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Amiibo Discussion Thread
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Scofield94941
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Anyone know when Rosalina will be up for preorder?
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
Yoshi punching Kirby in the gut as he smiles is SFW in my book.
Mockingbird
Member
Wow at Marth being discontinued already. I never even saw him in stock anywhere even once!
I'm increasingly less impressed by the quality standards for these figures, and recommend any collectors be careful buying online.
I just went to my local Wal-Mart because the Dallas metroplex still has tons of WFT (anyone around here, check Target and you'll find 90% within a 50 mile radius of Irving are still in stock), but there were surprisingly very few amiibos at all left - about a dozen total. Of these, here are some pics:
I recognize that the defects here are likely the reason they were still the few remaining to choose, but that seems to be a lot to me, and I've been to stores with larger selections with these issues.
I just went to my local Wal-Mart because the Dallas metroplex still has tons of WFT (anyone around here, check Target and you'll find 90% within a 50 mile radius of Irving are still in stock), but there were surprisingly very few amiibos at all left - about a dozen total. Of these, here are some pics:
Blotch of pink on arm, pink paint in her hair, and the darker pink coloring on the side of her dress is lacking.
Peach #2 has none of these problems, except now she has a blotch of paint on her sleeve.
Yoshi has some kind of glue residue on his leg, and some paint got on his treads.
Mario has a large blotch of button paint way down on his knee
Fox definitely is more demanding, and this figure nailed the paint on all of his zippers, but the paint job on those boots is just a mess.
I recognize that the defects here are likely the reason they were still the few remaining to choose, but that seems to be a lot to me, and I've been to stores with larger selections with these issues.
Maitiú;142182601 said:
Some actually have near-perfect/good paints though, it's still possible to find some good ones.
This.
I agree, and I think I must live in a place where demand is lower (or buyers aren't looking at defects closely) because after reading all the debate about defects here, I was surprised to see that most of them were good (although bent swords are a common issue)
Marth hairs/face was often quite bad, though.
But those defects are the reason I'm reluctant to buy them online, and I expect wave 2 and 3 to be difficult to find in stores...
Well I'm taking my chances by ordering the 2 I want the most (Pit and Zelda), I'll still check out stores but when they come out I'm going to be pretty busy.
The worst is that "when they come" is not really clear...
Lol true, listed as Dec. 12th for half of the wave...I'm not in a hurry since I already preordered.
oh god
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Defective-i...800?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cee0190e8
Defective invisible Amiibo Link
sure...invisible
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and another legless peach
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-Peac...219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a6daa03
how hard is to remove the legs and sell like that ?
this getting very stupid
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also this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...899?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e965b7493
soo, because its misprinted ( or some one do it )
you think some one would buy it ?
people how buy something like this are stupid
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Defective-i...800?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cee0190e8
Defective invisible Amiibo Link
sure...invisible
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and another legless peach
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-Peac...219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a6daa03
how hard is to remove the legs and sell like that ?
this getting very stupid
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also this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...899?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e965b7493
soo, because its misprinted ( or some one do it )
you think some one would buy it ?
people how buy something like this are stupid
I still haven't actually bought an amiibo yet. The only one I want right now is Mario. I went to multiple stores and they only had about two of them each, but I always found a slight imperfection that made me not want to buy it. Still looking for one I'm satisfied with.
I guess I'm just very picky.
I guess I'm just very picky.
You probably don't want Mario that much then. He seems to have less defects but still not perfect of course.
Fourth Storm
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I've succumbed to this insanity after reading about the 3 discontinued figures yesterday. I told myself I wanted a complete set, but was hoping that they wouldn't be so limited, since Nintendo wanted to turn them into a hit like Skylanders. Of course, it couldn't be so easy...
A (semi) local Walmart still had WFT, which I need to pick up. Got Marth and Villager on Ebay. Most of the rest my gf already got me for Christmas or they are on pre-order.
Lucario pre-orders seem to be sold out at TRU online. Anyone know what the in-store situation is like? Do they do pre-orders for them?
