Nintendo’s latest Amiibo figures push the boundaries of size and price
Nintendo’s latest Amiibo figures push the boundaries of size and price
by Turbostrider27
48 Comments
Burnstryk
Everything Nintendo is doing is pushing the boundaries of price. Never felt so priced out of their products
Dagawing
It’s laughably absurd.
Lulullaby_
The nice thing is you dont have to buy them
Empyre47AT
Agreed. It’s mostly plastic, and we all know most plastics are pretty cheap to manufacture. And, the tariffs aren’t the only reason why they’re costing so much. As far as size goes, I like the standard size. The Street Fighter 6 ones, for example, are starting to push it when it comes to form over function, and perhaps Nintendo thinks because they’re slightly bigger than the norm they can up-charge them by a lot more.
loonbandit
Jesus f#cking Christ
I don’t know what’s more egregious.
Charging
##$49.99
for the Kirby Air Riders amiibo
or
##$39.99
for the Super Mario Galaxy amiibo, which do what you may ask, grant a 1-up mushroom and life mushroom respectively. that’s *it.* for $39.99 ***each***
oh also just to further put all of this in perspective, Nintendo is charging $39.99 for each Galaxy game as well. So in their mind, these two figures hold as much value as the two games they come from themselves.
yummy_yum_yum123
Yeah. Honestly they’re cool, but personally I can’t justify it anymore. At 25$ I would be intrigued but ehh. Maybe if they go on clearance I’ll get them. But nah too much for my wallet to justify. I imagine they aren’t gonna print as many of their own amiibos anymore. The craze is kinda over with. The amiibos at target and GameStop litteraly rot on shelves for years.
Recently got a windwaker Zelda amiibo on clearance for 6$. Got the loftwing amiibo for 10$. So I’ll just wait it out.
Those street fighter amiibos are probably gonna be cleared out soon by retailers who want them gone
Misttertee_27
Samus on a motorcycle looks dope but I’m not paying $40 for it
PolygonAndPixel2
I loved when amiibos came out the first time. 10 to 15 bucks for a good looking figure that is collecting dust? Let me give you hundreds of euros. But 20 € or more is just too much.
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De_Sham
Part Nintendo and part tariffs but let’s all pretend the tariffs don’t exist
klawansky
Does Nintendo deserve 100% of the blame here? I think the tRump tariff/tax are a major cause of the price point being what it is.
DevilTrigger789
i don’t like the amiibo prices but honestly when u look at the figure market, they’re all overpriced… just look at the most simple pop figures and they have no in-game use
not justifying Nintendo’s pricing but honestly all figures are overpriced, and at least amiibos can give u some in-game benefits (not that i think it’s enough content to justify it but still offers more than an expensive pop figure)
also doesn’t help that figures have a big collectionist culture, so they will easily support this pricing by purchasing all the amiibos and pricing will never be reasonable. Nintendo will always get the collectionists money, and attracting that many will be enough price justification -> profit -> cycle continues
CantaloupeCamper
These things fall into the collectible figure market too and that’s a very pricey and weird piece.
Thankfully as far as playing games goes they’re not necessary.
Galactus1701
Everything is so expensive.
JaredUnzipped
I’m not paying $30 to $50 for an Amiibo. Under no circumstance is an Amiibo figure and their in game-feature worth that price to me.
I’ve loved Kirby for decades. The new Kirby figure with star vehicle is super cute, but charging $50 for it is straight up disrespectful to the average consumer.
Nintendo built up a lot of positive karma during the Switch era, but now it seems like they’re throwing it all away. I’m not buying a Switch 2, I’m not buying game cards, and I’m certainly not buying overpriced Amiibo figures.
DoubleTastyMcBacon
People pay literal thousands on a current trend like Labubu or a pink Stanley cup but a Nintendo product is where we draw the line?
Yeah it’s expensive, yeah it’s overpriced, but as always, buying it is optional.
