FalconSabre
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I think it will be even worse with Shulk, considering many stores aren't supposed to have any figures that weren't pre-ordered. I'm really not counting on being able to get one of those sadly.
Amiibo Thread 3 | Where release dates are made up and preorders don't matter!
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I think it will be even worse with Shulk, considering many stores aren't supposed to have any figures that weren't pre-ordered. I'm really not counting on being able to get one of those sadly.
Dude, wtf is wrong with these people.
DonutTurtle
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Anyone score rosalina around the Chicago area. How was it? with the snow.
I must not have been up to date, because I thought Target was going to have Mega Man today. I haven't been collecting Amiibos, but I love Mega Man and had to have it.
Got there about 8:10. No one was left in electronics by that time. All the new Amiibos were behind the counter, not on the shelf. Must not have been much left because they had it all in a single hand basket.
I asked for Mega Man and figured, what hell, let's see about Rosalina, too. They had a Rosalina, but not Mega Man and the sucker in me went ahead and took the Rosalina. I asked if they got picked over at 8 and the guy said yeah, mostly, but that not why they don't have Mega Man. They just didn't get it.
Long story short, I had no Amiibos, just wanted a Mega Man one, walked out with Rosalina instead. So, guess I'm going to have to get some other Amiibos to go with her. Probably focus on a Mario collection, but will likely pick up Samus, too.
Edit: We had just enough snow to make things slick and maybe keep some people off the road. That may have helped me buy the extra ten minutes to still get a Rosalina. This is in KCMO.
Got there about 8:10. No one was left in electronics by that time. All the new Amiibos were behind the counter, not on the shelf. Must not have been much left because they had it all in a single hand basket.
I asked for Mega Man and figured, what hell, let's see about Rosalina, too. They had a Rosalina, but not Mega Man and the sucker in me went ahead and took the Rosalina. I asked if they got picked over at 8 and the guy said yeah, mostly, but that not why they don't have Mega Man. They just didn't get it.
Long story short, I had no Amiibos, just wanted a Mega Man one, walked out with Rosalina instead. So, guess I'm going to have to get some other Amiibos to go with her. Probably focus on a Mario collection, but will likely pick up Samus, too.
Edit: We had just enough snow to make things slick and maybe keep some people off the road. That may have helped me buy the extra ten minutes to still get a Rosalina. This is in KCMO.
Conscience Falls
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My iPhone decided it really didn't want to focus in on her so I apologize for a blurry shot or two.
Joe Prodigy
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Just picked up Rosalina from Target. No preorder. Lucky day. I don't mean to sound smug, but I really feel bad for the people who paid way too much to scalpers
Wait, seriously?! I might have to call mine today again. I just called yesterday & they still had no idea on shipments for wave 3.
MasterCheeze
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Hmm, not sure I'd go that out of the way, but Fergus Falls might seem worth the trip.
punkmaggit
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Holy crap the old lady that cut everyone from Toys R Us is here at the Target. Ugh.
Seriously. All four of us are out here because an employee told us weeks ago to come in on the first to ask questions about wave 3 amiibo, Shulk included.
Christopher
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Put her in her place
TheBlackAdept
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Afaik best buy hasn't gotten him in yet and still has no idea when.
Which state? Like I said, mine in Michigan had no idea when they'd get the shipment. & the online tracker says there's none within 100 miles of me.
goldenpp72
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Does shulk even release today?
No email yet but mine changed to items found in stock or whatever. Should I have hope? They already shipped the Pit
I got super lucky today. My target had around 30 people waiting, and I was around the middle. They had to get the boxes from the back and were unpacking as they were ringing people up. When I got to the counter, the guy found a box with the only 2 Sheiks they got so I was able to get one of those along with my Rosie. It was a good way to start the day.
Nathan_Drake
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Just got a order confirmation on my online Lucario order. Not a shipment confirmation. It does say I can expect delivery between the 4th and 9th. Order this over a month ago. So weird
punkmaggit
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These things aren't worth fighting over. I'm not stooping to her level.
Nope (not that I know of at least). I'm guessing some of the employees said Feb 1 because that's what it said for all of wave 3 in their system up until recently.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Its a pity that Rosalina's fingers look like ass, becuase she has the best female head of all the released The hands already look like a group of sausages instead of fingers, but that fingernail paint is making them really obnoxious, it's detail that was better left out.
Nothing that a little skin color paint can not fix.
Nothing that a little skin color paint can not fix.
Christopher
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Target in fort worth on Overton Ridge had boxes of rosalina. Limit of two of any amiibo....so I just grabbed two rosalina.
Why the sad face how many did you want...?
