Rumour: Toys "R" Us Cancelling amiibo Orders, Including Exclusive Lucario Figure

I got an email confirming my order this morning and a second one at 10:12 EST telling me a review of my pre-ordered items. No cancellations for me just yet, but I'll be annoyed if it is just hours after I ordered

I love the amiibos but the way they're handled is just one big mess....

This really sucks for the kiddies, a darn shame.

This is not Nintendo's generation. Even the stuff people want to buy is rife with problems.

There is no rumors about this. It happened, and it was WIDE. I had two orders, that were placed 4 weeks apart, cancelled. Items cancelled were wave 3, not Lucario. It doesn't matter if the item was part of a deal (40%, etc) They then opened pre-orders again, then closed them again and removed pretty much 1/2 the amiibos from their site.

This part is rumors: but it appears they reset their pre-orders then oppened them again with a 1 item limit and it quicktly sold out again. KMart and Sears does this all the time, and it's bs.

Their phone systems and computer systems are also in a bad state today, not sure if related or not.

I got an email telling me toon link was canceled. As it turned out, every amiibo was canceled, including Lucario who was on a separate order. I got no email about it, I just checked the status and it was canceled. But I preordered him again this morning, and now it looks like Lucario has been pulled from their website.

Yes they screwed me too. I preordered on 11/23 too.

On one hand, we can say Nintendo was unable to make enough for planned preorders, OR Toys 'R Us shouldn't be taking preorders for more than what was expected to be shipped. It could be either of these scenarios.

My bet is that Toys 'R Us is the one that screwed up.

I preordered this morning and as of now, my order is still on, hasn't been cancelled so I don't know what's up. Only amiibo I preordered from them, rest are Amazon or Gamestop

@SCAR392

Frankly I'm angry at both companies. I only ordered from Toys R Us because they had such great deals, and now they screwed me over, and Nintendo making retailer exclusives and producing such short runs of all these figures is ridiculous.

I just preordered Lucario, Toon Link, Mega Man, Sonic, King Dedede, Bowser, Sheik from my local TRU yesterday so I don't know what will happen to my preorders.

I preodered Luigi Yoshi and Capt Falcon in the middle of November. I got Yoshi at the end of Nov. and Just got an email that Captain Falcon got cancelled... Supposedly Luigi is still on the way though.

I received a mail from amazon that my preorder of bowser and toon link from wave 3 is put on hold and can't provide me with an estimated date of shipment. it's like every story of purchassing amiibo in a store is a mess.

TRU emailed me at 3am in the morning to let me know of the cancellation of my Lucario PO, without rhyme or reason. I've tried to call a couple of times today but can't even get through to anyone. Very frustrating.

I have preordered all wave 3 from my local gamestop and they have been great with getting them but I did unfortunately get the email from toys r us...great -_-

Here is what Amazon says for Wave 2 amiibo:

Important Note Regarding This Amiibo

Availability of the six Amiibos launching on 12/14 has been highly limited or delayed. We are partnering with Nintendo to secure inventory as soon as possible. If you have pre-ordered this product, we will fill your order as soon as we have inventory available. We apologize for the delay.

Wave 3 still has 2/28/2015 date

It's not just TRU either. I had a Pit amiibo in Target pre-ordered but it was cancelled this morning.

Nintendo, WTF are you doing?!

Lucario is one of the few Amiibo that I'd really like. I sure hope that I'll still be able to get a hold of one.

Not a rumor. I just had my Lucario order and Toon Link order canceled. The representative at Toys R Us said its due to "overextended" projections--they had a projected amount they'd be receiving, and vastly overestimated it.

Yep, mine too.... I got my lucario cancelled as well... I preordered ALL my others from gamestop so I didn't lose any of the other ones....

Yep, mine got canceled too, every one of them except Luigi. Then they threw most of them back up for preorder.

Yup. Not a rumor. My pre-order done last week has been cancelled. This may have been the tipping point for me as to whether I care anymore about this. If it's going to be this frustrating/impossible to collect these things in tandem with Nintendo not saying a word on the matter, I may just call it quits on this. Very poorly executed at the most important time of the year for sales.

