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[amiibos] The Great Restockening is Upon Us. Hie Thee to Target.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    TimFiji wrote: »
    skeldare wrote: »

    And yet we still have all those jokes like "oh the amiibo support is great...for those 100 people who own them"

    100 people own 7 million amiibo?! No wonder they hard to find

    Yeah, the amiibos make excellent camouflage.

  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited September 2015
    TRU opens at 10am here? That seems late, but I guess each is different.

    I'll head over at 9:30am and hang out I guess.

    Are stores supposed to be restocking a bunch or just getting in Mario Maker and Bowser Jr.?

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Is there any info from Amazon about how many amiibo they have in stock? I don't think I have the will to wake up at 6:30 to stand in line at a target for ZSS and retro mario this time around.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    TimFiji wrote: »
    skeldare wrote: »

    And yet we still have all those jokes like "oh the amiibo support is great...for those 100 people who own them"

    100 people own 7 million amiibo?! No wonder they hard to find

    Yeah, the amiibos make excellent camouflage.

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    Riokenn wrote: »
    Can you move their lil arms or are they sown to the body?

    They are sewn on but they move a tiny bit since it's like a little nub. The entire thing is very soft and very well crafted. Even if they were not amiibo they are really awesome quality.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    TimFiji wrote: »
    skeldare wrote: »

    And yet we still have all those jokes like "oh the amiibo support is great...for those 100 people who own them"

    100 people own 7 million amiibo?! No wonder they hard to find

    Yeah, the amiibos make excellent camouflage.

    No one will ever find your body!

  • TimFijiTimFiji Beast Lord Halfway2AnywhereRegistered User regular
    Tried wal-mart before work this morning. Such horrible customer service. It's so hit or miss trying there in person.

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    • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
      I'm gonna hit Target on my way to work. I don't really care much about Amiibos but the pixelated Mario is too damn cool. And if I don't find one, my collection remains unchanged: non-existant.

    • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
      Woke up and WalMart mobile website said it had the ones I want in stock at the closest store. Head over and nothing. Check again, website says pick up in a week.

      I dunno if its all walmarts, but mine does this alot. Says its in stock but it's not. Its even more annoying when I try to buy it online. Product page says in store pick up in an hour, checkout page says a week.

      Worst part is I always forget.

    • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
      McFlynn wrote: »
      Woke up and WalMart mobile website said it had the ones I want in stock at the closest store. Head over and nothing. Check again, website says pick up in a week.

      I dunno if its all walmarts, but mine does this alot. Says its in stock but it's not. Its even more annoying when I try to buy it online. Product page says in store pick up in an hour, checkout page says a week.

      Worst part is I always forget.

      I always assumed this way due to how often they push their inventory data, like 1/day or something. Kinda sucks in 2015, for sure.

    • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
      edited September 2015
      SUCCESS! I have snagged all remaining amiibo I need (except Bowser Jr.) from Nebraska Furniture Mart's website and thus avoided paying the stupid Geoffrey tax on all but one :D Now to wait in line for 2 hours for that last one :P

      http://www.nfm.com/list.aspx?dsNav=Ntk:primary|amiibo|3|,Ro:0,Ns:p_is_bestseller|101|-1|&dsDS=D:amiibo&dsCDS=D:amiibo&fromsearch=true&q=amiibo
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      (kind of wish Target hadn't *actually* shipped Ganondorf so I could have cancelled that one, but oh well.... ironically looks like he might arrive today and Dr. Mario not, even though Dr. Mario shipped way the hell at the start of the week and Ganondorf just shipped Wed -_-)

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    • RiokennRiokenn Registered User regular
      5th in line at Toys R Us. It wasn't that bad, everyone got on of each. (About 20 people) though the scalper cutting everyone cause his mom saved a spot to get two amiibos was a bit annoying.

      Point is fuck scalpers.

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    • ManetherenWolfManetherenWolf Registered User regular
      edited September 2015
      Yeah the target I went to tried to limit it to 1 total amiibo per customer. There were ALOT of pissed off customers

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    • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
      128 bowser jr at the NE Philly TRU. Tons left.

      Ganon is gone. I think anniversary Mario is gone as well. Had some squid girls there.

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    • Fleur de AlysFleur de Alys Biohacker Registered User regular
      edited September 2015
      Got the Splatoon 3-pack from a (very) short window of online order availability! Hooray!