Conscience Falls
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Guys in line with me work at Gamestop and they were whispering about potentially BestBuy having some Meta Knights in stock.
This is some Casino Old Lady from Friends crap. I wonder if she actually wants them or what the deal is.
I am in Bristol, Virigina. I am asuming they did not have dates at the time and told us to come at the first. It's comforting to at least have people here to talk with.
I was the 8th person in line. The 1st guy said they were getting 8 Rosalina and was limiting it to one per costumer, but two amiibos altogether since they got in some Toon Links and Bowser. Before opening, a Target employee stuck his head out the door and gave us a heads up on how they were going to organize things. He was antagonized us by saying he's just gonna purchase all the Rosalina's himself lol. Anyways he says they have 6-8 of her. A little nervousness ensues.
They open the doors and we all agreed to walk calmly to the counter. They had all the new amiibos lined up on the counters. 4 of Bowers, Shieks, and Toon Links, and 7 Rosalina's. 7...
I stay in line anyways hoping the couple were simply together and was getting 1 together and not 1 each. Nope, they got 1 each. 7th guy gets the last Rosalina. I step up to the counter all sad and asked if that was the last one. They said yeah. But then one of them rechecks the boxes and pulled the last one. Success!
This experience was too overly dramatic lol.
They open the doors and we all agreed to walk calmly to the counter. They had all the new amiibos lined up on the counters. 4 of Bowers, Shieks, and Toon Links, and 7 Rosalina's. 7...
I stay in line anyways hoping the couple were simply together and was getting 1 together and not 1 each. Nope, they got 1 each. 7th guy gets the last Rosalina. I step up to the counter all sad and asked if that was the last one. They said yeah. But then one of them rechecks the boxes and pulled the last one. Success!
This experience was too overly dramatic lol.
Christopher
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No fighting is never ever the solution just let it be known that cutting the line is not happening today.
The dream is dead AmiiboGAF D:
My alarm failed me. Got to Target 2 hours after open and the guy told me they had a line and sold out at 8:05!!
Ugh this sucks. The ONE time.
Now my only chance is hoping someone here has extras and can sell me one.
edit: I have to re-state my utter disgust at how amiibo have been handled by Nintendo.
My alarm failed me. Got to Target 2 hours after open and the guy told me they had a line and sold out at 8:05!!
Ugh this sucks. The ONE time.
Now my only chance is hoping someone here has extras and can sell me one.
edit: I have to re-state my utter disgust at how amiibo have been handled by Nintendo.
Novel Mike
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Hate to tell you but thats not right. I work at GS only thing we've got in is Bowser and anything else no longer has a street date and can sold as soon as it arrives. Shulk isn't even on the way yet, won't be in until around 2/13 from the information we were given and the rest of them are all spread out over the next few weeks. No longer taking reserves on them either and while I did get a reply about the 4th wave they no exact date we'll be starting reserves on those, still waiting to hear from Nintendo what those allocations will be.
9 people in line at my Target. Me and my gf are first in line. They have only 3 Shieks compared to the 28 Rosalinas. An employee actually came out and asked me for DCPI # for Rosa (and Shiek) because they were having problems finding them. She came back 15 minutes later to let everyone know the quantity and said only first 3 people would also get to buy Shiek. 35 minutes and counting......
Lol. Considering I just said that there really isn't anyone here... I can give you two clues to win they are
punkmaggit
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Technically she is second in line with me first. Not much I can do.
twentytwo22
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Since I enjoyed reading some of the other Rosalina/Target stories, here is mine:
I got to my Target at about 7:35AM, expecting at least a few other people to be there (or at least waiting in their cars), but it was just me. I decided to take no chances and got out of my car and went and sat by the door, first in a soon-to-form line. At just after 7:40, another guy came, and then shortly after him, another guy with his girlfriend. They all seemed like good people and we talked a little bit about the state of amiibos, how we had fared with the other figures, etc.
By 7:55, there were probably around 12-14 people in line. A mom and son, some parents with their daughter, and some others. I let everyone know that I wasn't going to make any sort of mad dash and would appreciate not being trampled, which got some chuckles. Everything was going smoothly until the doors opened and the parents of the daughter (she was probably about eleven or twelve) start yelling GO! and she takes off like a bat out of hell. Seeing her, some others started to run, and I could tell that some people were trying to take a diverted route so that they could run unhindered. Awesome, herewego.gif.
Get to electronics and ask the guy looking smug at the counter if the new amiibos are out with the others, or behind the counter, and he says that everything is out so the herd heads in that general direction. At this exact moment, I remember thinking that if only these bastards would have come out, told us how many they had, handed out tickets, this could have been a lot easier. The guy second or third in line had called last night and asked what the plan was for this morning, and the manager of electronics told him "We can't divulge stock numbers or any information whatsoever about tomorrow morning". Apparently the plan was "every man for his fucking self, put the toys on the shelf and let people go berserk."
