Earlier this morning, we reported that all Wave 3 amiibo, including the Lucario amiibo, were briefly back up and available for pre-order on the Toys”R”Us website, but that they were erroneously reading as $999.99. The Tanooki has obtained an internal memo sent from the company’s purchasing department to Toys”R”Us retailers suggesting that the $999.99 price was not a mistake, but rather a pre-order deterrent. The memo reads as follows:

“Subject: Presell Stop amiibo Figures (Action Required!) On 12/23/2014 the Manager on Duty must remove and destroy all pre-sell cards for the below amiibo figures as we have exhausted our pre-sell supply. The cards are currently ringing up at $999.99 to avoid further presells.”

After listing Lucario and all other seven non-exclusive Wave 3 figures, the memo instructs retail managers to remove and destroy all pre-sell cards as well as remove any promotional signage.

Last week, Toys”R”Us seemingly canceled all outstanding amiibo pre-orders made with a credit card or PayPal. The company denied that it was a supply issue and attributed the cancelations to a technical error, before re-instating many of those pre-orders. Now, it seems the retailer has indeed pre-sold all of its pre-order allocation.