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[rjinaz]

But they're inpossible to get now without having to try and import or buy from scalpers, and not everyone has been into them since day one.

Sorry to be salty, but it gets really god damn tiring to read people excusing stock issues by saying "oh if you wre on top of it and preordered at the beginning you were fine" because it's just a giant middle finger to people like me who didn't get into them until later. I had no idea stock issues would be a thing until I found myself without any way of getting a Lucario until I lucked out at a random store months later.

Oh I'm not making excuses at all, you misunderstand. I was replying to somebody as to why it might have been easy for somebody to get metaknight and Pit. If they had preordered way ahead of time then it would not have been a problem for them. But as you said, who knew that would even be a requirement, to preorder well ahead of time or you are SOL.

And the situation has become progressively worse that even preordering is near impossible unless you get lucky and are online in the middle of the night or for a 7 minute window, if preorders even go up at all. Looking at you gamestop, holder of perhaps the most sought after exclusive.

 

[chidrock]

Play Asia Wave 3 Restocks

Dedede
http://www.play-asia.com/amiibo-sup...gure-dedede-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzn.html

Meta Knight
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super...meta-knight-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzp.html

Ike
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super-smash-bros-series-figure-ike-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzh.html

Rosalina and Luma
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super...setta-chiko-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzl.html

Lucario
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super...ure-lucario-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzj.html

Shulk
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super-smash-bros-series-figure-shulk-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pzr.html

Marth
http://m.play-asia.com/amiibo-super-smash-bros-series-figure-marth-re-run-paOS-13-49-en-70-8pz9.html

ALL JAPANESE VERSIONS. NO CANCELLATIONS


Wave 4 and Pit was also put up but sold out quick. They were all orignally posted on their site at 4am EST

Thanks for the heads-up! I placed an order using PayPal, but I don't know if it went through. I don't see anything on my PayPal account and the order page says that it is waiting for payment and to click a box to confirm that payment has been made. Am I just supposed to wait at this point?

They sent me an email with payment instructions, but it doesn't really say anything about paying with PayPal, like who to send the payment to or anything.

 

[RobFox64tm]

Yikes, a few Amiibo's I ordered from Target.com arrived in flimsy plastic packets without any protection whatsoever, unsurprisingly they were mangled. Another order for two were smashed together into a small box so they would fit. They were commons at least and I planned on opening those, but yeesh. :|

Just a heads up for those who got in on Jigglypuff, hopefully they're more careful. Was Rosalina much of an issue there?

God damn it, another thing to worry about. Maybe we should all send an e-mail to their customer service stating that we want these packaged better in the future. Honestly, we shouldn't even have to ask; it's ridiculous. I already sent one to TRU about my Greninja order, but they pretty much told me there wasn't any way to add notes to specific orders. Maybe Target knows better for the exclusive figures to push better packaging habits and that's why Rosalina wasn't much of an issue for anyone.

 

[Cappa]

Got a nowinstock notification for the boy inkling. Was just bestbuy though, almost had a heart attack that it went up on amazon.

Still mad I missed it but whatever, was probably just a cancel restock.

I got the same and logged in within seconds... There was no way it was up

 

[Fox Mulder]

New page, more rage.

I'm so disheartened that I got screwed on wave 4 preorders across the board. The only one I was able to get was a Ness at GS and maybe a Wario through a friend. It's so bullshit that the retailers doing online preorders tossed them up at some ungodly hour and GS clearly wasn't allotted enough to handle preorder demand in-store. My wife said she was in line for almost an hour and a half with the objective of preordering them all; at one point they were down to Charizard, Ness and Wario. All were gone but Ness by the time she got to the counter.

They gave her and others a $5 gift card for the wait/inconvenience, but that's not good enough given the 15-30 dollar markup scalping assholes are charging.

i figure retailers putting up preorders at like 3 am is to keep their sites from getting fucked during regular hours.

I'm glad I only wanted and was able to get ness this wave since it seems more fucked than any before. I got jigglypuff by being in here when it went up, but wouldn't have sought after it or anything. I'm only slightly interested in a few more going forward and nothing is a must have.

 

[Cappa]

Thanks for the heads-up! I placed an order using PayPal, but I don't know if it went through. I don't see anything on my PayPal account and the order page says that it is waiting for payment and to click a box to confirm that payment has been made. Am I just supposed to wait at this point?

They sent me an email with payment instructions, but it doesn't really say anything about paying with PayPal, like who to send the payment to or anything.

Had the same issue... Were you on mobile? Never got a confirmation from PayPal that it went through

 

[Pizza]

But they're inpossible to get now without having to try and import or buy from scalpers, and not everyone has been into them since day one.

