Though amiibo can still be tricky to obtain, a number of retailers have been improving the way they sell the cheeky little figures over the past few months. With first-come-first-served policies that avoid pre-orders, 1-per-limit customers and other ideas, it's generally a better process to get hold of the toys.
Amazon has been one of the most supportive to the collecting community in North America, and has once again sent out emails and posted on Reddit to confirm pre-order windows, in this case for Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Olimar & Pikmin and 30th Anniversary Mario Classic Colour. The following product pages will go live in specific time windows on 11th September.
- Ganondorf - 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern
- Zero Suit Samus - 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern
- Olimar & Pikmin - 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern
- Mario Classic Colour amiibo - 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern
The following reminders were shared in terms of purchasing rules.
These will be limited to 1 per customer (i.e. You can buy one of each of them, but not two of any single amiibo)
One-click Ordering will be disabled (TBD on if this is accurate in Canada)
We've got limited stock on these. Not as limited as the rarer (more rare? rare-ier? rareiest?) characters in Wave 4, but they won't be up for hours either. If you want any of these, make sure you're ready when they go live.
Update your credit card and shipping info now, so you don't have to make changes when you're checking out.Adding an amiibo to your cart doesn't "reserve" it. You have to complete checking out.
Will any of you in North America be getting ready to pounce on any of these pre-orders this Friday?
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pretty sure this isn't a pre order... this is the real deal... correct me if I'm wrong but this is the release day for these amiibo
@Maggots That's when they're accepting orders.
Edit: No, wait. I re-read your comment. Now I feel like an idiot.
One thing you might want to do is change colour to color as it says color on the linked page.
I guess I'll order the classic mario. I kinda wanted the modern one though
@Maggots Considering it's Amazon, and they don't charge until they ship, unlike stupid Game in the UK, then I think your right.
Might have to pick up Ganandorf for the youngest and Pikmin for the oldest. I ordered Paulette no problem about 15 minutes after they went live.
@rjejr I think GAME is rare in that regard, honestly. UK Store and other sites don't charge on order, only on dispatch.
But hey, that's this damn country XD
I need to get Ganondorf for one of my buddies.
Well I know what I'm doing at 3 and 4 CDT: trying to get ZSS and Ganondorf should GameStop be out of them earlier in the day.
Eh. I'm not THAT determined to get any of these ones.
gonna try for all of them since i missed out on all but dr. mario from target. hopefully can get all but especially that olimar..
No need. Already have 2 full wave shipments in the mail from Target, which also includes the Good Doctor (Dr Mario) which is exclusive to them. Just need a sealed NA version of Bowser Jr, which is TRU exclusive. I'll grab him when they put him online, and they WILL put him online, no matter how many times they say "in store only".
I've been cutting back on my multiple Amiibo purchases lately. Most everyone can get their own now so no need for buying for others. First time I'll be skipping an Amazon order for Amiibo since wave 1.
***Retro 3 pack is STILL available at GameStop, as is Xenoblade CE, Yoshi's Wooly World Amiibo Bundle, Chibi Robo Amiibo Bundle, Hyrule Gold New 3DS XL and last I checked, the AC New 3DS.
People better jump on that while they can.
I'm going to first swing by some stores in the morning just to see if they have some in stock especially at target and toysrus to try and get the exclusives amazon won't have.
Try for a Zero Suit Samus I guess.
I'll reserve classic mario, and I'd love Ganondorf but only if I see him sitting around.
I just wanted Dr. Mario from this wave, and I already got him pre-ordered, so I'm good to go! I hope everyone else gets the Amiibos they want!
Got Classic Mario and Dr. Mario coming from Target. All others are imports. Good luck to all who didn't import!
Pikmin and Olimar and 30th Anniversary Mario here I come!
Olimar and Classic Mario for me!!
I will be at my EBgames on Friday at 7:00am waiting for the 8:30am opening
hmm I just really want the mario one but if i can get samus and olimar even better...i already have ganon from importing.
Looks like another night of waiting in line. Hmm meijer or walmart?
I feel sad for all of you, as aside from 8Bit Mario, we've had those other 3 in Australia for ages.
Once again, no hoop jumping from me Nintendo. If I can't buy what I want when I want it, then I don't buy it at all.
Just the anniversary Mario for me.
The sad news I have is there are only 4 amiibo in stock each for ganondorf and 8 bit Mario at my local target.(friend who works there)
I'm going to shoot for Zero Suit Samus. Been wanting that particular amiibo for a long time!
