Amiibos Currently Available and for Pre-order. Wave 4 announced *Do not post trades here!*

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If there are any sales or important updates, message me so I can post it on the first page rather than people scrolling through every page.
Ill keep the list updated for new amiibos and when they are on sale.
The average cost for the Amiibos are usually priced at $12.99.
Toys R Us
*None
http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=bfbogoamiibo&keywords=bfbogoamiibo&origkw=bfbogoamiibo&sr=1
Best Buy
*GCU - 20% off
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/amiibo-wave-1-129222

Gohasting

http://www.gohastings.com/catalog/search_all.cmd?form_state=global-search-form-form&keywords=amiibos&search-button.x=0&search-button.y=0&search-button=true&productType=0&query=&form_state=siteSearchForm&department=AllSearch&departmentName=AllSearch&dynamic=&search=true&source=global&condition=0

Target

*Tracker
http://brickseek.com/sets/target_inventory
Wave 1
207-00-5001 - Mario
207-00-5002 - Pikachu
207-00-5003 - Link
207-00-5004 - Peach
207-00-5005 - Yoshi
207-00-5006 - Donkey Kong
207-00-5007 - Kirby
207-00-5008 - Villager
207-00-5009 - Fox
207-00-5010 - Samus
207-00-5011 - Marth
207-00-5012 - Wii Fit Trainer
Wave 2
207-00-5013 - Luigi
207-00-5014 - Zelda
207-00-5015 - Little Mac
207-00-5016 - Diddy Kong
207-00-5017 - Pit
207-00-5018 - Captain Falcon
*None
http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=amiibos&category=0|All|matchallpartial|all+categories&lnk=snav_sbox_amiibos
Gamestop

*None
http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-3-amiibos,28zu0
Walmart
*None
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=amiibos

Updates

* There would be reprints for Marth in the upcoming months

* Wave 4 amiibos announced

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* A new set of amiibos would be available for the Super Mario

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Exclusives [2/2015]
Lucario [Toys R Us Exclusive]
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=54369136&cp=&parentPage=search
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Shulk [Gamestop Exclusive]
http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/shulk-amiibo-figure-gamestop-exclusive/118681?affid=9797%26cid=ppc_60000004&u1=7240463.38-1012976
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Meta Knight [Best Buy Exclusive]
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-meta-knight-multi/1375009.p?id=1219489217565&skuId=1375009&productCategoryId=pcmcat306400050032&ref=199&loc=FKSJxY2VJAk&acampID=1&siteID=FKSJxY2VJAk-Hw7UDBCoIhfOJkja3R_y6g
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Rosalina and Luma [Target Exclusive]
*Currently not live for pre-order
http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-amiibo-rosalina-luma-tgt-ex/-/A-16811585#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=rosalina+amiibo
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Wave 1: Currently Available
Mario
Link
Pikachu
Samus
Donkey Kong
Peach
Yoshi
The Villager
Kirby
Fox McCloud
Marth
Wii Fit Instructor
Wave 2 [12/14/2014]
Diddy Kong
Zelda
Little Mac
Pit
Luigi
Captain Falcon
Pre-order
Wave 3 [2/2015]
Mega Man
Sonic
Sheik
Toon Link
Bowser
King Dedede
Ike

Wave 4 [Spring/2015]

Robin

Lucina

Ness

PacMan

Charizard

Wario

Wave 5(?) [3/2015]

Mario

Peach

Luigi

Bowser

Yoshi

Toad

 
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I called TRU to complain and they said they have no access to the Amiibo inventory so he couldn't tell me where to get another one or be able to ship it, but he gave me a $10 coupon code, though I never gave him my order number or anything.

