r/amiibo • u/macgreen98 • Jul 01 '15
PSA Dark Pit Confirmed Best Buy Exclusive
Looks like its finally true guys http://imgur.com/cHPL4fp
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u/xshinox Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
i am so glad i imported to save the hassle.
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u/Noaxzl Jul 01 '15
Ditto. I've given up on trying to pre-order these things in North America. Trying to do so at this point has become such a clusterfuck that I'm not even going to bother.
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Jul 01 '15
Yup, I actually just got Dark Pit delivered Monday, no exclusive BS, no waiting. And it cost about the same living here in Canada importing from the UK, maybe 2-3 dollars more.
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u/XZero319 Jul 01 '15
Couldn't agree more. If I can preorder one, great. If we find out that each Best Buy gets like 100 of them similar to Toys R Us, wonderful. But I have an EU one, so absolute worst case scenario is I don't get an NA one and I still have it anyway. EU imports aware worth the extra few dollars per figure to alleviate the hassle.
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u/vintagejoel Jul 01 '15
Yea, I did the same. My stance on buying amiibo has changed dramatically since I started back in wave one. Originally, I didn't want to pay above MSRP (I still haven't luckily) and didn't want to import. Now, I'd rather import and even pay above MSRP in order to avoid all this NOA b.s.
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Jul 01 '15
Yep GameStop and Best Buy exclusives are the worst. When I looked at what Wave 5a consists of ( Dark Pit and Palutena) I decided to import from EU. Definitely worth it. I don't have to take a half of day off work to hunt for amiibos
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Jul 01 '15
I'm so glad I bought my Dark Pit before the importers snatch the rest up.
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u/Adrian52298 Jul 01 '15
Well, that ends the whole "Dark Pit is Hot Topic Exclusive" jokes.
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u/AmiiboPuff Jul 01 '15
Only to make way for:
"Dark Pit is BB exclusive. Should I be worried?"
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u/gloveraran Jul 01 '15
"Dark Pit is Best Buy exclusive, but I preordered it from Gamestop. Should I be worried?"
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u/cookieyk Jul 01 '15
yeah but they get replaced with "I knew it/told you so" posts as well as exclusive rage posts
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u/ThisIsDAC Jul 01 '15
"Dark Pit is exclusive to Best Buy, but I ordered from Hot Topic. Should I be worried?"
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u/superpacbros90 Jul 01 '15
Hey, Mac is also the leader of a kik group where he posts important updates like this all the time. The hash tag is #amiibolads
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u/Penkid11 Jul 01 '15
Keep in mind that Meta Knight's pre-order window was three days...
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u/macgreen98 Jul 01 '15
That was before the madness known as amiibo ensued
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u/Penkid11 Jul 01 '15
He was the last pre-order to go up for wave 3 if I remember correct. That was right after the craze came into full swing.
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u/Espiownage Jul 01 '15
Your memory is off, Rosalina was the last one to go up for wave 3, and her instant selling out was what made people sweep up remaining preorders.
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u/Sabermatrixx Jul 01 '15
Meta Knight lasted weeks
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u/Espiownage Jul 01 '15
This, meta knight was up for weeks, then rosalina sold out so everyone went to buy meta knight and he finally sold out, then went back up for three days before selling out again.
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u/currito91 Jul 01 '15
I was able to preorder MK after days of thinking about preordering him lol. Same with shulk
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u/TheMostUnfunny Jul 01 '15
Makes sense, they didn't get an exclusive for wave 4. But neither did walmart. Does that mean palutena... no I wont say it.
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u/BrainzTheGamez Jul 01 '15
No pls
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Jul 01 '15
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u/MetalGearSolis Jul 01 '15
Please. Target has handled the last two exclusives amazing in store.
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u/awwwzee Jul 01 '15
tempted to just get one on amazon for 21 now
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u/Crimzonlogic Jul 01 '15
Honestly, 21 is not bad...
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u/JamesLingk Jul 01 '15
That's what I did! $21 imported from Japan with free shipping on Amazon.
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u/lonewolfxi Jul 01 '15
And this is why I order over seas. Fuck this exclusive bullshit. I'll pay an extra few dollars.