      Stood in line at Target for the first time this morning on the way to work. Got Ganondorf and the last of their 8-bit classic Marios. I was 5th in line, and they were limiting to two total amiibo per customer. Yikes. Also have Mario Maker; the rubix cube is rad.

      This is going to be a looooong work day. Or maybe a really short one >_>

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    • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
      I went to the best buy canada website, just to see if maybe something went up early there. Hilariously they appear to have pulled every amiibo from the website, at least temporarily, only things that show up in a search for amiibo are games that use it and pre-order bundles.

      going to be fun when they put them all back up.

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    • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
      Stopped in this morning at the local Target. About 8-10 in line.. I missed that line because I didn't realize they were doing something special.

      Lady right before me got the last Zero Suit Samus. Store was limiting Amiibo to 2 per customer. I got pixel Mario and Olimar, and a copy of Super Mario Maker without the pack-in.

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    • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
      edited September 2015
      Baaaah... Hurry up and be 10am already.... My feet hurt and I want my Bowser Jr :PP


      Edit: hahahahahaha 144 Bowser Jrs. They didn't even bother doing tickets for him

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    • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
      Picked up Ganondorf and 8-bit Mario today. That brings my total up to 7.

    • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
      Got 'ma Ganondorf, Samus, and 8 bit Modern Mario. I kept saying for months that after 'Dorf, I am out. But after the Splatoon amiibo, and now the special Mario one... If they keep releasing amiibo that do special in game functions for the games I want... It's never gonna end. :(

      Man, the pictures of Ganondorf did not do him justice. Apparently I completely missed the fact that he has a rad as shit cape.

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    • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
      Gamestop in Canton, MA had zero pre-orders for the figures they got in stock (which was all of the new ones, apparently). I snagged the one and only Amiibo I will ever buy, 30th pixelated classic Mario. Thought about getting Samus for a moment until I realized I don't care for the Zero Suit and if I bought more than one, I'd be doomed to buy more than "more than one."

      This was after I went to Target, found they didn't get any in stock, saw the Easton store had them in stock on the website, drove the 20 minutes over there and found out they were sold out since they opened. Glad their website updates consistently! Just randomly stopped at the Gamestop to see if they had them and got lucky.

    • ZythonZython Registered User regular
      Got 'ma Ganondorf, Samus, and 8 bit Modern Mario. I kept saying for months that after 'Dorf, I am out. But after the Splatoon amiibo, and now the special Mario one... If they keep releasing amiibo that do special in game functions for the games I want... It's never gonna end. :(

      Man, the pictures of Ganondorf did not do him justice. Apparently I completely missed the fact that he has a rad as shit cape.

      You in Europe? I want the modern mario, but that's only available here in a retailer-exclusive system bundle. >.<

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    • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
      Only three people in line at my local Gamestop. Looks like they weren't well trafficked due to the exclusives, if you're looking for non-exclusives.

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    • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
      There, got everything except Ganondorf and Dr. Mario, who will arrive whenever the hell UPS gets off their ass and delivers them.

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    • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
      Zython wrote: »
      Got 'ma Ganondorf, Samus, and 8 bit Modern Mario. I kept saying for months that after 'Dorf, I am out. But after the Splatoon amiibo, and now the special Mario one... If they keep releasing amiibo that do special in game functions for the games I want... It's never gonna end. :(

      Man, the pictures of Ganondorf did not do him justice. Apparently I completely missed the fact that he has a rad as shit cape.

      You in Europe? I want the modern mario, but that's only available here in a retailer-exclusive system bundle. >.<

      American Europe. AKA Canada. :) Yeah, for some reason we get him as an individual release, albeit Walmart exclusive for whatever reason.

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    • ZythonZython Registered User regular
      Zython wrote: »
      Got 'ma Ganondorf, Samus, and 8 bit Modern Mario. I kept saying for months that after 'Dorf, I am out. But after the Splatoon amiibo, and now the special Mario one... If they keep releasing amiibo that do special in game functions for the games I want... It's never gonna end. :(

      Man, the pictures of Ganondorf did not do him justice. Apparently I completely missed the fact that he has a rad as shit cape.

      You in Europe? I want the modern mario, but that's only available here in a retailer-exclusive system bundle. >.<

      American Europe. AKA Canada. :) Yeah, for some reason we get him as an individual release, albeit Walmart exclusive for whatever reason.