Sorry to be salty, but it gets really god damn tiring to read people excusing stock issues by saying "oh if you wre on top of it and preordered at the beginning you were fine" because it's just a giant middle finger to people like me who didn't get into them until later. I had no idea stock issues would be a thing until I found myself without any way of getting a Lucario until I lucked out at a random store months later.

This, encouraging pre-ordering is cool, but "you should have pre-ordered" is a stinky response to venting, especially since there was a time where multiple sites were dropping preorders left and right

 

[Mesoian]

So did Amazon amiibo preorders ever pop?

 

[BigBossJelly]

Did I miss something, did preorders go up somewhere recently for Wave 4?

I also think its kind of funny that I got my $200 55' HD TV on Black Friday easier than it was to pick up some of these amiibo haha.

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

You know I love the LINE system we have but I'm going to have to shut my phone down at night or turn down the volume. I was awoken at least twice last night, midnight and 4 am, just from people entering the dang room. Seems like it's been happening more and more in the middle of the night that I have been awoken by LINE. I hate to have another greninja situation but it's not worth losing sleep over. Took me at least an hour to fall back alseep at midnight.

LOL! I'm so disorinated when a alert wakes me up. It takes me at least 45 seconds to figure out what is going on or what happened, But, once I figure out its a Line alert I go from dead asleep to wide awake!!!!....and then figuring out it was nothing, it takes forever to go back to sleep.

 

[shandy706]

So did Amazon amiibo preorders ever pop?

Nah, still shows the in-stock sign-up instead of the dreaded no longer available/$100 3rd party resellers.

 

[RobFox64tm]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

 

[Pizza]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

That *can't* be real.

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

Did I miss something, did preorders go up somewhere recently for Wave 4?

I also think its kind of funny that I got my $200 55' HD TV on Black Friday easier than it was to pick up some of these amiibo haha.

Think, what if you tried to get amiibos on black Friday!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That *can't* be real.

I can't tell which of you is joking, but no, of course that's not real.

 

[kirby_fox]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

Funniest thing is that I was thinking about this literally on Friday. "What if Nintendo made a deal with McD's like they have before and make an amiibo happy meals line?"

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

Seems bogus to me.

 

[RootCause]

That *can't* be real.

Better not be real....

 

[crimnos]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

If it's true, that's actually not terrible news. It's strange, but isn't McDonald's one of the biggest toy companies/distributors in the world? It could be a more effective way to get the numbers up.

Edit: Ah, I see. Oh well, carry on

 

[Zonic]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

Another site that's basically "The Onion: Gaming Edition"

 

[Einbroch]

That *can't* be real.

It's not.

 

[Sorceror12]

That *can't* be real.

"Your Daily "Geek" Fix, Whether Real or Not"

 

[BigBossJelly]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

Lol I'm friends with a manager at McDonalds I'm in the clear hahahaha

 

[RobFox64tm]

Another site that's basically "The Onion: Gaming Edition"

I've actually never heard of them before, but my friend sent me the link and I thought I'd post it here. I hope this isn't true, because if it is, I don't think McDonalds knows what they are getting into.

 

[Pizza]

I can't tell which of you is joking, but no, of course that's not real.

Unfortunately I wasn't joking. I havent had my coffe, so when I read the article I had flashbacks to McDonald's joining the Beanie Baby craze and realized that it *could* be feasible. They wouldn't delay Zelda U for it though.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

"Your Daily "Geek" Fix, Whether Real or Not"

I know Nintendo have better things to do on their time but can they do something about this if they wanted to???

They have made-up quotes of Aonuma.

Seems irresponsible or is this protected under something like satire or some bullshit???

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

Nintendo is getting mean with these things now. Just look at this crap:

http://www.news-loot.com/2015/04/07...de-new-zelda-amiibos-with-happymeals-in-2016/

Your Daily "Geek" Fix, Whether Real or Not

Going with fake!

 

[BigBossJelly]

I didn't get to read the article but seems the consensus is that its fake. With all the store exclusives I wouldn't have been surprised if this was true xD

 

[Sorceror12]

Nintendo did work with McDonalds for Happy Meal MK8 toys, but an amiibo would be expensive.

 

[BigBossJelly]

I know Nintendo have better things to do on their time but can they do something about this if they wanted to???

They have made-up quotes of Aonuma.

Seems irresponsible or is this protected under something like satire or some bullshit???

Yup I think the fact that it is satire gives it a free pass

 

[Danthrax]

Nintendo did work with McDonalds for Happy Meal MK8 toys, but an amiibo would be expensive.

Yeah, I think it would cost too much. Happy Meal toys cost like 25 cents to make tops. That's probably how much an NFC chip alone costs (tales from my ass; I don't actually know). Even if they made very small Zelda figures and put NFC chips in them, I don't know if it would be cheap enough.