 
Wheeldog63 said:
Waited for an hour at the national city, CA TRU after having them tell me a few days ago they would have them for sale today. I was #2 in line with about 20 or so being there when they opened the doors. The guy opens the doors and says "all we have is for preorders". Needless to say all San Diego is sold out with most stores having people camping out at 4am.
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That's disappointing. That's actually one of the stores in San Diego that claimed they destroyed their cards before they sold any. I went there multiple times during those few days when preorder cards were starting to pop up and each time a different employee claimed they hadn't received them and finally, two different employees told me they destroyed them because they were told not to sell them.

 
maximumzero said:
All these stories are ridiculous. I don't think Nintendo would have guessed in their wildest dreams that these things would be that popular.
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Agreed. BUT Nintendo had plenty of time during the end of wave 1/all of wave 2 to see the demand is there and starting from wave 3 going forward, they could have done much better.

And they didnt. I doubt anything will change for wave 4 either. Which is kinda sad tbh.
 
Have orders from TRU, BBY, and Amazon, but only my BBY Shiek is preparing to order (for two days). reading about people grabbing them in store is making me so impatient.

 
Nintendo_Hawk said:
Agreed. BUT Nintendo had plenty of time during the end of wave 1/all of wave 2 to see the demand is there and starting from wave 3 going forward, they could have done much better.

And they didnt. I doubt anything will change for wave 4 either. Which is kinda sad tbh.
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I can't fully blame them, I mean, have you seen the Wii U section of an average retail store lately? At most you'll find a four-foot section for games and another 4-foot section for accessories. Keep in mind that both these sections are mixed selections of both Wii and Wii U products, and are often fairly barren and lopsided stock-wise anyway. (Most local Best Buys have about 50 copies of Super Smash Bros. on the shelf and only one or two copies of a handful of other titles.)

Retailers are increasingly wanting less and less to do with Nintendo product because it just doesn't sell in the same numbers that it used to, and as such they're ordering less and less of it.

Because retailers aren't willing to sell the product, Nintendo isn't producing as much of it to prevent warehouses being full of unsellable products.

And that's how we're in the situation we are now.
 
ryuzx said:
I'm not assuming an inherent demand, and your paraphrasing of my argument is false. And this isn't a vacuum--- we have Disney and Activision as some precursor to what Nintendo's success could be. People are obviously not chasing after these with such a crappy attach rate of 1.6 to 1, and that is meaningful because there are 18 different ones to choose from. That claim that I'm assuming the rarer ones are outselling is also false--- I am hardly saying that as it is known those were underproduced. However if all figures are sold equally worldwide Nintendo only sold 320,000 of any Amiibo across the globe, and that's not good for attach rates for widespread demand.
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Hate to break it to you, but nintendo has already sold 5.7 million amiibos and that's not even counting January Sales or preorders
 
gnoh said:
Dude your original thesis was that Nintendo isn't selling the optimal amount of amiibos that it could be. You based that off the fact that amiibos per smash copies sold is very low and said that lack of variety is partially to blame. Don't move the goalposts here. All took away from your this paragraph is that Nintendo should be lucky to have sold that many amiibos as is, which is partially true and why they're doing this forced scarcity campaign in the US.
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Skiizim said "You said that their goal is to get each person to buy as many figures as possible, isn't that happening?" and I'm saying that is not what it is happening. I've not moved a goal post. I didn't say the lack of variety is to blame, that the variety available is further evidence that the numbers Nintendo touted as being sold is poor by attach rates to WiiU Smash sold or even presuming equal distribution per character available.

 
maximumzero said:
I can't fully blame them, I mean, have you seen the Wii U section of an average retail store lately? At most you'll find a four-foot section for games and another 4-foot section for accessories. Keep in mind that both these sections are mixed selections of both Wii and Wii U products, and are often fairly barren and lopsided stock-wise anyway. (Most local Best Buys have about 50 copies of Super Smash Bros. on the shelf and only one or two copies of a handful of other titles.)Retailers are increasingly wanting less and less to do with Nintendo product because it just doesn't sell in the same numbers that it used to, and as such they're ordering less and less of it.Because retailers aren't willing to sell the product, Nintendo isn't producing as much of it to prevent warehouses being full of unsellable products.And that's how we're in the situation we are now.
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Actually, Nintendo is notorious for using artificial demand to drum up sales. They did it to extreme levels with the Wii to the point where you didn't really see on on store shelves for a good 6 months. The harder it is to find, the more people talk about it and the more people want it. Its smart business, but shitty business.
 
