The Nintendo Amiibo Discussion Thread

[KnightOfTruth]

Okay, so some might not care much about Nintendo's newest "thing" - the amiibo figures, but others may. I figured I'd open up a thread where we can discuss/rant/etc. about these figures. I'm going to reserve the first few posts just in case we want to turn this into a thread with release dates/pictures/etc. on the first page, but for now I figure it'd just be better than bumping the Smash Bros. Bundle Thread or Random Thoughts thread

[KnightOfTruth]

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[KnightOfTruth]

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[KnightOfTruth]

So, anyone else in the US collecting these things? And is supply/demand as crazy and nutty overseas as it is here in the US? It's a whirlwind of chaos, especially with the recent launch of Wave 2a (Zelda/DiddyKong/LittleMac).

TRU/GS released theirs on Friday. SOME Targets did. Others and Walmart released theirs on Sunday (yesterday) and BestBuy is refusing to until the 17th (for one or two of the figures) and the 19th for the other(s).

The 10 stores I visited all sold out of Diddy Kong and Little Mac within the first hour of operation. A few of the stores (because I asked) confirmed it was the same guy in my area who bought ALL of them (obviously for reselling purposes). It's a real nightmare and stress, especially this time of year.

[GameTrigger]

All 12 amiibos reviewed (+the best way to open them!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiKwlXYtKVY

[Cosmic_Link]

Thankfully I'm not going too overboard with these. Gonna pick up the odd one or two for my favourite characters and that's about it. I've so far got, Mario with the UK SSB pack, Link and Zelda in the post, Samus and Marth for Christmas from my mum and Pit and Luigi from my Sis for Christmas. Hoping to try and pick up a couple of others, but I think I'll wait it out and hope for a bit of a price drop in the new year. lol

[KnightOfTruth]

Yeah, I started thinking to just get a few of the figures that I wanted, but I knew I'd end up wanting to get all of them. So now here I am trying to get these things before ebay hawkers snag them all.

I did just find out now that there are notable packaging differences between the European and US amiibo. I've got to decide now how much the "collector" in me cares.

EU Version
US Version

Looks like they have "Super Smash Bros. Collection" listed there (I wonder what it'll say for NON-Smash Amiibos?) and then the "N0.#" for each amiibo with its name on the right side.

I think I really like the European packaging better (surprise, surprise) because:
1) they're numbered and would be useful for ordering them and
2) I like how there's a possibility there will be different "collections" so you can have different poses from different collections theoretically rather than the US where we'll likely just have 14 marios that all say "Mario".

[CheapAssassin]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Yeah, I started thinking to just get a few of the figures that I wanted, but I knew I'd end up wanting to get all of them. So now here I am trying to get these things before ebay hawkers snag them all.

I did just find out now that there are notable packaging differences between the European and US amiibo. I've got to decide now how much the "collector" in me cares.

EU Version
US Version

Looks like they have "Super Smash Bros. Collection" listed there (I wonder what it'll say for NON-Smash Amiibos?) and then the "N0.#" for each amiibo with its name on the right side.

I think I really like the European packaging better (surprise, surprise) because:
1) they're numbered and would be useful for ordering them and
2) I like how there's a possibility there will be different "collections" so you can have different poses from different collections theoretically rather than the US where we'll likely just have 14 marios that all say "Mario".

Buy them all Knight.

[Cosmic_Link]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Yeah, I started thinking to just get a few of the figures that I wanted, but I knew I'd end up wanting to get all of them. So now here I am trying to get these things before ebay hawkers snag them all.

I did just find out now that there are notable packaging differences between the European and US amiibo. I've got to decide now how much the "collector" in me cares.

EU Version
US Version

Looks like they have "Super Smash Bros. Collection" listed there (I wonder what it'll say for NON-Smash Amiibos?) and then the "N0.#" for each amiibo with its name on the right side.

I think I really like the European packaging better (surprise, surprise) because:
1) they're numbered and would be useful for ordering them and
2) I like how there's a possibility there will be different "collections" so you can have different poses from different collections theoretically rather than the US where we'll likely just have 14 marios that all say "Mario".

Another notable difference with the packaging is that from what I see on the videos of American's who are removing the foil sticker from inside the box, the US sticker comes off easier than our's... One of mine, I couldn't get the sticker off with a small metal stick like somebody else did... >.< It was like they used the strongest glue in the world that holds the foil sticker on our Amiibos. >.<

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Cosmic_Link

Another notable difference with the packaging is that from what I see on the videos of American's who are removing the foil sticker from inside the box, the US sticker comes off easier than our's... One of mine, I couldn't get the sticker off with a small metal stick like somebody else did... >.< It was like they used the strongest glue in the world that holds the foil sticker on our Amiibos. >.<

Oh, hadn't heard that difference yet. So you're also using the methodology of pulling the foil out from the bottom of the package? I've been trying to decide if I just want to go ahead and do the other (knife along the sides) method so I can actually take the figures and move the figures around rather than having a giant stack of boxes near my gaming setup, but I haven't pulled that trigger yet.