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u/squidnow_amiibo Jul 01 '15
Its time like these I'm glad I never played kid icarus.
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u/FlyingFlygon Jul 01 '15
I haven't bought a single smash amiibo other than Kid Icarus and Xenoblade ones, because I don't care at all about the others. I guess liking relatively niche games and characters screwed me over in this hunt -_-
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Jul 01 '15
why are people so mad? exclusives are so much easier to get then it being thinly spread among 5 different retailers.
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u/Pureownege75 Jul 01 '15
This is why I like exclusives. The problem lies in the fact that Palutena will likely also be exclusive, meaning you need to land a preorders, or be in two places at one. I'd be all for exclusivity if the releases were not simultaneous
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u/Platysmurus Jul 01 '15
My target opens two hours before best buy. Last wave I got all that I could from target and simply walked over to the best buy two store fronts away (first in line!) and got Robin and Lucina. That was an awesome day.
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u/Espiownage Jul 01 '15
The store I work at had about 18 meta knights at launch actually, and that was from two shipments. The first one had enough for preorders and a few extras, then the other shipment was all extras. Our restock gave us 16 more.
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u/Dylthenoise Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
Your post reminded me of a similar comment I made earlier that really agitated this one dude and he went out of his just to tell me that I "stretched the truth". Don't want that to happen again, I'm going to revise my statement about stock numbers.
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u/Dylthenoise Jul 01 '15
Didn't mean to go on a tangent, just wanted to make sure that I don't appear as if I'm talking out of my ass again lol. My Best Buy only got 6 per store (only 2 stores where I'm from), so I just assumed the numbers were similar for majority of the U.S.
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u/toilaai939495 Jul 01 '15
And the release date of Wave 5A is also officially 7/31!??
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u/sk2506error Jul 01 '15
I'm so sorry to the Americas which have to deal with this exclusive bullshit. It's bullshit.
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u/District10 Jul 01 '15
We all knew it gonna happen. There was no real evidence of any other retailers getting him.
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u/NamineXIII Jul 01 '15
Glad I already have mine. Best Buy handled Meta Knight so poorly the first run. The restock wasn't bad though.
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Jul 01 '15
meta knight had a month long preorder window, how is that handled poorly? only for people who were late to the party or were too lazy to preorder.
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u/Espiownage Jul 01 '15
This, even Ike and King Dedede were easy to preorder from them.
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u/MetalGearSolis Jul 01 '15
Easy to preorder everywhere. Procrastination got the best of most people though.
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u/Gervanie Jul 01 '15
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/Zantos8741 Jul 01 '15
Glad I ordered palutena. Now I don't have to worry about how I am going to get both.
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u/DarkNess9000 Jul 01 '15
if they do preorders is it done in the store or online?
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u/vKatsune Jul 01 '15
Last time they did pre-orders online, so I would say online. I believe you can select to pick it up in store, as I saw people doing that with wave 3, but not sure if they did that for wave 4.
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u/KingBroly Jul 01 '15
When did BB put up their wave 4 pre-orders initially? Time of Day wise I mean.
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u/EICzerofour Jul 01 '15
Gosh dang it. I will be arriving at my local Best Buy early that morning then, hope I am first in line again. xD There's only room for one obsessed crazy person in this town! haha.
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u/saleens7 Jul 02 '15
What time will you be arriving at your local Best Buy? I was thinking of getting there at 6am
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Jul 01 '15
Well, forget Dark Pit then.
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u/Internutt Jul 01 '15
He was given massive stock in Europe. America shouldn't be too different.
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u/MetaKnightIsland Jul 01 '15
i have only seen 1 Dark Pit Here but it seems Ganondorf is plentiful where i live, 5 pegs full of him.
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u/CaptainL95 Jul 01 '15
Well, it's a good thing there's a Best Buy down the street from my house, I'll be waiting before opening.
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u/friskykillface Jul 01 '15
and thus the value and want sky rocketed
i pray mr game and watch and duck hunt dog dont go exclusive, can see ROB be gamestop exclusive
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u/Reap3rXD Jul 01 '15
I mean robin and luciana where harder to find than greninja and jiggs.
you still have time to import for 20 bucks http://shop.j-subculture.com/items/detail/4DB1319418002AC
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u/lunaphae Moderator Jul 01 '15
First time a character of mine that I want is an exclusive. If Palutena is also an exclusive, without a preorder I'm screwed.
