Nintendo's amiibo figures are currently selling like hotcakes, making it difficult for players to preorder them before they sell out. However, those who successfully preordered and are waiting for the delivery of their purchase may not be able to get their items after all.
A report states that the delivery truck carrying a load of Splatoon amiibo and games was robbed in the UK. Although the exact location of the robbery hasn't yet been identified, it was said that the truck came from Nintendo's UK warehouse and was on its way to GAME, a British retailer.
"We can confirm that the lorry transporting the Splatoons stock from Nintendo's European warehouse to GAME UK has been stolen," said Nintendo in a statement. "Included as part of this delivery was GAME's allocation of the Splatoon + Squid Inkling amiibo and as a result we are unable to honor preorders for this item in GAME."
As a result of the heist, preorders that are due for delivery on May 29 will no longer be honored.
However, GAME added that they are not getting replacements for the lost items. What they will offer instead is to substitute the customers' orders of the Splatoon + Squid Inkling with the game's standard version.
Customers who preordered the Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy amiibo can expect to still receive their items, according to the retailer.
"We will be discounting this edition by £10 (approximately $15) from £52.99 to £42.99 (around $81 to $65) to apologize for this inconvenience," said GAME.
The retailer also promised to send their customers' orders using First Class mail on May 29.
Customers who are affected and are willing to accept the discounted offer will get the copy of the game and the substitute amiibo version. Should they wish to cancel their order, they can call GAME UK at 0208-827-0099 or send an email to customer.services@game.co.uk.
It's not clear whether the robbers had specifically targeted the popular game items or had chosen the truck at random. Still, they must be very good at hiding things as it was a whole truck that they stole.
