PSA: Series1-5 Amiibo cards seem to be coming back in stock at Target!

[LumiMoonPlays]

Okay I managed to squeeze a quick Target run into my Sunday grocery shopping and they did indeed have cards in store! I must have been the first person to ask becasue they still needed to open the packing boxes for them. My Target only allows 1 of each series per person. I didn't need any 2 or 5 but I got one each of 1, 3 & 4. Yay!

@ACJedi , I looked up the purchase in the app afterwards and even from the purchased section it won't pull them up so I think they still need to set that up. I am hopeful they will and then it might be possible to get some online.

 

[Tiffany]

I am hoping the Series1-4 show up eventually online at Target. I am thinking it is because they had gotten rid of the listings for those (but not Series 5) so there may be a delay in getting those back up? I remember they were also hard to find last time, like they didn't always show up in searches. It apparently has to be as difficult as possible!

i couldn't find a listing for any series of the cards on the website or the app for ages. the only way i got to it was a link someone shared here. i guess they had it hidden

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

I checked 2 targets today and yesterday and no cards in my area

 

[Aniko]

It's sad that Canada is still limited to 1-2 packs, they were already super hard to find. We don't have a Target.

 

[Xara]

PSA CANADIANS: bestbuy seems to not be selling series 5 packs online atm and is only offering in-store pickup, and they seem to have implemented a limit of 1 pack per person again. however, this may not be the case if you go into bestbuy and ask for them. it likely varies from location to location, but i was able to purchase 5 packs in-person yesterday and was asked how many i wanted instead of only being limited to 1, so i recommend stopping by a bestbuy or two (or several lol) if you’re able!

Spoiler: new cards haul

i only got 9 new cards out of the 30 i bought, but i’m still so, so happy with them!! i finally got cephalobot, shino and ace, 3 of the cards that i really wanted!! i also didn’t get a single duplicate npc card, which i’m also very happy about! now i just need azalea, wardell and flick, and i’ll have all the cards i wanted the most!! fingers crossed i’ll get at least one of them in the packs i’ve got coming from amazon.

 

[Aniko]

PSA CANADIANS: bestbuy seems to not be selling series 5 packs online atm and is only offering in-store pickup, and they seem to have implemented a limit of 1 pack per person again. however, this may not be the case if you go into bestbuy and ask for them. it likely varies from location to location, but i was able to purchase 5 packs in-person yesterday and was asked how many i wanted instead of only being limited to 1, so i recommend stopping by a bestbuy or two (or several lol) if you’re able!

Spoiler: new cards haul

i only got 9 new cards out of the 30 i bought, but i’m still so, so happy with them!! i finally got cephalobot, shino and ace, 3 of the cards that i really wanted!! i also didn’t get a single duplicate npc card, which i’m also very happy about! now i just need azalea, wardell and flick, and i’ll have all the cards i wanted the most!! fingers crossed i’ll get at least one of them in the packs i’ve got coming from amazon.
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Wow that's some improvement! Unfortunately, they are already sold out in my area, but I now have hope they will come back later like Sanrio cards. I'm still missing 6 regular villagers and really want Shino, Marlo and Cephalobot.

 

[-Blue-]

I don't even bother trying anymore. They're never available in the states where I am from. I'm just going to buy some fake ones dirt cheap and I'm not ashamed to say that.

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

I don't even bother trying anymore. They're never available in the states where I am from. I'm just going to buy some fake ones dirt cheap and I'm not ashamed to say that.

Maybe it would be smarter just to do that at this point. I just am so confused why Nintendo cannot just do what they do in Japan and have almost everything available on their online store? Like they let people order up to 20 packs of each series on the Japanese my nintendo store and they never go out of stock. I wish the USA got that. Atleast we can try and be happy that the people over there get them! I feel like some silly little cards should not be SO SO SO incredibly hard to get. I wish I could just take a pack every once in a while when I went to the store, not go crazy and spend 300 dollars the minute they finally restock them.

 

[-Blue-]

It's because Nintendo doesn't care. And we really shouldn't support such scummy business practices. Even if it ends up making them think that they sold poorly because no one wanted them.

 

[xlisapisa]

Just stopped by my local target and they had every series (1-5 & Sanrio) stocked behind the counters in the electronics section. The limit at my target is 1 pack per series per person so everyone has a chance to at least get some. I guess he said during the last time they had some in stock somebody came in and bought like 20 at once? I’m not sure about all the details, but kudos to him for trying to limit it.

 

[DJ-Mika]

My state finally got some in!
They were only Series 1 and Series 5 but I was missing the most from Series 1 anyways so I'm fine with that! I'm really hoping my state will see other Series too!

 

[Xara]

PSA CANADIANS: the source is currently selling packs of series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 online for $6.99 each, and there doesn’t seem to be a limit as to how many you can order! i just ordered 3 packs each of series 1, 2 and 3!

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

PSA CANADIANS: the source is currently selling packs of series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 online for $6.99 each, and there doesn’t seem to be a limit as to how many you can order! i just ordered 3 packs each of series 1, 2 and 3!

Omg everywhere in the world is so lucky!! I hope all of you go and get a ton of cards and be super happy!!! I wish we could get them online in the USA! Its harder to go in stores because I do not want corona but I am happy for all of you!! Canadian things always cost a little more though? I always wondered that. In the usa they are 5.99

 

[Boccages]

PSA CANADIANS: the source is currently selling packs of series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 online for $6.99 each, and there doesn’t seem to be a limit as to how many you can order! i just ordered 3 packs each of series 1, 2 and 3!

Thanks a lot for this. I was able to order 5 packs from The Source, get 4 more packs from Amazon.ca (from 2 different accounts), and order one more (pick up in-store) from Bestbuy.ca

 

[kingdude]

Third day of checking and my Target finally stocked some! I feel incredibly lucky that literally the day I figured out what Amiibo cards were was the day that I initially saw this post. I'm glad that my first packs ever were official and reasonably priced. Thank you for this post!

 

[maria110]

I picked up one set of each series 1 to 5 in hopes of finding amiibo cards for villagers whose photos I don't have yet but there were only 3 new to me villagers: Chadder (yay!), Leonardo (yay!) and..... Truffles (NOOOOO!!).

 

[kingdude]

I picked up one set of each series 1 to 5 in hopes of finding amiibo cards for villagers whose photos I don't have yet but there were only 3 new to me villagers: Chadder (yay!), Leonardo (yay!) and..... Truffles (NOOOOO!!).

I also got Truffles and that was pretty much my reaction lol

 

[_Rainy_]

I went to my target today and they had all the series even though only series 5 was listed online and picked up 3 of each pack. I got a lot of new ones which I wasn’t expecting, the last time I got cards they were mostly duplicates which was disheartening. I finally got Dotty one of my favorite villagers, so that alone made it worth it.

 

[Bui]

I don't even bother trying anymore. They're never available in the states where I am from. I'm just going to buy some fake ones dirt cheap and I'm not ashamed to say that.

That's what I ended up doing. Nintendo's handling of the Amiibo card situation has been so poor that last month I just gave up and ordered a complete set of third party Amiibo cards, which included series 1-5, Welcome Amiibo, and Sanrio cards. Readily available, dirt cheap, and they work just as well. No regrets. At the same time though, I definitely understand the desire to own the official cards rather than third party ones, and I definitely bought my fair share of packs back when they first launched with New Leaf's Welcome Amiibo update. But unfortunately Nintendo dropped the ball on them this time around which is why I ultimately chose to go the third party route instead.

 

[Aniko]

For Canada: Best Buy has now series 1-5 online and Amazon.ca series 2-5. I wish they had Welcome Amiibo as well.