Collectors Rejoice, Rare amiibo Figures Are Getting Restocked

About time Yarn Yoshi's were restocked - haven't seen a single one anywhere since launch.

Seriously? Those are still considered rare? I mean, the Splatoon Triple pack definitely isn't common, but literally every other amiibo is regularly available at stock price. The stock issues are resolved, and the nearby electronics store even has "rarities" like Shulk, Lucina, Robin, and Bowser Jr. available.
Or is it really that much worse outside of Germany?

@Kaze_Memaryu

The splatoon 3 pack was never released in Europe, thus I don't think this post is for us. Especially since stock issues were resolved in Europe for everything except Yarn Yoshi (the splatoon figures were heavily restocked at ARGOS)

It was only a matter of time really that Nintendo got round to restocking those Amiibo's. I can see them doing another run again at some point, so it's always worth hanging on instead of caving in to the scalpers.

Am I the only one who read the title as in the company RARE were bringing their characters out as Amiibo? Heart sank.

@Sanicranfast It wasn't? I swear I saw it in Grainger games before.

@Kaze_Memaryu Whereas in Europe most amiibo are common, in NA most amiibo are rare.

@Sanicranfast Villager is still rare in Europe.

@Sanicranfast I've seen the triple pack a few times in Grainger games, going to check next time I'm in to see if it's a EUR one or not.

Soooo when is the splatoon 3 pack being rereleased ?

@Humphries90 yeah I've seen it there as well. Going to ask to see the box in case it's an import.

Hopefully get some more villagers out here in Europe, and Yarn Yoshis. I don't think Marth or Ike need restocked here though, they're really common.

@NintendoLee @Humphries90 I imported the Splatoon triple pack from Australia. It had all the European languages on it, but it only said 'Nintendo Australia' on the box.

This is for NOA but I do hope NOE restock the Blue Yarn Yoshi amiibo and release the Splatoon 3 pack here seeing as that is the only other way to get the squid amiibo.

@Kaze_Memaryu
SMB Peach is super rare in Europe. I haven't seen any restock from all Amazon EU. She's still the one missing on my amiibo collection. She's very common on US though.

@Jazzer94 I got the 3 pack from Ebay UK, 43 quid shipped . Very steep, but what can you do....

The only two amiibo left in my collection that I'm after are Little Mac and Villager, and after having all of their restock units going to other countries and only Nintendo World Store in USA last time, I hope they do better now. Good that there's more restocks, though. Anybody actively following amiibo like me has had a much easier time getting amiibo lately, particularly the newer wave. Nintendo is improving in stock numbers and restocks it seems.

I could use both Ike and Little Mac so hopefully they are in supply enough.

Got Villager last night, was really surprised to see him in store. They had a Marth too. Now if I could just find Little Mac, Wario, and King Dedede...

@Kaze_Memaryu Yeah it is. We've been seeing lesser sought after figures like Wario on shelves now so it is getting better. But the only way you are getting Villager, Little Mac, Marth and definitely Splatoon here in the US are dropping big bucks online.

@ChuJelly I'm going to the Nintendo World store next weekend, I'll see what they have!

Uh oh, and to think it took me few trips to the store to buy all of the Amiibo At normal price, I could've chosen the particular I want ;D

If I were a serious amiibo collector I think I'd rather they didn't make any more... because they won't be rare anymore.

Meta knight? Dark pit? Both of those hit 2 stores in my town and were bought up within minutes and I've never seen a restock. Mostly I've given up hoping to see certain amiiibo with my own eyes

I'm going to buy my first ever amiibos (amiibi?) for super mario maker - come on Sonic!

@RainbowGazelle This was in a shop though, one that doesn't do imports.

I don't know if it helps but I have the Splatoon 3 Pack from Grainger Games and have no issues with it at all.

@NintendoLee I heard other people mention seeing the triple pack, but only ever in Granger Games. Maybe they do do imports.

I need a Marth for Code Name Steam please. Little Mac also interests me.

