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Lakerchick4life
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If that is the case I am totally screwed..Target opens here at 8am, even if I get there at 9 or 9:30 it wont matter..I dont blame Target, I blame Nintendo for not making more of these amiibos..they want people to literally kill each other on release day for little plastic toys
Yeah I mean do the math. There are what? 7 amiibo? That means that first three people could walk away with 42 amiibo, or the first five 70. They make out even better if some came together.
I think 2 total was unreasonable but a 2 limit for each character isn't so great either. Their stock will be gone super fast. Bring a tent or wake up really early. 1 per character would have been ideal.
BlueLiquid
Member
That's what I'm thinking too. This dashes my newfound optimism for Friday. I just wanted to get the retailer exclusives on Friday (not even interested in Silver Mario) so this is going to make it more difficult. My Target opens at 8 and I can be there a little before then but not much more. I wasn't there when Rosalina went up for sale so I don't know what the local interest level in Amiibo is. But then I've never seen any uncommons or rarer at this store. This doesn't help at all. I'll still try. I hope our store is like Rocky's where they have everything behind the counter.
The internal memo mentioned passing out numbers if there was a line. Did any stores actually do that for Rosalina?
Lakerchick4life
Member
Yeah forgot it, I mean why even bother. Unless I can get someone that is familiar with me at Target to hold a few for me, why even bother going..going to be a complete waste of time anyway..this is what Nintendo wanted and they are the winners here, Im not going at 8am to get these things, if they post them online great, if not oh well, I have some pre ordered on wal-mart.com
SmackAttack
Member
I guess I'll be doing one of these. I wasn't even sure where I would be going first on Friday. Maybe Target. Would it even be worth it? Why did I have to like amiibo? Why do the characters I want have to be the 'going to be rare' ones? Why can't there be enough for everyone?
I remember going to my Target the morning Rosalina came out, picked one up then went back home to go to bed. Woke back up around noon and my girlfriend asked if I could call and see if they had any left. Turns out they still had three Rosalina's left fours hours after they opened. Of course this varies from store to store but if it's like that again I'm not gonna feel too rushed to get there. Especially since the only one I really need is Silver Mario.
Lakerchick4life
Member
Ive heard a lot about Toys R Us and Target's stock but I have yet to hear anything about what Best Buy will have..I believe they never put up their pre orders(correct me if Im wrong) there is a Target/Best Buy in a shopping center near me, if Best Buy has amiibos available I might go there or hopefully even better if they have them available online
Best Buy had online pre-orders. There was no option for in store pickup so it's probably first come, first serve there. Same with Gamestop.
They should just ban amiibos.
Lakerchick4life
Member
Just called my local City Target, its two per guest..that is the policy they are running with, I actually prefer that, gives us who won't be camping out a better chance of getting one. She said to call back on Thursday to get an idea how many they have, she doesn't believe they have gotten any shipment yet
//ARCANUM
Member
Just curious, not actively selling at this point, but considering possibilities. Would anyone have interest in buying a collection of Amiibo?
All are without packaging except for Lucario who is new in box. Otherwise I have:
Link
Samus
Pit
Yoshi (MP)
Peach (SSB)
Fox
Donkey Kong
Pikachu
Toon Link
Gold Mario
Mega Man
Kirby
Bowser
Toad
Additionally I also have a Best Buy pre-order with:
Lucina
Robin
Pac-Man
Charizard
Wario
The Best Buy pre-order could be part of a sale or not.
Is $250 shipped (in the US) for all of this something that anyone would be interested in?
(FYI to the folks that I have trades set up with, what I've listed here does not affect trades that have been set up.)
Would also consider trade for PS4. (Basically I'm wanting a PS4 and I have all they Amiibo sitting here....)
Forgot to mention I also have a new in box Marth as well!
All are without packaging except for Lucario who is new in box. Otherwise I have:
Link
Samus
Pit
Yoshi (MP)
Peach (SSB)
Fox
Donkey Kong
Pikachu
Toon Link
Gold Mario
Mega Man
Kirby
Bowser
Toad
Additionally I also have a Best Buy pre-order with:
Lucina
Robin
Pac-Man
Charizard
Wario
The Best Buy pre-order could be part of a sale or not.
Is $250 shipped (in the US) for all of this something that anyone would be interested in?
(FYI to the folks that I have trades set up with, what I've listed here does not affect trades that have been set up.)
Would also consider trade for PS4. (Basically I'm wanting a PS4 and I have all they Amiibo sitting here....)
Diggeh don't hate me..... I haven't done it yet! just considering....
Forgot to mention I also have a new in box Marth as well!
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Seeing this more and more. Wave 4 really burning people out.
to answer your question, nah it's not worth $300. You only have a few that are valuable. Even if you throw in Robin and Lucina. And they are mostly opened. I'd be more realistic, maybe $200, $250 with Lucina and Robin maybe.
I'm not totally against this
//ARCANUM
Member
hmmm, okay ill change it to $250 and see what happens.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Fox Mulder
Member
Target has trucks monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. They may not get them in until Friday morning before opening.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Who else is tapping out after the Smash line is over!? Because I'm done after that is over! I'm not leave the community though, still going to look for deals and what not. Just done collecting.