If there are huge shortages of the next 2 waves(SMB Series and wave 4) that will be disappointing.  You can say what you want about Nintendo not knowing the demand of the first few waves, or the fact that they are creating a demand.  But, to maximize sales and profits, at some point, they need to come close to meeting the demand.

 
The1llusiveMan said:
Ok, so here's my story...

Calling and calling and calling and every TRU around me had only 4 - 6 to sell. All were expecting lines.

So I thought, eh, why not call the TRU's around my mom in FL. She loves hunting for stuff too, no matter what it is (that's where I get it from). So I called yesterday and the first one I called said they had 8. Sweet, I thought, and I asked if he could hold one. "Yeah, I could hold one for you man. What's your name?" I was SHOCKED. Didn't think that was going to work. Gave him my mom's name and he was cool about it.

So my mom went to a few TRU's (telling you, she loves this shit) and they all said they sold out in minutes. Finally got to the one they were holding it at (around 1130ish), and she said they were holding one for her. They looked, and couldn't find it in the preorder pile. While they were looking my mom overheard them picking up the phone that rang non-stop and everyone asking for Lucario. Manager invited her to the back.

He looked in the drawer where they keep stuff to hold for customers and employees. He was curious because his count of how many they had vs how many they sold was off. Sure enough. My freaking Lucario! He was totally dumbfounded. "We only had 8 of these to sell and this morning I had a line of more than 20 and had to send most home. THIS is not supposed to be in here. It was not supposed to be held for you." But seeing as how she was there and so was the figure, he gave it to her. It wasn't her fault or mine. It was the employee's since he held it. I asked, yeah, but you'll never know if there is a store that would agreeingly hold them with no problem.

But anyway, I lucked out BIG time. I hope everyone who didn't get one is able to find one soon.
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Someone told me an employee at target is holding a rosalina for him. I would be pissed if I got there early and they were all sold out and then he strolls in and gets one a few hours later. If target held one for everyone that asked there would be none left over for people waiting in line. That's great you got one but I would be pissed if that was common practice And I was on the other side of the situation
 
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ryuzx said:
Skiizim said "You said that their goal is to get each person to buy as many figures as possible, isn't that happening?" and I'm saying that is not what it is happening. I've not moved a goal post. I didn't say the lack of variety is to blame, that the variety available is further evidence that the numbers Nintendo touted as being sold is poor by attach rates to WiiU Smash sold or even presuming equal distribution per character available.
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Yeah, the numbers they put out equated to something around two per person average. Selling well but backing up that it's really a nice driving it.
 
thelastdon777 said:
does anyone think TRU is done with receiving Lucario? Is it a one and done thing or do you think they will get more in the coming weeks?
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I'm sure there will be a few very small restocks, like getting 1 or 2 in, or a shipment to the nintendo store, maybe sold online for 30 minutes, but other than that i wouldn't expect any. They haven't manufactured any new ones since nov. so if they decide to make more it probably won't be for 3 months or so.
 
In fairness to the discussion about supply and demand, I will say that Nintendo has done a very good job at creating supply of the Amiibos they prefer consumers to purchase (eg: Mario, Peach, Pikachu, etc). While stock certainly goes down, has anyone had any issue buying a Luigi when they wanted one?

A lot of the frustration has much more to do with their decision to make a variation of every single Smash Bros. character, which Nintendo would likely be unwise to produce in mass all 50+ of them. So the better critique would lie on their decision to even produce Wii Fit Trainer, Pit, etc, more so than the numbers of each that exist. 

That said, is the demand for, say, Captain Falcon or Villager due to the strength of those IP, is it due to their rare status, is it some other variable...or is it all of the above?

