The Nintendo Amiibo Discussion Thread

[CheapAssassin]

Originally Posted by 0329liuken

A flawed amiibo is worth more than my whole collection... I think it's a good time for us to stop collecting start sitting in front of best buy every morning...

Ken.. when you see a statue / figurine Nathan Drake head on a Lara Croft body in China, remember to buy it and bring it back to America. Put your signature on it, and sell it on eBay. $$$$! StayFree probably will be the highest bidder, since there is a signature on it.

[singer07]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Have you had any trouble getting them all? Or are you just picking the ones you like?

ive had them all at one point or another so far. i recently sold my marth villager and trainer on ebay. i was very stupid and returned 2 villagers to target and did not try harder to find more marths. so i sold the ones i had to feel less stupid lol. so far i found 5 diddys and 8 lmacs. hoping they become rare but i dont think they will like the people on cag do. most of them are dumb, freakout over nothing and think these are so hard to find lol.

I most likely will return all the amiibos i have that are common like mario and all, i dont find them very fun to collect except for like the cool/rare ones. like shulk and rosalina im looking very forward too, but the rest i find quite boring. marth was pretty cool but even he i was willing to let go of for the right price.

just picked up 2 more diddys at a target in south jersey lol.

[0329liuken]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Ken.. when you see a statue / figurine Nathan Drake head on a Lara Croft body in China, remember to buy it and bring it back to America. Put your signature on it, and sell it on eBay. $$$$! StayFree probably will be the highest bidder, since there is a signature on it.

I will ask my whole family to sign it to rise the price

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by 0329liuken

I will ask my whole family to sign it to rise the price

Yeah, got myself Diddy and Little Mac earlier today via TRU website. I currently am lacking access to a vehicle during the day where I'm at, so can't get out like I used to at the moment.

Yeah, alot of people on CAG definitely go into freak-out-mode, but I can understand. It's frustrating how difficult some of these are to come by for certain areas. I think Nintendo got a HUGE boost in sales on these once media outlets started saying that WFT/Marth/Villager were being discontinued -- the general sentiment beforehand by "most" people was that they'd all be around and easily available so people could jump in and get them whenever, but as soon as they found out that it wasn't going to work that way, everyone (including resellers) ran to these things.

[singer07]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Yeah, got myself Diddy and Little Mac earlier today via TRU website. I currently am lacking access to a vehicle during the day where I'm at, so can't get out like I used to at the moment.

Yeah, alot of people on CAG definitely go into freak-out-mode, but I can understand. It's frustrating how difficult some of these are to come by for certain areas. I think Nintendo got a HUGE boost in sales on these once media outlets started saying that WFT/Marth/Villager were being discontinued -- the general sentiment beforehand by "most" people was that they'd all be around and easily available so people could jump in and get them whenever, but as soon as they found out that it wasn't going to work that way, everyone (including resellers) ran to these things.

Yeah that definitely holds true for wave 1, but i cant honestly think that its going to hold true for wave 2 and on, except for maybe the exclusives and ike. i mean, lmac and diddy being worth 100? if that happens then im just going to buy multiples of every amiibo just to be prepared. But i mean i just picked up 2 more diddys at target a half hour ago, and best buy hasnt even got there wave 2's out for sale yet.

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by singer07

Yeah that definitely holds true for wave 1, but i cant honestly think that its going to hold true for wave 2 and on, except for maybe the exclusives and ike. i mean, lmac and diddy being worth 100? if that happens then im just going to buy multiples of every amiibo just to be prepared. But i mean i just picked up 2 more diddys at target a half hour ago, and best buy hasnt even got there wave 2's out for sale yet.

Yeah, I think the street date mixup that's going on with Wave2 is really pushing those ebay values. But the fact that you can get a few at the store near you doesn't mean that's the case for everyone -- no store within 100 miles of me for Target/Walmart/TRU/GS has one apparently. And others are in the same boat, so its THAT type of unavailability that forces people to jump and shout that its "so rare", and as soon as someone sees limited availability you better believe they'll take advantage of it and toss them up on eBay. I'm just amazed that there isn't more undercutting of some of these "rare" amiibo prices on eBay -- usually with so many resellers you'd think the economics would prove that prices would have to decrease -- but haven't seen much of that yet.

Maybe once BB gets out their Wave2's there'll be a TON of stock in the market and things will go back to a relative normal... but guess we'll have to wait and see.

[singer07]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Yeah, I think the street date mixup that's going on with Wave2 is really pushing those ebay values. But the fact that you can get a few at the store near you doesn't mean that's the case for everyone -- no store within 100 miles of me for Target/Walmart/TRU/GS has one apparently. And others are in the same boat, so its THAT type of unavailability that forces people to jump and shout that its "so rare", and as soon as someone sees limited availability you better believe they'll take advantage of it and toss them up on eBay. I'm just amazed that there isn't more undercutting of some of these "rare" amiibo prices on eBay -- usually with so many resellers you'd think the economics would prove that prices would have to decrease -- but haven't seen much of that yet.

Maybe once BB gets out their Wave2's there'll be a TON of stock in the market and things will go back to a relative normal... but guess we'll have to wait and see.

i think throughout the month stores will be getting more and more of all of wave 2. i wouldnt sweat it too much.

[Crimson_Dragon92]

I just got into these when I found out that Nintendo wont be producing them in large numbers. I didnt really have money at the time of launch.

I'd really like a Marth and Villager for my collection (in box). I'm hoping they re release them soon over here in the US. I know I could import for about $20usd a piece, but the packaging is different and I know it'd bug me.

[Twisted]

i remember the first days of amiibo release my local toys r us had tons of villager..like at least around 50....but who knew?..they would become such a hot commoditie,.,,they had marth too..actually they had at least 50 of each of the 1st batch release...i'm NOT collecting these at all..because i think there would be an infinite number of these...imagine how many releases over the next 2 to 3 years?..well over 100 figures i would think...and NINTENDO sent surveys to some people asking about how interested they would be in "color variants"?..and "store exclusive limited editions"..even like where you'd go to a GAMESTOP..and line up at midnight..and in the morning they'd release 25 per store, of a different color, and that'll be it kind of thing etc..just to keep the buzz alive around amiibo and get people talking/trending about it..and bring in more buyers/collectors...

[KnightOfTruth]

Good or bad news depending on your feelings about amiibo: looks like StarFox and the new Zelda will support amiibo

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