I got to the amiibos, and the young girl was already going nuts, ripping duplicate Rosalinas off of the rack. They had 8 Rosalinas out, and 4 each of Bowser, Shiek, and Toon Link. I grabbed a Rosalina as soon as I could, quickly spotted Shiek, ripped one off, and I was done. By the time I got away from the rack, all of the Rosalinas and Shieks were in peoples hands, with others still not up to the shelves yet due to all of the crowding.
As I walk calmly away from the mess and toward the register, I hear people yelling at the above-mentioned smug Electronics employee, "Is that everything? Is that seriously everything?". He takes a brief pause, as if on purpose, and says "If it's Rosalina, I've got more in the back, but that's it."
I get up to the empty check-out, buy my two mini-figurine toys, and get the hell out of there.
I got to my Target at about 7:35AM, expecting at least a few other people to be there (or at least waiting in their cars), but it was just me. I decided to take no chances and got out of my car and went and sat by the door, first in a soon-to-form line. At just after 7:40, another guy came, and then shortly after him, another guy with his girlfriend. They all seemed like good people and we talked a little bit about the state of amiibos, how we had fared with the other figures, etc.
By 7:55, there were probably around 12-14 people in line. A mom and son, some parents with their daughter, and some others. I let everyone know that I wasn't going to make any sort of mad dash and would appreciate not being trampled, which got some chuckles. Everything was going smoothly until the doors opened and the parents of the daughter (she was probably about eleven or twelve) start yelling GO! and she takes off like a bat out of hell. Seeing her, some others started to run, and I could tell that some people were trying to take a diverted route so that they could run unhindered. Awesome, herewego.gif.
Get to electronics and ask the guy looking smug at the counter if the new amiibos are out with the others, or behind the counter, and he says that everything is out so the herd heads in that general direction. At this exact moment, I remember thinking that if only these bastards would have come out, told us how many they had, handed out tickets, this could have been a lot easier. The guy second or third in line had called last night and asked what the plan was for this morning, and the manager of electronics told him "We can't divulge stock numbers or any information whatsoever about tomorrow morning". Apparently the plan was "every man for his fucking self, put the toys on the shelf and let people go berserk."
I got to the amiibos, and the young girl was already going nuts, ripping duplicate Rosalinas off of the rack. They had 8 Rosalinas out, and 4 each of Bowser, Shiek, and Toon Link. I grabbed a Rosalina as soon as I could, quickly spotted Shiek, ripped one off, and I was done. By the time I got away from the rack, all of the Rosalinas and Shieks were in peoples hands, with others still not up to the shelves yet due to all of the crowding.
As I walk calmly away from the mess and toward the register, I hear people yelling at the above-mentioned smug Electronics employee, "Is that everything? Is that seriously everything?". He takes a brief pause, as if on purpose, and says "If it's Rosalina, I've got more in the back, but that's it."
I get up to the empty check-out, buy my two mini-figurine toys, and get the hell out of there.
lol
Was able to get some!
I'd like to tell you guys how my hunt went:
Got there around 7, a few people were there waiting with some families. Obviously everyone was there for Rosalina, and some parents on the behalf of their kids. Everyone was very civil on this matter; both the amiibo collectors and Target. They allowed 2 per household after someone called out this family for getting 3 of Rosalina, and thank god they're allowing at least 2, because I wanted one to open (which I have done BTW). Left after I picked up two, and went to the Target closest to me just to see if they had Toon Link and Rosalina. They sold out of Toon Link, so I picked up a third Rosalina for trade.
I will be trading one of my Rosalina in the future, but I'll say that her head is kinda tilted.
I'd like to tell you guys how my hunt went:
Got there around 7, a few people were there waiting with some families. Obviously everyone was there for Rosalina, and some parents on the behalf of their kids. Everyone was very civil on this matter; both the amiibo collectors and Target. They allowed 2 per household after someone called out this family for getting 3 of Rosalina, and thank god they're allowing at least 2, because I wanted one to open (which I have done BTW). Left after I picked up two, and went to the Target closest to me just to see if they had Toon Link and Rosalina. They sold out of Toon Link, so I picked up a third Rosalina for trade.
I will be trading one of my Rosalina in the future, but I'll say that her head is kinda tilted.
Novel Mike
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A friend of mine has it reserved and they haven't been told when when it will arrive, speculation points to 2/20 when the new Kirby game comes out
Oooh, I wanna hear this story.
I figured as much :/ ah well, I got thirty minutes left to wait in line
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