      Nice. I just ordered the classic mario from Wal-Mart, but I might want to trade it with someone for the modern colors when that's individually released in the states. I don't know. Dammit, Nintendo!

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    • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
      I was waffling so hard back and forth. I wasn't terribly interested in getting both. So which one? Classic Mario is classic, NES colours. Pure. Nostalgic. Representative of nearly the first video game I ever really owned (I had an Intellivision, but I was like 2-3 at the time, so it's not where my soul truly lies). Modern Mario looks exactly like he does now, and doesn't have the weird thing the classic has where his shirt, eyes, and hair/mustache are all the same exact colour (I know it's NES colour limitations... it's still weird :)).

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    • ZythonZython Registered User regular
      I was waffling so hard back and forth. I wasn't terribly interested in getting both. So which one? Classic Mario is classic, NES colours. Pure. Nostalgic. Representative of nearly the first video game I ever really owned (I had an Intellivision, but I was like 2-3 at the time, so it's not where my soul truly lies). Modern Mario looks exactly like he does now, and doesn't have the weird thing the classic has where his shirt, eyes, and hair/mustache are all the same exact colour (I know it's NES colour limitations... it's still weird :)).

      I like the modern one better because the brighter colors are more pleasing to look at.

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    • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
      I was waffling so hard back and forth. I wasn't terribly interested in getting both. So which one? Classic Mario is classic, NES colours. Pure. Nostalgic. Representative of nearly the first video game I ever really owned (I had an Intellivision, but I was like 2-3 at the time, so it's not where my soul truly lies). Modern Mario looks exactly like he does now, and doesn't have the weird thing the classic has where his shirt, eyes, and hair/mustache are all the same exact colour (I know it's NES colour limitations... it's still weird :)).

      Be real here. You'll end up with both. These are Amiibo we're talking about.

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    • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
      So strange...there's nothing super compelling that I really want out of today's wave except for the 8-bit Mario, so I didn't rush out to buy them this morning, but I know I'll own them sooner than later.

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    • General_ArmchairGeneral_Armchair Registered User regular
      I picked up Ganondorf at Gamestop on my lunch break. No sign of ZSS. I checked Walmart, but they had nothing. No clue if they are sold out or just bad at stocking their shelves. Staff are no help. At best they interpret my inquiry as a greeting of "amigo"

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    • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
      Walmart is the worst for anything beyond "What aisle are the potato chips in?"... And even sometimes that can't be answered without calling for a manager.

    • General_ArmchairGeneral_Armchair Registered User regular
      I do not care for Walmart. I've been there maybe five times this year, and one of those times my fingers got slashed by a razor blade hidden inside a 12 pack of soda.

      Not really Walmart's fault, but that is the type of crowd they tend to attract.

      I don't go there after the sun sets.

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    • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
      Yeah, information actually coming out from management or department managers in regards to just about anything is rare if not impossible. Doubly so when they try to run the store with the minimum number of people possible and have people covering departments that they don't really know anything about.

      And anyone who actually *does* know things about a department are the ones that get disenfranchised and leave, or never actually put into that department.

      Some shit, it has been seen over the years. Like the customer who tried to steal PS4's by shoving them down their pants.

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    • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
      Hum. Someone at amazon is very smart.

      if you search for "Amibo" not "Amiibo" on page 3 you get some porn novel in the listing.

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    • TimFijiTimFiji Beast Lord Halfway2AnywhereRegistered User regular
      azith28 wrote: »
      Hum. Someone at amazon is very smart.

      if you search for "Amibo" not "Amiibo" on page 3 you get some porn novel in the listing.

      I just thought my collection was different from everyone else's because I imported them!

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      • TayaTaya Registered User regular
        My amiibo hunt was successful and I didn't even have to take a day off work. I ordered ZSS and Olimar when they went up briefly on amazon.ca. On my 9:30 break I went to Toys R Us and got Bowser Jr, Classic Mario, and Ganondorf. On my 12:30 lunch break I went to Walmart and got Dr.Mario and Modern Mario.

        It's so rare that everything goes smoothly.

      • General_ArmchairGeneral_Armchair Registered User regular
        So if I understand everything correctly, I have ~1.5 hours left before I need to scramble my F5's to get ZSS from Amazon ?

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      • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
        I'd really like a Bowser Jr. but I assume TRU is all picked clean by this point.

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      • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
        I'd really like a Bowser Jr. but I assume TRU is all picked clean by this point.
        Wouldn't hurt to look - mine had a buttload

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