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Tom Nook Amiibo: $4 + Free Prime Shipping (USA)
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Megatron
Member
tearsintherain
Member
A bunch of these kind of 2nd tier amiibo's have dropped to $4-8 at Amazon, Fry's, Best Buy, and Gamestop multiple times over the past few weeks. I think gamestop is still running a buy 2, get 3 free offer on all USED figurines.
I'm just really surprised it took this long, do people still camp out and stuff for new amiibo waves? Are there even any new waves?
I'm just really surprised it took this long, do people still camp out and stuff for new amiibo waves? Are there even any new waves?
Dandy Crocodile
Member
They work in AC:Amiibo Festival, AC:Happy Home Designer, and a few in Super Mario Maker.
They went really overboard with them, made too many characters, over stocked them in stores, and the games they work with are either terrible (Amiibo Festival) or don't make good use of them at all (HHD) so what we're seeing here is a pretty predictable outcome.
Here's hoping they have some better functionality in the next Animal Crossing game, though. Scanning an Amiibo to make a desired villager move into your town would be ace.
TransTrender
Gold Member
I like how I still can't get a lot of the Amiibos I want but Nintendo managed to flood the market with this Animal Crossing shit and now they have to get rid of them with a fire sale.
GG Nintendo, keeping it real.
GG Nintendo, keeping it real.
Bobs Big Boy
Member
But to what end?
Putting out a Lucas Amiibo in a market that doesn't officially have Mother 3 wasn't a brilliant move.
outunderthestars
Banned
Can't say I am going to miss it.
It's been this way for a while, scalpers are out of the game, and they were really what caused this to happen in the first place.
Nothing been required to camp out except maybe mega yarn yoshi, all other stuff is preorderable without any hassle on amazon or bestbuy.
It really isn't perse. There were too many companies in the game, but Infinity was the market leader, it's just they had alot of issues with software development for that line in particular, and overstocked way too much. It's much better for a company to have too little stock than too much.
Lego's problem is that they compete with themselves both videogame wise and toy wise.
twothunder
Member
lots of amiibo dropped in price to 7 or 8 here but it seems to do little for the AC amiibo
In stores here. the animal crossing amiibo really don't seem to sell well
And didn't realize 4 sets of blind pack cards, and released way too many figures about characters nobody cares about.
They offered way too much animal crossing stuff, and really had no meat behind it.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Yep, it seems that amiibo need good games to sell. They greatly overestimated the demand of the Animal Crossing line and Chibi Robo.
The Smash stuff will done once Bayo, Cloud, and new FE guy who I can't remember is released, but there's still new amiibos being announced. A Kirby line just came out, a new Splatoon one is coming, and a Monster Hunter one just got announced. Amiibo is far from dead just because the Animal Crossing figures seemed to have flopped.
There is so going to be a Zelda line announced at E3 as well.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
Blathers is $4.82!!!!!
Acquired.
Acquired.
For what it's worth, in the list of Amazon Best Sellers of 2016 (So Far), the Lucas amiibo sits at #51. Above the Ryu amiibo at that.
My guess is that, much like with the AC amiibo, the supply exceeded demand.
- FTFY
- With Smash 4's Amiibo line coming to a close & the Animal Crossing line flopping, I'm curious to see what will fill the void left by Smash 4.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
I love that the Animal Crossing ones are so cheap.
Other Amiibo won't be bomba though. :S
Other Amiibo won't be bomba though. :S
Welp!
Time for tag change.
Once they release a true Animal Crossing for the NX, you'll return to, and even surpass, your former glory, good raccoon. Believe.
Chip N Chance
Member
Animal Crossing Amiibo's in my area are a joke. Just shelves full of all the same toys. Some stores even have buy 2 get 1 free of the same character.
InfiniteBento
Member
Welp!
Time for tag change.
I immediately thought of you when I saw this too lmao
Triforce141
Member
Nintendo's amiibo stock priority is messed up, even Mario of all things, is becoming hard to find, but here we are with over 10 Isabelle amiibo on each shelf at most stores I go to.
We might finally see the last few stragglers for the Mario line, but I wouldn't be surprised if they just double down on the Smash line and keep reprinting the rarer ones.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Give me the Super Mario line Rosalina and Wario damn it.
SirClinksAlot
Member
I own Kapp'n, Toom Nook, Mabel and Resetti and I don't think I have paid more than $5 for any of them. I don't even know why I bought them but I did.
I think they'll pull back and start doing smaller lines of popular franchises. They are already starting this with the Kirby line (4 figures) and the new Splatoon (5 figures, 3 of which are recolors). I don't really foresee them doing a huge, mega line like Smash again. I think it caused too many issues, and this way will be way easier to manage. I think that's what amiibo will look for the foreseeable future.
Bobs Big Boy
Member
Welp!
Time for tag change.
But wait - it'll become six dollars anytime at current rate.
MillionStabs
Banned
Fuck youuuuu Amiibo Festivaaaaaal!
JinjoUnchained
Member
So how many bells is that?
Edit: full disclosure, I own all the animal crossing set plus the Smash Villager. Their a lot cheaper to collect and there's something nice about having a whole village, if you will, on your shelf. Plus I'm betting there will be good amiibo functionality with the next proper animal crossing.
Edit: full disclosure, I own all the animal crossing set plus the Smash Villager. Their a lot cheaper to collect and there's something nice about having a whole village, if you will, on your shelf. Plus I'm betting there will be good amiibo functionality with the next proper animal crossing.
Chie Satonaka
Member
I'm collecting Amiibos, but the Animal Crossing ones are just really low on my priority list for now. I'm not attached to the franchise at all.
On the other hand, this IS cheap...
On the other hand, this IS cheap...
patrickthehedgehog
Member
Ummm so which ones Timmy and which is Tommy? Haha, this is probs the cutest amiibo.
edit: Fixed! It's so hard to post imgur links on a phone -_-;;
bobawesome
Member
This is the end of Nookonomics.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Guess I'll have to check out Amazon for amiibo prices tomorrow. Gotta fill in a few spots in my Smash lineup.
