levyjl1988
Banned
I have a feeling I'm gonna get screwed out of this wave.
Too many amiibos and too much competition.
Too many amiibos and too much competition.
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spindashing
Banned
Jigglypuff looks neat, but that's to be expected knowing how Kirby turned out to be nice.
The real MVP is Greninja. It looks way too good.
The real MVP is Greninja. It looks way too good.
Well, you can tell I don't care about Pokemon figures. I thought it looked awful. I'm guessing it's accurate?
If it's accurate, I'd see why it's a good one. Looked goofy to me with not being able to relate.
PudgyBunny
Neo Member
Went to the preorder for Ness at my local gamestop and sat on the floor for 2 hours. The dude was telling people walking in that it was 4pm. I then overheard the employees talking about how they wanted Ness...so shady. I waited outside in below zero for Meta Knight so I didnt care waiting inside for a couple hours. Also nabbed a preorder for Robin, Luc. and Jiggly when she went up for 2 seconds on Target.com.
This wave is so gd cutthroat it isnt even funny. It is making people just so tense and its ashame.
This wave is so gd cutthroat it isnt even funny. It is making people just so tense and its ashame.
spindashing
Banned
I was just talking to my girl about how this wave is the most serious that amiibo has ever been. We have two Fire Emblem characters and Ness of all people in the same wave. So far, her and I are coming along nicely in this wave but we're still missing Ness and that kills us lol.
PudgyBunny
Neo Member
Oh God. Im sorry
I work hard to get Dan his guys because he is usually super busy at work to get preorders in in time or in store. Ness is going to be a tough one to get...I just wish they would have allowed 2 per person like with Jiggly...could have helped someone like you out with that problem. -_-It does, which is why the site went down.
LOL
Saint Gregory
Member
NoA continues to destroy the internet, one site at a time.
TheSlySoul
Member
First Gamestop, then Shopto. What is next???
TheSlySoul
Member
Think they uploaded the Splatoon Amiibo bundle on ShopTo and it crashed.
I saw a post mention TRU doing eBay for Greninja, but I can't find any confirmation anywhere.
edit: this post-
Apart from everything selling out within minutes, European amazons for the most part no longer allowing shipping to us,and Amazon US still not going up.
Nothing really just a normal wave preorder scenario in NA
TheSlySoul
Member
Oh man, the plot-line is close to real life. Who wants to go Donkey Kong on Amiibos?
Byron Bluth
Banned
LINE AMIIBOGAF!
No luck with the LINE client on my work computer! I will see you all after work today, 5:30pm EST or so.
No luck with the LINE client on my work computer! I will see you all after work today, 5:30pm EST or so.
I can only imagine if this was during the era of the Wii and online preorders were a big thing.
MillionStabs
Banned
Guys, my friend just told me he saw a Marth amiibo at our local Walmart this weekend. Going to check in just a few to see if it's still there, pray to the RNG amiibo overlords that it is..
Saint Gregory
Member
This is a brilliant plan actually. No one will be asking for a unified account system once the internet is gone >:3
PudgyBunny
Neo Member
LINE AMIIBOGAF!
No luck with the LINE client on my work computer! I will see you all after work today, 5:30pm EST or so.
Ok man. ttyl
I realized it's days later and I still have 0/8 of them preordered.
If sites are going down because of this, it's reaching Beanie Baby levels. Hopefully that means prices fall so fast because fans can't get them and the scalpers flood the market.
Because I guarantee it's more and more people seeing this as an "opportunity" to make some cash, coupled with fans buying multiples for trade purposes.
Speaking of trades, I got the Splatoon triple pack preordered from BB and a Lucario still...
If sites are going down because of this, it's reaching Beanie Baby levels. Hopefully that means prices fall so fast because fans can't get them and the scalpers flood the market.
Because I guarantee it's more and more people seeing this as an "opportunity" to make some cash, coupled with fans buying multiples for trade purposes.
Speaking of trades, I got the Splatoon triple pack preordered from BB and a Lucario still...
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Holy crap! I might do this at my local TRU since Pac-Man is all I need. That Greninja though.....
Byron Bluth
Banned
JIGGLYPUFF AND GRENINJA ADDED TO AMAZON GERMANY - NO PREORDERS YET
Jiggglypuff
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VK8HT28/
Greninja
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VK5P27U/
Unsure if it will ship to NA, last pre-orders that DE put up were the Wool Yoshi amiibo and only 1 of the 3 (Pink) would ship to NA.
Yesterday only Greninja would ship from Amazon France when both were put up.
Jiggglypuff
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VK8HT28/
Greninja
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00VK5P27U/
Unsure if it will ship to NA, last pre-orders that DE put up were the Wool Yoshi amiibo and only 1 of the 3 (Pink) would ship to NA.
Yesterday only Greninja would ship from Amazon France when both were put up.
PudgyBunny
Neo Member
Next thread name. Amiibo Thread 7| Beamiibos
xplicitone
Member
Nice Cosmos. It's getting closer and closer to the US. Unfortunately for me, I don't have time to refresh like crazy today
Saint Gregory
Member
Did this change at some point because when I tried yesterday they were shipping neither to the US.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Will they take Paypal that is a Canadian billing address and credit card and an American shipping address?
Since it is PayPal they obviously charge right away?
The caps made my heart jump.
StrikeNinja24
Banned
Considering it sold out after four purchases, good luck.
That is really shitty of TRU - why is this allowed? I would feel like they should lose their 'exclusives' privilege for stuff like this - all it does it add extra hoops for the consumer to jump through, and means we can't use TRU Rewards or w/e they want to call them... Feels really shady.
There were four sold, from Apr-06-15 20:25:36 PDT to Apr-06-15 20:30:11 PDT (5min)
Are they just keeping it up as a placeholder with the intent to launch later?
StrikeNinja24
Banned
This whole fiasco is really shady.
The shady thing is the age range for that amiibo: Recommended Age Range: 72M - 300M.
EroticSushi
Member
Why put it up on eBay instead of your site?
Because their site gets relatively low traffic in general, and is rather archaic and dated, so they're used to resorting to other venues, even though they don't necessarily always have to in cases like these.
Ultimadrago
Member
MADGAME
Member
It promotes their eBay site in general as another TRU outlet to watch. eBay is an immensely lucrative revenue stream, they want people to check TRU when shopping there.
Same if possible.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Talk to CHO4S or Diggeh
Out of stock. :/ Might watch though. I'm afraid that if I'll place an order through there it'll get cancelled like what happened with the Lucario amiibo.
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