In late June we complained something fierce about amiibo stock levels, frustrated to see many more figures and cards announced at E3 with little indication of existing problems being resolved. Polls we ran also suggested that a number within our community were also miffed at the situation.
Since then, though, there's perhaps been a turnaround. Some figures are still rarer than we'd like, but others are becoming surprisingly common, at least when we wander into stores here in the UK. It may not be perfect yet, but Nintendo seems to have made some progress in boosting store supplies.
Nintendo of America, meanwhile, has now posted an update on its amiibo Facebook page to highlight some restocks.
Heads up! Additional Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard and PAC-MAN amiibo will be hitting shelves in limited quantities over the next few days.
For more information about timing and availability, be sure to visit your local retail stores or check out their websites.
Based on the comments not many are impressed at more PAC-MAN stock, but both Charizard and the Splatoon triple-pack seem to be getting a thumbs up. Of course, those of you on the hunt will have to target retailers to get a heads up on which of the restocks will be popping up where.
[source facebook.com]
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Pac-Man? In hard supply? I see that amiibo like, everywhere.
Limited quantities. Why, at this stage, for any reason other than to maintain the state of demand overwhelming supply? Sneaky tactics the from NoA tbh.
Oh, hey! This is great-(Sees that they'll be in limited quantities)...in a way, it's my fault for setting myself up for dissapointment.
I think the droughts, or 'shortages' if you will, are intentional to fool people into thinking they'll be mega rare when infact they just reprint more. And of course they're 'limited' but limited to what? 100? 50,000,000? I love Nintendo but as you can probably tell I'm getting a little bored with all the Nintendo 'news' being amiibo this, amiibo that... either that or Splatoon weapon DLC. Need a Nintendo Direct...
LMAO! Why you do this if you're not even going to try Nintendo? 3? In limited quantities? Really?
@PikminWorld I was going to say the same thing, actually. I haven't seen him a lot recently, but I got him on day one with no problems.
Pac-Man is everywhere! Where are the FE amiibos?
When Nintendo says limited, they really do mean LIMITED!
I might get Charizard but then again I don't plan on collecting them all. I just want the characters I really like. I'll get you someday Pit, someday...
Splatoon Triple Pack, they everywhere here.
I seen then in just about every JB HiFi EB Games & Gametraders everywhere.
What? I see Pac-Man everywhere. How about restocking Ness, Nintendo?
How about restocking Lucina, Nintendo?
Saw a couple of Pac Man the other day, probably in Target, so maybe NoA is just a little late with the tweet? We picked up Charizard for my son the morning we picked up Splatoon and haven't seen any since. They should sell the Slaton amiibo separately so the people who already got the girl and/or boy can pick up the squid.
I really hope they do a much better job keeping the wooly Yoshi in stock after making us wait 3 months for the game. Still waiting to see how they are going to manage the AC amiibo since it looks like you may actually need them to play.
I don't want Pacman! I already have him! WE WANT PIT, WE WANT NESS, WE WANT MOTHER 3!
Good news for everybody who still tries to buy Amiibos.
Pacman has been in every store that I have been too. But I was just able to order a charizard off amazon so they must have been restocked
....So no Inkling Girl? Gotta deal with the 3-Pack? Ugh...
F Pack man!!!! Charizard is coo tho
I've never seen Charizard in-store (which is weird to me since he's a Pokémon character) so this is certainly welcome.
I've grown to really dislike this whole amiibo business.
I saw Charizard a few weeks back at toys r us and picked one up.
Have been seeing Pac-Man pretty regularly. I was lucky to snag the Splatoon 3-pack on release.
Really hoping that Nintendo is geared up for Holidays in the US. The sad part is, if we get enough stock, people may start to realize how little amiibos do!
Gosh dang people of course its limited quantities. Everything has a limit.
If you spent half as much time investigating these restocks as you do complaining about "limited quantity" you'd find Splatoon Amiibo were live on Amazon most of the day today, and in fact are still live right now.
Links below.