 
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elitewillie said:
Of course Toys R Us orders the figures. They have a buyer that tells Nintendo how many of each figure they want. Nintendo doesn't just send figures to stores. Stores have to order them. In this case the Buyers for Toys R Us didn't anticipate the demand for that figure so they didn't order more. Or they did want more and Nintendo told them they would only be making a certain amount. The point is that Toys R Us is responsible for the store not having more.
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If nintendo told them they only will make a certain amount that's not toysrus's fault
 
thelastdon777 said:
I do blame Nintendo. The goal/purpose of selling amiibos/infinity/skylanders for the company is to get each person to buy as many figures as possible. By not making them available, they are limiting their sales. If they did this and then strategically released more villagers or WFT then I would think they are genius. But they are not. Why wouldn't they take unlimited amount of preorders for wave 4???? Then they wouldn't have to guess on how many to make. I understand they didn't want to overproduce Villagers or Marth, but you can't convince me that they can't rerelease these figures in strategic quantities and sell more figures overall.
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Breakdown your argument for me again? Your original post states that Nintendo's not selling the optimal amount of amiibos by limiting demand. Your next post was attaching adoption rates from Smash players to amiibos etc.

You're saying implying that one part of Nintendo's inefficiencies is the lack of supply from the rarer amiibos. Is that correct?

I'm saying we know nothing of the inherent demand which is the base of what your arguing. Marth may sell like hotcakes upon re-release or people may not care and it'll flop.

 
gnoh said:
Can someone fill me in on what's happening between you and reddit?
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Trying to be concise as possible while still being clear: Some dude went on Reddit and wrote a story with a ton of embellished details in an attempt to shit-talk the first person in the store to get a Lucario [which was me; I've pretty much decided to let it go]. Another CAG commented on my subsequent buttmad posts in this thread and linked a silly redditor post. I was making a joke off that.

 
Just reporting back in.

The guy told me he had noticed the box stating "PREORDER" as well but assured me he wasn't showing anything in the system.  He told me he'd be more than happy to accept the return, but then he would just sell it to the next person that wanted one.

I'm still not convinced that someone didn't screw up somehow, but if it's just going to the next person that walks in then I may as well just keep it...  I tried, and that's good enough for me.

 
MetalGearHorus said:
Trying to be concise as possible while still being clear: Some dude went on Reddit and wrote a story with a ton of embellished details in an attempt to shit-talk the first person in the store to get a Lucario [which was me; I've pretty much decided to let it go]. Another CAG commented on my subsequent buttmad posts in this thread and linked a silly redditor post. I was making a joke off that.
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Nice. You got a link to the shit talk?
 
Warlock82 said:
I disagree. Lucario is a Pokemon and therefore popular. Nintendo isn't going to under-produce him like they would, say, Marth. I assume he'll be restocked at some point, tho no idea when.
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I think Pit is more well known than lucario. With Charizard coming out and pikachu already they don't need to make more pokemon
 
Mixer23 said:
Just reporting back in.

The guy told me he had noticed the box stating "PREORDER" as well but assured me he wasn't showing anything in the system. He told me he'd be more than happy to accept the return, but then he would just sell it to the next person that wanted one.

I'm still not convinced that someone didn't screw up somehow, but if it's just going to the next person that walks in then I may as well just keep it... I tried, and that's good enough for me.
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If the guys not gonna fess up to his mistake then you're Scott free as well. Props for being an amazing guy and actually going back to ask instead of taking and running
 
Stopped by my Target today, talked to the manager of electronics. He said he will definitely be limiting Rosalina to 1 or 2 per person, they hadn't decided yet. Either way, he promised me they would NOT let one person buy the entire stock, so at least now I can sleep a little easier. Here's hoping.

 
gnoh said:
If the guys not gonna fess up to his mistake then you're Scott free as well. Props for being an amazing guy and actually going back to ask instead of taking and running
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Thanks, I felt it was something I needed to do since the same thing has happened to me before. It caused me to never pre-order anything in store at BBY for a really long time.

