A:AnswerShort answer, takes a while so I wouldn’t.
Long answer, there is a way to cut the box that it still is in box but the NFC tag is readable. Some videos online could help you if you want to try it out.
A:AnswerThe website is being finicky but I was able to pre order the little buddy and blue octoling amiibo, it also showed earlier that this was up for pre order because I had it in my save but then I refreshed the page and the option was gone