A (semi) local Walmart still had WFT, which I need to pick up. Got Marth and Villager on Ebay. Most of the rest my gf already got me for Christmas or they are on pre-order.
Lucario pre-orders seem to be sold out at TRU online. Anyone know what the in-store situation is like? Do they do pre-orders for them?
soo much legless peach
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...934?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cedc4615e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-Peac...219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a6daa03
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...027?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae166c2bb
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item259a769bb1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...179?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a91088b
i start to think if the one who bought it removed the legs and trying to sell it
how hard to remove the legs ?
i could easily buy one and remove the legs instead of buying legless version
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...934?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cedc4615e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-Peac...219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a6daa03
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...027?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae166c2bb
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item259a769bb1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Fa...179?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4a91088b
i start to think if the one who bought it removed the legs and trying to sell it
how hard to remove the legs ?
i could easily buy one and remove the legs instead of buying legless version
http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/2ogkpk/custom_made_dual_cannon_samus_amiibo/ << Probably not that hard given someone has already done it for Samus. It's just a side project people are doing in addition to paint jobs.
EDIT:
Gunk doesn't bother me as much. Mine doesn't look like there's much or any on his shoe on the figure I have. There's a divide in the hair above ear where it looks like the two halves of his head were fused together. It's really subtle (compared to my Kirby Amiibo).
There were three Villagers left when I went to purchase mine the other day. One had a paint spot on his shirt, the other had a weird chip on the zigzag part of his hard, and the third one looked fine.
To me, the Villager looks fantastic, despite it not looking 1:1 like the model in the game (something about the nose placement).
Hero Prinny
Member
I'm gonna go to GameStop today and see if I find one I like, will also pre order the shulk one while I'm there. Getting tired of spankong lvl9 CPUs, even when picking random. Hoping that the lvl50 CPU will provide a decent challenge, its all I ask for. Even if I still spank it, at least get me to my last life >.>
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
lol
Does it look as good as the design prototype?
Your avatar quotation potential is limitless.
Does anybody have a link for this sale? I can't find it anywhere on the website
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Please don't remind me.
It was a glitch that has since been corrected. Real deal entails: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=945112
people paying money for missing parts now? now that's stupid. hilarious.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Gotta produce other amiibos?
Yesterday I saw a perfect Link Amiibo. Wish I had enough money to buy it then, because today it was gone
And those legless Peaches are just rediculous! If I would sell a gamecase without the disc, would it cost so much more then?
yea, it's nothing like dual blaster Samus which is a legitimate mistake so that's actually worth something. these Peaches are just straight up missing a part.
MarkMclovin
Member
I got marth, Wii fot trainer and donkey Kong by random choice this week at normal price and they have just dpubled. Villager has tripled.
The hell is going on? Are they really discontinued?
The hell is going on? Are they really discontinued?
i wonder if he'll get paid.
kuroneko0509
Member
wtf this is getting ridiculous >.>
Totally see this happening
Gotta get Marth soon then =(
James Scott
Banned
I managed to get Marth and another sealed copy of WFT...might just keep them in their boxes if they got discontinued. Got all the ones I wanted
...sad that I couldn't find another Marth. He's sold out everywhere and i dont' want to spend $40 for another one
left pikachu. That yellow rat isn't welcome in my house
BulletSmoke
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I didn't believe that Nintendo would discontinue any amiibos (its basically free money) but if what Iwata said is true, I just went ahead and imported Villager, WFT, and Marth online. Amiibos are region free right?
Any idea which amiibos from wave 2 will be limited?
Any idea which amiibos from wave 2 will be limited?
they're region-free. the only difference is the language on the packaging.
James Scott
Banned
Imported from where? I tried AmiAmi but they don't have Marth anymore
BulletSmoke
Member
nippon-yasan, I think I got the last marth as its not available anymore... but they still have villager and WFT
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Personally, I would have thought it more logical that Nintendo would not reprint niche amiibos *after* the entire Smash series was out. At that point, certain ones would be discontinued in favor of Amiibos for future games. While a few core Smash series would see reprints. Like the ones that unlock bonuses in existing games.
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