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Amiibo Thread 7 | Now Lucina, now you don't

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Gaiaknight

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alright my target experiance they did 1 of each character per person and hadnt out tickets before had much better than they did with wave 3. They had 14 jiggly, 8 charizard and pacman and 4 of everything else incluing robin and lucina. I got there at 5am and was fifth in line and got everything i wanted today will post a pic soon once gamestop opens and my buddy grabs my ness from there.
 
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Chindogg

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Booyah.

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Limit of 2 total per customer at my Target. 13 cool people and 2 shitbag scalpers.

Thank god the shitbags didn't show up until 5min before opening so the decent people could get what they wanted.
 
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Commander Kook

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My Target experience was iffy as well. Single file line to the back, then madness once people realized everything was on the shelves. Got Jiggly, but no silver Mario. Just got to TRU and I'm 3rd in line. Hopefully things go better here.
 
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Futurevoid

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Hit Target this morning at about 7:40am (20 minutes until they opened) after getting Anya I(my daughter) ready for school. There were about 14 people in line. By the time the store opened that had swelled to about 25. It was amusing to see grown ass people running each other down the Target aisles for $15 dollar figures. :) A whole lot of craziness for nothing as Target had nearly 30 Jigglypuffs available. They weren't enforcing any 2 TOTAL limit at my Target. Just 2 Jiggly's per customer. I was able to snag two of those, Wario, Charizard, Pac-Man, 2x Silver Mario.

I have an order from Best Buy coming with duplicates of Wario, Charizard and Pac-Man. My Splatoon 3-pack and Ness already shipped from Gamestop, my two Greninja's shipped from TRU and I have Robin and Lucina coming from Play-Asia.

Wave 4 complete. Onto Wave 5 in July.
 
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TheOmegaSpartan

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Target just let all the customers make a mad dash to the electronics with no order. On top of that, they imposed a 2 amiibo per buy. I managed to just barely keep my second place spot and get everything I wanted but the overall experience was atrocious. I'm frankly a little pissed off.
 
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outunderthestars

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Futurevoid said:
Hit Target this morning at about 7:40am (20 minutes until they opened) after getting Anya ready for school. There were about 14 people in line. By the time the store opened that had swelled to about 25. It was amusing to see grown ass people running each other down the Target aisles for $15 dollar figures. :) A whole lot of craziness for nothing as Target had nearly 30 Jigglypuffs available. They weren't enforcing any 2 TOTAL limit at my Target. Just 2 Jiggly's per customer. I was able to snag two of those, Wario, Charizard, Pac-Man, 2x Silver Mario.

I have an order from Best Buy coming with duplicates of Wario, Charizard and Pac-Man. My Splatoon 3-pack and Ness already shipped from Gamestop, my two Greninja's shipped from TRU and I have Robin and Lucina coming from Play-Asia.

Wave 4 complete. Onto Wave 5 in July.
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Awesome. Glad you were able to snag all of the ones that you wanted. :)
 
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Boogiepop

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Boogiepop said:
Got everything I needed from Target but Robin and Lucina, which sold out to the guy like 2 in front of me. Gonna head to Gamestop now and hope for the best, but I guess probably won't happen. Got an extra Jiggly, if I fail on Ness (which I probably will), anyone going to be up for a trade?
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Nevermind. Amazingly just barely making Ness. Greninja has in turn become questionable, though, and still no Robin and Lucina.
 
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Shauni

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Chindogg said:
Booyah.

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Limit of 2 total per customer at my Target. 13 cool people and 2 shitbag scalpers.

Thank god the shitbags didn't show up until 5min before opening so the decent people could get what they wanted.
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How did you know they were scalpers? Did they say something?
 
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Futurevoid

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outunderthestars said:
Awesome. Glad you were able to snag all of the ones that you wanted. :)
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Thanks! I'm glad it was pretty low stress. My Target generally handles things well. They did a bang up job with Rosalina when she released. I've had good luck with collecting these thus far in that regard. I get more stressed trying to get two of each! (1 for me, 1 for my kid).
 
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superNESjoe

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Is there any talk of Greninja showing up on TRU website again today? In case any gaffers can't get me one? I'm traveling out of town on work today so mobile or GAF is my only shot. There's a few Gaffers who have said they'd keep an eye out, which is fantastic.

I'll be stopping at a Target after work tonight to try and find extra Jiggs for anyone who misses it.
 
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xKilltheMx

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Holy shit. I forgot my wallet at target open in the car, left came back - they were sold out. Then a parent asks for something and they go in the back and bring out one of everything. Grabbed a Lucina out of the pack. Bwhahahahahahababa
 
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digitaldevmike

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Target royally screwed up. They "lost" the four robins they had gotten in then found them about 15 min after folks had already purchased their two. I waited from 11pm for nothing. Then they claimed that they only had 11 Jigglypuff out of the 32 on brickseek. This also turned out to be false as they found a couple more boxes and found that a bunch had been stolen off shelves by line cutters. Complete CF.
 
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RomanticHeroX

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Just back from Target. Got Silver Mario, Pacman, Charizard, Jigglypuff and the Splatoon triple pack. They sold out of Wario, of all things, and received zero Fire Emblem characters. Oh, and I got a game called Splatoon or something but meh video games. Now the plan is wait for FE characters on Amazon and probably pay stupid money for a Ness.
 