@RainbowGazelle I've been shopping there since they were a market stall, they haven't ever done previously. I'll check the box in store and update.

@PeterW77 is the packaging European or Australian?

@Kaze_Memaryu I've never seen Shulk, Villager, Bowser Jr., Marth, or any of the rare ones, other than Wii Fit Trainer.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Nintendo is going to need to restock a large quantity of these, as the usual Mario, Peach and Luigi are going to be overwhelmed by the new waves of Star Wars figures, Skylanders and Lego Dimensions. I wouldn't be surprised if the amiibo sections at B&M stores become so small theyre impossible to find even when they are in stock. Not sure about the EU but Lego sections are huge in the US, I'm sure ample space will be given for those. And Disney already overwhelms the NFC toy aisle w/ figures nobody wants, I can only imagine how many Star Wars toys they'll stock. And those Skylanders vehicles are pretty big.

Collectors will keep collecting, but I think most people will move on this year after the wool Yoshi. And that Animal Crossing amiibo Festival board game isn't going to help much. I wonder when Nintendo will wake up from its summer slumber of Splatoon and promote something besides SMM. Has Mario Tennis got people excited?

@Kaze_Memaryu Here in the land of bald eagles and mountain dew, most of those never made it to stores. I saw a Villager and a Trainer the first day they came out, maybe the second, and never again. Shulk and maybe lil Bowwow are stores exclusives, and available nowhere.

I'll believe this news when I see them on shelves. However, the amiibos listed are some of the ones we wanted day one but never saw....Captain Falcon was originally one of the only Amiibos I wanted, and my oldest son had Little Mac as his #1 item on his Christmas list, he's also fan of Animal Crossing; and I'm all in on Splatoon so this is great if it's true...........and by true, I mean more then 3 per store.

I'll believe it when I see them on shelves for the first time ever.

I wish they'd restock the Amiibo that have not been restocked yet. These ones have been restocked a few times now (At least twice now) where I have yet to see Ike, Lucina and Robin because they have never been restocked. Though... hopefully this will mean down the road, they will received the same treatment as the older ones.

I was just coming to terms with the fact that I wasn't going to get the splatoon amiibos - and now this.... I had such a hard time on the last boss - I was pacing around my apartment - and now I'm gonna have the chance to have a HARDER time... dangit

@NintendoLee tobtell you the truth, I didn't pay attention to that bit. I just opened it checked they worked with isolation and the discarded the packaging. Is there anything noticeably different between the EU and Australian versions that I should be aware of or worried about?

The Villager's era of rareness needs to end now.

@PeterW77 It's the fact the triple pack has never officially been announced for Europe, so if it was European packaging it's rare.

This is great news! They are finally listening to us. Now maybe I can grab a villager amiibo...

@NintendoLee ahh, OK. I wish I made a mental note of it now!

@Kaze_Memaryu
Europe is covered. Stock issues basically resolved, as you say.

It's just the US, which accounts for nearly 2/3 of the global demand, that is a little harder to restock.

It's gotten better- all amiibo releasing now are in excess quantity, they're just filling in the backlog now with older wave restocks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

http://fortune.com/2015/03/11/beanie-babies-failure-lessons/

I am happy knowing that at some point I will be able to acquire all the the amiibo I want, in the package, for less than a dollar each. I am a patient man.

They flood the market, people will still swoop them all up because they think they can get a lot more for them on the secondary market. And they will, for a short time. But in a few years, nobody will give a shit anymore. All those suckers that dropped 2X the retail value (if not more) on these toys will be stuck with almost valueless pieces of plastic.

DON'T BE A SUCKER. BE PATIENT.

@rjejr The amiibo sections in the UK seem to have even taken over Skylanders and Infinity once the huge restocks occurred earlier this year, I've also seen virtually nothing about Lego Dimensions which seems awkward given the release in just over a month. I agree with your comments about promotion though, it almost feels like everything that's not Super Mario Maker or Star Fox Zero is being delayed to 2016 because of nothing being talked about. The latter is just promotion of the E3 build though so even that's rather bad.

