Despite the initial report from a verified Toys”R”Us retail employee on Reddit that TRU is withholding Pit and Captain Falcon amiibo stock for a coordinated January 15th launch and subsequent reports of other Toys”R”Us locations telling customers the same thing, the company’s PR department has denied any sort of planned launch event for next Thursday.

“I received your inquiry regarding an amiibo event, and wanted to quickly let you know we will not be hosting an event next Thursday, 1/15 in our stores.”

This contradicts those reports on Reddit coming from multiple store locations. It is our opinion that no one is necessarily lying, but that not everyone is on the same page, so to speak. To support this, we have seen evidence of customers successfully purchasing Pit and Captain Falcon amiibo in the past few hours and are in the process of obtaining permission to share.

That said, the response from Toys”R”Us and its use of the word “event” could be subject to different interpretations, so we have followed up asking for clarification and will report on any response.