@Quorthon It definitely is Nintendo's generation. No one will buy a Vita, yet Nintendo fans are waking up at 5am to hit every store in the area for little plastic Nintendo toys they are willing to spend $50 on. Two years ago no one knew what a Wii U was. Many still don't. But Amiibos are hitting worldwide news all day everyday.

I'm really sad that Nintendo is having such a huge problem with amiibos, with the lack of orders and the incredibly short runs. I was hoping to pick up a few of them after I finally managed to get the WiiU or if I got the New 3DS, but I guess not anymore. Getting any amiibos will probably be next to impossible by that time. :/ And then there's the fact that Toys R Us overestimated what they were receiving. This is all just a big mess, and I feel bad for everyone who preordered.

Once again Nintendo has failed on making money off a system seller by underestimating a major IP.

Same same. i'm mega pissed. I ordered while they had the sale! and My Disney Infinities on a different sale weeks later. Got my emails OVERNIGHT. yeah. The perfect time. heh. All my orders were cancelled. Grrrr!!!!

I wouldnt have pre-ordred other than sales...if it wasnt for thinking I would have the peace of mind that they are ordered, paid for. and I know i'm getting them and won't have to hunt for them!

Just what Nintendo needs at Xmas time, little kids having their orders cancelled. Nintendo is really struggling as a company and the Japanese head branch is so far out of touch they have no idea what is happening outside of Kyoto. If they had done any research and marketing of Amiibo, they would have seen they were destined to be a huge success. It's like Nintendo doesn't want to succeed these days with poor organization, shunning third party developers, lack of marketing, poor distribution etc. Nintendo, you make excellent products! Make enough so people can buy them!

They're not even listed on the Toys R Us website anymore.

Well this sucks...

NOT RUMOUR!! I checked email around midnight last night and thy have cancelled my Pit & Luigi pre-orders. Lucario hasn't been cancelled yet but it's happening to everyone. Even staffers at IGN have had their preorders cancelled. This is getting out of hand and Nintendo needs to release some statement to give clarity on what is going on.

I always heard on Shark Tank/Dragons Den that "Shelf-Space" is gold.

I hope if they move to cards that they don't jump on the "Blind Packs" trend.

Well this sure sucks for all the scalpers on ebay! hahaha probably the only good news!

Poor form Nintendo!! Whilst retailers have their share of responsibility, if stock is available they will quickly get more to fulfil pre orders and make more money. The only reason they wouldn't buy more is because the manufacturer is not delivering enough units!! Sloppy......

Each store in my area only got one Little Mac figure. I was standing at the entrance of Best Buy this morning until they unlocked the doors to try and get Little Mac, but there was already someone inside (presumably an employee) that had the only one they received at the store. Nintendo pretty clearly tried to make too many Amiibo at once. I think they should just delay wave 3 and focus on supplying retailers with the first two waves.

It's absolutely true! They canceled my Lucario, most of wave 3, and worst of all Pit from wave 2 which they told me (and I have a screenshot) explicitly last Friday that the order was being processed and would be shipped separately of the Mac and Zelda order. That one's now $50 + on ebay! And I pre-ordered well in advance where I could have ordered elsewhere. It's way too late not >

I give up

@BacktoNarnia One figure per store is absolutely outrageous.

We'll never been a fan of Toysrus online service (bad experiences), so preordering haven't crossed my mind with them.

I hope the delay of the 3rd wave is true, they have the most desire characters out of all the waves. Also to focus on restocking the first 2 waves.

Yea, they cancelled my Megaman and Bowser preorder. So I just preordered them again and it's still showing active.

I never got a chance to preorder to begin with, but I had the page bookmarked in case they resupplied. I just checked it a minute ago, and the page for the Lucario Amiibo is gone from their site altogether. In fact, ALL of the third-wave Amiibo are now delisted. Come on guys, get it together!