Well, Nintendo knows a cash-cow when it sees one, so this ain't surprising.

@Kaze_Memaryu You've never tried shopping for amiibo in America, have you? In Canada, we only have Mairo, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser, Luigi and Pac-Man in every store!! The rest are tougher to find.

@Sanicranfast @Grumblevolcano @Splatburst @MailOrderNinja @Mus1cLov3r @russellohh @JaxonH @TheRedCap30 Considering all the responses, scalping might actually still be a lucrative market. I can get basically every amiibo except Gold/Silver Mario without effort for standard price, and in good quantity. Welp, time for an ebay account, I guess...

I might pick up a Villager if I see one in stores.

Also I really wish they'd do another run of Shulk Amiibo that aren't exclusive.

@Kaze_Memaryu
Collectors from US wants US version though so good luck. Those who wanted open set already got what they want from Europe and Japan.

@Kaze_Memaryu Better hurry, looks like Nintendo plans to rectify it.

Here in Canada we already received a restock of Marth, Villager, Captain Falcon, Ike, and even Lucario at Walmart, so I was able to grab all five of all the ones mentioned in the article I just need Little Mac, I was able to grab the only 3-pack they had at my local Walmart the day they came out

I'll believe it when I see it. This is great news, but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. I'm just going to see what happens. Remember, they said they were restocking Marth, and look at how well that turned out.

....Which now makes my Wii Fit Trainer amiibo the rarest of them all!!!!

Oh great, after I just got mine imported. Oh well, at least I didn't pay anything for them.

@Grumblevolcano "being delayed to 2016 "

What I think is weird is that every time I say Ntineod you could use another ND people always respond "but they have nothing to show, what for?". I feel like we haven't seen anything. Star Fox, Mario Tennis, AC:aF, XCX, Yoshi (Oct 16 in the US, not that anybody in the US not on this site would know), Devils Third, Fatal Frame. Yes, these things were shown at E3, but just barely, and they are all due to release in the next 4 months. And they should mention Zelda U, not DeNA or NX, every chance they get.

I suppose they are shell shocked over Iwata's passing, but they need to get it together, Destiny and Battlefront are everywhere. And why ar ewe only hearing about Pokken Fighters on Wii U in Spring 2016 today, shouldn't that have been announced at E3? Poor poor Wii U.

Yassssss. It looks like loads of them I don't have are getting restocked not to mention the ones coming out in september. Looks like I'll need to save some money to be ready for these.

I'm glad that Nintendo's keeping its word on trying to make its amiibo supply meet demand, but I don't see Fox on that list, so I'm a bit disappointed.

Yes! This means I can hopefully get my kid the Splatoon pack! And I can get my mitts on Little Mac maybe.

@LunaticPandora

I didn't know they were even out yet.

@readyletsgo

I would love that!
The entire DK crew (we all need K. Rool, Dixie and Cranky amiibos )
Battletoads
Rattle n Roll
Banjo Kazooie
Conker

I don't believe them when they say restocks. The last few times restocks have meant between 2-5 per store. No thanks, I'll just import them.

@daveh30 Hey the Wario amiibo is in stock at Walmart: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wario-Super-Smash-Bros-Series-Amiibo-Nintendo-WiiU-or-Nintendo-3DS/44606834

@Kaze_Memaryu Silver Mario is common.

I'm going to order my retro 3 pack today! Stock must definitely be improving if the local GS employee who answered the phone said that he had a lot of them.

@JacobGaming beauty! Thanks

@Captain_Gonru What you are experiencing is actually a battle between the dark side and the light side of the force. You know which is which.

@Splatburst

Wellll I've seen Peach everywhere all the time.

Here many online retailers are selling the amiibos they have and probably not orderning more. Got Fit Trainer that way. Haven't bothered with Little Mac even I've seen them here and there.

