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It was just on the morning news. The amiibo craze can't be that far away.
BurritoBushido
Member
https://twitter.com/amiiboinq/status/589779289085714432
Search #LillyForTarget on Twitter and it looks like every amiibo thread ever
Search #LillyForTarget on Twitter and it looks like every amiibo thread ever
JacksUsername
Member
Geeez. They should have scheduled the clothing line for May 29th just for the additional chaos.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Dam, that's nuts!
pete_clarf
Member
I just told my wife about the Lilly Pullitzer thing and she said she knew about it and likes it, but didn't care that she missed it. I wish I had that kind of restraint with amiibo.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Got verified by reddit mods so they finally let me post this
http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/334yko/nintendo_competitors_attacking_amiibo_supply_no/
http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/334yko/nintendo_competitors_attacking_amiibo_supply_no/
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
This is just insane. Nintendo has botched this thing so badly.
Good job NIN! 👍
friskykillface
Banned
flooding the market doesnt work all the time though, might stop future stuff and products if they dont sell
Nintendo is both dumb and smart
Nintendo is both dumb and smart
Ulysses 31
Member
Better to undersupply than oversupply. 👍
that explains why infinity has stopped selling.
Fox Mulder
Member
The amiibo shit hasn't been this bad. It was hilarious watching a mob of 40 people run around the store, there was plenty of salt too.
I just don't understand why Nintendo doesn't put their amiibo in their own online store. They could make 100% profit and not have to worry about selling them cheaply to 3rd party stores like EBGames or Gamestop. They can just meet the freaking demand... "OH hey we got 500,000 preorders - k guyz, lets make 500k Greninja" and then have 2nd edition preorder time frame go up where they meet the exact # and demand. I just don't understand the logic. Artificial demand or not I would of bought the whole smash line....the rarity of them isn't what is making ME buy them. Obviously might be different for other people... /sigh
Ulysses 31
Member
I don't collect/follow DI figures so not sure if serious.
BurritoBushido
Member
That's bad business. Pisses off retailers, who are much more equipped to handle these sorts of things at this scale than they are.
Lakerchick4life
Member
Maybe the clothes have amiibo characters on them..if they do I will take 10 LOL
Fox Mulder
Member
NoA is just cheap. You can buy amiibos right now on the Nintendo UK website, but we get nothing here.
I'm honestly fine with paying up front for these and getting them shipped six months down the road.
friskykillface
Banned
i have a feeling they will do this next year/during the holidays , like for a select few
they cant be that stupid, can they
dont answer
shanafan
Member
NoA is underproducing the amiibo line. This all comes down to that. Before wave 1 was released, and even the first couple weeks of wave 1 in stores, no one knew how limited amiibos would be in North America. I easily preordered Shulk and Meta Knight during that time. I thought they looked neat, and I decided to preorder them.
If NA saw the same filled store shelves like in Germany, there would never be 500,000 preorders for Greninja. It just wouldn't happen.
I think NoA likes how much attention amiibo is getting here, and they will continue to do what they are doing. They sell out of every wave of "rare" amiibo in NA, and if people can't get like Robin or Lucina here, they will import one from Germany - and so that stock gets sold. It's really a win-win on Nintendo's side.
Aren't retailers mad with Nintendo with how they've handled amiibos so far anyway?
shanafan
Member
Eh. They sell their stock, so why do they need to frustrated?
But, if a Ness preorder crashed their system, then yeah I would think so.
It really isn't up to NoA. This is all Iwata's doing. He really runs the show here in the states.
I'm a big fan of the UK Nintendo store, they need more stock for the popular items too though, just like every other retailer.
The customer complaints and constant barrage of questions about amiibos probably doesn't help matters.
Yeah, didn't Iwata designate himself as the CEO of NoA?
Ulysses 31
Member
They would get angry at Nintendo if their own website can't handle the visitor traffic? 0o
Wow... Yeah I only said shoes as a joke cause I know my cousin had made a big deal about some shows before but wow... Didn't think I was close with that guess
Managed to get two Splatoon Amiibo off of Walmart.