They should not have released 12 separate figures, then another 6 in less than 1 month span. That was way too ambitious to expect people to not gravitate towards the figures that were only going to be 2-3 of per store (marth).
Now, if they had released, say 4 before Christmas (Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, and maybe Fox), I think they would have had a better bearing on the situation. Too many to choose from out of the gate with select figures being rare to begin with caused the chaos.

@RCMADIAX Me too. FFXV, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Lucario Amiibo all cancelled. And I pre ordered the very same day they listed the figure. Yet others put in pre orders in the last 24 hours and it still stands, wth?

EDIT: That's why I only like buying from Best Buy online. Gamers Club Unlocked knocks 20% off all games, pre orders never get cancelled, and items never come damaged. I actually meant to cancel those games from TRU a long time ago when I switched to Best Buy, and this is a perfect example of why. TRU sucks.

@WingedSnagret
Target and TRU both cancelled my preorders this morning too. Which is extremely annoying since I can't seem to find a Pit available in a store anywhere I could think of in the world. I just hope Amazon doesn't pull something similar...

edit: Oh amazing. I just got off phone support with Target. They told me, and I asked three times in different ways and got the same answer, that they have cancelled EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PREORDERS. This to the questions "Not just my preorders have been cancelled?" and "So ALL of the preorders for these, not just mine, have been cancelled?". With the answer that they weren't sure if they were going to be able to receive any more from the supplier.

So glad I've never cared about Amiibo. It certainly seems to make life easier. Call me crazy, but I'd rather spend my money on games to play, not on toys that don't do anything that's worthwhile...

The entire Amiibo debacle is an incredible fail on Nintendo's part. Trying to manipulate shoppers with vague, ambiguous non-denials while manipulating supply levels… I'm done with Nintendo's crap. The entire thought process is just ignorant. You can't pull this crap in 2014. All this has done is hurt the brand, hurt Nintendo's rep and put money in the pockets of d-bag resellers (who are bottom-feeding scum). Blaming the retailers isn't the answer. Nintendo has lost so many sales this holiday. For every dirt-bag posting (artificially) rare Amiibos for stupid prices, there probably 50-100 people who would have bought them at retail with the money going to the retailer AND NINTENDO. That's money neither will ever see. Building hype around a few figures that people can't even buy doesn't make the line successful. The common Amiibo are just sitting on the shelf. Of the 15 or so retailers I talked to, the vast majority confirmed that the average Amiibo sees moderate to low sales, with only a handful really moving. Properly marketed, with adequate supplies Nintendo could have moved far more product. Amateur hour, Nintendo. Fail.

I'm gong to Gamestop for all my amiibo preorders besides the exclusives. heard way to many bad things about everyone else.

How is Kyoto to blame?, the fault lies with Reggie and crew for a bad marketing strategy with a flawed view on supply and demand.

Maybe this has somethign to do with the supply problem? The US Is Facing A Shipping Port Congestion Crisis

@Diddy_kong: Believe it or not, some of us have money to spend on both games and collect Nintendo figures.

I feel like Nintendo totally misjudged which characters would sell the best. All local chains seem to drowning in the Mario characters and Kirby while Mac, Diddy, etc., vanish on the first day. TRU employees locally have told be they're swimming in Peach and Kirby.

This is not a rumor. I got emails at 1am this morning that all of my pre-orders have been canceled.ive pre ordered weeks ago and I can't seem to find anywhere that has the ones I need. I guess it's pointless to try to collect the ones I want let alone them all. On top of that I got the bogo deal and they only canceled the even numbered figure so I lost the deal, go figure. I couldn't get ahold of anyone and the automated response email suggests that it will be 10 days before they can contact me. I got online and checked all my orders and I diddnt even get an email about mega an being canceled but on the toys r us website it said that was canceled too. I guess I only get luigi. For 13.99...Wahoo...sarchastic. I'm going to gamestop from now on.

I don't understand how Nintendo could underestimate the popularity of amiibo so much, and why they can't hand out clear supply numbers for retailers. The extremely high demand is absolutely obvious, yet they didn't respond accordingly.
Also, these retailer deals are just terrible and counter-productive, seeing how TRU mass-cancelled pre-orders on a whim.

