I didn't see anyone say that.
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I didn't see anyone say that.
theSlacker
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I have since read that and am supremely disappointed. Been driving a friend that broke their leg around and he had to get to some shit in the morning on Sunday. Same reason I couldn't get to Toysrus a few days before. Don't really know what I can do in this situation other then hope that some from other regions are sold for a reasonable price. Still yet to find any of the rarer ones and I check all the local stores at least once a week. Closest I've gotten is seeing a Fox being sold.
Anyone that preordered through newegg hear anything from them? Don't know how much I should worry about having all the non exclusive phase 3 figures preordered though them, with no mention of it being shipped or anything.
Diddy Kong
Banned
My Lucario from TRU eBay has shipped!
The Diddy Kong situation was that the shipments didn't provide a whole lot of Diddy initially. People mistook this as Diddy being rare and he was being bought in droves.
However, the rest of the shipment was brought in and lo and behold: Diddy is easily available.
reporting here: Rosalina is a bloodbath here in Europe.
Apparently NOE forgot Europe consists of other countries beside Germany and decided to send 2 or 3 to a couple of stores in Italy, France and Spain.
I don't know if it's actual rarity or people just being hyped and mindlessly buying whatever is in sight (probably a mix of both) but is extremely rare here and I am pretty sure in two weeks it will surpass the 50 euro value, pretty much like little mac but faster.
this is very suspicious,
I wouldn't be surprised to learn Nintendo diverted stock to US after Target's mass preorder cancelations (you guys remember there was a thread for it)
all of a sudden we hear stories of walk-ins getting the amiibo with ease, then why cancel all those preorders previously?
probably Target told nintendo to give more stock or fuck off.
Pretty suspicious in any case,
that or Northamericans raiding amazon.de/fr/it/
Apparently NOE forgot Europe consists of other countries beside Germany and decided to send 2 or 3 to a couple of stores in Italy, France and Spain.
I don't know if it's actual rarity or people just being hyped and mindlessly buying whatever is in sight (probably a mix of both) but is extremely rare here and I am pretty sure in two weeks it will surpass the 50 euro value, pretty much like little mac but faster.
this is very suspicious,
I wouldn't be surprised to learn Nintendo diverted stock to US after Target's mass preorder cancelations (you guys remember there was a thread for it)
all of a sudden we hear stories of walk-ins getting the amiibo with ease, then why cancel all those preorders previously?
probably Target told nintendo to give more stock or fuck off.
Pretty suspicious in any case,
that or Northamericans raiding amazon.de/fr/it/
Rare at launch, sneaks in with restocks and becomes more common.
there are seas of sheiks in Europe, it's not going to be anything like little mac (thank god)
Just in case this isn't old news:
Rumor - MP Amiibo not rare
- Nintendo was "confused" by the rush to pick up Mario Party amiibo
- GameStop and other retailers will stock them in "abundance"
- no one should worry about not getting them on the first round of pre-orders
- Toad will apparently be the "lightest allocation"
- he will still not be considered "rare"
http://www.destructoid.com/-mario-party-amiibo-are-not-rare-according-to-source-287083.phtml
(via GoNintendo)
Rumor - MP Amiibo not rare
- Nintendo was "confused" by the rush to pick up Mario Party amiibo
- GameStop and other retailers will stock them in "abundance"
- no one should worry about not getting them on the first round of pre-orders
- Toad will apparently be the "lightest allocation"
- he will still not be considered "rare"
http://www.destructoid.com/-mario-party-amiibo-are-not-rare-according-to-source-287083.phtml
(via GoNintendo)
Maybe I mis-read what the guy said (I didn't see his original post whenever he made it). But he did mention 5, and I said I got 5 Rosies on release. So I just assumed maybe he meant me. If not, my bad.
I did only buy 1 per store (had to go to two Targets that day). And I bought 3 when they sold them online for 40 min (as 3 was the limit). To be clear, I'm not upset or angry. I can understand the debate against buying extras. People complain about scalpers going in and buying multiples (which then cut them out of the hands of others).
So what is different between THAT and someone buying extras to give away free to others, or trade. Well, the difference is the scalper is taking those to flip at 3x the price. So the end result is different (what they do with them). But the issue of someone getting more than ONE..is still the same for the person buying extras for friends.
