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

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Yikes this BBY doesn't open till 11, screw it, I'm going home and going to sleep, good luck those that still need to get one and West Coasters.
 
My friend was able to get around the 1 per customer limit by asking a lady if she could snag one for him. Yay for my fellow amiibros :)

Still waiting for Toys R Us to ship the others and Lucario though ughhh
 
I decided not to go since I already have 2 Rosies on the way (one jap, one EU). I wouldve loved to have the NA box art, but oh well. The only boxes I dont want are the Jap boxes, EU is fine by me.

Now if they wouldve have Sonic or any of that part of the wave... I wouldve been there.

I still might swing by Target this afternoon when Im out anyway, but I dont expect to pick one up.
 
MasterCheeze said:
Ugh, went to a Target and they only had six Rosalinas. I booked it to the Target across the border in North Dakota, forgetting that stores don't open till noon there. Went back to the one back in Minnesota to see what was left and only got a Boozer. I really need to get some sleep before work, so I'm not even gonna bother going back to the other Target at noon. Guess it's back to Amazon.de for me.
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come to minneapolis, we have rosalina everywhere
 
*siiiggghhh* Wake up 8:45, quick gulp down a cup of coffee, leave about 8:55, got to Target at about 9:10 because I had to drive slower with the weather (bit slippery at times, but 4-Wheel Drive & years of driving in Michigan weather prepare me), I see one Toon Link & 8 Bowser on the Electronics counter. Employee said that there was a line at opening & they sold the last one at about 8:30, before I even woke up.

I think what gets me is I asked if they'd get another shipment & the guy said it was an "one-time thing" which I just kind of found perplexing. He kindly said I could call up the one in another town (which is 30 minutes away, which I don't feel like doing due to gas & this weather doesn't help) & thanked him for helping me out.

Really bums me out since I wanted to nab one to giveaway. Either I'll keep looking online on Target's site, or I'm gonna have to find a substitute. Damn it, Nintendo, now I'm fearing Shulk because GS opens at 10 AM & I seriously hope my online friend that works at Best Buy can get a Meta Knight.
 
Just a tip to all european Gaffers.

Nintendo has released the official dates for the Mario Bros line and the Wave 4 of super smash bros.
http://www.nintendo.es/Miscelaneo/amiibo/Figuras/Figuras-932319.html

Mario Bros Line: 20/3/2015
Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad.

Super Smash Bros Wave 4: 24/4/2015
Pac-Man, Ness, Wario, Charizard, Lucina, Robin (Daraen)

I suppose ther will be soon preorders, in fact i think amazon.fr are already putting for preorder the Mario Bros line, BUT they are selling it at 15 euros.
 
kirby_fox said:
The thirst out there, now I can see why you all were paranoid as hell.

Had to go to 2 Targets, but found one at the 2nd. Both were dead. There may have been a line at the 2nd one but they were gone by the time I got there around 8:45. Grabbed the last one on the shelf.

Also met 2 people who exemplify why I hate going to these stores. I was very nice to the guy helping me, trying to see if they had stock or what was up. As I'm standing there this guy comes in, gray sweatpants and hoodie, kinda bigger build. I guess up front they told him they weren't selling until the 3rd which was their release date. He grabs an ad, runs back to electronics anyways, and then proceeds to complain about it. I talked to the guy working there for a minute about how it's weird and he guesses smaller volume stores might be the reason why- all while this sweatpants guy has a mini meltdown away from us in electronics. So I figure I'd go with my plan, thank the guy for his help and just go to the next store. This guy gets on his phone, very loudly complaining to someone at the OTHER store since they're selling them, the manager (thinking he's talking to her when he asks if they sell the figure there) tries telling him again that they won't be selling them until tomorrow, the guy straight up complains again to her about it, then proceeds to get back on his phone and says "Sorry this very rude store manager was yelling at me." Then continues to ask them over and over why this store isn't selling them, but the other store is. At that point I'm pretty sure he stopped so he could complain some more to the manager there. It took a lot in me to not turn around or at the very least loudly call the guy a jackass.

Then I'm out the door shaking my head about this guy, when I see another guy walking in with a Mario hat on. I think "Oh he's probably looking too. I'll save this guy the trouble." As he approaches I go "Hey man, if you're looking for the amiibo they're not selling them until tomorrow." "WHAT?!? WHY?!?!" "Because it's a low volume store. That's their release date on them." He scoffs at my advice, walks in anyways. All I can think of driving away is "Holy shit, please don't let me have to deal with more of these guys and let me find one at the next store."

Good luck everyone...hope the peace is kept, and the asshats get nothing.
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I agree the one guy flipping out is too much. They aren't wrong. The flyer says release is today and they should be released.

The 3rd is Tuesday and they are likely thinking it is a Tuesday release like most things. Low volume store makes no sense.
 