If that's how they're planning to proceed with amiibo, Nintendo should prepare for some extreme backlash, since this mess looks to be just the beginning.

I have also experienced the cancellation of amiibo preorders. I lost my sale priced Sheik, Luigi, Ike, Lucario, Mega Man, King Dedede, Sonic. The way this is being handled is simply horrible. I have contacted both Toys R Us and Nintendo regarding it and both have no answer other than to say, Sorry. Being sorry is well and good but when this stuff happens the only ones hurting are the consumer. I am losing my interest in collecting these things now since trying to get all of them is becoming stressful and expensive.

I got an email as well. Sonic, Megaman, and Lucario orders canceled. Earlier this week (this past Sunday actually) I got an email from Amazon telling me that Little Mac, Captian Falcon, and Pit were now available on their site, when I went, they were not to be found.. Some kind of glitch. And of course, as someone stated, Amazon posted a comment about those three Amiibos. This is irritating, as my son absolutely wants these, and I'm not the kind of dude who's going to check store inventories, I want to order it and have it shipped.

Wow, just found the email in my junk mailbox after reading this

The amiibos are sure having a rough time in whatever delivery truck they're in. Getting thrown to new stores, getting took back to Nintendo headquarters, and some of them are even getting new parts!

Numbers supplied by the Japanese company was far less than expected? BS. Are they living under a rock 'cause the amiibo craze is for real. Nintendo has failed with amiibo.

I preordered all of wave 2 from Best Buy and have only received Zelda and Diddy Kong. The other four were postponed with Little Mac being cancelled yesterday. Hopefully the rest aren't cancelled shortly as well. I also preordered all available wave 3 from them, so hopefully this doesn't happen with those figures.

As for Little Mac, I will hold off ordering him for now. I don't really feel like paying $25 with shipping to get him right now, especially with no real usefullness outside of Smash (I know he can get me a few rupees in Hyrule Warriors).

Lots of scalping going on, too.

@DiscoGentleman Very true. I just hope this somehow leads to a tweak in the preorder systems. It won't happen, but I can dream.

For those that want Little Mac, Amazon has him up, go now! http://www.amazon.com/Little-Mac-amiibo-nintendo-wii-u/dp/B00O97ZVJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419013871&sr=8-1&keywords=little+mac

@DiscoGentleman: I'm glad some other people understand there are so many other variables involved when it comes to this issue besides just simply being Nintendo's fault.

@DiscoGentleman
Whether or not Nintendo's at fault here, there needs to be something said by the company. SOMETHING. Creating confusion and ignoring consumers is a big no no. As I have already put, and others share the same sentiment, we're put off by the whole thing. We at least deserve something for being denied a product we're willing to give money for. They did this back in '06 with the release of the Wii. As far as I'm concerned, it could all be a ploy to generate hype.

Swedish stores have had some figures sold out, but all in all it seems most prople have got what they wanted. My childhood friend got Diddy for me as an early xmas gift and tols me his store only had gotten six of each phase 2 - bit weird. Funny since I was about to get it myself. Think I'll have to be quick for a Luigi for him.

Just saw this article on twitter:

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/12/19/those-toys-r-us-amiibo-cancellations-apparently-due-to-delays-and-constrained-supply/

Also thanks for the little mac link. ORDERED!

This is beyond pathetic and it is 100% Nintendo's fault.

As a lover of Nintendo it pains me to say it. Because of the mess with ambiio, I have not bought any and I have also not yet bought Smash Brothers.

Come on Nintendo, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!

Yes, I just got this email this morning. So lame. Why even open it up for pre-orders when there are not enough. Poor planning.

GOOD! (Sorry for you guys having your orders canceled). I'm tired of store exclusives. I have no problem with a special TRU only Lucario pack but I should be able to get Lucario at Gamestop. TRU is an hour away from me but I got two Gamestops within 10 minutes (one from work, one from home.)

My Capt. Falcon got canceled... Toys R Us had that 3 for $30 dollar sale on Amiibo preorders so I'm sure they had massive preorder amounts and that certainly didn't help the situation. What I do know is after getting my Link and Samus I am not sure I am going to dip in for more. I don't have the collecting bug and I am having fun with the charecters I have now

I got the email too. Pretty annoying. Bye bye Lucario.

