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Topic Started: Dec 24 2014, 01:42 AM (4,795 Views)
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Today I picked up my second amiibo, after just getting my first one yesterday. I'm intrigued, but very cautious about buying more of these, cause I feel like I would burn a hole in my wallet if I keep buying so many at a time. So, I think I'm going to take my time with buying only one a week from now on. Anyways, how is the amiibo hunting been going pgrf?
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Likely. I do wish the figure quality was slightly better, or at least was much more consistent with the higher quality figures. Then again, there isn't any huge disparity besides the dips in quality on Merth.

Anyways, I got Rosalina by arriving 10 minutes before the opening of my local Target. I thought I'd look silly to the employees there, waiting outside for a princess figure. Was I wrong, the employees were aware of the situation with the Amiibo and 15 other people were already lined up, with there being enough to sell to every who came before the store opened. I honestly was surprised by the line and glad the target employees only gave one per customer.
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Anyways, I got Rosalina by arriving 10 minutes before the opening of my local Target. I thought I'd look silly to the employees there, waiting outside for a princess figure. Was I wrong, the employees were aware of the situation with the Amiibo and 15 other people were already lined up, with there being enough to sell to every who came before the store opened. I honestly was surprised by the line and glad the target employees only gave one per customer.
I have a similar story. Today as I went to my second target and found nothing, my brother calls me up and asks me if I bought a Rosalina. I didn't of course cause I didn't go early enough, but my sister in law did as she bought 4 of them, and my brother offered me one.
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Jan 31 2015, 11:16 PM
Duck Hunt Dog hasn't released or been announced with the current set of waves, and will probably release by the end of spring or summertime. There's either 1-3 waves left in the Smash Bros line of Amiibo, with 35 released/unveiled so far. If you're curious as to what has released, check the Amiibo wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiibo

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You actually convinced me! You have brought up a many great arguments, Andsy! I decided to donate my amiibo to small children so I can have sex with women!
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Plz do.

You need to spread your seed.

Just not just all over the carpet in your parents spare room. But out in the wild.

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Update:Like I said earlier, I got my Rosalina, but I yesterday I couldn't find lucario. I still have nothing from Gamestop, they have yet to ship anything. I ordered most of them the only one I need is meta knight and lucario. Also I just got an update on my little mac shipment, saying that they are still waiting to get him, I'm about to cancel my shipment for him. Other than that, just waiting for wave 4 to go up.
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@leonk4 sorry to hear about little mac problems, I have a proposition for you, om Wednesday I'm checking my local store since they are getting a shipment and I can see if I can snag an extra little mac for you. Don't cancel your order yet but ill let you know if I can find him.
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If you can that would be sweet honestly, pm me if you get an extra one.
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I just got my import of Rosalina & Lucario yesterday. I'll be importing Shulk & Meta Knight when they are up for preorder internationally (hopefully!) as I don't have the time to try to hunt them down locally.

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I only have Villager and Fox (these are both opened). Then I have Little Mac and two Rosalinas in the box. I haven't been able to find a Sheik or another Villager. I really want Sheik though.
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My Shulk came in the mail today. I had preordered that from gamestop before the first wave a amiibo came out and we found out how hard to get amiibos would be. I just ordered it online because I didn't want to deal with the store and that ended up working out good for me. It looks like it went down in price on ebay a little. When it first came out it was going for $70-80 now it is going for $40-50, I am actually kind of happy about that. I really want to keep my Shulk but if it had gone up in price like the villager or Wii Fit Trainer and started going for $100 plus, at that price I feel like I would have had to sell.
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So I decided I want the Zelda ones for now. I'm kinda kicking me own ass for not picking up Toon Link yesterday. My Best Buy had 5 of them and I didn't know he was uncommon. Is Sheik available everywhere or store exclusive?
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So, after acquiring most of them, I've decided that I want to sell them. I just can't keep doing this. Msg me if you want some of them, or the whole set.
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So I decided I want the Zelda ones for now. I'm kinda kicking me own ass for not picking up Toon Link yesterday. My Best Buy had 5 of them and I didn't know he was uncommon. Is Sheik available everywhere or store exclusive?
Toon Link shouldn't be that hard to find again, Sheik will be harder. This is all guess work but I think Toon Link will be around for awhile, Sheik may go the way to Little Mac and Captain Felton and be gone sooner rather than later.
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Got all the Zelda ones luckily :] I think I'll just go after Zelda amiibo's and ignore the rest. I didn't really like any of the other ones. I like the version of Megaman they used, but he just looked so cheap and shitty I decided not to get him. lol.

