The amiibo stock situation has been in the headlines for the majority of 2015, with Nintendo seemingly incapable of meeting demand for its highly-desirable plastic, NFC-enabled figurines. This has left many collectors feeling particularly disgruntled, as rare amiibo are impossible to find in stores and usually wind up online, where merciless scalpers sell them for many times over their original retail price.
Of course, while this is an annoying situation for fans, we have to remind ourselves that - hey - this is just gayly-coloured lumps of plastic we're talking about here. And with that in mind, we recommend you watch amiibo: The Movie (or "Movii", if you prefer), a humourous take on the situation which charts one man's hopelessly naive quest to collect every single figure.
It's a well-produced and cleverly-written piece of work, with moments of violence that some viewers might find upsetting - so consider yourself warned. For us, the highlight comes right at the end, with a neat homage to Martin Scorsese's fantastic movie The Departed.
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Reminded me a bit of Supernatural , but with out Amiibo's, instead killing monsters and demons. With the gun firing, head shots
People don't actually kill one another for amiibo's right?
I'm glad there's a no gun law where I am.
lolololol. I completely loved this.
@KirbyKirbyKirby
I'm afraid so. I've got no friends on my friends list anymore cos someone found out we each have a Shulk.
I'm the last one left, I'm so scared right now.
Oh God now you all know I have a Shulk...
Target had a bunch of the new amiibo this morning. Only 2 silver Mario but the rest seemed ok. Limit 2 per customers, unless you bought the Spaltoon 3 pack when technically you could get 4. Woman in front of me on line picked up the 3 pack, silver Mario and Wario, then put down the silver Mario. I almost told her she was making a mistake, but realized it was none of my business. Lots of store exclusive Jigglypuffs.
We bought a Charizard for my son who apparently asked me to get him one this morning. I really don't remember that conversation but wife, who was there w/ me, told me it happened. We used the $5 Spaltoon pre-order GC so it only came to $8. Charizard is pretty cool looking, I like his fire tail end.
Oh, biggest bummer, NO FREAKIN WATER PISTOL. The manager type guy standing guard over the amiibo told me they didn't get ANY in yesterday w/ all the rest of the stuff, "maybe' they would get them in tomorrow, I should call. Not holding my breath, nice looking kangaroo. I blame @Ryno
Oh, and for all of you who say my wife and I should have picked up some more to sell or whatever, thats just not who we are. And she works blocks from the Nintneod World Store, so I have a false sense of security that we could probably get them if we really wanted to, which obviously we don't. Jigglypuff was tempting but my wife wasn't interested.
I saw this video BEFORE it was cool.
@rjejr No Robin and Lucina!
I like the Amiibo rap better tbh. This was too over the top for me and a bit ridiculous.
This is just remarkable
@rjejr Pac-Man! /cry
I thought the Inkling Squid amiibo was only available with the Game Bundle Exclusive? Uh?
@Kami2Kami
I'm pretty sure that's just in Europe, where the only way to get the Inkling Squid is with the game bundle. The other two figures are sold on their own, but you can't get the Inkling Squid separately. Which makes it even more gutting for people that the GAME lorry with all the bundle packs was stolen.
@shinynewbicycles Yeah my wife received my delivery for me today - pre-ordered from Nintendo UK and got my Squid Amiibo Game and T-Shirt bundle today. Will be busy when I get home XD
But surely if you can't get the squid amiibo, you can just import from CN, NA or JP as a last resort if they can be sold separately?
Haha there'll probably be a documentary on Amiibo/game toy collecting someday.
I wish people would stop feeding into this amiibo craze. They locked too much content behind 3 different amiibos in Splatoon (That's $40 ontop of an already $70 game before taxes here).
Love the Doc Louis get-up.
Got my Pac Man today at Target and resisted a few others. I have my compulsion in check, lol.
Yay, it's great to see a real life account of the hardships that every Amiibo collector has to endure.
@rjejr: Do you work the graveyard shift? How are you able to got to Target every other day? Are you gong to still shop at Target now that I stole, I mean, since they didn't get your Splatoon water gun? So many questions on this Friday I hardly know where to begin.
oh how much i want a shulk amiibo, robin amiibo, sonic amiibo and megaman amiibo right now!
i am not going to pay £40-£100 for a amiibo in amazon/ebay. i would be ripped off if i did pay £40-£100 for a amiibo.
compared the amiibo in ebay/amazon(never check the other online shopping websites) to local store (that i go to) that sell amiibo (argos, Game and sainburys), The amiibo cost around £10.99-£14.99.
why don't nintendo ask other toy manufacturer to make more amiibo ?
if they do, then all the amiibo will have unlimited stock
"more amiibo for life"
"amiibo is love, amiibo is death"
@rjejr
Lots of Splatoon stock, which is nice and important.
I don't know if you saw my post in another thread but I picked up the three pack and the game and got a squirt gun. They are pretty small, they forgot to give me one so I had to do it through customer service. Don't think anyone is going to pay me $35 to $60 for one. ;P
I may return them all as money is tight, but didn't want to miss the fun opportunity.
It was sad to watch one woman beg another guy for the last Lucina because her son wanted it for his birthday and it was the only one she came for. He said, "me too as he bagged about 6 amiibo. (there were only 4 Robin and Lucina shipped). One girl behind him said, "I would have let you have mine". She had a relative in California that still had time to get one.
@Ryno - There's been a police helicopter circling my neighborhood for the past 30 minutes, so I'm guessing somebody stole the amiibo.
My kid had band practice, he has to be there at 7:55, it's 5 minutes from Target, so I stopped there on my way home.
I'm a stay-at-home dad, my entire life consists of trips to Target, Stop & Shop, (it's a supermarket) and taking my kids where they need to go. Ever hear soccer moms complaining about being nothing more than taxi drivers for their kids? That's me.