WTF Toys R Us: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/19/toys-r-us-lucario-amiibo-pre-orders-not-being-canceled/?ncid=rss_truncated

Toys R' Us operates very differently today compared to the 90s. They're way overstretched at this point, and they don't know who they are anymore. What the hell are games like Watch Dogs and Call of Duty doing in Toys R' Us, anyways? Stuff like that brings out the almost nonexistant conservative in me!

Amiibo is the kind of thing that matches Toys R' Us, not ultraviolent military power fantasies. Yet, THIS is the kind of thing they screw up, because who's going to actually take responsibility for the next generations when they haven't come of age yet to realize what we adults are doing?

@Miigato
Oh my...

@Miigato Hey now, everybody knows it would be too boring if everyone actually received reliable information nearly 100% of the time! It's much more engrossing and dramatic if no one knows what's going on anymore!

usual xmas craze.
i get some amiibos next year when the hunters and collectors have finished their shopping frenzy.

I wonder how much of this amiibo supply shortage really is due to popularity, or simply scalpers buying all of the amiibos on the shelves that aren't the common ones just so they can resale on ebay.

I mean seriously people, they are little plastic statues that hardly enhance gameplay at all. And they are $13. You all can't want them that badly.

@GiSWiG Um, you missed the point entirely?

@freaksloan Indeed, that's why the Lucario went BACK to preorder and now no one can get them. It's totally not TRU who screwed this up royally

So I had wave two figures cancelled from Best Buy as they didn't have stock. I had wave two and three figures cancelled by Toysrus because they didn't have stock. Completely awesome. This whole situation has been a huge mess of steamy donkey poo.

Target cancelled my Zelda Amiibo order this morning. I think I'm just going to go casual on this. If I see Amiibos in a store that I want. Cool. If not. Whatever. I'm not going to give a scalper 100+ Dollars for it.

I'm really annoyed with Nintendo right now. I really think they are trying to make too many figures at once. They really need to stop and give people time to get the figures they want. It feels like a slap in the face the way they have gone with the amiibo. Nintendo has been struggling over the last year. I know I'm just one person. But I've been doing my best to show support for Nintendo. Have spent almost $1000 on Wii U software (Not counting what I spent on 3DS software) and earn $95 from the Digital Deluxe Promotion. Its very obvious people want the amiibo's and Nintendo seems to have stopped production on some models and it hasn't even been a month yet. Its really ridiculous. I think they should at least provide access to an amiibo for a few months before being discontinued and starting a new wave. As much as I love Nintendo. The amiibo launch could have been so much better than it is. Instead Nintendo fans are getting pissed off. I almost feel like selling the 10 amiibo's I already own and not giving a crap about them any more. If Nintendo doesn't want or need my money. Then so be it.

And the eBay vender-crooks rejoiced.

@WaLzgi No, I understand the whole pre-order/shortage but the fact that you can only get it at TRU? That I hate. And if it were true that the whole mess was caused by a glitch, more reason to get Lucario elsewhere.

Few gamestops nearby have Little Mac as in stock, so will be going out to check soon,. I have given up hope on getting Pit, and though I am not attached to Captain Falcon much, I really liked his Amiibo and was hoping to pick it up.

@AmyGrrl Yep.

starting to reach an annoyance point with amiibo now. Went to Best Buy. Luigi was on the shelf. Took the amiibo to the register "unable to sale product". $#@%! Seriously? I have not have a good experience at the best buy near me yet. I may have to pick a different store....(granted this issue is a sku issue and beyond their control but why display product you can't sale?!)

@Nictendo64 Try at Gamestop for Zelda. I went to one earlier and they had A LOT of Zelda's in.

My orders were cancelled too. You know things are bad when you cant even count on pre-orders...

But I'm SUPER hoping Nintendo will better handle supply and dates after this holiday season. I love the adventure of collecting amiibos, but I dont like having to scramble to get them. In this day and age, I shouldnt have to keep calling up stores, second guessing their stock systems and release dates.

