Haha. Yeah... I'll slowly remove the games from the shelves once more Amiibos release. But once they're full of Amiibos I have no idea what I'm going to do. #firstworldproblemsHa! That moment when you put up new shelves, and they're immediately full.
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*Canadian* Amiibo Discussion Thread: Discussion officielle Amiibo canadienne
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Byron Bluth
Banned
From Reddit - Toadsworth Custom
I just commissioned the guy on reddit to make me one. So pumped!
I just commissioned the guy on reddit to make me one. So pumped!
DeathByBacklog
Member
and...
I just got free shipping for my Gold Mario from amazon. How? I asked for it.
I just got free shipping for my Gold Mario from amazon. How? I asked for it.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Hrmmmm. Now I may have to call them as well. I used my $5.00 I had on the account already tho. They will likely just give it back? Maybe I shouldn't worry. Hahaha
yep, TRU is the best place to get them right now probably. stock is plentiful and there's the 3/$30 deal.
Byron Bluth
Banned
I can confirm. That's where I got mine.
They had 12 Luigi, 12 Peach, 3 Bowsers and 4 Toads yesterday. 12 MP10 bundles.
Crazymoogle
Member
Thanks. Not nearly as smooth as I could have hoped - Montreal is a wasteland for Toad, EBgames stock counts are all wrong, and the iPhone version of the website cannot process orders - but finally managed to push one through with the website via Chrome.
DeathByBacklog
Member
NP. Glad you got one in the end.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Damn, I missed out on the Gold Amiibo since I wasn't lurking while I was banned.
Oh well, at least it's good to be back.
Oh well, at least it's good to be back.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Damn, I missed out on the Gold Amiibo since I wasn't lurking while I was banned.
Oh well, at least it's good to be back.
Welcome back!
Why the ban?
DeathByBacklog
Member
Edit: What he ^ said.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Thanks. I made a resolution joke at the expense of The Witcher 3 version I'm buying. It was stupid of me. xD
Eh don't stress about it, it's pretty much a rite of passage here. I got hit with a 2 day last month for making a dumb joke about people not thinking competition is good (the fact a lot of people responded to it obviously didn't help). I was glad nothing big happened in this thread while I was out
Strange thing to say, since Toad has been in stock at EB Games all day.
Mysterious
Banned
What is this magical place with lots of Bowsers?
At my local BB there were shitloads of Bowser. No Toad.
The EB near me had no Toad or Bowser.
EDIT: Vancouver Cambie Best Buy
DeathByBacklog
Member
The Bowser misprint apparently has to do with Japanese writing on the front of the box...
http://www.reddit.com/r/AmiiboCanada/comments/2zube2/the_reason_why_we_dont_see_a_lot_of_bowser_a/
http://www.reddit.com/r/AmiiboCanada/comments/2zube2/the_reason_why_we_dont_see_a_lot_of_bowser_a/
DeathByBacklog
Member
I really don't like the packaging for the Mario Wave.
Really? I find it WAY better. Brighter, much more cleaner looking.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Would love to find one of those.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Apparently Gold Mario was back up on FS/BB at like 4:30am EST.
DeathByBacklog
Member
According to reddit, Gold Marios were up for sale again last night (this morning?) on both FS and BB.
ReddishGUI
Member
Hello fellow Canadian amiibo collectors!
Just wanted to say hello since I'm finally able to post(and hopefully contribute) in this thread instead of just lurking.
Wave 4 hype!
Just wanted to say hello since I'm finally able to post(and hopefully contribute) in this thread instead of just lurking.
Wave 4 hype!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Hey! Welcome, friend! Let's all get ready for that Wave 4 pre-order madness. Many will fall. Some will come out victorious!
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Was at EB over the weekend. Plenty of Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi Amiibos. No Toad or Bowser.
purelunatic
Neo Member
I know this isn't the right thread but the new 3DS Majora's Mask edition is up on ebgames right now. Figured I'd post it here in case anyone was looking for it.
https://www.ebgames.ca/3DS/Games/719125/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-majoras-mask-edition
https://www.ebgames.ca/3DS/Games/719125/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-majoras-mask-edition
Down now. It was a good one minute..
edit; Saw the cross post from the other thread. The link in your post here is broken, but this one works: https://www.ebgames.ca/3DS/Games/719125/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-majoras-mask-edition
purelunatic
Neo Member
Wow that was fast.
EDIT: Link was messed up. It's still up.
https://www.ebgames.ca/3DS/Games/719125/new-nintendo-3ds-xl-majoras-mask-edition
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I missed the Gold Amiibo again? Fuck. D:
Hmm...someone has apparently confirmed with Nintendo of Canada that amiibo will be jumping up to $15.99 in Canada on April 1st.
I'll have to ask my Nintendo of Canada PR folks too...but damn. It was fun while it lasted.
I'll have to ask my Nintendo of Canada PR folks too...but damn. It was fun while it lasted.
This from a thread where someone spoke with a Nintendo rep with regards to Wave 4 amiibos
[QUOTE="D";157099669]- The westcoast port strike DIRECTLY affected Nintendo shipments for amiibo definitely. She said there are STILL January and February worth of amiibos on the shipping crates that have yet to be unloaded. The amiibos we DID get (like the previous wave of King Dedede, Sonic, etc.)..had to be delivered by air which cost them lots of money, which explains the shortage of certain characters. They of course don't plan on keeping that up.