[edit] Wikipedia says 10 cents! Well maybe they could pull it off. The figures wouldn't be nearly, nearly as good as the ones they sell in stores right now, though.

[edit 2] This blog says McDonald's reported its toys (for the reporting period) cost 43 cents, so they probably try to keep their toys under 50 cents. If they can make a figure that costs 40 cents to make, it would be possible for McDonald's to put little Amiibos in Happy Meals.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Nintendo did work with McDonalds for Happy Meal MK8 toys, but an amiibo would be expensive.

I laugh when people call Amiibos "Happy Meal Toys", the difference in quality is obviously apparent.

 

[shandy706]

Nintendo did work with McDonalds for Happy Meal MK8 toys, but an amiibo would be expensive.

Well it does say the Happy Meal will be like $9-$10 with an Amiibo vs $4-$5

LOL

 

[Costia]

They could make a happy meal with amiibo cards in it

 

[BigBossJelly]

They could make a happy meal with amiibo cards in it

Honestly I could see it if they used Animal Crossing/Pokemon characters or something.

 

[SNIKT!]

Had the same issue... Were you on mobile? Never got a confirmation from PayPal that it went through

Same here. God damn it. I can't win. I was on mobile.

 

[ZealousD]

Uh, did Jigglypuff actually go up at target or did nowinstock just freak out for no reason?

 

[digitaldevmike]

Next we're going to have scalpers "borrowing" children to buy happy meals.

 

[Am_I_Evil]

Uh, did Jigglypuff actually go up at target or did nowinstock just freak out for no reason?

it did...i just bought one...

edit: looks like its still available

 

[Gameboy415]

Jigglypuff is up!

I opened this link in IE, clicked the grey 'Pre-Order Now' button, and was able to check out!
Limit 1 but it worked!!

http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-am...938&afid=Troposphere+LLC&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002

 

[Fox Mulder]

I've actually never heard of them before, but my friend sent me the link and I thought I'd post it here. I hope this isn't true, because if it is, I don't think McDonalds knows what they are getting into.

it's not real, but mcdonalds had beanie babies when those were huge. They've also dealt with nintendo before. The current amiibos are probably too expensive to be a happy meal toy, and I wouldn't be interested in cheap ass one anyways.

 

[Danthrax]

Next we're going to have scalpers "borrowing" children to buy happy meals.

Why would scalpers need to borrow children? Adults are allowed to buy Happy Meals on their own. When they offer Pokémon cards, I've had no issue with buying Happy Meals.

 

[The Finest Brew]

Uh, did Jigglypuff actually go up at target or did nowinstock just freak out for no reason?

To make your life easier with Nowinstock, it seems to be better to have them only notify you when the product is only up for preorder. It seems to glitch out randomly when it comes to showing when something's actually available for order.

PS: For the record, no. Jiggles doesn't seem to be up.

 

[Byron Bluth]

JIGGILY GOPGOGOGO

http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-am...938&afid=Troposphere+LLC&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002

i got it!!!!@aklsdoasjdoiasjdoasnl

 

[kirby_fox]

Nintendo did work with McDonalds for Happy Meal MK8 toys, but an amiibo would be expensive.

I wonder how much it costs to add NFC chips to the equivalence of cheap happy meal toys?

I sort of can see this happening, but it'd have to basically be functional and not great looking. You're not gonna see something like the Smash amiibo we have now- you're going to see super cheap ass hollow plastic and the ability to add costumes like to MK8 that is already available w/ actual amiibo.

McDs foots the bill for the NFC to get people to buy meals, I can totally see this happening. I've thought about it for a few days, and we're reaching Beanie Baby levels of insanity. Imagine if the BBs were around these days...

 

[gaohx]

Uh, did Jigglypuff actually go up at target or did nowinstock just freak out for no reason?

Well, crap.....I got one......pre-order button was greyed out, but I clicked a few times on it anyways.....was not paying attention the last click and when I switched tabs in my browser like ten seconds later, there was Jiggs sitting in my cart as I raced to finish the transaction.....whoa!!

 

[Am_I_Evil]

PS: For the record, no. Jiggles doesn't seem to be up.

its clearly available for me in chrome...maybe try another browser...

the button is NOT grey in chrome....

 

[izakq]

Jigglypuff is up!

I opened this link in IE, clicked the grey 'Pre-Order Now' button, and was able to check out!
Limit 1 but it worked!!

http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-am...938&afid=Troposphere+LLC&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002

Got it! Awesome! Thanks a bunch!!!

 

[Jawmuncher]

YO that jiggly page worked for me!

 

[metalmachine]

Sweet! Got me a Puff!