PSA: The new series 5 amiibo cards pre-order have started!!!

[Cosmic-chan]

Still nothing in my entire state. It's like they don't exist. I don't get what's do hard about getting these. They haven't been in stock ever.

Post automatically merged: Nov 13, 2021

It's even worse when I see they're in stock but the website is for Australia. Like tf I can't buy those cards.

 

[BowtiedGyroid]

Half of my target order arrived yesterday. Finished off the normal villagers in this series

 

[Magus]

Since I can't find any pack in stores or online, I did a little search and some bargaining on Vinted !
Finally got Shino and Sasha (for 10€ each though... But hey, most of the time Shino's above 30€ ).
I also found Cephalobot for 4€ but didn't receive the card yet. To be continued.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

Since I can't find any pack in stores or online, I did a little search and some bargaining on Vinted !
Finally got Shino and Sasha (for 10€ each though... But hey, most of the time Shino's above 30€ ).
I also found Cephalobot for 4€ but didn't receive the card yet. To be continued.

Nothing shows up for the United States sadly.

 

[Magus]

Nothing shows up for the United States sadly.

Yeah I was thinking of the European gamers here (I live in France and the amiibo packs are never to be seen in so many stores, they don't have any stock anymore or even didn't receive any since the 5th for some other stores... )

 

[rip]

Check your GameStops US peeps! I just scored 3 packs at mine. Their limit was 5, but I wanted to leave some for anyone like me who has been struggling to get any.

wow, that’s odd because gamestop told me they couldn’t fulfill my preorder as they were out of stock.

 

[CanuckChick]

I did not! D: Fingers crossed they ship on Monday.

Edit: Got the email about 5 minutes ago saying the order shipped and will be in by the 17th. Woohoo!

Welp, they cancelled mine dang it. I checked on the order status and it said undeliverable, BUT it was in the Brampton warehouse yesterday and picked up by the courier today but then undeliverable?????? Lol.

I'll keep my fingers crossed your order is fine @ChaosKitten !

 

[Cosmic-chan]

Basically in conclusion Americans will have to buy overpriced cards. Wonderful stuff Nintendo

 

[Tiffany]

I gave up on finding any the us before the expansion was released. It's ridiculous and impossible. I'm just going to buy fan made ones when I'm ready. I mean you can buy the full set for $30 so why bother trying to find real ones? For those that do want real ones I saw someone selling the whole 48 card set for $50 on amazon.

 

[Blueskyy]

Well, I ordered a total of 8 packs between 3 different Targets for pick up early this morning before stock ran out. Only the 2 packs I ordered at one of the stores didn’t cancel. So, Target pickup is a gamble when they have stock. I was able to get the 2 packs just now but it was a bit out of the way and probably not worth it to do again. I’ll be trading the dupes I get and still happy to find two packs today. However, Nintendo really does make this hard on loyal collectors.

 

[Crash]

I've been checking multiple websites multiple times a day and still can't ever find any in stock. it's so annoying, idk why nintendo has to do this crap every time.

i've bought a few really cute custom amiibos off etsy and honestly im about to just buy them all there from now on. i've been a nintendo fan for a very long time but this **** is getting so irritating and i don't wanna support whatever this practice is.

 

[Fey]

I've considered that multiple times actually, but I've held back just because I went through a spree of buying amiibo cards and doing some trades on other websites and almost none of them went well because unfortunately I like my cards to be in mint/near mint condition, and I had multiple bad trades/transactions. Almost none of my cards came in the condition that was promised despite taking numerous precautions. I was even told that my standards for mint condition were too high (which I don't understand because mint means mint?) and I just like, kind of gave up after a while. OTL

I guess it may sound stupid to some other people since I think most people are casual collectors, but those experiences basically shattered any trust I had with buying or trading, so I've come to just buying fresh packs instead.

Tbh I’m super curious what your requirements for mint condition are now. Obviously the cards I received (through trading here) had to be taken out of the original plastic pack, but that aside, they were all brand new (no scuffs, creases, stains etc.) You can also exchange pictures of the cards and agree on a method for shipping precautions.

Not pushing you to change your mind of course, but this forum has worked great for my trades. All Series 5 cards I’ve gotten have looked indistinguishable from the ones I had opened myself.

 

[azurill]

My Amazon pack came today , out of 6 cards only 1 was a duplicate. Now I have three Megan cards.

I got:
Megan
Sherb
Reneigh
Rio
Audie
K.K. Slider

looks like I will be villager hopping for Ione or trying to get her from someone here once a plot opens.