Correct_Stay_6948
NFC spoofer goes brrrr
Can’t imagine buying an Amiibo unless it’s a figure that you REALLY want for some reason. Amiibo have always been overpriced slop, then Big N raised the price, now they’re pulling *this* kind of shit? lol
ElectronicBacon
I’m not a figure collector. How much are similarly sized figures for anime/TV/movie things?
nair-jordan
Amiibo are now the same price in CAD as USD. Guess whose fault that is? Hint: 🍊
StormMalice
So is every other company including food producers.
RoleRemarkable9241
As much as I’m not a fan of the gaming prices, the Amiibos are on Trump and his tariffs. They raised the price on the side stuff so they could keep the cost of the console
ChouxGlaze
surprised we aren’t getting a meta knight shadow star and dedede wagon star/wheelie bike out of the gate
GJR78
Some of y’all would get brain fried if you saw the prices of D&D Minis. Figurines are expensive to make especially if you make them quality which a lot of the Post-Smash Amiibos have been.
huntforhire
Will one of those RFID multi use things get me banned or nah?
digital121hippie
A good chunk of the price is due to Trump Tariffs. So be mad at him and the gop
Few-Strawberry4997
as much as i like them visually (they do seem somewhat higher quality than a bunch of figmas you can get in a similar price range), 50 bucks still is very steep imo, lol. tho i always thought amiibos are kinda expensive for what they are so im glad these nfc cards exist as a cheap alternative.
SSJPIRATES
Nintendo…do this but with Mario Kart and you can have all my money
Ranma_11788
I don’t agree with the price, but most people don’t seem to realize that the Kirby Air Riders amiibo are basically TWO amiibo.
Poumy
Canada prices have been absolutely insane for Nintendo products because our dollar is worth literally nothing but I appreciate Nintendo using their heads and realizing no one would pay $70 CAD for this and setting them at $55 CAD instead of
Pokefan8263
As someone who plays Splatoon and has almost every amiibo for it I think I can understand the pricing for these.
There are a few amiibo boxes that come with 2 – 3 amiibo’s for the price of about $50-$70 for 2 – 3 new splatoon amiibos (the price for some of the older ones has gone down with time). These new Kirby amiibo’s are a 2 in 1 box since they can have the rider and vehicle mix & matched.
ERhyne
I picked a perfect time to start gunpla. Those models are hella affordable
Linkarlos_95
People pay 500 for figurines, if these ones are high quality, then people are going to pay it.
Karuro
Starlink toys using the same tech are cheaper… smh
avelineaurora
FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS?!
I can get a goddamn high quality Pop-up Parade figure for less than that!
I was already floored reading the *normal* price is up to $30 now, jesus christ. They’re outta their damn minds.
AandWKyle
Say it with me in three
One, two, three
The kirby amiibo is bigger than the rest
Slow_Cow_
The fact that everything has got cheaper compared to the US in my country in the past few months is wild. Never thought I’d see the day. Trump really did a number on his country.
MonokuroMonkey
That’s a full day’s work of labor for me, in a non rich country, working 40 h/week in a professional setting. Fuck, that’s 1/5 of my monthly rent.
Darkvanci
dont buy it its no necessary
JordanxHouse
I haven’t seen the final product, but it does look like they’re upping their game on the production quality. Not sure it justifies that big of a jump, though.
Knight_Night33
i’ll just make an amibo spoof myself for that price
Rath_Brained
Nintendo employee: “Sir, our amiibos don’t sell well!”
Nintendo: “Make them more expensive! Surely, they will want to buy then!”
ElPresidentEvil
Everything is going up in price, so for better or worse Amiibos can still keep its niche as a relatively cheap figure if your main use case is “Have a figure in my desk of a character I like”.
Thankfully with Smash 4 and Ultimate most characters have a decent Amiibo out there (If you just ignore the human character’s faces from the first waves).
M4J0R4
Everything’s Nintendo releases does recently
CO_Fimbulvetr
My Woolen Yoshi amiibo begs to differ. Inflation (and tariffs) might be closing the price gap but nothing will beat it on sheer size lol.