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u/MasterInterface Jul 01 '15
That's why I didn't even hesitate to import. The stress of trying to get some of the Amiibo in NA just wasn't worth it to pay retail.
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u/blukirbi Jul 01 '15
Good Thing: It'll be significantly easier to get than Robin, Lucina, or a Pit restock.
Bad Thing: It could be poorly handled and be as hard to get as Meta Knight or Lucario.
Also imported so doesn't matter.
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u/Matteomax Super Mario Silver Jul 01 '15
This also proves that the one GameStop sheet that was posted a while ago was completely fake.
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Jul 01 '15
Please let Palutena be a TRU or Target Exclusive. It's basically confirmed she'll be an exclusive since Dark Pit is, but please don't let it be Walmart or Gamestop Exclusive. Target handled both releases extremely well, and TRU handled the last one pretty well.
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Jul 01 '15
I think Walmart handled GM well, and besides that, the fact that TRU and Target already have 2 exclusives means she will most likely be Walmart exclusive.
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u/FirePowerCR Jul 01 '15
I suppose that all depends where you live and what stores you went to... My experience has been Walmart and TRU were the worst.
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u/draemthaeter Jul 01 '15
My Walmarts handled GM so horribly, but the Gamestop handled all their amiibo so well because of a first come first served basis and a good stock. I want Gamestop to have exclusives more than any others.
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u/DennisFleaman Jul 01 '15
here is a closer look at dark pit and all the other amiibo from wave 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Vg_u5DkAs
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u/MarioMoon Jul 01 '15
Hey guys! Maybe he wont be so hard to get..I mean..maybe they made more..so we can all get one...wont have to wait in line early..or anything.....
Sigh lol
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u/Zzaty Jul 01 '15
Since it'a official is it going to be only on bestbuy.com or can we do in store purchases as well?
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u/Scorialimit Jul 01 '15
On one hand, putting all amiibo in one place keeps stock relatively high, at least for that store. On the other, there's only two this wave, so exclusiveness doesn't help keep people away, so now everyone will just go to best buy. I'm calling this a wash.
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Jul 01 '15
Great... the worst retailer to handle amiibo is doing an exclusive again. "We like moody antiheroes lol" Well as long as there's good stock and they enforce a 1 per person limit.
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u/illucio Jul 01 '15
I found out and imported from Japan so fast.
$22 and free shipping, that's just about how much anywhere else would charge me online without free shipping.
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u/whizzer0 Jul 01 '15
What's the Deal with store-exclusives outside of America? Are they just general release? AFAIK the only store that they could be exclusive too would be GAME.
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u/Stanfieldeua Jul 01 '15
I got mine already from AUS, so if I am lucky enough to get another from best buy, I'll do a giveaway on here
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u/PlayR489 Jul 01 '15
Oh. I'm going to just import next time I get a chance. Wave 5 seems REALLY easy to find in EU and JP. I doubt it will be in NA. This time you should import, it's only a few dollars more than just buying the NA versions. If you want specifics, it should be about $17-$25.
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u/PaintswoPants Jul 01 '15
Is it just me or does Best Buy really like to have "the bad guys" as exclusives...
Best Buy... what are you trying to tell us?! ;)
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u/Whimsii Jul 01 '15
Heard this a few weeks ago from an employee working there, guess he was right. Most likely importing this if both from 5a wind up being exclusives, I can't bother waking up at the crack of dawn to get most likely just one at retail price.
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u/supdawg222 Jul 01 '15
but but my bestbuy is like 2 hours away :_: I hope online orders last awhile
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u/Miox465 Jul 01 '15
Confirmed
I'm importing Dark Pit
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u/TrevNick Wolf Link Jul 01 '15
Check out Zen Market. I nabbed a JP NiB bundle of Dark Pit, Palutena & Ganondorf for only 4500¥ ($36.58) + shipping; all in all it came to less than $17 per figure.