 

[drizxk]

I just opened my pack that came from Amazon too, I got:
Frett
Tiansheng
Chabwick
Sasha
Shino
Daisy Mae

I checked in store at Target today but an employee told me they haven’t received any restocks yet. I’m pretty happy that I got Shino, though!

 

[CanuckChick]

Interesting development:
I contacted amazon.ca and explained what happened cuz it just seems fishy that my order has become 'undeliverable' this morning (amazon is the carrier) when they had the items physically at the warehouse yesterday and never had an issue with my address for any of my previous orders, esp. my first order of the amiibos last week.

The person I talked to looked into it, apologized and said they will send them in 2 days and I got a $5 credit.

I won't say woohoo yet cuz I prematurely woohoo'ed last time lol.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

I've been checking multiple websites multiple times a day and still can't ever find any in stock. it's so annoying, idk why nintendo has to do this crap every time.

i've bought a few really cute custom amiibos off etsy and honestly im about to just buy them all there from now on. i've been a nintendo fan for a very long time but this **** is getting so irritating and i don't wanna support whatever this practice is.

I've been checking since the day of pre orders and it's now the 13th of November and I still don't have a single damn card to my name. I just want these damn villagers. My state hadn't gotten anything. Like fr **** this

 

[Chere.]

I definitely get that. However, I’ve done dozens of trades here and never had any issues with bends, tears, etc. The one time I ever tried it off of TBT and on another platform my card arrived bent, so I only trade on TBT. I collect so I’m also picky about that. People here care about their ratings and pack their cards well from my experience. If you ever give trading a go again, I’d recommend using this platform with users that have many positive feedback ratings

I have only traded here on TBT and I’ve never had a bad trade - knock on wood since my previous trades were years ago and I’m just now trading again. In my experience, TBT users are definitely very respectful of others and only send cards in the condition they want to receive. I would give it a chance.

Thank you both for the encouragement! If I do consider trading again I'll definitely look into trading here. :>

if you are from EU and you have Celest as duplicate i would love to trade with you if thats something you do.

Unfortunately I don't, trading is also something I rarely do ^^' (I'm also from Canada and I only look for NA cards). I hope you can find a Celeste card soon!

Tbh I’m super curious what your requirements for mint condition are now. Obviously the cards I received (through trading here) had to be taken out of the original plastic pack, but that aside, they were all brand new (no scuffs, creases, stains etc.) You can also exchange pictures of the cards and agree on a method for shipping precautions.

Not pushing you to change your mind of course, but this forum has worked great for my trades. All Series 5 cards I’ve gotten have looked indistinguishable from the ones I had opened myself.

I mean, my requirements for mint condition are just what the term "mint condition" is defined as in the case where they are in the same condition they are in when they were opened from the pack. I never had issues with creases, tears, and stains, but I definitely had a lot of issues with scuffs and scratches. Usually not severe enough to be clearly visible when initially looking at the card, but were visible when examining the cards more closely in natural/good lighting.

I did ask for pictures every time, and I did have a few successful trades/transactions as well! I think I was at fault for some earlier transactions when they didn't give me the best photos/videos of the cards, and at the time I thought those were good enough until I received the cards in person. As for most of my other experiences, I feel that a lot of the cards came poorly packaged. Some didn't even have sleeves, and I also had this one instance where someone jammed 3 cards into a single top loader (sleeveless). <- I also feel like I was somewhat at fault for not doing enough research. I forgot exactly what happened, but I either didn't ask how they were packaging the cards ahead of time, or wasn't aware that 3 cards was way too much for one top loader.

Throughout my spree I remember checking TBT multiple times and considering trying out some trades, but all the bad experiences I had from other sites just made me feel discouraged. It's difficult for me to trade/buy since I jump back and forth between my parents place and the place I rent out when I need to attend my classes (I usually leave my collection, binders and sleeves at my parents place), but like I said above, if I ever decide to get back into trading I'll look into the forums first. :0

 

[Crash]

I've been checking since the day of pre orders and it's now the 13th of November and I still don't have a single damn card to my name. I just want these damn villagers. My state hadn't gotten anything. Like fr **** this

yes honestly!! that's exactly why i grabbed the amiibo coins instead, it ended up costing me way less anyway and i didn't wanna wait any longer for ione and shino lol

 

[Pig-Pen]

yes honestly!! that's exactly why i grabbed the amiibo coins instead, it ended up costing me way less anyway and i didn't wanna wait any longer for ione and shino lol

What are amiibo coins?

 

[Crash]

What are amiibo coins?

basically they're the exact same thing as amiibo cards but made by third parties using extracted character files. a lot of people make/sell them as an alternative to the cards because of the issues getting ahold of them. if you want I can dm you where I got mine (not sure if I can post a link publicly so I don't wanna risk it lol) :>