The reason why I started collecting, because I freaking love Smash! And Kid Icarus Uprising ( I can find anther Palutena anything anywhere, SO happy I got her amiibo)
The reason why I started collecting, because I freaking love Smash! And Kid Icarus Uprising ( I can find anther Palutena anything anywhere, SO happy I got her amiibo)
If you guys had to pick between Lucina and Robin, which one would you pick? I think I'll get at least 1 FE character from this wave, not sure yet. Amiibo are getting really expensive in Peru. About $22 a piece and I can't really justify the amount of money I'll be spending on them :/ I already reserved Silver Mario and will surely get Charizard, Ness, Greninja, Jigglypuff, Wario and Pac-Man.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
^Lucina all day, every day!
FYI guys:
I saw a charge on my card for $28 from Gamestop, and found out it's the price of 2 Amiibos. Looks like they are starting to put charging through! These are for my 2 courtesy ones mind you, that would get release day delivery. Not sure about regular shipments, especially since the others I paid with gift cards. Either way, should be shipping out soon
Ron Paul's senses are tingling
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I just hope to God Meta Knight doesn't go on sale on Friday, but at this point it's looking almost certain. Ugh. Having exclusives go on sale at different stores on the same day is so fucked up. If Nintendo wants to keep doing this bullshit then they need to start staggering the releases.
Velcro Fly
Member
I'm hoping the rarity factor drops once only a few per game are being released and not 50.
I'm also hoping that Nintendo is developing a game that will use them like a Skylanders or Disney Infinity.
I think it would be totally cool to have an adventure featuring a mashup of different Nintendo characters based on what amiibo you have.
The collecting aspect is fun but I think a game that makes them worthwhile for those that have a lot would be cool too.
BlueLiquid
Member
I'd really like to think so. But then E3 is coming soon and I'll probably end up doing a 180. Getting the Smash line complete is really the only Amiibo goal I have right now as that's already become very expensive, and as everyone here knows, more time-consuming and frustrating than ever. I don't have any plans to buy the Yarn Yoshi ones, though I have the Splatoon 3-pack on pre-order.
Well it seems we have a winner.
See me picking the whole wave up come the 29th lol. I probably won't be able to contain myself.
completely depends on what they do. I mean if they do like what they did with Splatoon for other games like Xenoblade, then I'll be all over that and they will be rare as heck. I won't be interested in getting them all anymore though either way, but, I might pick up one or two here and there. I'd love a Bullet Bill.
Lee Chaolan
Member
My Marth arrived at the local UPS hub Saturday.
Of course I can't pick it up until Tuesday due to the Holiday >_>
Of course I can't pick it up until Tuesday due to the Holiday >_>
Lakerchick4life
Member
Well I guess that explains why she said she doubts any delivery of amiibos have been made, but she said to call back Thursday evening about inventory..maybe I should call Wednesday instead? I at least want an idea of how many they might have
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
I will never be free
Christopher
Member
I'm out after the smash line actually I might be out before that nothing have done is keeping my interest just disgust.
I still have this Greninja preorder is he unicorn?
I still have this Greninja preorder is he unicorn?
Lakerchick4life
Member
The City Target I go to told me that its two per guest, meaning only two amiibos and thats it..I hope that is the case will make it more likely that I can get hold of one..unless she misunderstood what the manager told her but she told me that is what he said..but she has no idea how many of each amiibo they will have in stock, she said they had not received any shipment of them yet
I've been tempted some myself- it's just been such a mess. Just hoping things improve or at least don't get worse otherwise I probably will bail out. womp
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Wynn pls dun bail
Releasing multiple store exclusives on the same day in insanely limited quantities (some of which are possibly already gone like Ness) is an absolute jerk move. If Nintendo doesn't go back to the drawing board there will be blood.
but this is Nintendo so of course they'll pretend like everyone lives at the NWS and can easily get all they new amiibo
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
I bet he will be! Considering he's an exclusive.
Wynn pls dun bail
Releasing multiple store exclusives on the same day in insanely limited quantities (some of which are possibly already gone like Ness) is an absolute jerk move. If Nintendo doesn't go back to the drawing board there will be blood.
but this is Nintendo so of course they'll pretend like everyone lives at the NWS and can easily get all they new amiibo
lol I don't want to! I want to finish the smash line like I intended but it's so hard to stay positive with how things are right now. I'm tryyyyiiiiing
Some Japanese Wave 5 figures are up on AmiAmi if anyone wants to avoid the NA hassle. Faster for me to just link to the Reddit post with the individual links: http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/375ixz/amiami_wave_5_in_post/
Edit: All gone. LOL
Edit: All gone. LOL
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
It's AmiAmi, so they sold out in seconds.
It just becomes a reminder of what could have been and how terrible the whole experience has been. Nintendo has managed to kill a lot of the fun. lol
There is if you want to make some money off it after being burned. I wouldn't hold it against anyone that wants to move on. Nintendo has done a real shitty job. Hell, they've already lost my good faith. I've bought two nintendo games used this past week. Nintendo ain't getting another penny from me.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
how are you not having fun staying up until 2 AM clawing for 5 minute preorders I am having a blast help me Wynn
Considering the hole you dug for yourself...RIP in peace Dig.
cloudstrife
Member
I missed amiami wave 5 by like 2 minutes.
I've been waiting all week for them!!!!!
I've been waiting all week for them!!!!!
Kilau
Member
I never planned on getting the whole Smash line but now I am in too far to just stop and I really do want the complete set. Once that is done, I won't be getting more. I really don't know where Nintendo is going to go with amiibo anyway. A complete Pokemon set(shudder) doesn't interest me at all, nor do I care to have a Mario Kart set. I can see myself being interested in some specific Zelda amiibo characters in the future though.
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