And here i thought it would be impossible for Nintendo to drop the ball on this. Crap.

So they cancelled my Lucario, and your Lucario, and most everyone's Lucario...and proceeded to list some on eBay today.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171581125129?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&rmvSB=true

How nice of them.

@Ryno Amazon is either selling them at 29.99 or it's another person now. I checked as soon as you posted and they were 12.99. I had no balance in my checking at the time so dang! Thanks for posting though.

I gotta feel for people who want to collect all of these. Ebay sellers are going to get so greedy. Although collecting and having that thrill of finding what your looking can be fun and give you a rush. Get ready to open that wallet. I did the collecting with the PCEngine but those days are over and I spent a ton of money.

Lucario is listed here too, I wonder if I should trust this...

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/lucario-amiibo/275391299.html

@Porky:Sorry man! Yeah, I just checked and Amazon is out again and some scalper is selling it for $29.99.

@Yosher big time, never seen anything so unprofessionally handled.

Yep mine cancelled too

@russellohh The Vita is bloody brilliant, and I say that as someone who loves both the 3DS and the Wii U. To say no one will buy it, though, could be turned around and we can say no one is buying the Wii U, but the PS4 is owning it and more people are hearing about the Vita. Alright, that last part of the comparison doesn't work at all. Nevermind.

@Vineleaf I really wanna like the Vita, I do. I love some JRPGs. Best Buy doesnt carry it, searching for it on walmart.com gets me cases and cards, and occasionally a hit for the console itself. EVerytime i go to a convention i get hundreds, if not thousands of street passes.

I've seen two Vitas, ever.

Even the PS4 to wii comparison is a better one- i think the PS4 outsold the Wii U 2 or 3 to 1.

From 3DS to Vitas is closer to 11 to one.

Eeek!

So far I've been lucky enough to have all of wave one (all bought in-store) and Best Buy has shipped me Zelda and Diddy (have them in-hand) and Little Mac shipped today. Of course My Lucario was cancelled and I have yet to be awake in the wee hours of the night so I can pre-order Rosalina (whatever, Target) who is the one figure my wife really wanted from the outset. So so far I'm good, but if it keeps being some sort of adventure to just try and be awake and at the computer at the right moment to get one, I'm done (and I'm an inch away at this point...just not happy with how the stores and Nintendo are handling things).

I'm skeptic of the Lucario ebay offering. I didn't even think it was out yet, and like most I thought it was going to be available end of the year early next.

It's already been reported elsewhere that this is in fact a TRU issue that they're correcting, and people's orders will be fulfilled. Stop with all the butt hurt against Nintendo, the false theories and BS.

My ToysRUs preorder of Lucario from 12/4 was cancelled at 1:46AM US-Eastern. I saw it a 7:45AM Eastern Time and there was a preorder page with a limit of 1 available at the ToysRUs site, so I ordered it. So far, not cancelled, but who knows what will happen from here?

That ebay listing....is out of stock now, after 631 sold. LOL TRU good god. #EpicFail

Wait, so they cancelled all the pre-orders and then re-opened for new pre-orders? If they weren't getting enough stock, they should have just cancelled the latest orders they didn't have enough stock for. TRU has been the only place I've seen giving big discounts on the amiibo so maybe they now regret it and wanted to get rid of those discounted orders so they could make more money by charging more now?

@Porky: Little Mac is back up on Amazon for $12.99!

Because of the way it is being handled I won't be bothering getting any amiibos. Getting the Gamecube controller adapter for Wii U was difficult enough.

I am personally super pissed at Target and TRU, they both cancelled my orders and re-opened pre-orders again. They both did this at a very early time in the morning and of course I didn't find out until hours later so now I am going to be forced to buy them online for over the top prize.
I just hope they'll have enough on the floor for some people to be able to get them launch day.

Most of my order was cancelled via separate emails for each Amiibo. They cancelled Lucario, Ike, Sonic, and Sheik.