LolWhatDidYouSay
They must get enough people buying these things and other random accessories they’ve been putting out lately, otherwise you’d never see them put out the Virtual Boy thing.
flash_baxx
They’d already *doubled* the price of just a *single standard figure* with the Street Fighter 6 line, I’m done with these things.
Zero36
I think Popmart gave them a vision
IsThisKismet
Anytime Nintendo does something you don’t understand, just remind yourself “Japan first.” That helps immensely. Why? Because Japan.
48 Comments
Everything Nintendo is doing is pushing the boundaries of price. Never felt so priced out of their products
It’s laughably absurd.
The nice thing is you dont have to buy them
Agreed. It’s mostly plastic, and we all know most plastics are pretty cheap to manufacture. And, the tariffs aren’t the only reason why they’re costing so much. As far as size goes, I like the standard size. The Street Fighter 6 ones, for example, are starting to push it when it comes to form over function, and perhaps Nintendo thinks because they’re slightly bigger than the norm they can up-charge them by a lot more.
Jesus f#cking Christ
I don’t know what’s more egregious.
Charging
##$49.99
for the Kirby Air Riders amiibo
or
##$39.99
for the Super Mario Galaxy amiibo, which do what you may ask, grant a 1-up mushroom and life mushroom respectively. that’s *it.* for $39.99 ***each***
oh also just to further put all of this in perspective, Nintendo is charging $39.99 for each Galaxy game as well. So in their mind, these two figures hold as much value as the two games they come from themselves.
Yeah. Honestly they’re cool, but personally I can’t justify it anymore. At 25$ I would be intrigued but ehh. Maybe if they go on clearance I’ll get them. But nah too much for my wallet to justify. I imagine they aren’t gonna print as many of their own amiibos anymore. The craze is kinda over with. The amiibos at target and GameStop litteraly rot on shelves for years.
Recently got a windwaker Zelda amiibo on clearance for 6$. Got the loftwing amiibo for 10$. So I’ll just wait it out.
Those street fighter amiibos are probably gonna be cleared out soon by retailers who want them gone
Samus on a motorcycle looks dope but I’m not paying $40 for it
I loved when amiibos came out the first time. 10 to 15 bucks for a good looking figure that is collecting dust? Let me give you hundreds of euros. But 20 € or more is just too much.
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Part Nintendo and part tariffs but let’s all pretend the tariffs don’t exist
Does Nintendo deserve 100% of the blame here? I think the tRump tariff/tax are a major cause of the price point being what it is.
i don’t like the amiibo prices but honestly when u look at the figure market, they’re all overpriced… just look at the most simple pop figures and they have no in-game use
not justifying Nintendo’s pricing but honestly all figures are overpriced, and at least amiibos can give u some in-game benefits (not that i think it’s enough content to justify it but still offers more than an expensive pop figure)
also doesn’t help that figures have a big collectionist culture, so they will easily support this pricing by purchasing all the amiibos and pricing will never be reasonable. Nintendo will always get the collectionists money, and attracting that many will be enough price justification -> profit -> cycle continues
These things fall into the collectible figure market too and that’s a very pricey and weird piece.
Thankfully as far as playing games goes they’re not necessary.
Everything is so expensive.
I’m not paying $30 to $50 for an Amiibo. Under no circumstance is an Amiibo figure and their in game-feature worth that price to me.
I’ve loved Kirby for decades. The new Kirby figure with star vehicle is super cute, but charging $50 for it is straight up disrespectful to the average consumer.
Nintendo built up a lot of positive karma during the Switch era, but now it seems like they’re throwing it all away. I’m not buying a Switch 2, I’m not buying game cards, and I’m certainly not buying overpriced Amiibo figures.
People pay literal thousands on a current trend like Labubu or a pink Stanley cup but a Nintendo product is where we draw the line?
Yeah it’s expensive, yeah it’s overpriced, but as always, buying it is optional.