I already did my pre-order at target for Ganondorf Zero Suit Samus, and Olimar (that was an impulse buy) so I'm good on this month wave.
Going straight on amazon when I get home tomorrow. All I can say Lol
I just want to know when I can order Shovel Knight. That there's an amiibo I need.
The last Amazon order went great actually. If they can keep this up it takes all the stress out really. Of course, the more people that try it...
Im going to try Target for these amiibos and if that fails then Amazon will be my back up plan.
Just bought all of them. Dr. Mario as well. Bowser jr is a Toy's R Us exclusive. Also bought Gannondorf.
These are available today. I think the blogger got his dates wrong
It looks like all the mentioned Amiibo are already selling (for ridiculous prices) on Amazon today. If this article is wrong, it upsets me that NintendoLife wouldn't verify the information before posting it. I was able to snag Palutena for MSRP during the last Amazon preorder window with relative ease, and I was looking forward to doing the same with these, particularly the classic Mario one. Now it seems if I want one I'm going to have to get lucky and find it at a local store or pay three times MSRP for it.
Get your facts right or don't post at all, please.
Picked up Olimar through Gamestop. Pikmin is among my favorite games, so it was an impulse buy. Other then that, I'm really just looking at Ganondorf to finish off the Triforce. Maybe I'll look at that Classic Mario one, but probably not. It is pretty dang cool though
@WaxxyOne I'm pretty sure that until the window opens, Amazon shows more expensive third party options. I would wait and see.
@Dodger 16 minutes past the stated Ganondorf window with no change except that he now costs more than he did before. It's looking more and more like someone screwed up.
I'm getting the same experience as @WaxxyOne here.
@WaxxyOne That is one possibility. nowinstock.com says that they were in stock at 4:12 EST and are now out of stock. Before 4:12, it was saying that they hadn't been released on Amazon yet. So it is also possible that they were released and sold out quickly. Amazon doesn't release exactly at the beginning of their launch windows - they release at an unannounced time during the announced launch window. So either something went wrong, or they sold out quickly. If it is the latter then I missed out.
@Dodger @Sam_Loser2 @WaxxyOne I just bought it. You need to go to the "more options" page. On the right side it gives other sellers with a few more options to buy, and then it says "34 new from $20.20". If you click that link in the "34 new" it takes you to this page:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0128UGIXC/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Amazon's is the first option. Do this for all the amigo figures above when their hour starts, and watch this page. They will show up there.
@guavamnia Yep, I just caught that! Thanks for the heads up!
@guavamnia Hey, thanks! I owe you one.
@Dodger @guavamnia
Alright, it seems I stand corrected. It's not NintendoLife who messed up, it's Amazon's crappy navigation that makes it difficult to find anything.
Thanks for the head's up!
Having same issue with ZSS. Hope it pops up soon!
@Sam_Loser2 @guavamnia @Dodger @WaxxyOne
Seems Amazon was off by an hour? It just popped up at the right price ($12.99) and with prime shipping.
Ah there is ZSS. too bad I let my prime shipping expire :/
I used links from cheapassgamer.com, got Ganondorf and ZS Samus.
Just got Olimar a couple minutes early. Click the "New from..." link.
Same as well on Olimar. Picked up all of this wave, except modern pixel Mario. Who sells that?
@SavoirFaire
I think, at least for now, that he's exclusively found in a Wii U Mario Maker bundle from Walmart.
Mario's up. Go to "New from..." and click "free shipping". That's the only way it comes up for me. Even though it says at the top of the page "from $12.99" it doesn't show up unless I click free shipping.
@TrueWiiMaster Ugh. I think I missed the 30-second window the things were available, then. At this point I don't know why I bother trying to buy Amiibo. I refuse to support scalpers so I guess I won't get my hands on this one...
@WaxxyOne
It's still showing up as available for me. Try clicking and un-clicking the free shipping button, and/or refreshing the page. Sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't.
@TrueWiiMaster Can you give me a direct link?
@WaxxyOne
It doesn't seem to be working now, but I don't think it's because it sold out. If something sells out, you can usually still see it, but it's not there at all right now. I think Amazon's having some problems or something. They're also telling me it has 6 reviews, but when I click on them, it says they don't exist.
Worked fine for me, but I got distracted and missed the time when Mario was available. The one I wanted the most. :/
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