 
Therealpandaman said:
In fairness to the discussion about supply and demand, I will say that Nintendo has done a very good job at creating supply of the Amiibos they prefer consumers to purchase (eg: Mario, Peach, Pikachu, etc). While stock certainly goes down, has anyone had any issue buying a Luigi when they wanted one?

A lot of the frustration has much more to do with their decision to make a variation of every single Smash Bros. character, which Nintendo would likely be unwise to produce in mass all 50+ of them. So the better critique would lie on their decision to even produce Wii Fit Trainer, Pit, etc, more so than the numbers of each that exist.

That said, is the demand for, say, Captain Falcon or Villager due to the strength of those IP, is it due to their rare status, is it some other variable...or is it all of the above?
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The demand is because they made too few and those that want them can't get them because they were snatched up by scalpers who descended on them once it was found out who the rare ones are (or who they thought was rare in the case of Fox). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Kirby, Pikachu, the Kongs, Link, Zelda, and now Bowser look to be produced in far greater quantities than the rest. What makes little sense is that Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Peach are getting double-dipped in March with another sculpt, while those in actual demand are hard to even find.

I personally like the Amiibo concept and would like it to continue. Perhaps starting with Smash Bros, with its large roster, was a misstep on their part. However it undermines the implementation in Smash to NOT release 1 of every character.

Pity to those who waited because all they have is the 3DS version. Is it reasonable to believe Nintendo will quietly reissue older figures once the 3DS adapter is released?

 
I was silly to think I would have a chance of walking into toyrus and grabbing a lucario after I got out of school at 3. Needless to say the employee told me they sold out in the morning. Ah well, I can live with that 14 bucks still in my wallet.
 
ryuzx said:
The demand is because they made too few and those that want them can't get them because they were snatched up by scalpers who descended on them once it was found out who the rare ones are (or who they thought was rare in the case of Fox). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Kirby, Pikachu, the Kongs, Link, Zelda, and now Bowser look to be produced in far greater quantities than the rest. What makes little sense is that Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Peach are getting double-dipped in March with another sculpt, while those in actual demand are hard to even find.

I personally like the Amiibo concept and would like it to continue. Perhaps starting with Smash Bros, with its large roster, was a misstep on their part. However it undermines the implementation in Smash to NOT release 1 of every character.

Pity to those who waited because all they have is the 3DS version. Is it reasonable to believe Nintendo will quietly reissue older figures once the 3DS adapter is released?
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It makes sense for exactly the reason he said. Those are the ones you are supposed to be getting because they are supported by the most games.
 
ryuzx said:
The demand is because they made too few and those that want them can't get them because they were snatched up by scalpers who descended on them once it was found out who the rare ones are (or who they thought was rare in the case of Fox). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Kirby, Pikachu, the Kongs, Link, Zelda, and now Bowser look to be produced in far greater quantities than the rest. What makes little sense is that Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Peach are getting double-dipped in March with another sculpt, while those in actual demand are hard to even find.

I personally like the Amiibo concept and would like it to continue. Perhaps starting with Smash Bros, with its large roster, was a misstep on their part. However it undermines the implementation in Smash to NOT release 1 of every character.

Pity to those who waited because all they have is the 3DS version. Is it reasonable to believe Nintendo will quietly reissue older figures once the 3DS adapter is released?
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There's been 3120 sales of Pit (international and domestic) on ebay, that in no way is significant to and would probably translate to less than 1 per store that would want them. That's the only sign of after market demand I can find so far and that's really not that much.