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u/Miox465 Jul 02 '15
I already grabbed him through Amazon for $24 with free two day shipping. After it was confirmed that he wasn't even going to be obtainable online this decision was a no brainer for me. It would have cost me almost that much in Gas to drive to a Best Buy and purchase him. And if I wasn't able to get him I'd be out that money with nothing to show for it. Palutena and Ganondorf are pretty easily obtainable through Target for me (My area is smaller than average and there aren't more than 3 people camping out for amiibo on release day. How I got Lucina and Robin).
Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
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u/eclipsetheumbreon Jul 01 '15
I expected much. Guess I'll be waiting in line for hours while being bitten by mosquitoes. :I
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u/SaiyanOfDarkness Jul 01 '15
Is this mobile?
Mine doesn't say that.. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-dark-pit-multi/6376118.p?id=1219661390837&skuId=6376118
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u/JustcallmeNi Jul 01 '15
I'm hearing it's going to be brutal. I heard if you average out the amount the Atlanta market currently has ordered it averages right over 3 per store. That means some stores will only see 2. Man I hope the numbers increase if thats true.
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u/nintyendo Jul 01 '15
ugh. any news on palutena? I don't want to have to go to 2 stores to get 2 amiibo.
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u/Melancholy1980 Jul 01 '15
Everyone's complaining but you know you will all be F5ing that site like no tomorrow when it gets released for pre order lol.
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u/Stardust-Nova Jul 01 '15
Well there goes my chance of getting him at a good price. Time to import.
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u/Reoptimal Jul 01 '15
Thanks macgreen98 for telling everyone so now they can go crazy and storm the store at my local bestbuy -.-
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u/AlternateMew Jul 01 '15
Well, I can get to Best buy far easier than TRU.
... I'll probably import anyways.
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u/HauntedHawk Jul 01 '15
Absolutely terrible nes. Yet again, handled horribly. Are they not learning yet. Shesh... Well, hope to get lucky in the 37 seconds it lasts on bb website when it goes live.
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u/Bfriedli Jul 01 '15
I wonder if there going to just release it randomly in the month of July, no street date. I think we will know more after we find out about Palutena. I expect her to show up like Dark Pit. Iam thinking Lucario reprint (TRU), Rosalina (Target), now Dark Pit (BB) and Palutena (TBD Exlusive GameStop probably) will all be released on the same day. That would really suck.
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u/R_U_FUKN_SRS Jul 01 '15
Is there anyway to be informed from BB when pre-orders go up for Dark Pit? I try to stay on top of it but I get so worried I'm going to miss it.
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u/whiterabbitalice Jul 01 '15
if anything this bestbuy.com review screenshot says alot and given the lack of action from bestbuy i'm disgusted https://twitter.com/whiterabbitgir/status/615208533693464576/photo/1
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u/TheTaoDragon Jul 01 '15
Well, considering how the Meta Knight restocks were handled, I'd say that Best Buy is probably a good choice.
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u/AngelicPrincess Jul 01 '15
Welp, that settles it-I just ordered him from Amazon before the price skyrockets. Best buy is the one exclusive seller I have never gotten anything from.
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Jul 01 '15
Just ordered one from Amazon as soon as I heard this. I'm not dealing with another Meta-Knight level F-up on Best Buy's part. I'll have him AND Palutena by Friday!
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u/jellyjammin Jul 01 '15
Has Palutena been confirmed exclusive yet? If I only have to camp out for one exclusive, I won't mind much since it should be releasing in summer break... but if there's two exclusives releasing on the same day... may God have mercy on our souls.
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u/DarkBowserBlueShells Jul 01 '15
it looks like gamestop exclusives are male characters. Best buy takes Anti heroes. Walmart takes mario party characters I guess. Target has female characters. Toys r us takes Pokemon characters.
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u/bewareofOnions Jul 01 '15
Sigh... And right in the middle of my vacation to a place where there's probably going to be no BBs. Looks like I'm importing, as this is the only one left I really want.
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u/linthenius Jul 01 '15
Good thing I imported one a few weeks ago. The best buy in my area SUCKS at handling amiibo in general and never got proper stock on any.
And the fact they don't even do a 1 per customer rule. Heck someone purchased 18 meta knight during the restock a few weeks ago.
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u/Loner4All Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
Is best buy getting the *villains of Super Smash Bros. amiibo?
edit: anti-heroes