I had 7 amiibos cancelled by TRU this morning. The worst part? I had all of them (except Lucario obviously) pre-ordered at Amazon, but cancelled it because of the BOGO 40% off deal. And from what I hear, they basically cancelled all the orders so they didn't have to honor it.

Spent the rest of today frantically trying to track down the 7 I need. Had to import Falcon and Pit, and did the same with Rosalina and Lucario. I'm not dealing with these stupid retailer exclusives anymore, and I'm not giving them my money if they are going to be shady.

@Ryno Missed the opportunity. Gonna have to bookmark Little Mac's page lol and check in frequently, thanks haha.

Went hunting for some wave 2 figures tonight. I hit six stores and found tons of wave 1 figures and a Target with 10 Luigi's and a Best Buy with 2 Diddy Kongs & a bunch of Zelda's.
The only wave 2 I'm missing are Captain Falcon & Pit, nowhere to be found.

@Nictendo64 - My Target had 1 Zelda in stock a couple of days ago and I didn't buy it b/c I wasn't in the mood. Went back today to see and there were 8 eight Zeldas, so I didn't buy it b/c the 8 unmotivated me. Also about 3 each Kirby, Mario, Link, Peach, Pikachu.

@Ryno So Iwata is holding all the amiibo hostage until we send Japan some more french fries? Well at least that makes sense. (Wii Mini's too, Target is out again.)

Maybe we should all just forget about amiibo and go to the movies to watch "The Interview" instead

@JaxonH - " FFXV, Kingdom Hearts 3"

Have you pre-ordered The Last Guardian? (Come to think of it I might actually have in Feb 2010 alongside GoW3 and Bayonetta 1) Sorry about your troubles, w/ GCU at BB I'm surprised you even bother shopping anywhere else. Though I guess everyone had to for Lucario, huh?

I have gotten that email as well. Is toys r us contacting the people that got the emails or should we contact?

@Dreamcaster-X Don't forget Little Mac!

@rjejr Oh goodness, that pre order was from a LONG time ago. I'd completely forgotten about it. Didn't get GCU until round the time Tropical Freeze released.

Looks like Lucario might have to be a $50 eBay purchase. It would tick me off owning every single Amiibo except one, ya know?

Damn it! i just got a cancellation email

Hello guys I work for TRU and i can say that often those cancellation emails or the ones that say your order is delayed is due to a malfunction in our system I suggest you pick up an in-store copy since our policy requires us to get you one once pre-ordered. Also do it ASAP as my own store only has about 10 left to pre-sell and they are going super fast!

Found my lucario to be cancelled too. Preordered it back in november. Also, I preordered luigi and I STILL have not received it nor heard any updates on it. My zelda and diddy kong were said to be delayed but the next email saying they shipped came about 4 days later when I had already received them. This looks like an email issue and I hope it is because all the emails I get are inconsistent with the actual order status. I'm never preordering from there again aside from the exclusive.

@OverlordNinjaX Not true. Not only did I receive a cancelation notice, but my order status also shows "Canceled". It isn't just an email. My pre-order is not being honored according to every indicator available from TRU

@JaxonH - "It would tick me off owning every single Amiibo except one, ya know?"

I made a comment a few days ago saying how some people might just give up collecting amiibo if it becomes too difficult to catch'em all. (I think it just dawned on me that Ash's last name in the Pokemon tv show is Ketchum. Though surely I must have known that already, kids have been watching it for years.)

Maybe Nintendo can release the hard to get ones as "Nintendo amiibo Selects" for $25 each like the special Eon's Elite Skylanders? My kids have over 50 but probably won't be getting any of those.

Good luck w/ Lucario. I wonder if the Nitnedo store in Manhattan gets preferential treatment? I think I'll be there the day after Christmas - its near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree which I'm assuming my 15 member family will be visiting.

Well I was right. It was TRU's fault and a hiccup in the system.

It was noticeable when preorders of wave 3 were cancelled and those haven't even shipped at all

Where is the "crafted" email from TRU about their accident? I guess they are too busy. Well I haven't checked on my official order, but I went ahead and pre-ordered Sonic and Megaman from GameStop so TRU lost my business. I may get Lucario, but I will avoid online orders with TRU (though I have to say I have not had this issue with them in the past).