I don't know if they will. I think Marth will be the big determination and there's a huge risk of Nintendo overreading demand from the vocal minority and shooting themselves in the foot by overproducing them. That will likely set the tone for re-releases

 
bojay1997 said:
That's disappointing. That's actually one of the stores in San Diego that claimed they destroyed their cards before they sold any. I went there multiple times during those few days when preorder cards were starting to pop up and each time a different employee claimed they hadn't received them and finally, two different employees told me they destroyed them because they were told not to sell them.
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Yeah that's why I went there instead of any other TRU, I explicitly asked this week if they had any preorders to fill and they said no. I think something shady was going on to be honest, multiple people said they were never able to preorder them there and the people told them too to show up on Friday. And then bam they open the door and had 0 for sale.
 
ryuzx said:
The demand is because they made too few and those that want them can't get them because they were snatched up by scalpers who descended on them once it was found out who the rare ones are (or who they thought was rare in the case of Fox). Mario, Luigi, Peach, Kirby, Pikachu, the Kongs, Link, Zelda, and now Bowser look to be produced in far greater quantities than the rest. What makes little sense is that Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Peach are getting double-dipped in March with another sculpt, while those in actual demand are hard to even find.

I personally like the Amiibo concept and would like it to continue. Perhaps starting with Smash Bros, with its large roster, was a misstep on their part. However it undermines the implementation in Smash to NOT release 1 of every character.

Pity to those who waited because all they have is the 3DS version. Is it reasonable to believe Nintendo will quietly reissue older figures once the 3DS adapter is released?
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Nintendo is producing more Peach, Mario, etc because thats the figure they want the consumer to focus on. Though we are most vocal, the vast majority of their customers dont hunt these down on message boards...they buy one or two on the shelf because, hey, they like Mario. If they are reprinting more Marios, its because thats the character they feel will benefit them to make.

I, for one, am unhappy that getting Little Mac and Captain Falcon costs an arm and a leg. I dont have any access to data that suggests creating a limited supply to certain products in a series of something increases sales, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. But from a business angle, I certainly get why the corporate machine that is Nintendo has made the decisions they have. It just sucks.

 
My TRU Lucario still has to ship as well as my BB King Dedede and Meta Knight. BB Bowser and Toon Link shipped a few days ago. Anyone have any of these ship for them?
 
Dede and MetaKnight have not shipped for me yet from BB. Ive heard mid Feb on those, but who knows. They did send me my Sheik tho, yesterday. Should have in hand Monday.
 
Having already gotten Lucario from overseas and Rosalina at MAGFest, my main Amiibo focus today wasn't buying them (unless the stores did get the 2/13 figures early), but rather to gauge the situation in terms of the store exclusives.

My first stop was my local Target to get an idea of how many Rosalina figures that the store ended up getting in for. From the information the lady at electronics gave me, my Target got about eight of her in the back. Definitely better stocked than Captain Falcon (which only had four figures available when I bought him last month), but less than the usual common figure (i.e. any other Super Mario Amiibo).

Afterwards, I went to the Toys R Us in Waldorf, MD to get an idea of their Lucario situation. I learned from the worker at video games that the figure was sold out within minutes of the store opening, with people waiting in line outside of the store to get it.

In short: if the Lucario situation is a telltale sign, then expect Rosalina to sell out quickly on Sunday. I'm not too worried about it since I already got her last weekend. However, I may want to pick up another one in case a friend of my brother needs one.

As for my current Amiibo concerns, the ones that really bother me are the ones that are slated for 2/13, as I have another convention happening that weekend. While I do have Ike and Mega Man pre-ordered at Gamestop, I'm more concerned about the 48 pick-up window for them (not to mention the fact that I don't want to second guess the possible popularity of the Sonic Amiibo and may want to get him ASAP since I failed to pre-order him).

 
TnAdct1 said:
Having already gotten Lucario from overseas and Rosalina at MAGFest, my main Amiibo focus today wasn't buying them (unless the stores did get the 2/13 figures early), but rather to gauge the situation in terms of the store exclusives.

My first stop was my local Target to get an idea of how many Rosalina figures that the store ended up getting in for. From the information the lady at electronics gave me, my Target got about eight of her in the back. Definitely better stocked than Captain Falcon (which only had four figures available when I bought him last month), but less than the usual common figure (i.e. any other Super Mario Amiibo).