I finally caught Rosalina few weeks ago, I've got Villager, Marth, Ness, Lucina and Ike (and yarn yoshis) in release. I finally gave up and ordered Shulk and MetaKnight from Germany since doesn't appear in stock in here and I did order Robin too, but not quite sure did the complany fell short on stock or something

It's about time. I've been looking for the Splatoon 3-pack for months.

So does that mean the product will be restocked 1-2 months after the date shown next to each figure on the list? I am slightly confused. Anyone know the answer?

@Finntendo
Amazon Spain usually shares restock with Germany. They go in and out of stock at the same time in these rare amiibos. And Amazon Spain is usually cheaper with 10€ to 12€ on half of the amiibos.

@TheRedCap30 Pikachu? I haven't seen Pikachu in ages. Thankfully I have one already. I also haven't seen Smash Mario in a while either, which I'm willing to bet will be discontinued in favor of the Super Mario series Mario.

wow, great! Too bad I stopped caring about these things at some point. Good for you guys who still somehow care about these

I already got Captain Falcon...but I have yet to get Marth so yay!

@Kaze_Memaryu Hä? Where in Germany can you get the Amiibo-3-pack or the Yarn Yoshis for the regular price? Show me.
@rjejr They don't need to, only you collectors need it. ^^

I feel like this is going to do squat...wished Nintendo would just the sell the things themselves.

I've noticed a lot of improvement here in the UK recently. For a while, my closest GAME store only had a single Donkey Kong, but now there's lots there including Rosalina. Hopefully it'll get better in the US soon enough since its always seemed to be tougher for them.

Still waiting for Gold and Silver Mario to come here

@Kaze_Memaryu - oh, it's that bad

@Kaze_Memaryu Germany is considered amiibo PARADISE. In America, it's much, much worse than you could ever imagine. Just about every amiibo that's not Mario, Peach, or Pikachu are all near impossible to find. Store exclusives usually instantly sell out when they're up for preorder, with most stores like Gamestop only getting 1 or 2 of each amiibo per-wave.

@shani I already mentioned that the Splatoon Triple Pack is an exception, in that it's very hard to get for a reasonable price. As for Yarn Yoshis, I found a few green ones at a Media Markt nearby, and all color variations at Müller. I'm not looking for amiibos online, since it's more reliable to see what you get in stores, and I save myself delivery costs.

@Kaze_Memaryu Well I'm not an amiibo collector myself, but a friend of mine is. And he said he didn't find them in any offline shops (but he got them all through pre-order). I would by a Yarn Yoshi and the Splatoon Amiibos though, if I should find them. I'll have a look at MM, thanks!
We don't have Müller hier, though, I guess it's a regional store chain?

I've grown so tired of the whole Amiibo craze. I love Nintendo, the games they make, and even the concept of Amiibos, but the lack of restocking in America is just a joke. I've read countless articles about how rare Amiibos will be restocked and frankly, I haven't seen an ounce of evidence that verifies this. By "restocking" do they mean "each store will get 1 or 2 more in"? Because the shelves everywhere I go are already pretty bare and even then all I can find with no effort is Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Pikachu. The rest are all MIA.

@DAMO I still can't imagine all these amiibo are rare, here in the netherlands these "rare" amiibo are all on sale because they won't sell. And they are all from the original release date, no restock amiibo here in the netherlands.

@JacobGaming thanks for the heads up. Just ordered a Wario, and will be picked up at my local Walmart on the 27th.

I'm with everyone else when it comes to these "restocks". I'll believe it when I see it.

At this very moment I can go to 4 different Walmarts, 2 Targets, and 3 Gamestops and they all have the same: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Link. The most uncommon one that can be found now is Pacman. I got lucky about 2 months ago to stumbled upon Marth at Walmart, I grabbed 2, if anyone wants to trade/buy my extra one drop me a line.

I've seen Capt Falcon ONCE, and that was when amiibos first came out and never again. As for Lil Mac, Villager, I've never once seen on store shelves. So again I'll believe it when I see it.

@Kaze_Memaryu

Not in North America. I just sold a North American Villager Amiibo (in box) that I decided I didn't want anymore for $100 USD.

