Windom Earle
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UK/EU Amiibo Thread | Compatible with the regular-sized New Nintendo 3DS
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I'll still try to get Lucina and Robin to complete my Fire Emblem collection and I also want to try to get a Ness, but afterwards that will be it. All of the Amiibos I want are always the ones that are super limited and It's just no fun anymore to collect those. I don't want to constantly need to check Amazon because the Amiibos I want will sell out in a couple minutes and I don't want to go to the local stores early in morning either, since that's usually the only time you'll ever possibly see one of the rare ones in the wild. It's just no fun anymore and the more hurdles Nintendo puts in my way, the more I regret what I spend on Amiibos.
Yeh, thanks for the suggestion, have considered this already but my collection is all EU, don't really want a couple of random Japanese figures in there.
Although that is better than paying a scalper for EU ones.
Reverb Shock
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My Shulk pre order was cancelled yesterday (Game) as well.
diddykong13
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Yep my Dedede form Game was just cancelled too 
Yep my Dedede form Game was just cancelled too
Just got the same email.
amiibo hunting is a really tiring pursuit.
pocketaces
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The_Intruder
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My GAME order get cancelled too...
The same for me(Dedede)
twothunder
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Did another round of searching on webshops here.
Unavailable or sold out is all I get.
Dedede Metaknight and Shulk still nowhere to be found.
Unavailable or sold out is all I get.
Dedede Metaknight and Shulk still nowhere to be found.
Heads up to German GAF, new wave is up on http://www.buecher.de
I don't like them due to the very limited payment options, but probably still a good option.
lol, yes. Need the rest of the text for a full picture though.
Can I PM you with the whole text?
Windom Earle
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sure!
TsunamiOfSwagger
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As long as I can get wario and charizard, I will be happy.
foobarry81
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If they are in customs (and marked like that on your tracker page) you're likely going to have to pay VAT.
Thanks! *anxiously refreshes tracker page every 10 minutes*Good luck!
Nah, it always goes into customs here. In my experience if it gets released within one or two days, I most likely don't have to pay VAT. If it takes more than 2 days to be released, I expect I'll have to pay up.
I've had it go into and out of customs in a span of 2 hours once
. Sometimes it takes 4 days and I still don't have to pay anything. It's always a big surprise... That's why it's so nerve wrecking to see that damned status on the tracker page, lol.Worst part it, I won't know what the outcome is until they're at my door
foobarry81
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Nah, it always goes into customs here. In my experience if it gets released within one or two days, I most likely don't have to pay VAT. If it takes more than 2 days to be released, I expect I'll have to pay up.
I've had it go into and out of customs in a span of 2 hours once
Worst part it, I won't know what the outcome is until they're at my door
Is that PostNL handling the package?
Probably, yeah
TheMoon
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Was already announced for Summer in Japan. There's no "if."
ShadowOwl
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Totally missed that bit, thanks.
TheMoon
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No.
Bots are better than you
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I just got an email from buecher.de stating that they cancelled my order for Daraen/Robin and Lucina, as i requested (which i obviously did not).
Anyone else got the same mail? Going for that game.co.uk image, buecher.de, huh?
Anyone else got the same mail? Going for that game.co.uk image, buecher.de, huh?
I do, on Amazon.fr if I remember correctly. Not really sure I really want them, except Toad and Yoshi (to paint in another color), except I'll probably be less reluctant to open them and use them for MP10.
Each of my friends have their favorite character they use for MP (and other Nintendo multiplayer games), I'd like to have one of each in case they visit me...
I think they'll be easier to find than rare ones from Smash, though.
I hope my wave 4 preorders won't be cancelled :/
(I expect some of them to be, though, since I have FNAC preorders :/ )
Windom Earle
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I now have 3 preorders at different places for wave 4 and finally completed the magic 29/29 today, woohoo. Time to relax a bit and get drunk tonight I guess. XD
But I feel that Gold Mario is right around the corner so better stay frosty.