- There will be a restock on older waves of amiibos, especially for rare characters like Wii Fit Trainer, etc. She explained they only made so many cause Nintendo thought the demand wouldnt be there due to the franchises for some of the characters being obscure, but she acknowledged they received TONS of emails from people that can't find/are looking for these characters...and the are trying to do what they can to get them out there but due to the port strike, a lot of those characters are still on the ships..in which cause she said to keep checking store for some of the older characters to appear.
- Wave 4 or 5 (whichever one it is I dunno) that has Ness and Charizard, etc, are having their release dates and preorders held at due to the port strike as WELL because Nintendo wants to make sure the situation with the strike will not affect shipments again and so they can gauge the market for demand, which will determine how many to produce. She said once most the cargo gets offloaded and everything is fine with everything and the market and they talk to retailers about stock, they'll announce.[/QUOTE]
tl;dr Port strike is everything's fault. Nintendo was competent, but blame people who want decent living wages and compensation for dangerous work. The twitter douchenozzle with all those Rosalina amiibos is free to pleasure himself with his dime-a-dozen figurines when everything is offloaded.
Also, after reading a few posts above me...
[QUOTE="D";157099669]- The Majora's Mask n3DSXL is absolutely gone. It truly WAS a limited edition release and there are NO stock anywhere in ANY warehouse and there are NO plans to restock whatsoever. Funny thing is she said retailers were informed about 6 months before its release and ordered accordingly. Chalk the scarcity to the retailers..cause they ordered how much they "felt" they were gonna need.[/QUOTE]
Jump on this if you can. Personally, I'm now holding out for the Xenoblade n3DS. If that doesn't happen...well, I'll just get the red n3DS and find a Monado skin for it.
[QUOTE="D";157099669]- The westcoast port strike DIRECTLY affected Nintendo shipments for amiibo definitely. She said there are STILL January and February worth of amiibos on the shipping crates that have yet to be unloaded. The amiibos we DID get (like the previous wave of King Dedede, Sonic, etc.)..had to be delivered by air which cost them lots of money, which explains the shortage of certain characters. They of course don't plan on keeping that up.
- There will be a restock on older waves of amiibos, especially for rare characters like Wii Fit Trainer, etc. She explained they only made so many cause Nintendo thought the demand wouldnt be there due to the franchises for some of the characters being obscure, but she acknowledged they received TONS of emails from people that can't find/are looking for these characters...and the are trying to do what they can to get them out there but due to the port strike, a lot of those characters are still on the ships..in which cause she said to keep checking store for some of the older characters to appear.
- Wave 4 or 5 (whichever one it is I dunno) that has Ness and Charizard, etc, are having their release dates and preorders held at due to the port strike as WELL because Nintendo wants to make sure the situation with the strike will not affect shipments again and so they can gauge the market for demand, which will determine how many to produce. She said once most the cargo gets offloaded and everything is fine with everything and the market and they talk to retailers about stock, they'll announce.[/QUOTE]
tl;dr Port strike is everything's fault. Nintendo was competent, but blame people who want decent living wages and compensation for dangerous work. The twitter douchenozzle with all those Rosalina amiibos is free to pleasure himself with his dime-a-dozen figurines when everything is offloaded.
Also, after reading a few posts above me...
[QUOTE="D";157099669]- The Majora's Mask n3DSXL is absolutely gone. It truly WAS a limited edition release and there are NO stock anywhere in ANY warehouse and there are NO plans to restock whatsoever. Funny thing is she said retailers were informed about 6 months before its release and ordered accordingly. Chalk the scarcity to the retailers..cause they ordered how much they "felt" they were gonna need.[/QUOTE]
Jump on this if you can. Personally, I'm now holding out for the Xenoblade n3DS. If that doesn't happen...well, I'll just get the red n3DS and find a Monado skin for it.
Byron Bluth
Banned
No Gold Mario In Store at Best Buy/Future Shop
http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Video-Gaming/Amiibo-wave-4-Gold-Mario-Amiibo/td-p/112208
http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Video-Gaming/Amiibo-wave-4-Gold-Mario-Amiibo/td-p/112208
ReddishGUI
Member
Not surprised at all...
Byron Bluth
Banned
The person who got the World of Nintendo metroid, the number you gave me isn't giving me much help with the TRU here.
Anything else you can give me?
Anything else you can give me?
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Well, there goes my only chance. I guess it was fun while it lasted.
knacklover
Member
You still have a chance at Toy'r'us, EBGames and Wal-mart!
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Haven't been paying any attention to importing foreign Amiibos, but are their prices always higher than NA retail ones? Thinking about getting some of the rarer ones (and don't care about keeping them sealed).
DeathByBacklog
Member
I would suspect that ALL amibos from April onwards would be that price including ones already on shelves.
DeathByBacklog
Member
Why wouldn't they? It's a price hike do to a weak dollar. It's happening to games and systems, why wouldn't it happen to amiibos also?
I don't think any games have had their prices retroactively increased
consoles is a different story, but consoles are already sold at razor thin margins (or at a loss)
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