Hmm now that the Villager is being resupplied I may be able to get the last one that I want. I will have to keep a sharp eye out!

@Haz Guess I'm living in the wrong country, then...

@shani Dunno about that, honestly. The store in my town only opened about half a year ago.
As for Media Markt, a small hint - try to bug them a bit, they tend to hold back parts of their stock to prevent scalpers from mass buying.

@tysonfury It's amiibo. The plural of amiibo is amiibo. Dang you're casual.
@darkswabber No one plays video games in the netherlands. Almost as few as in Zimbabwe.

cool, I'll hold off trying to buy villager from Japan then. Got to import Bowser JR since I'm hearing he is a Toys R Us exclusive...-_-;

Maybe it's different outside Europe but I found Lucina for £11 at Argos recently (which was cheap enough for me to make the purchase) and yesterday GAME had loads of 'rare' Amiibo, including Rosalina, Olimar, Dr Mario and SIX Shulk figures. That's more than they had Pikachu and Mario combined.

@Ryu_Niiyama importing from Australia also is a viable option. Seems to be the "land of amiibo" these days lol

@whodatninja Shipping is cheaper from Japan and since I'm usually importing a game or two a month it is easier to just toss an amiibo or two in the cart. I can not wait until this is over though...I'm embarrassed that I've been reduced to an addict over NFC figures. Still trying to figure out display shelving for them.

@Ryu_Niiyama Oh cool, didn't know that! (Never imported from Japan before)
But I know the feeling... I originally just wanted Link, Samus and Mario and call it quits. Just my favourites, you know! But then Rosalina came, and Shulk, and later Splatoon! I would probably get even more if I had the funds.
Soon Mewtwo will be here, another favourite of mine... Can I resist?!?

And I regret to inform you that the Amiibo Train aint stopping anytime soon. Nintendo will keep pumping them out as long as fans like you and me buy them

@Captain_Gonru - "they need like three NDs at this point"

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they are torn between doing another one and not doing another one b/c just who is going to replace Iwata and do that hand gesture? The news about QOL maybe being put on the shelf makes me think the company may be in turmoil. There may even be a big riff between those who want to let Wii U die and rush NX out and those who want to continue to try and get Wii U going and hold off on NX. There could be a power vacuum w/o Iwata. Reggie and the EU guy may want NX sooner rather than later, Japan may want to support Wii U. We'll never know, but N could be more messed up internally than usual.

So what needs to happen is all the NoA people need to get canned and replaced with Nintenclones of the NoE people, who have apparently been on the ball for years during this gen.

@Captain_Gonru I like WedNESday, but man, the Halloween displays are killing me, it's the frikkin middle of August!!!

I think ND should just simply be replaced w/ "Live from the Nintendo Treehouse". At least in the US. And if they don't want to do it live - which probably would be best, less technical issues and strain on the servers - then "Nintendo Treehouse Presents". But it should be a regular occurrence, first WedNESday of every month. "NTP: 1st WedNESdays". In June delay it until E3, and skip January b/c nobody cares in January. Maybe every other month, Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec. And give Bill Trinen a big raise and let that be his focus, delivering good presentations, b/c E3 sucked. And that ND w/ the Wii Fit meter and that guy walking all over Japan was a real snoozer.

I'm just glad I snatched up Fox before he disappeared from shelves, but I am still on the hunt for Rosalina, Zero Suit Samus and eventually Falco. I thought Sonic was going to be rare, but I see Sonic figures everywhere where I live. Also, the tagline was a bit misleading to me when i first saw it, as 'Rare' immediately sent my mind to Conker and Banjo Kazooie amiibo. It must be my recent interest in Xbox One and re-purchasing a 360 last week.

@Kaze_Memaryu Of course, you're from Germany. Here in the U.S., it's BAD. Rarest amiibo I've ever seen in stores is Toon Link. Right now, I haven't even seen Smash Bros Mario and Luigi too often.