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So far I have:

Shulk
Peach
Rosalina
Wii Fit Trainer
Ike
Meta Knight
Kirby
Pikachu
Donkey Kong
Samus Aran
Bowser
Link
Zelda
Captain Falcon
Toon Link

Preorders done on Ness and the Inkling 3-pack

I have:

Villager
Link
Zelda
Ike
Toad (Mario Party)

I also have Mega Man though not sure if I should open it and use for Mario Kart 8 update next week or sell it.

I also plan to get the 3 inkling pack, Mewtwo, and resisting the urge to try and get Greninja.
I'll also probably buy up the Animal Crossing Amiibo cards when they launch this fall, since I am an Animal Crossing fan...!

Bowser, Mario, Wii Fit Trainer, and Donkey Kong.

With how alarmingly annoying these blasted things are to find, my interest in buying them died a horrible, screaming death after I finally found Bowser. So that's pretty much my final list. Not dealing with that again, ever. Unless for some baffling reason some friend just gives me one, which would be... confusing.

First off the West Coast port strike disrupted all shipments coming in form Asia!

Secondly NoA's claims its retailers who aren't ordering enough stock.

Coming from Nintendo customer service...

Thank you for writing. I apologize for the delay in our reply. I’m sorry to hear of your disappointment with the availability and distribution of amiibo, and would like you to know that we have documented and shared your concerns with the relevant departments here at Nintendo.

Additionally, I’d like to convey that we are aware of the popularity of amiibo and continually aim to always have a regular supply of amiibo in the marketplace. As stated previously, certain sold-out amiibo may return to your local retailer at a later stage. We apologize for any inconvenience you are experiencing now, and thank you in advance for your continued patience in this matter.

While this may not be the answer you were hoping for, all of the issues you're describing are retailer related. Nintendo has no input on when or how retailers sell our products, if or when new products are stocked, or when and how the retailer takes pre-orders. These decisions are made by retailers at the administration level. If you have concerns about these kinds of issues, we can only recommend contacting your retailer.

It may interest you to learn that Nintendo doesn't ship products directly to retail locations. We take orders from distributors (who sell our products and products from other companies), and ship our products to their distribution centers. The distributors then take orders from retailers and ship these orders to the retailers' merchandise centers. Once there, the retailers make all decisions about how to best sell this merchandise. They divide this merchandise up into smaller units and send them to retailers based on sales data.

Please also note that no amiibo have been discontinued at this time. We plan to have different amiibo available throughout the year, and characters which seem to disappear at one time will suddenly reappear in the future. This means that amiibo which are hard to find now will be back in stores.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/arch ... ilers.aspx

Nintendo cannot force retailers to stock their products!
Mainland Europe and Japan have no supply issues.

No video game company to date sells brand new systems, games and accessories outside of Sony online.
Sony is big enough and powerful enough to sell directly to consumers without incurring retail wrath!
Though Sony sells their gaming related goods in very limited quantities online!

Also you have to pay a nice tax in each country and American state where you sell directly to consumers too!

I want to get a Ness one, but I'm not holding my breath =|

I was going to try pre-ordering one, but I didn't find out about it until the next day, and apparently the window was only open for about 30 minutes anyway.

Maybe if I get there early and promise them that I'm not an eBay scalper and that I'm an EarthBound OG they'll let me buy one? Maybe I should bring my CIB game with me, just in case they need proof.

At this point I dont particularly care how or why the damn things are impossible to get... all I care about is that they cannot be found. Without going to alot of trouble ordering one from some obscure place, which... no. I get tired of doing that, really fast. Usually it's import games, but I did get Bowser from one of those places, and... yeah, never again. It's acceptable for an import game that I badly want, but for a small figure... bah. No.

Just... ugh. Way too irritating for my negative level of patience. Ended up using the money on Steam and some PS4 stuff instead. Everyone I know seems to have taken the same view at this point (and a couple of them refused to buy ANY on general principle, they said), and I'm the only one that was willing to order even one.

Though, with the stores around here, knowing how they work and just HOW they stock, inventory, and display their stuff (I'm not even going to try to describe what's wrong with them) their part in the "cant get those" process is not a surprise. Were I out of state in certain specific spots I occaisionally travel to, there's a few dramatically better stores I might consider checking that might actually have some, but... not around here.

I havent seen a single Amiibo that isnt Mario, Yoshi, Link, or Peach for.... well, since I bought the Wii U trainer one (not counting Bowser since he was ordered). Each store around here has AT LEAST 30 of each of those on display in the section of the rack for that. And then 5 billion Skylanders figures. Fortunately I only go to those particular stores for food and such most of the time. And the less said about the Gamestops, the better. I miss the Play N Trade. Loved that place.

....okay I'll stop there before this becomes a general rant about various retail stores and such. Well, at least the ones around here anyway.


One friend of mine did manage to get Sonic and Megaman along with Peach, so we both have some that can create hilarity in Smash when it occurs to me to bring one of mine over there.

Got a Lucario today and i'm planning on getting a ROB once it comes out.

@Misery

the reason why you see popular game characters such as Mario, Peach, Link etc... stocked instead of Mega Man, Villager, Wii Fit Trainer etc... is due to the retail wanting to stock the most popular characters, being hugely reluctant to stock lesser known characters.

The simple way of looking at this is:

Popular characters = flying of the shelves
Lesser characters = taking up shelve space

Though come to Metro Detroit and you should find the Amiibo you are looking for!

I have:

Mario
Peach
Rosalina & Luma
Zelda
Sheik
Toon Link
Link
Pikachu
Captain Falcon
Wii Fit Trainer
Samus
Sonic
Mega Man
Lucario
Bowser (Mario Party)
Toad (Mario Party)

I currently have Pre-ordered: Charizard, Robin, Palutena, Ganondorf and Female Inkling. Although chances are that when the next wave comes in I will go to a store that I know takes no pre-orders and has some still on the day. I have been keeping the stands that the boxes come with as a useful way of displaying them, and be moved without getting dirty.

now have added:

Mega Man
Sonic
Sheik
Diddy Kong

preorders set for Zero Suit Samus and Palutena

still hoping to get Lucina, Marth, Olimar, Lucario, Charizard, Greninja and Jigglypuff ( Jiggly just to have all Pokemon because gotta catch em all ) plus the inevitable Mewtwo, Lucas, Mr Game & Watch and who knows what other DLC fighters...and that's just the Smash Bros line. Also hoping to get a green Yarn Yoshi.

I recently added Charizard, Robin, and Pac-Man.

And I just came across a Metaknight, Ike, and Marth.

Sealed: Mega Man, Sonic, and Ike
opened: Yoshi, Kirby, bowser, Zelda, Pikachu, Toon Link, Wii Fit Trainer, Marth, Star Fox, Samus, Villager
I don't plan on getting anymore unless I can find Lucina

Restocks were in last week of many Amiibos, including Marth and Metaknight.

I tried for a Marth over the weekend, but failed Thankfully my sister gave me permission to open and use her Marth for Codename STEAM.

This insane difficulty getting any Amiibo besides Mario & Pikachu is really starting to grind my gears ( yes, I know others are fairly easy to get, and some are easy to find in some areas but not others... )...

I've had no trouble finding any of them!

Come to Metro Detroit we have plenty of Amiibos of all sorts.
I made the mistake of buying Mega Man instead of another Ike.