I just pre-orederd TWO Lucario Figures LAST NIGHT!! Go to the toys R us physical store, and ask for a Lucario amiibo pre-order "slip". That is how toys r us pre orderes things, they print out slips of paper that basically act as a voucher for whatever item is printed on them.

Anyway, they JUST stocked their stores with the Lucario slips on the 18th, so there may still be time left! Hurry fellow Nintendo fans! Nobody should miss out on this!

Just please, don't be a jerk and buy like, ALL of them. That wouldn't be fair to anyone. Not that I have any say in what you purchase.

Have at it! Good luck people!!

I wish my freakin' captain falcon and Pit amiibos would ship! I ordered them from Fry's and they're STILL on back order. I really wanted a C-Falc. amiibo too....

@Crillan Yep, my Little Mac, Diddy Kong, & Zelda arrived on Monday.

@rjejr I forget you live in the big city sometimes. Must be something to see downtown all lit up. Though Madison has a decent display for Christmas I suppose. Milwaukee though, I won't go near that dirty city, not even for Christmas. Perhaps I'll check out Chicago's lights this year. It's only a 2 hr drive...

@JaxonH - Technically I don't live "in" the city, I live in the suburbs on Long Island, which means either $25 to park or $20 to take the train (per person), which is why I don't go there very often. My sister's family live's in the city but I can't afford $800,000 for a 3 bedroom 2 bath apartment. Maybe if I got a job?

Prima gave us a free mini guide for Disney Infinity 2.0, I guess for redeeming a code? - so thanks again for that. I don't know anything about DI so every little bit will help. I got my youngest Sonic 06 for Hanukkah. He just wanted it for the glitches.
If you see your brother for the holdiays tell him some raving lunatic you know on the internet says he has very good taste in videogames.

@rjejr Haha, will do! And those digital Prima guides (especially on a tablet) are pretty useful. Sure you could look up a walkthrough, but the guides just seem to explain it so much better (not to mention many games don't even have a complete walkthrough on the Internet- nothing worse than getting halfway into a game and finding all remaining chapters incomplete on IGN).

I just went to TRU and spoke to a manager. He took a $1 from me to pre-order Lucario @ the store. He told me to be certain to get to the store when it arrives, which is Feb 1. Most of the other workers, who were temp, had no idea what I was talking about

When the buy one get one 40% off deal started, I went online and ordered, Zelda, Little Mac, Diddy Kong, Luigi and Pit. I was shipped Zelda and Luigi and received an email to tell me that Pit, Little Mac and Diddy Kong had been canceled. No explanation, no nothing. Just canceled. Zelda arrived and was all beat to hell because they just dropped the amiibo package into a flimsy bag and shipped it. I returned it and went and bought Zelda at Best Buy. Luigi should arrive in the next few days. If they shipped it the same way then it will probably get returned as well. Toys R Us is 0 for 4 so far with me. We'll see about Luigi soon........I have also preordered Lucario but my hopes are not very high for that happening.

Has anyone received this supposed email that is going to detail how our Lucario pre-orders are NOT cancelled?

@jahasnell Nothing yet. And I went online to check the orders, and they all show as Canceled.

@Dreamcaster-X I was able to snag a captian falcon at target on friday morning......they only had 4 come in total with no more set to come in. Their website didn't even show the figure

@Dreamcaster-X I was able to snag a captian falcon at target on friday morning......they only had 4 come in total with no more set to come in. Their website didn't even show the figure

@jahasnell at 1PM Today I got an email from TRU about the canceled orders:

"
We are reaching out today regarding the recent cancellation that has occurred with your online order, #. Unfortunately, there was a processing error that caused your order to erroneously cancel. However, we want you to know that your order has been reinstated.

We thank you for your patience as we work to remedy this situation.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
The Customer Service Team
Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com"

So it looks like your canceled orders are still valid.

@Miigato I just checked and I got the email too. I hope they stand by what they're saying and we get the Lucario without further incidents.

In target i buy all the second group of amiibos, except pit.. today only luigi was there...