Fingers crossed Midna and Skullkid get one.

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Feb 28 2015, 06:28 PM
I like the version of Megaman they used, but he just looked so cheap and shitty I decided not to get him. lol.
If you're not just talking about a poorly crafted Megaman you've come across. Wow. I'm speechless. O__o

I was praising Megaman because of the quality of his build, I honestly do think mines at least is as impeccable as a nendoroid. He has all the details intact unlike characters like Link or Sheik (Obviously because Megaman has less minute details), they used different finishes that translates well, Megaman's eyes are well detailed unlike Toon Link's (whose eyes look like they were drawn by a child), and he's not cross-eyed like Diddy Kong. Although I like the Zelda amiibo, if I were to split the current set of amiibo equally into two categories, as good or bad, I'd say all the Zelda characters so far are on the bad half in quality. I like all the amiibo I've gotten so far though, even Merth
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I like the version of Megaman they used, but he just looked so cheap and shitty I decided not to get him. lol.
If you're not just talking about a poorly crafted Megaman you've come across. Wow. I'm speechless. O__o

I was praising Megaman because of the quality of his build, I honestly do think mines at least is as impeccable as a nendoroid. He has all the details intact unlike characters like Link or Sheik (Obviously because Megaman has less minute details), they used different finishes that translates well, Megaman's eyes are well detailed unlike Toon Link's (whose eyes look like they were drawn by a child), and he's not cross-eyed like Diddy Kong. Although I like the Zelda amiibo, if I were to split the current set of amiibo equally into two categories, as good or bad, I'd say all the Zelda characters so far are on the bad half in quality. I like all the amiibo I've gotten so far though, even Merth
What are you saying in the first sentence? I'm confused how it's worded.

I had the same issue with Samus. Maybe it's just the shinier colors used but Samus and Megaman look really bad, tacky, and cheap. They look better in pictures than they do in person to me. I think Toon Link is definitely the best out of the ones that were available in my stores. I didn't see Diddy Kong, Kirby, Marth, Punchout guy etc lol.
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Interesting, Samus is probably my second favorite behind Kirby. The only reason Kirby is my favorite is that I wasn't planning on getting him but then I saw him in the store and was like that is adorable and I need to own that.

I will say that I do really like Toon Link but I have already kind of dislike the other Link. I big part of that has to do with the pose they put him in and that big chunk of plastic holding him up.
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Feb 28 2015, 06:58 PM
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I like the version of Megaman they used, but he just looked so cheap and shitty I decided not to get him. lol.
If you're not just talking about a poorly crafted Megaman you've come across. Wow. I'm speechless. O__o

I was praising Megaman because of the quality of his build, I honestly do think mines at least is as impeccable as a nendoroid. He has all the details intact unlike characters like Link or Sheik (Obviously because Megaman has less minute details), they used different finishes that translates well, Megaman's eyes are well detailed unlike Toon Link's (whose eyes look like they were drawn by a child), and he's not cross-eyed like Diddy Kong. Although I like the Zelda amiibo, if I were to split the current set of amiibo equally into two categories, as good or bad, I'd say all the Zelda characters so far are on the bad half in quality. I like all the amiibo I've gotten so far though, even Merth
What are you saying in the first sentence? I'm confused how it's worded.

I had the same issue with Samus. Maybe it's just the shinier colors used but Samus and Megaman look really bad, tacky, and cheap. They look better in pictures than they do in person to me. I think Toon Link is definitely the best out of the ones that were available in my stores. I didn't see Diddy Kong, Kirby, Marth, Punchout guy etc lol.
What I meant by that sentence is a Megaman you saw in the wild which, unlike the other Megamans, was poorly crafted. Marths are notorious for being compared in craft just because some look derpier than others.

