FUCK A LIMITED EDITION
Managed to find both today, lol
I called my local EB on Sunday, and they said they only had 2 units of the Pikachu 3DS, and they were both for pre-orders. I missed my bus earlier today, so I decided to pop into EB Games to pass the time. Asked the dude at the counter if they had any Pikachu 3DSes... and he said they have one left. wat.
I didn't have my gift card on me, so I asked him to put it aside for me. Wrote my name down for him and told him I'd come back later. I come back later today to pick it up, and there's another dude behind the counter, has no idea what I'm talking about. Pikachu 3DS is sold out. ok.
Suddenly, the dude comes out of the back that I spoke with earlier. As he reached for the 3DS under the counter, the other guy says that 3DS is reserved by the manager of the store at that location.
In case you didn't get that... this location got 2 Pikachu 3DSes in total. ONE for actual consumers, and even that one was pre-orders only.
There is a happy ending to this story! The manager comes out and says fuck it and sells me "his" Pikachu 3DS that he reserved. Yay! Copped it for $99 after using my gift card. Love it.
tl;dr I had to jump through some fucking hoops to give Nintendo my money. why this thing is SO limited I have no idea. but I'm happy that I finally have an XL!
Also, awesome megazord is awesome. The ultimate toy I missed out on as a child. I remember asking my parents AND Santa for that shit, and all I got was the crappy, cheap Power Rangers action figures. I mean, they weren't bad... but they were no MEGAZORD. Apparently this thing is super limited too. Toys R Us exclusive, and it's not even on toysrus.ca.