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Today was the glorious release of wave 4. Did anyone strike some gold on their hunts?

I had a pretty fantastic day, with my preorders and what I grabbed today, I only lack Greninja now.

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Raryn

My friend texted me very excitedly and i quote "I GOT THE LAST GRENINJA AMIIBO AT MY LOCAL TOYS R US I'M SO HAPPY I HAD TO SHAREBRAG"

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Raryn

im just pretty happy with my custom painted Captain Falcon i couldnt want any other ones. i also want the pad that comes out later this year so i can use my amiibo with my 3ds

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Dsc

I've really really wanted to have a custom Fusion Suit Samus done, but it just costs so much that it's hard for me to justify it.

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Raryn

what prices have you found? i found someone on Etsy who does customs, if you want i could try to find that link again. i personally bought mine for 50$ from amazon which was the cheapest any of my friends had found at the time.

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Dsc

It's been a while so I don't remember the prices I found, I just remember they were higher than I was willing to pay.

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Raryn

thats fair enough, once my friend linked it to me, i impulse bought it immidiately

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Dsc

Ooooh snap, I jelly.

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FakeNameOF

I nabbed a Pac-Man amiibo from my local GameStop because they only had 2 (out of the 2 they received) in store.
I also picked up Robin, Lucina, and Silver Mario during Amazon's Amiibogedon. Let me tell you buying $70 worth of toys could've been spent on something worthwhile but gosh dang it I already have 8 amiibos there is no stopping this train.

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Dsc

Heh, I think my Amiibo count is at 32 at the moment, if I include the ones that are still on the way to me.

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FakeNameOF

I mean I only planned on just getting Kirby, Sonic, Villager, and King Dedede (my mains in SSB4), but then everything gets expensive in the long (one month) run.

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Dsc

I always planned on getting them all, minus the SMB line, I don't really care about that one outside of Toad. It does tend to get pricey, but it still falls into the entertainment portion of my budget. If not Amiibo it'd be books or games or even other figures.

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Cjcomplex
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Not a fan of amiibos personally but as a collector I understand the appeal.

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Dsc

Thank you, I see so many people like "Why you guys want those Mcdonalds toys!?" and honestly, anymore I don't even bother responding.

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Cjcomplex
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Oh I've been collecting since I was lil with Pokémon cards so I totally get it. I just know that if I start with amiibo, I'll be going all out and thinges will get out of hand real quick with me XD.

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MysticAarrgg

I agree not my cup of tea, especially as I don't own any of the hardware they can be used for. However, the poker player in me wants to get the Silver Mario as a card marker...however I'd feel horrible taking it off the shelf and out of the hands of someone who would cherish it.

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Dsc

Honestly, I'd go for it, Silver Mario is common as hell right now.

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MysticAarrgg

I live in a town with only one place selling them afaik and a population of 200k, if they're still there after the weekend I will grab them.

The comic collector in me feels the pain of having something get big fast and escape your hands...like Deadpool #250 and it's variant covers.

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jbondguy007

I honestly don't know what's an Amiibo. :P

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DonQuijoteX

Same here. o/

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Dsc

Woohoo copy+pasting!

"Basically Nintendo's version of Skylanders and Disney Infinity.

Their function is across several games, rather than a single game though, and the functions tend to be fairly small."

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Dsc

Basically Nintendo's version of Skylanders and Disney Infinity.

Their function is across several games, rather than a single game though, and the functions tend to be fairly small.

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jbondguy007

Ah, I see.
But why not just use an activation code/card system or something instead? Is it because it's more like a collectible item?

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Dsc

They're more collectibles with bonus in game effects. Nintendo does plan to eventually release cards that can be used in place of them though.

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jbondguy007

Ah, I see, makes sense. Basically like trading cards collecting.

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MysticAarrgg

Selling it with the figurine allows them to drive desire and get people there on release. If they know that the limited color scheme with the feature they want is only say 5% of the production line, they know their location may only see 1-3 of them. This not only makes stores want to order more of your product, to get more of the rarer ones to draw in customers, but it helps push things out. It reminds me a lot of KidRobot and what they managed to create.

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DonQuijoteX

That Charizard and Link though...

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WNDRLST

I have myself a Kirby and a Sheik, and I'm wanting to grab a Dark Pit. Then I'll have 3 good opponents to fight.

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Dsc

Good luck with Dark Pit! I feel like he'll probably be a hard one to find.

Or rather, I think the last few Smash characters period are gonna be hard to find.

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WNDRLST

I'm getting the vibe of a low number being made of him, so it's gonna be really hard. I would've grabbed PIt had he been not so damn hard to find early on.

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BabyDraggie

I got 3 for Christmas last year. Pikachu, Peach and Link. I love them.

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kasztoix

never heard about it before, but hanks for making my wisdom more complete

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JosPlays

I hunted 6, after that it kinda got expensive and some of the Amiibos I wanted were not available anymore.
Atleast I have Lucario.

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vledermau5

I have no idea why people buy these overpriced things, but everyone has their stuff they collect, I remember that I bought stuff like this as a kid.....when I was like 8 or 9 :P

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Dsc

For their quality, the figures are actually a pretty good price, assuming you're paying retail for them.

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SamuraiShien

I only have Toon Link and Bowser. I want Ike and Robin but those are little harder to find

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sviat

Too expensive they're :( I liked to get the Fox one.

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Dsc

Roughly ten minutes left for the "hidden" giveaway.

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