My personal stance on that has always been, to always follow the rules. If a store has 1 per person, only do one per person. Even though I had someone with me that could have been another person, I still didn't have them get a second one, because other people were in line. We drove to another store that had no line, and had a Rosie, and got the 2nd one. Then found out target.com was selling them for 40 min, so I bought whatever the limit was.
In the case of Target.com, I feel everyone has the same chance as I did to order. It was up for 40 min and there was no site crash. I didn't buy more than what they said I could.
And yet, I can still see the problem some have with it. Really, for me. I've just gone way out of my way to spend money and time to get extras for others. And I've done this 100% free. I never charge anyone for shipping or for the amiibo itself. So basically, I've only gotten extras just to put them in the hands of others that could not get an amiibo they needed. I just want ONE (don't even care what region) of each Amiibo, as I'm opening them and putting them in my display.
But if the conversation starts turning towards that being morally/ethically wrong, I would rather just not do it. As I'm spending my time and money on it. And eh. I don't want to be viewed as a morally/ethically bad person doing something just as bad as scalpers. That doesn't feel good.
Just my thoughts on it. Basically, I can see the point being made. I have no idea if he was talking about me. If he was, I'm really sorry for buying 5 Rosalina's. Just know all 5 of them will go to someone for free (that needed it). I only bought 1 per store and never took more than that. I followed the rules. But if that's still a bad thing to do, then I can't say anything than sorry.
I appreciate what you do for the neogaf amiibo community, as do many.
What a difference a night makes. Yesterday people here were commenting about how Rosalina was common and celebrating how scalpers would be screwed and today it seems like Rosalina will indeed be rare after all. I guess the lesson to learn here is never assume anything about amiibos and get them if and when you can.
I would love it if Target did plan to sell more though. It's insane if there really isn't going to be any more sold.
TheSlySoul
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Hope it is true because that means at least one SKU line isn't ran by morons.
I think people were caught off because a decent supply came in, but learning it isn't getting restocked came as a shock. Megaman is the only Wave 3 I haven't pre-ordered. :/
esmith08734
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Nintendo was confused why people preordered MP 10 amiibo? I can't tell if they're serious.
Thats refreshing to hear.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Yeah, I just had a gut feeling that Toon Link and Bowser are going to be common amiibo. I thought Sheik would be like Diddy but I was so wrong.
There's nothing wrong with what you're doing if you aren't even making money off them, especially if you don't get the cost of the figure back.
TheSlySoul
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Commons in the front, rares in the back. Damn you Nintendo.Really funny nintendo ;_;
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I presumed that he was talking about Huelen, not you. Just keep buying amiibo and helping other people out. I wish that I could help gaffers out but I have no luck so far right now.
Edited: Yeah, it's Huelen that he's talking about.
I know! To be clear, I'm not upset. More so, I just didn't know that maybe some took an issue with what I did. I could totally be mis-reading this, and he wasn't even talking about me. I'm referring to this post:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150303869&postcount=4376
I missed his post, but I did tell people I got 5. So IF he was talking about me (and I missed his post)...
If not, then eh. I still get the debate about buying extras. And if anyone does feel its' just as bad as scalpers, then all I can do is say sorry. And not do it again.
Ah okay. So what was the story with Huelen? Did he buy 5 the way I did?
I do hate how words seem more dramatic then it really is lol. So sorry again if it seems that way. Not my intention. More along the lines of, didn't know that maybe some people felt that way about buying extras. So I'm kind of curious how everyone else feels.
Are you talking about my post? I did say 5 Rosalinda's as an example but it wasn't refering to to you.
I don't want to disparage HUELEN since I don't think he intended to come off so badly but he had a post basically bragging about hoarding Rosalinas. To be fair to him he didn't say what he was going to do with them but maybe he should have.
Byron Bluth
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Ugh my Toon Link has black marks on his hat and a black mark under one of his eyes.
Fuuuuuuuuu
Fuuuuuuuuu
CopperPuppy
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Just received shipping confirmation for my TRU eBay Lucario preorder. I know there was some confusion about these orders so I thought I'd throw that out there for reference.
This will actually be my second Lucario (the first is shipping from Amazon.de, the TRU eBay preorder was a hedge). I am happy to accept trades - feel free to PM.
This will actually be my second Lucario (the first is shipping from Amazon.de, the TRU eBay preorder was a hedge). I am happy to accept trades - feel free to PM.
