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Offline Br26

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Amiibo Figures Now Up for Preorder
« on: August 29, 2014, 01:15:00 AM »

The first dozen amiibo figures have been revealed.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/38381/amiibo-figures-now-up-for-preorder

The first dozen amiibo figurines have been detailed for pre-order.

Mario, Peach, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Kirby, Fox, Marth, Villager and Wii Fit Trainer will be the first dozen figures made available. The first game to use the amiibo figures will be Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, slated for this holiday season. Other games that will feature amiibo support are Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Party 10.

Each figure will be priced at $12.99. No launch date was listed, but the press release states that one is coming shortly.


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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 09:50:40 AM »
Just pre-ordered Link and Samus from Amazon.... Worst case scenario I have some sweet looking figures.   8)
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 11:37:26 AM »
Not going to pre-order but when these come out I will keep an eye out for the few I want.
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 05:17:18 PM »
These seem expensive, how does this price compare to Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures? Man, stores must be struggling to find space for all this junk, they're going to need like a separate videogame figure section soon!

The only scenario I can image where I would get some of these is if they function more like DLC in future games and unlock significant content, but I would wait for some sort of sale of course.

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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 05:47:07 PM »
Re: Skylanders Prices:

Skylanders launched at $8/Figure or $20/3-Pack.
Regular figures have gone up to as much as $11 for regular core figures (depending on where you buy them) and $26/3-pack.

The larger figures (Giants, Swap-Force) run as much as $17/figure.
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 07:59:37 PM »
These seem expensive, how does this price compare to Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures? Man, stores must be struggling to find space for all this junk, they're going to need like a separate videogame figure section soon!

The only scenario I can image where I would get some of these is if they function more like DLC in future games and unlock significant content, but I would wait for some sort of sale of course.


I do my shopping for these things at specialty shops so don't know how normal retailers will do but this seems like something tailor made for collectible stores.
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2014, 08:44:45 PM »
It's on the more-expensive side of my expectations but I don't have much issue with the pricing. Toys are expensive these days!

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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2014, 09:17:33 PM »
The only one I'll buy is the Kirby one.
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2014, 12:15:51 AM »
Price is around what I figured they'd see these at. Interested in picking up the Link, Samus, Mario, and Peach ones first.

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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2014, 01:12:41 PM »
I'm surprised Luigi wasn't a part of the first wave. Very disappointed, I'm only interested in Luigi and Lil' Mac.
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Re: amiibo Figures Now Up for Preorder
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2014, 01:26:18 PM »
Man, stores must be struggling to find space for all this junk, they're going to need like a separate videogame figure section soon!


Walmart already has a whole section carved out for the Skylanders and Infinity figures right in the electronics area. I figure that this is where the Nintendo ones will go as well.
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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2014, 03:49:32 PM »
Just put them where PS Vita used to be and be done with it.
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