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Empyrean Heaven

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Overslept, got to my Target around 7:15, already 7 other people in line. One douche tried to cut in front of everyone by sitting on one of the other red balls, a person called them out when they handed out numbers. They were limit 1 each except for JP and Pac-Man, and very organized, a guy walked us to electronics to make sure we didn't try to cut and they had extra staff. Since my store was only getting 4 of Lucina, Robin, and Wario, I was freaking out, buuuuuuuuuut.....

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Hooray! Apparently they either got more Lucinas or Warios or four people in front of me didn't grab them. I also grabbed an extra Jiggly for a buddy currently camped outside TRU for a Greninja. As for Robin, I have him on preorder from Yes-Asia so I didn't need him. Oh happy Amiibogeddon!
 
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Ozone

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Only 3 left now: Ness (LOL), Greninja, and Robin.

Best Buy, GameStop, Toys R Us, and Amazon are left. Let's do this!
 
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Tirod

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Alright well, if 14 people ahead of me weren't enough, a group of college kids had 3 more join their number. They went to pick up chairs.

I went to the Best Buy on the other side of town, and there is no one here waiting. Hedging all my bets on there being at least 1 Robin and Lucina here. Splatoon 3 Pack would be nice as well.

I really hope there is a organized system and I don't have to run to the amiibo section. /:
 
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Fox Mulder

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TheOmegaSpartan said:
Target just let all the customers make a mad dash to the electronics with no order. On top of that, they imposed a 2 amiibo per buy. I managed to just barely keep my second place spot and get everything I wanted but the overall experience was atrocious. I'm frankly a little pissed off.
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They do this every day during the holidays as people sprint for frozen dolls or whatever. Employees were laughing at you.
 
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Zonic

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Gonna have to go to GS early because they might only have 1 Robin & Lucina each. Just so glad Jigglypuff went very nicely & quickly. I was fearing a mini Black Friday crowd.
 
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Futurevoid

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Fox Mulder said:
They do this every day during the holidays as people sprint for frozen dolls or whatever. Employees were laughing at you.
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I was in line with these people and I was laughing! I totally had that Danny Glover "I'm definitely too old for this shit" thing going on as people ran around me. lol.

LiK said:
splatoon seems to be everywhere.
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Even after the big initial wave at my Target they still had like 5 of the 3-Pack.
 
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darkjedi187

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Stopped at Target and all they had left was pac-man. decided to swing by TRU and saw a line wrapped around the building. Don't really care that much to stand in line.
 
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Curler

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2 hours to go... line is tuckered out, people trying to sleep in their sleeping bags. Only one person behind me. People hoing to be disappointed when they come late :/ I think most went to the TRU across the street instead.
 
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Lavpa Jasai

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Arrrgh. So torn on which store to go to first.

BestBuy would be great so I could get them all for cheaper with my GCU, but they seems to have less Lucina.

TRU seems to have more, but they have dat 1$ up charge.
 
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Joe Prodigy

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My buddy just text me and said there's 30+ people lined up for TRU. They open in an hour. I might pass on that. I want to grab a Marth and Meta Knight today but I don't like those odds.
 
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Evoker1995

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At Plainfield, IN, there were only one Lucina and Robin for the whole town.

I did manage to get Pac-Man, Jigglypuff, and Silver Mario.

So... Anyone want to trade for Lucina and/or Robin?
 
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LegendX48

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All these target stories... Wonder if I should even bother checking out the one nearby, won't be able to check in until at least 2 1/2 hours after they open :
 
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The12thGripper

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I'm thinking of walking into a TRU after I pick up Splatoon from Best Buy to see what's left over. Think I'll find a Greninja?

EDIT: Going to Best Buy later now so I'm probably not going to find one, oh well.
 
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Ozone

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Lavpa Jasai said:
Arrrgh. So torn on which store to go to first.

BestBuy would be great so I could get them all for cheaper with my GCU, but they seems to have less Lucina.

TRU seems to have more, but they have dat 1$ up charge.
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TRU has Greninja.
The12thGripper said:
I'm thinking of walking into a TRU after I pick up Splatoon from Best Buy to see what's left over. Think I'll find a Greninja?
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All reports point to there being a good amount in stock.
 
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Nintendo Playstation

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lumber said:
My Target shit the bed. Everyone walked single file to the electronics department to find out everything was on the shelf already. Then it was every man for himself.

Got Wario, Jigglypuff, and Silver Mario. Not a bad haul for showing up only 30 minutes early.
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Similar story here. After they handed out numbers we all walked to the boat. Jigglypuff, Silver Mario and Splatoon 3 were behind bars. Everything else ("non-exclusives" according to team members) was in a cart in front of the regular display. Everyone in the back of the line bum rushed the Lucina, Robin and Wario they had. Then they started selling 2 Jigglypuff and 2 Silver Mario each. So I got those 4 and Splatoon trilogy. I didn't really want the trilogy but hey it was there, so.

In line at TRU now, 7th in line of 12. They have 69 Greninja. Hoping for that and another Silver Mario. Then I'll book it to another TRU for a second Greninja. Just in case my dad can't get anything 2,000 miles away.
 
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