Jawmuncher
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Nintendo is going to see the sales decline once they try and shove nothing but Mario characters down our throats.
Like the hat?
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no luck anywhere for rosalina. lame. that's one of the ones I wanted. Far north suburbs of Chicago
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150303869&postcount=4376
Nah, this post. But I guess it was about HUELEN. I just missed his original post on it. Even though it wasn't about me, I'm still kind of curious if people overall think it's morally wrong to buy extras to trade or give away free (if they see it the same as scalpers).
oi.
Always a tricky subject. Because, at the end of the day, it's a free market. People have the right to spend their money how they want. And it's really on Nintendo to supply better, and stores to have better sales policies. But when we have a community, and there is kind of that debate about scalpers going in and buying a fuck ton of extras (basically exploiting Nintendo's low stock) just to flip for 3x the price.
I can see that overlap of people buying extras to hoard, or in my case give away free.
Well, if I have ever offended anyone by buying extras, I am really really really sorry.
superNESjoe
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Is there a way to sign up for email alerts when pre orders or stock on any figure is available?
ThisBeJason
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I love How It's Made. I would love to visually see this "episode"
TheSlySoul
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http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/games/amiibo/
If you can get the alerts, I could never get it to work.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
From top of my head, Huelen bought 5 Rosalina & Luma from few Target store and posted a picture of 5 Rosalina Amiibo without explaining those 5 amiibo for.
Chris got all over him about it, and he decided to refute it later on.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, in that sense. I think you're doing a lot of good here in this thread, and I even seen you offering to ship someone a display case. I don't see why anybody could be mad at you.
Naah, you're not buying the amiibos with the intention of selling them at an exorbitant price and profit off of it. And in you're case you generally give them away free so you are really making some people happy.
They will see the sales decline once they're done with the Super Smash Bros Amiibo. Until they release a The Legend of Zelda or a Pokemon line that is.
Animal crossing!!!
Lee Chaolan
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Snowed in today, no Target for Toon Link. Hope he lasts =/
Really what it comes down to is that people trading one amiibo for another (or in your case giving them away) are giving folks another option to get their amiibo of choice at/near/less than the msrp they would have paid otherwise, vs a scalper's significant upcharge, which takes away money that would have went to either more amiibos for their collection or other things entirely.
If people can't see the difference between the two, or treat them as "similar", especially when your purchases came from multiple locations, the fault lies with them and not you.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I don't think you offended anyone here since we know that you are buying them for GAFFER whom didn't had chance to snatch one for themselves due to situations.
I'm guilty for buying several Amiibo because my friends asked me to pick up some for them since they work all day. It don't bother me if people are going to look at me as scalper because I know that those amiibo are going to be in right hands who actually want it for collections.
Mario Kart is probably next. Gotta get those baby Mario/Peach figures out there.
PadWarrior
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Got an email from amazon saying my sonic is due march 2nd
You would think people would get tired about arguing over scalpers/resellers.
It's not illegal and posting about it doesn't seem to violate GAF TOS as far as I can tell. Just know if you do post about it, people will likely turn hostile on you. I think most of us agree that people that buy a couple extra are fine, but people that buy out several or a store's whole supply are a-holes. Not sure what else needs to be said. Nobody is convincing anybody of anything.
It's not illegal and posting about it doesn't seem to violate GAF TOS as far as I can tell. Just know if you do post about it, people will likely turn hostile on you. I think most of us agree that people that buy a couple extra are fine, but people that buy out several or a store's whole supply are a-holes. Not sure what else needs to be said. Nobody is convincing anybody of anything.
Kind of new to the importing of Amiibo from Europe. How much should I expect to pay for shipping?
After trying to buy one on amazon.de I got to the check out screen to an ~$50 shipping charge. Is this normal? Is this why folks buy several amiibo in one order?
Trying to get a Villager for my partner. Don't mind paying around $30 for the figure itself, but if the shipping is $50 I might as well grab one on eBay.
After trying to buy one on amazon.de I got to the check out screen to an ~$50 shipping charge. Is this normal? Is this why folks buy several amiibo in one order?
Trying to get a Villager for my partner. Don't mind paying around $30 for the figure itself, but if the shipping is $50 I might as well grab one on eBay.
Hero Prinny
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re posting since no one answered.
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