Not sure if you're referring to the varnished coating or the bright colors. The colors for Samus seem similar to the figma, and they're both varnished. I don't think it would make sense for Samus to be matte finish either. I guess I could see the appeal as with Evangelion figures I personally prefer the matted Tamashi Eva 01 figure over Revoltech's glossier version. But the glossed Eva 02 by Tamashi looks kickass. So it might have something to do with the craftmanship.

Here's a comparison of Revoltech and Tamashi's Eva 01:

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I only have Villager and Fox (these are both opened). Then I have Little Mac and two Rosalinas in the box. I haven't been able to find a Sheik or another Villager. I really want Sheik though.
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What I meant by that sentence is a Megaman you saw in the wild which, unlike the other Megamans, was poorly crafted. Marths are notorious for being compared in craft just because some look derpier than others.

Not sure if you're referring to the varnished coating or the bright colors. The colors for Samus seem similar to the figma, and they're both varnished. I don't think it would make sense for Samus to be matte finish either. I guess I could see the appeal as with Evangelion figures I personally prefer the matted Tamashi Eva 01 figure over Revoltech's glossier version. But the glossed Eva 02 by Tamashi looks kickass. So it might have something to do with the craftmanship.

Here's a comparison of Revoltech and Tamashi's Eva 01:

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Oh gotcha. It could be since they only had one Megaman and one Samus so I didn't have much to compare it with. I think the glossy figure you showed looked better than what I was seeing in store. My stores didn't have much selection since it was a ton of Bowser, DK, Luigi, and Peach. I had to go to Best Buy for Link's, and Gamestop for Zelda's.

I'm not defending the Zelda figures by any means either, I only bought them because I'm a Zelda whore and always miss out on the cool statues they make for this series. If I was to rate them Zelda is a 1/10, Link is a 5/10, Sheik is a 6/10 and Toon Link is a 9/10.

I don't really see myself getting all of the amiibos but definitely the Zelda ones, Zero Suit Samus, and Duck Hunt Dog.
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Yeah, I think many of the Amiibo have flaws that I'd dock a few points for. Some are perfect in my eyes though, like Kirby, Pikachu, Mario and Megaman. Villager, DK, Sonic, Fox and Samus being 8's and 9's for me. The more human-like figures around 6's and 7's. Toon Link around a 6 too just because I have the nendoroid to compare him to, which has really well drawn facial features and sculpt in the hair. The one thing that prompted me to get the Amiibo is how he is running, which is unlike anything the nendo is capable of doing with it's articulation on the leg joints. I'd say the worst is Shulk which sits around a 5, I think he's one character that needed the extra depth/attention to detail to really translate well into a figure, but that would likely exceed their budget for manufacturing amiibo

I do wish we saw a Figuarts/Figma of Captain Falcon and Peach and hope there's a restock of Pit/Dark Pit one of these days. Peach is far more likely as a Figuart just because Mario, Luigi and Yoshi have been released, so it would make sense they'd be developing Peach and Bowser next.
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Toon Link around a 6 too just because I have the nendoroid to compare him to, which has really well drawn facial features and sculpt in the hair.
While the nendroid Toon Link is a nice figure, the style is less representative of how Toon Link actually appears in the Zelda series. I think the nendroid is phenomenal, but the Toon Link amiibo is the best figure and representation of Toon Link that you can buy. I'd rate him at an 8/10.
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Toon Link around a 6 too just because I have the nendoroid to compare him to, which has really well drawn facial features and sculpt in the hair.
While the nendroid Toon Link is a nice figure, the style is less representative of how Toon Link actually appears in the Zelda series. I think the nendroid is phenomenal, but the Toon Link amiibo is the best figure and representation of Toon Link that you can buy. I'd rate him at an 8/10.
I just wish there was more attention to detail with the hair and eyes, I think Nintendo should have put more money into production to make it more faithful to the glory that is the Smash 4 art. Otherwise I would agree, the pose is great and I like the depth in the shield that's missing with the nendoroid.
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Update on the amiibo craze. I'll be 28/29 of the Smash set once I get my preorder for DDD and web-in-store order for Shulk. Only character I'd be missing is Wii Fit Trainer.

So far I ordered gold Mario and toad from the SMB set, I'm hoping I can use gold Mario as a trade later as I'm not really digging or interested in collecting all the characters from the SMB set I already have in Smash form.
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