People with Amiiboners...

[xelement5x]

Seriously what is the deal with these things.  It seems like they are Skylanders/Disney Infinity but with people going crackhead crazy over them. 

I saw a couple defect ones have gone for thousands of dollars, and people are regularly paying like 5X time the retail price for some of them on ebay. 

On a couple local Faceboook gaming groups I follow like half of it is filled up with Amiibo talk, and I regularly see people going to stores and completely buying out the stock, it's insane. 

Does anyone here collect these?  I was going to buy the Xenoblade one but apparently preorders for it were sold out like over a month before release.

[BlueBMW]

I have no interest in them....  But yeah peeps be going batshit crazy over em.

[DragonmasterDan]

I want Pit and Little Mac.

There's not a lot of Kid Icarus or Punch-Out merchandise and they'd just be cool to have.

[MrFlutterPie]

I am so happy I am not interested in these things.  They seem way to stressful to collect for a hobby that is supposed to be FUN.

[Opethian]

amiiboneitis
my only regret

[wildfruit]

I have decided to pass these up. Not even my collectard see it want it son has shown much interest.

[Gentlegamer]

I selectively pre-order a few Amiibos from each wave, so I'm not involved in the madness.

[Necromancer]

The fervor for 'em seems almost entirely fueled by flippers.  How sad.

[Medic_wheat]

It seems like something that oils have been fun if supply was available.


I had honestly though to wait for when they do clearance or boy one get one half off or free before getting any. And they would only be used or adorn my desk or TV area. But with how the one I want are either hard to get sold out unavailable or simply to much of a hassle to get into I desided to walk away from it as a whole.

[cr8zykuban0]

they seem really cool in my opinion but not sire if I should invest in the money for them?

ill stick in investing my money on obey games!

[PunkicCyborg]

is there a point in collecting the discontinued ones for game use?

[lukester]

I have no interest.

They cost $12 (at least...), have really crappy value, and they aren't even posable.

Fun Fact: Toys for Bob originally offered Nintendo Skylanders exclusitivity.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/04/skylanders_spyros_adventure_could_have_been_a_nintendo_exclusive

[Jibbajaba]

Collectards need something to get all collectardy over.

[xelement5x]

I have no interest.

They cost $12 (at least...), have really crappy value, and they aren't even posable.

Fun Fact: Toys for Bob originally offered Nintendo Skylanders exclusitivity.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/04/skylanders_spyros_adventure_could_have_been_a_nintendo_exclusive

That article is oddly prescient.  Here's an interesting quote from it:

This leads many to wonder how Nintendo might benefit from a toy-driven game at retail. With Nintendo's massive library of game stars, it's not too hard to imagine a crossover of Super Smash Bros.-esque proportions driving collectors and children out of their dollars. Pokémon is another example, with Rumble U representing early experimentation — Nintendo has also talked up the role that the Wii U GamePad's NFC reader will have at E3 this year, which is the same technology as used in the Skylander portal.

[bust3dstr8]

Too funny....I was just gonna post something similar, like WTF are these Amiibonerz and why does everyone have a hardo-on for them all of a sudden?