But I feel that Gold Mario is right around the corner so better stay frosty.
Congratulations... Strange to think that finding figures is an achievement, but...
Where did you find Little Mac and Rosalina, out of curiosity (which you were after, if I'm not mistaken)? Trading?
I'm more and more on the verge of paying inflating prices for Shulk and Dedede...
How the hell did you bag Wave 4 preorders?
Yeah, I haven't been able to get any other pre-orders than the ones I have on Amazon UK which was pure luck. Not even in my own country (Denmark) - they all sold out literally the moment they went up which is insane - demand here is(usually) so low! I just pray Amazon UK delivers or I'm fucked
Cosmonaut X
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I've been extremely lucky with preorders so far, and I think I'm good for all currently-announced waves. It's definitely time that Nintendo considered a new approach to releases and preorders if demand - for whatever reason - is going to remain so high that anyone but the most dedicated/lucky is unable to get hold of figures.
I wondered if something like:
-- Early preorder window for Club Nintendo members (1 amiibo of each character per member limit)...
-- Followed by an open preorder through Nintendo's online stores and partner retailers (again with a 1 amiibo of each character limit)...
-- Then a full release to stores (asking retail to push a limit of figures-per-customer too)
...would be a sensible strategy?
They need to work out something more staged and managed, as the current situation is too chaotic and open to abuse by scalpers, and long-term it has the potential to drive people away from collecting the figures or to sour their customer relationship with Nintendo, something I'm sure the company would want to avoid.
I wondered if something like:
-- Early preorder window for Club Nintendo members (1 amiibo of each character per member limit)...
-- Followed by an open preorder through Nintendo's online stores and partner retailers (again with a 1 amiibo of each character limit)...
-- Then a full release to stores (asking retail to push a limit of figures-per-customer too)
...would be a sensible strategy?
They need to work out something more staged and managed, as the current situation is too chaotic and open to abuse by scalpers, and long-term it has the potential to drive people away from collecting the figures or to sour their customer relationship with Nintendo, something I'm sure the company would want to avoid.
I tried but it told me they were back out of stock by the time I checked out.
There's actually an easy fix: set the number of figs produced based on preorder numbers. I'm not sure they would need to produce more, but at least scalpers wouldn't perorder them anymore, because most people wanted one could get one. It's just that they would directly reach hands of interested people.
I don't care if I put a non-refundable preorder on Nintendo website or elsewhere as long as I'm sure I'll get one.
Cosmonaut X
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Yeah, using data gathered from the first few waves to set future production runs would make a lot of sense too. I can understand Nintendo being Nintendo and going into this cautiously - new venture, not sure of market response, not keen on being lumbered/lumbering retailers with lots of inventory - but they have months of hard data now, so they should be adjusting their production pipelines with that in mind.
Phillips455
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Yeah, i doubt they will be easily available now. The online stores have learned from wave 3 and that is not to keep selling pre-orders for them until they get their stock in from Nintendo.
Wave 3 was a mess in that pre-orders were open for about a whole month or 2. (They started in early November and i remember still being able to order in mid December). They only took in a few pre-orders. If they have more stock left over after taking into account how much to send to stores and to accommodate current pre-orders, then they will be put back up.
i would say in early April pre-orders would be back up, since that should be enough time for stores to check their stock.
Keep trying, happened to me the first few tries but managed to get an order to stick eventually. Hopefully their stock-checking system is more reliable than Game's...
Windom Earle
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Yeah, it's definitely a weird achievement but I guess that thrill is just one of the factors that makes people collect stuff.
I got in contact to another collector on ebay Kleinanzeigen who was willing to trade his Mac for my Villager and sold me a Rosalina for a pretty fair price (20€
. I got really lucky with amazon.de. I don't expect the other 2 to come through, I doubt they will receive a lot of stock and I don't know if my order was early enough (Alternate and Computeruniverse). I will probably cancel them in time if amazon comes though.
edit: I see Comtech is also taking preorders now, no idea if they are reliable.
TheMoon
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