Afterwards, I went to the Toys R Us in Waldorf, MD to get an idea of their Lucario situation. I learned from the worker at video games that the figure was sold out within minutes of the store opening, with people waiting in line outside of the store to get it.

In short: if the Lucario situation is a telltale sign, then expect Rosalina to sell out quickly on Sunday. I'm not too worried about it since I already got her last weekend. However, I may want to pick up another one in case a friend of my brother needs one.

As for my current Amiibo concerns, the ones that really bother me are the ones that are slated for 2/13, as I have another convention happening that weekend. While I do have Ike and Mega Man pre-ordered at Gamestop, I'm more concerned about the 48 pick-up window for them (not to mention the fact that I don't want to second guess the possible popularity of the Sonic Amiibo and may want to get him ASAP since I failed to pre-order him).
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I am to the point that if my pre-orders don't come in, I will just order from overseas. It isn't worth the hassle to drive everywhere.
 
Amonthar said:
I called the one at Wolfchase and they have mine there as it was a pre-order. Thankfully, I got the next to last card when I did.
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I figured. Never been that big of deal considering I'm an sm of Gamestop so I can get nearly any amiibo I desire especially by knowing the Nintendo rep. Lucario I was just chill on and it came back to bite me. However I've had villager and Wii fit trainer for months and didn't bite because I'd rather see others happy. The only one I purchased personally was Bowser. I believe I'll land Lux here eventually. Those are the only two guys I smash with
 
gnoh said:
Breakdown your argument for me again? Your original post states that Nintendo's not selling the optimal amount of amiibos by limiting demand. Your next post was attaching adoption rates from Smash players to amiibos etc.

You're saying implying that one part of Nintendo's inefficiencies is the lack of supply from the rarer amiibos. Is that correct?

I'm saying we know nothing of the inherent demand which is the base of what your arguing. Marth may sell like hotcakes upon re-release or people may not care and it'll flop.
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I'm saying that I don't understand how a company like Nintendo could not be more accurate with meeting the demand.

With existing characters like Marth-Villager-WFT they could presell them again and make the appropriate amount. If it's a shelf space issue, they could sell online only.

With waves 3, 4, and smb series they have HARD numbers on what amazon/bb/gs/etc. have preordered. They knew a while ago how many Lucario's they had presold. You're telling me they couldn't produce more Lucarios for launch? Each TRU on avg had 3-4 for walk ins. I can't believe they couldn't supply more.

They now have a demand, and they have accurate presell numbers.

Why in the world would they offer amazon to preorder SMB series and say we are limiting you to "x" number. Why not keep the preorders rolling and manage production accordingly? That doesn't even take into account walk ins at stores and most preorders are online so shelf space is irrelevant

 
my hope is that this will not be the only shipment of Lucarios....you'd think they'd want to continue to supply retailer exclusive amiibo

.....but i'm not holding my breath :wall:

 
thelastdon777 said:
I'm saying that I don't understand how a company like Nintendo could not be more accurate with meeting the demand.

With existing characters like Marth-Villager-WFT they could presell them again and make the appropriate amount. If it's a shelf space issue, they could sell online only.

With waves 3, 4, and smb series they have HARD numbers on what amazon/bb/gs/etc. have preordered. They knew a while ago how many Lucario's they had presold. You're telling me they couldn't produce more Lucarios for launch? Each TRU on avg had 3-4 for walk ins. I can't believe they couldn't supply more.
They now have a demand, and they have accurate presell numbers.
Why in the world would they offer amazon to preorder SMB series and say we are limiting you to "x" number. Why not keep the preorders rolling and manage production accordingly? That doesn't even take into account walk ins at stores and most preorders are online so shelf space is irrelevant
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Fact is, they stopped taking preorders over a month ago on most of these. Many people wanted to preorder were not able to do so. Preorder figures were much lower than actual demand, but I don't think they took this into account at all.
 
Got my preorder from TRS Aramingo in Philly. They had no extras or anything else from Wave 3.
Target on Castor was a total bust and I don't even check Walmart anymore.
 
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