Granted it's not the 3 pack, I'm still grateful that I managed to snag at least two of all the Amiibo that have been announced.
There seems to be low demand, so act fast, for those interested in the Splatoon line.
Granted it's not the 3 pack, I'm still grateful that I managed to snag at least two of all the Amiibo that have been announced.
There seems to be low demand, so act fast, for those interested in the Splatoon line.
"I never asked for all these customers."
I still think the splatoon line will be readily available.
I know a dude who works for GameTruck, and Nintendo is supplying them with Splatoon decals for the trucks, making sure there are Wii U's for all the stations, and plenty of Amiibo (ie: one free for the birthday kid, and have others for sale). I didn't get the exact details on that last part, but I'd assume he meant just for Splatoon.
With the marketing push they're giving this, I really really hope Splatoon is a success. Might actually give Nintendo more reason to invest in new IPs.
I am praying that Splatoon takes off. This franchise could set up Nintendo for the next generation in so many different ways.
BlueLiquid
Member
Hello AmiiboGAF! Long time reader, first time poster. My account was just approved and I'm happy to be a non-lurking part of this community! Needless to say, I had no idea collecting these would be so time-consuming and difficult, but this community has been so helpful. So many of you have put so much time into helping others here and it is truly appreciated. Thank you all!
Fox Mulder
Member
i hope it does too, but I've fallen off the hype train. Gimped local multiplayer, no voice chat online for a team based online shooter, and probably a tacked on single player.
Hi guy! Congrats and welcome
to hell
Anyways hope you get all the amiibos you wanted and more
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Welcome to the thread! Glad to see more amiibro/or gal join!
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I've never heard this before.
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Walmart had the 3-pack up for a few hours, and the single packs are still available for the most part.
One thing I see happening would maybe for Nintendo to start handing the reins to the younger generation at their company to work on new projects.
Maybe they'll fix all of that with the second game
Hey, the last time I said this with the gold mario, the gold mario was pretty available for a couple of weeks after it was out lol.
iShouldGoPro
Member
I had a dream that the yarn yoshi amiibo went up for pre order.
I have a problem
I have a problem
Joei
Member
Aside from rares, I wonder how much these are selling. Whenever I go to TRU their shelves are packed to the edge with Amiibo. We all say you can't find them, but honestly, really? Mega Man, Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Link, Bowser, Yoshi, Peach, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, I could go on and they're all readily available. People just want the select ones that aren't. Scalpers know this, so shit, they buy the lesser produced ones and sell them for a markup. Because really, if they doubled production of Ike, would they have sold as much? Scalpers wouldn't buy them which would probably account for half the sales, so now those are sitting of shelves, I doubt casual fans know who it is (it's only because of Amiibo I know who Robin, Ike, etc are) and honestly, if you have a choice, as a company, who do you fill shelves with? Mario, Link, Mega Man? Or King Dedede, Ike, Villager? I don't t know about you, but I'm going with the well known characters.
I would recommend a doctor but I'm sure the doctor is already infected with it as well.
Reggie pls.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Unlike SmashWeekendGAF.
Ignition365
Member
My TRU keeps insisting that they are not doing preorders at all for any.
They expect to get less greninjas than they got of lucario... they got 4 lucario.
They expect to get less greninjas than they got of lucario... they got 4 lucario.
I'm pretty sure I got temp banned in one of those threads lol
They'll get 2 greninja and then only 1 charizard wing.
Lakerchick4life
Member
They had Wario up again on Walmart.com so went ahead and ordered it
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
They had Wario up again on Walmart.com so went ahead and ordered it
Seems like they only had a few. He was gone in seconds.
Lakerchick4life
Member
I knew something was strange about the site, it kept on asking me over and over again for the last 4 security digits of my American Express card so I just said screw it and I put in my Discover card and this time it took. At first Wario was removed from cart, but then it was put back in..I notice on my discover card site that both the Splatoon 3 pack and Wario have not been charged yet, does Walmart only charge AFTER the item ships?
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