NFC spoofer goes brrrr
Can’t imagine buying an Amiibo unless it’s a figure that you REALLY want for some reason. Amiibo have always been overpriced slop, then Big N raised the price, now they’re pulling *this* kind of shit? lol
I’m not a figure collector. How much are similarly sized figures for anime/TV/movie things?
Amiibo are now the same price in CAD as USD. Guess whose fault that is? Hint: 🍊
So is every other company including food producers.
As much as I’m not a fan of the gaming prices, the Amiibos are on Trump and his tariffs. They raised the price on the side stuff so they could keep the cost of the console
surprised we aren’t getting a meta knight shadow star and dedede wagon star/wheelie bike out of the gate
Some of y’all would get brain fried if you saw the prices of D&D Minis. Figurines are expensive to make especially if you make them quality which a lot of the Post-Smash Amiibos have been.
Will one of those RFID multi use things get me banned or nah?
A good chunk of the price is due to Trump Tariffs. So be mad at him and the gop
as much as i like them visually (they do seem somewhat higher quality than a bunch of figmas you can get in a similar price range), 50 bucks still is very steep imo, lol. tho i always thought amiibos are kinda expensive for what they are so im glad these nfc cards exist as a cheap alternative.
Nintendo…do this but with Mario Kart and you can have all my money
I don’t agree with the price, but most people don’t seem to realize that the Kirby Air Riders amiibo are basically TWO amiibo.
Canada prices have been absolutely insane for Nintendo products because our dollar is worth literally nothing but I appreciate Nintendo using their heads and realizing no one would pay $70 CAD for this and setting them at $55 CAD instead of
As someone who plays Splatoon and has almost every amiibo for it I think I can understand the pricing for these.
There are a few amiibo boxes that come with 2 – 3 amiibo’s for the price of about $50-$70 for 2 – 3 new splatoon amiibos (the price for some of the older ones has gone down with time). These new Kirby amiibo’s are a 2 in 1 box since they can have the rider and vehicle mix & matched.
I picked a perfect time to start gunpla. Those models are hella affordable
People pay 500 for figurines, if these ones are high quality, then people are going to pay it.
Starlink toys using the same tech are cheaper… smh
FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS?!
I can get a goddamn high quality Pop-up Parade figure for less than that!
I was already floored reading the *normal* price is up to $30 now, jesus christ. They’re outta their damn minds.
Say it with me in three
One, two, three
The kirby amiibo is bigger than the rest
The fact that everything has got cheaper compared to the US in my country in the past few months is wild. Never thought I’d see the day. Trump really did a number on his country.
That’s a full day’s work of labor for me, in a non rich country, working 40 h/week in a professional setting. Fuck, that’s 1/5 of my monthly rent.
dont buy it its no necessary
I haven’t seen the final product, but it does look like they’re upping their game on the production quality. Not sure it justifies that big of a jump, though.
i’ll just make an amibo spoof myself for that price
Nintendo employee: “Sir, our amiibos don’t sell well!”
Nintendo: “Make them more expensive! Surely, they will want to buy then!”
Everything is going up in price, so for better or worse Amiibos can still keep its niche as a relatively cheap figure if your main use case is “Have a figure in my desk of a character I like”.
Thankfully with Smash 4 and Ultimate most characters have a decent Amiibo out there (If you just ignore the human character’s faces from the first waves).
Everything’s Nintendo releases does recently
My Woolen Yoshi amiibo begs to differ. Inflation (and tariffs) might be closing the price gap but nothing will beat it on sheer size lol.
They must get enough people buying these things and other random accessories they’ve been putting out lately, otherwise you’d never see them put out the Virtual Boy thing.
They’d already *doubled* the price of just a *single standard figure* with the Street Fighter 6 line, I’m done with these things.
I think Popmart gave them a vision
Anytime Nintendo does something you don’t understand, just remind yourself “Japan first.” That helps immensely. Why? Because Japan.