The Spalton total came to $47.29, the cashier wouldn't take the bottle return receipts, said I have to bring them to customer service. Hopefully when I get my water pistol tomorrow, nobody was at the desk on the way out. Charizard was $8.68 w/ the $5 GC. Funny thing, my wife tried to buy Charizard before my cashier finished ringing me up - we were discussing the bottle returns, just a polite discussion, I wans't being a jerk about it - but it wouldn't go thru. 1 minute later it was ok though. Not a bad morning.
@Ryno @rjejr
Getting to stores early in the morning is easy for many people I think.
Even when I was working, Target is on the way and I could get there on time. I was spoiled by a short commute though.
@aaronsullivan - There was a HUGE stack of Splatoon games - thought I had them in the photo but they were off to the left next to all the CHarizards. Must have been 30 or so. Figured it would be a tiny water pistol, but I still want it.
Not sure if my Target had any Robin or Lucina, 4 or 5 really nerdy guys were bagging stuff at the register when I got there - read my above post, I wasn't camping out - so maybe they bought the few they had?
And no, haven't seen your other post, so thanks for cc'ing me here. I know cc is incorrect, but I'm old, it's what I call it. IM maybe? I can't type "contacting" correctly too often.
What if you could buy an slightly more expensive Amiibo CARD that could be activated when purchased (like a gift card) and gave you the regular ameba functionality but ALSO promised you an amiibo figurine to stick it in, but you had to wait a month or two for it to be manufactured and delivered?
Too outside the box?
Could really, really curtail the eBay baloney I think and get very accurate numbers for manufacturing. At least in my fantasy of it.
Just got back from my local Gamestop. They got in 4 PacMan, 8 silver Mario, 2 Ness, 2 Inklings of each gender, 2 Wario, and 1 Splatoon 3-pack. And that was it.
That 3-pack is now sitting next to me at work.
@rjejr
You know, our Target had a one-per-customer rule as far as specific Amiibo. I think two is too much, but I understand how it might appease the one boxed, one unboxed people.
I wonder what they'll do with the return since you used the $5 gift card already. They had to redo everything for me to get the squirt gun. :/ You should try either way, of course.
@rjejr, @aaronsullivan: Whenever I think about getting up early to do soemthing before work it never works out. I would rather sleep in, even if that means I miss out on JIgglypuff (which I actually don't care about).
@aaronsullivan - I'm in that Target all the time, dealing w/ customer service all the time, if it's a hassle I'll just wait until somebody is back there that I know.
Or, I can be very persuasive. Unfortunately that means resorting to being an @hole, which I'd rather not do for a cheap water gun, so I'ld probably just let it go.
@rjejr
Sounds like they'll be expecting you.
It took awhile for me to learn, but, as a consumer you really should just go and make a big deal out of things if you are asking for something reasonable. Also, always ask for deals and always fight your internet/TV/phone provider on every price increase.
@Ryno
If only I could think about a cliche saying about this. Something about birds and worms.
BTW, the video.
Nice effort. Not a fan. I just... don't want to see all that connected. I get where it comes from and all, but if you care that much about something that even the satire is this extreme, it's probably too much right? They are just games and entertainment and toys. And I am passionate about it, but blech.
@aaronsullivan: My motto is the early bird get's the worm, but he second mouse get's the cheese. And I like cheese more than worms so...
YEEEEEEEEESSSS!!! I was fortunate enough to get all the ones I wanted! Charizard, Silver Mario, Jigglypuff, Robin, and Lucina, and Ness!
Way too much money left my wallet today. But it was worth it!
BTW, check Fry's. They had everything, and a SURPLUS of silver Mario.
@rjejr That's great to hear. I hope other stores stick with a per-customer limit, too.
I have nothing against people making a profit on collectibles that have gained value over time, or that were produced in limited quantities and never re-issued. But buying up all the stock before anyone else even gets a chance at it is just dirty.
That was fabulous. Now I have to go make some deals.
I can't wait for Palutena and Dark Pit. I have a pit, so naturally I want the whole cast! I also really love the kid Icarus games, and palutena is one of my favs in smash!
Just got back from my TRU this morning. I was there at 7am when the mall opened and the stores didn't open until 10am. I was #18 in line. There were only 6 each of Lucina & Robin. >
On the plus side everything else seemed to be in much greater supply. Managed to snag a Greninja, Silver Mario, and Splatoon 3-pack.
@wisdomsprince
Yeah, this and the absurd challenges in even trying to get the things are why my interest in them has vanished. I'm not getting this stuff.
Very accurate to my experiences thus far.
I am pretty much the guy who appeared at 3:16 in that short clip. XD
I have every amiibo from Mario to the most recent one. Jigglypuff.
Somebody retweeted my tweet of that photo, nobody has ever retweeted me before. Probably should have thrown a hashtag in my comment somewhere.
OK, going to go play now, kids will be home in half an hour, going to be tough sharing this w/ the kids at first, Im guessing after a couple of days we'll be ok. Maybe.
I was glad to see my local Gamestop still had a fair stock of Splatoon and silver Mario amiibo several hours after opening. No Ness, unfortunately.
@Captain_Gonru - You should have gave him $22 for the DS games then sold them on eBay.
If I go back tomorrow to get my waterpistol I will check out what stock is left. Probably not much but I'm curious. The whole normal section was full as well of the newer line, at least a dozen Bowser an dth erest. Of course no Toad, I've never seen him in real life.
Nice little departure reference at the end
@Captain_Gonru - "Gamestop and the DS games just pisses me off in general"
Being PO'd by Gamestop is the norm. I'm certain they take great pride in knowing how much everybody hates them yet we still keep shopping there. Not quite EA, but they're close.
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