The Nintendo Amiibo Discussion Thread

[CheapAssassin]

Originally Posted by 0329liuken

A flawed amiibo is worth more than my whole collection... I think it's a good time for us to stop collecting start sitting in front of best buy every morning...

Ken.. when you see a statue / figurine Nathan Drake head on a Lara Croft body in China, remember to buy it and bring it back to America. Put your signature on it, and sell it on eBay. $$$$! StayFree probably will be the highest bidder, since there is a signature on it.

[0329liuken]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Ken.. when you see a statue / figurine Nathan Drake head on a Lara Croft body in China, remember to buy it and bring it back to America. Put your signature on it, and sell it on eBay. $$$$! StayFree probably will be the highest bidder, since there is a signature on it.

I will ask my whole family to sign it to rise the price

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by 0329liuken

I will ask my whole family to sign it to rise the price

Yeah, got myself Diddy and Little Mac earlier today via TRU website. I currently am lacking access to a vehicle during the day where I'm at, so can't get out like I used to at the moment.

Yeah, alot of people on CAG definitely go into freak-out-mode, but I can understand. It's frustrating how difficult some of these are to come by for certain areas. I think Nintendo got a HUGE boost in sales on these once media outlets started saying that WFT/Marth/Villager were being discontinued -- the general sentiment beforehand by "most" people was that they'd all be around and easily available so people could jump in and get them whenever, but as soon as they found out that it wasn't going to work that way, everyone (including resellers) ran to these things.

[singer07]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Yeah, got myself Diddy and Little Mac earlier today via TRU website. I currently am lacking access to a vehicle during the day where I'm at, so can't get out like I used to at the moment.

Yeah, alot of people on CAG definitely go into freak-out-mode, but I can understand. It's frustrating how difficult some of these are to come by for certain areas. I think Nintendo got a HUGE boost in sales on these once media outlets started saying that WFT/Marth/Villager were being discontinued -- the general sentiment beforehand by "most" people was that they'd all be around and easily available so people could jump in and get them whenever, but as soon as they found out that it wasn't going to work that way, everyone (including resellers) ran to these things.

Yeah that definitely holds true for wave 1, but i cant honestly think that its going to hold true for wave 2 and on, except for maybe the exclusives and ike. i mean, lmac and diddy being worth 100? if that happens then im just going to buy multiples of every amiibo just to be prepared. But i mean i just picked up 2 more diddys at target a half hour ago, and best buy hasnt even got there wave 2's out for sale yet.

[Crimson_Dragon92]

I just got into these when I found out that Nintendo wont be producing them in large numbers. I didnt really have money at the time of launch.

I'd really like a Marth and Villager for my collection (in box). I'm hoping they re release them soon over here in the US. I know I could import for about $20usd a piece, but the packaging is different and I know it'd bug me.

[Twisted]

i remember the first days of amiibo release my local toys r us had tons of villager..like at least around 50....but who knew?..they would become such a hot commoditie,.,,they had marth too..actually they had at least 50 of each of the 1st batch release...i'm NOT collecting these at all..because i think there would be an infinite number of these...imagine how many releases over the next 2 to 3 years?..well over 100 figures i would think...and NINTENDO sent surveys to some people asking about how interested they would be in "color variants"?..and "store exclusive limited editions"..even like where you'd go to a GAMESTOP..and line up at midnight..and in the morning they'd release 25 per store, of a different color, and that'll be it kind of thing etc..just to keep the buzz alive around amiibo and get people talking/trending about it..and bring in more buyers/collectors...

[Iwatasan]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

TRU/GS released theirs on Friday. SOME Targets did. Others and Walmart released theirs on Sunday (yesterday) and BestBuy is refusing to until the 17th (for one or two of the figures) and the 19th for the other(s).

I got my Zelda from Best Buy on Sunday 12/14. Maybe because it was a preorder? That's when the e-mail said to come pick it up.

Originally Posted by Twisted

i remember the first days of amiibo release my local toys r us had tons of villager..like at least around 50....but who knew?..they would become such a hot commoditie,.,,

I called it on October 30 yo!

Originally Posted by Iwatasan

So the lamest characters will end up being the most valuable in the future? Quickly, someone predict the future value in 5 years of the rarest amiibo---I'm trying to figure out how many Villagers I should preorder.

Limited shelf space for their amiibos. More like, too many characters in Smash Bros. am I right?

But yeah I'm not collecting these for all the same reasons Twisted. All I have now is Link and Zelda, and I have Toon Link and Sheik preordered. I'm only planning to pick up Zelda and EarthBound characters.

[KnightOfTruth]

Good or bad news depending on your feelings about amiibo: looks like StarFox and the new Zelda will support amiibo

Zelda Wii U and Star Fox Wii U News

[MaXXimus5000]

Greetings, ive contemplated getting the amiibo to only the ones i wanted but after seeing how nicely theyre sculpted i had to do like pokemon and gotta catch em all. I am currently living in Australia but was born n raised in the states, the amiibo craze is barely starting to hit now. I prefer getting the amiibos here as opposed to the states. I got wave 1 & 2 complete, although i was lucky to get nearly all of wave 1 on the shelf a day after release all minus Marth which i had to pay a premium for. Wave 2 preordered luckily and have in hand.


Wave 3..., idk where to start. I luckily preordered all the figures that were going to be "exclusive" to retailers (dumb idea imo) back in the states. The rest i decided to preorder and have those shipped to my usa address. The store i preordered the rest were...toys r us. Now if you havent been reading of this youll know that tru sent a massive wave of cancelled preorders due to technical matters. Tru are trying to correct the situation by reinstating orders ONLY if you paid by cc, if you paid by paypal they couldnt legally reinstate your order why idk.


Anyway in the next few days they are supposedly going to resend an email to be able to reorder them again. I feel its too late to order them at this stage and ill miss out on the figures but the discount they had fir buy one get one 40%off. So after i got the cancellation i went nuts trying to preorder the ones im missing. I went to the eb games here, they said as of 9am that morning preordered placed prior would get their figures the rest were sol. They said they had limited amount available online so i rushed back home to order. Was able to get all but ike which was sold out.

Went searching online and preordered at walmart which had all including ike. I placed the order and so thats where i am right now i have half guaranteed whereas the others its up in the air due to demand. I have 2 sets of preorders placed in case one gets cancelled. I dont know what tru are planning to do but if they allow me to order guaranteed figures discounted ill cancel the others but at this point i really dont trust tru, so im wondering wth to do with all of these orders. I hate that amiibo have taken off, happy for Nintendo but not for regular customers/fans looking to get a hold of their favorite fjgure due to scalpers.

Sorry for the long post lol

[Iwatasan]

Originally Posted by MaXXimus5000

Sorry for the long post lol

Nah decent rant. The mess you're going through with these is exactly why I won't be collecting them all though. Good luck with that.