I still need Charizard, and Peach from the Super Mario Collection as well. Can't find those anywhere...
@Megumi
See above comment.
Well, not the scolding part lol. Just the part about Inkling Boy and Girl going live at Amazon today.
And see my post below for the link. It's still live.
@SmoochyTea
You need Charizard and can't find anywhere.
Look right here.
http://www.amazon.com/Charizard-amiibo-Super-nintendo-wii-u/dp/B00V86BJX2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1440736954&sr=8-7&keywords=Amiibo
And Peach (SMB)
http://www.amazon.com/Peach-amiibo-Super-Mario-Wii-U/dp/B00S7O6QWM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440737427&sr=8-1&keywords=Amiibo+peach
You guys really got to start looking a little better.
As for everyone else...
Let me just make this easy for everyone. Don't bother checking any websites- I've done all the work for you, for all you people who can't find any amiibo anywhere and want to complain about limited quantity, even though these have all been up the entire duration of the day and have still not sold out.
Inkling Boy @Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00VHWMKEY/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
Inkling Girl @Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00VHWMJWC/ref=olp_twister_child?ie=UTF8&mv_color_name=1&mv_edition=1
Charizard @Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Charizard-amiibo-Super-nintendo-wii-u/dp/B00V86BJX2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1440736954&sr=8-7&keywords=Amiibo
As long as the quantities are limited, there's still a problem.
You have a product, you meet the demand so that every person who wants the product can get it. Period. I can barely guess what Nintendo's problem is.
I need that charizard. I'd love to get the splatoon 3 pack for my son.
@JaxonH You wouldn't happen to have a link for Robin, eh? >_>
@Lalivero
I sold all my extras. I only have my sealed set and my open set now, and that's it.
@Moon good chance of a direct within October and November I doubt next month will have one but if anything might have game specific directs.
Dr Mario and Wooly Yoshi will be the last Amiibo's I buy. Bringing my total to a whopping 4 lol.
Ive started seeing the Splatoon 3X Pack appear on European Stores. Wouldn't surprise me if their was more stock on in Europe than all of America.
Nintendo Of America is restocking what does not need to be restocked....We need Little Mac, Villager, Lucina, & Robin restocks. I have been holding off on buying these on eBay because of the high markups. I don't mind spending $22 on a amiibo which i missed from day 1 release. I make sure I get new releases promptly now on. But $60 USD for Little Mac is just too much for me.
In a way, you can't fault Nintendo for being caught off guard that these sell out so well. With the Wii U selling like parkas at a beach resort, they should be forgiven for being cautious about going into massive production for what is essentially accessories for that system. They probably imagined someone 30 years from now making a documentary about digging up a landfill and finding tons of unsold Zeldas.
Where I live, the Pac-Man Amiibo is very common, Charizard can be found in Toys R' Us, and the Splatoon 3-pack is impossible to find.
Too bad I already own all of these Amiibo being re-stocked.
Preorders are up on target.com.
I just preordered splatoon 3 pack and dr Mario. Olimar and zero suit Seamus prorders were already done. Do'h.
All quantities are limited, jeez. Each store could get a few sets of ten or a hundred regardless that's limited supply.
I need some of that splatoon three-pack though.
For anybody who is interested, Jigglypuff, Silver Mario, Charizard and Rosalina are available to purchase at Target.com. Additionally, the Splatoon 3 pack, the inkling boy, the inkling girl and the Dr. Mario amiibos are available for pre-order at target.com. I just ordered Rosalina and pre-ordered Dr. Mario and got the confirmation email from Target.
Target seems to be out of the Splatoon 3-pack pre-orders. Does anyone have any ideas for where else to look?
@SlayerG Glad to hear is getting a restock. I got her already but she's always been one of my favs. I wonder if they're still doing Mario Party reskins for Rosie, DK, and Wario? I've got the Smash Wario (imported, never seen a US version) but would love a classic color scheme. And Daisy and Waluigi if they ever do a wave two Mario Party...
Dr Mario ordered. Can't believe it's still online...
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