Good luck to those heading out and congrats to those who have nabbed her!

From skimming the replies it doesn't sound like this is even close to as bad as the Luca's fiasco from Friday was.
 
NogibTC said:
That wasn't true at all since the Richfield one had only *4* of them at open.
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which richfield one? the one on 66th and 77? I went there just after it opened and initially they said they sold "all 8" to the line but then a guy brought in more boxes and I had like 14 figures to choose from for Rosalina alone...
 
Ozium said:
which richfield one? the one on 66th and 77? I went there just after it opened and initially they said they sold "all 8" to the line but then a guy brought in more boxes and I had like 14 figures to choose from for Rosalina alone...
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Oh those fucking asshats! Yes, that one. I was at open and they had four on the counter and the guy swore up and down that that was all they had.... /fuming
 
NogibTC said:
Oh those fucking asshats! Yes, that one. I was at open and they had four on the counter and the guy swore up and down that that was all they had.... /fuming
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the guy at the counter was pretty sure that's all they had as well, he went to check other stores stocks and then the other guy literally showed up... you might want to call them and tell them you were there before and see if they can hold one for you...
 
My store only has 12 lol.

Managed to get a Rosalina, Shiek (for a friend), and Toon Link (back up).

Everyone left after Rosalina and nobody bought any of the other wave 3 dudes.

I was surprised like 15 people showed up though, considering we're about 8 inches into 14 inches of snow that's supposed to fall today.

Everyone ran to the registers and I just walked lol.
 
My friend is after Meta Knight and the Pokémon thing, are those today as well?

I told him I would take him over there later in the day, but he wasn't sure if those came out today too since the dates are all scattered now.
 
Things were pretty civil at our Target. That is until they actually saw that there wasn't enough Rosalinas for everybody. But nonetheless...

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Success!

And then I noticed I had a flat tire...D:
 
I'll upload some pictures of the Rosalina my girlfriend got, she took her out of the box so I figure it'll be easier than showing mine. We got to Target at 7:30 and stood outside freezing half to death with a couple of Gamestop employees. They seemed cool and we had no line formation until we needed to make one due to the sudden presence of 12 or so high school boys. More showed up and before we knew it everyone was inside picking the Rosalina stock clean. I intended to pick up at least one extra for Gaf, but they ended up selling out REAL fast. They had four Toon Links and literally 34 Bowsers- if not more. The Target employees seemed extremely befuddled and had no idea why we were there. Only had one scalper and he seemed to limit himself in our mass presence. He did argue about whether or not Shiek was out with the guy stocking shelves however.
 
Woo! Got a Rosalina! Got there right when they opened and a dozen or so people walked out with one. There was no mention of one limit per customer as they were just sitting on the pegs but it didn't seem like people were interested in scalping. They had 6 left it seems like.
 
Glad I got my Rosy coming in the mail. Went to Target in West Ashley SC (Charleston). As of 945 all gone. Manager said they were shocked and had no idea that was coming. 28 people in line and 24 figures.
 
No shieks at all at my target. 1 toon link and a few bowsers and Rosalinas that were being taken.


Does anyone know if meta knight drops today at best buy?!
 
Called Target out of curiosity and they are out as expected. Could've gotten her if I wanted since I got up at 6:30, but Michigan weather kept me in doors. Now she is the fifth Amiibo I missed. lol
 
Add me to the list of people who missed out on getting a Rosalina amiibo. Please PM me if you want to sell one of yours!
 
Live in a decent-size town (~100k). Went to my Target an hour after opening. A guy I used to work with was working electronics and said that there was about 40 people in line at 6 AM including a ton of kids. They only got 4 Rosalinas.

I'm so fucking done with this shit. I live in a good sized town and have checked multiple retailers for months now and I still have literally never seen ~70% of the currently released Amiibos anywhere once, nothing but Mario/Kirby/Zelda/Peach/DK for days. At this point I've spent way more than the cost of these things in time and gas. There's several figures that I would have just picked up if they are readily available but I've never seen them, so if this is Nintendo intentionally shorting stock they are fucking up bad (I don't buy that theory though, I just think they're incompetent).

The only three amiibos that I really really want are Shulk, Toad and Rosalina. Shulk just got charged on my card from my gamestop.com order so that's apparently happening, and I got in on a Toad pre-order on Amazon. When I get my tax return I'm going to wind up just importing Rosalina from somewhere, and then I'm done. If they were readily available I would buy others including some from future waves that I want like Robin and Lucina, but straight up fuck this. It's amazing how bad they're fucking this up. I'm actually pissed off about this, the figures themselves are not a big deal, but it's amazing how poorly NoA is handling this.

Edit: Oh yeah they had a ton of Bowsers left, but everything else from Wave 3 was gone.
 
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