in December from Gamestop. Got the email saying they were delayed this morning.

They were the two I most wanted. I am considerably sad. Wonderful way to end my craft addict week lol.

Edit: meant to say Craptastic but auto correct have me that gem instead.
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SuperCambot said:
Just got this email from Target.... fantastic.
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Mine were delayed yesterday... :( that doesnt mean it wont come though half my wave 2 set were delayed also but I did get them all.
 
Sweeeeeet. My Rosalina will be delivered TODAY instead of Monday. So good having a post office that ignores that "Hold for 2 days" crap lol
 
balladofwindfishes said:
Lucario is being delivered via the post office to me today from Toys R Us Ebay. The tracking info started working, finally (just on FedEx not UPS as they said)

Who knew that would actually be a reliable way to get an Amiibo lol. It seemed so odd they'd sell them on Ebay and not just on their own store.
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A few retailers have an eBay presence. TRU isnt everywhere like some are.

I was just shocked to get it with all the negative feedback they have.
 
Chopper said:
Has anyone managed to preorder Pacman, Lucina, Robin or Ness in the UK yet? The Nintendo UK store had them up for all of 5 minutes. Since then, nothing!
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Funny you mention those four. I got Pac-Man and Robin at Nintendo UK store whilst Lucina and Ness are at Amazon.
 
Fox Mulder said:
A few retailers have an eBay presence. TRU isnt everywhere like some are.

I was just shocked to get it with all the negative feedback they have.
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That's unfortunate side effect of being a big box retailer on eBay. eBay users have an easy way to provide negative feedback for a company, and make it noticeable by everyone.

I personally have not had a problem with TRU on eBay. I got my Lucario and Captain Falcon from eBay, and it was a smooth and successful transaction.

http://youtu.be/e50A5V1QCkA?t=35s
 
Hooray for imports!

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My other that arrived was Rosalina & Luma...err, Rosetta & Chiko, though I don't need them anymore. If anyone's interested in one you're planning to take out of the package (the box is a little bent, but the figure itself is in great shape), let me know!
 
BodiesWithoutOrgans said:
where can i pre-order wave 4 in Europe
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If by Wave 4 you mean Pac-Man, Ness and co, virtually nowhere:
- Nintendo UK store has preorders closed, and only ship to UK
- Amazon UK has sold out a couple of years ago in a matter of minutes
- other large european online retailers (including other Amazons) haven't opened preorders yet as far as I know.

There's a couple of minor shops that allow preorders, but I wouldn't really trust a shop I don't know for fulfilling a preorder or a rare item. At least as long as I can hope to place an order in a well-known store.
 
crimnos said:
Checked the last few pages and didn't see this, but looks like Xenoblade 3DS will support the Shulk amiibo after all? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=986897
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Hmmm, not as cool as I'd hope, but still kind of neat never the less. Now I just hope I can actually GET Shulk....

I don't know how much more my budget can take. I'm gonna have to use the $25 GS gift card I had on two amiibo, but I want Shulk, Ike, Dedede, Meta Knight, & Mega Man. Sonic's taken care of & Shulk is GS exclusive, but that still leaves 4 more I'd want, & can't get Meta Knight at GS. & it doesn't help I want the New 3DS XL (which I probably will have to wait on now...) and I've got $30 in pre-orders left to pay off. Just so glad I've got until late April for Wave 4....
 
MADGAME said:
Can you comment on the paintjob/overall figure quality of Meta? Any scratches, blemishes, blotches, etc? Thanks!
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After the King Dedede fiasco (replacement is supposed to arrive today - I hope he won't be fucked too) and how difficult he is to find, I have come to peace with the fact if my Mega Knight is of poor paint/build quality I will likely not be able to replace him.

All units are preorders only in Canada. Likely no replenishment.
 
MADGAME said:
Can you comment on the paintjob/overall figure quality of Meta? Any scratches, blemishes, blotches, etc? Thanks!
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Well his mask and gloves are pretty scratched up...but I think that's by design. The paint job is pretty excellent for the most part. I'll try to get some more shots later.
 
Byron Bluth said:
After the King Dedede fiasco (replacement is supposed to arrive today - I hope he won't be fucked too) and how difficult he is to find, I have come to peace with the fact if my Mega Knight is of poor paint/build quality I will likely not be able to replace him.

All units are preorders only in Canada. Likely no replenishment.
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Yeah pretty much at the mercy of the production quality on the exclusives, for the most part.

Ludist210 said:
Well his mask and gloves are pretty scratched up...but I think that's by design. The paint job is pretty excellent for the most part. I'll try to get some more shots later.
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Interesting, first I've heard that it may be by design. If not too much trouble, we would appreciate some close-ups of the scratches when time permits.
 
MADGAME said:
Interesting, first I've heard that it may be by design. If not too much trouble, we would appreciate some close-ups of the scratches when time permits.
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That's the thing...it's like battle marks. I can tell they're intentional. They bothered me at first glance, but then I kind of dug it. The rest of the figure looks great.

I'll try to get some more pictures later for y'all.
 
Ludist210 said:
That's the thing...it's like battle marks. I can tell they're intentional. They bothered me at first glance, but then I kind of dug it. The rest of the figure looks great.

I'll try to get some more pictures later for y'all.
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I think the effect is supposed be created by painting the silver paint over a black mold. If the paint was applied poorly there may be larger sections of silver paint not applied and leaving the black mold exposed.
 
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