AMIIBO

[BumblebeeCody*]

So....I think about 2 months before Amiibos where coming I made about a long the lines of "Yeah I'm not buying these. One, because of the downgrade in visual quality. Two because Nintendo put that stupid aluminium strip at the bottom of it so you have to buy two in order to use one and keep one as a collectible".

Well that fucked up. I've been pretty much addicted to Amiibos. I mean...my story goes

Spoiler

I bought the Mario Amiibo with Smash Bros 4. I wasn't really bothered about Amiibos at that point but at least I had one. Then about a month later(December 22nd to be exact) I thought I might pick a few more up. Then something too over me that one fateful day (no joke). I needed more. I went to Argos to buy all the available Amiibos that they had. So I bought roughly 8. I then realised "Oh shit, this feels good". I then proceeded to go outside and other another set of Amiibos from Argos online, game, Toys R Us and other online stores. The addiction got real. I'm not even going to hide that fact that I was addicted these damn things. Over dramatised story over

 
Since then I've been checking online frequently for all the latest Amiibos. I've been following other groups and forums who also enjoy Amiibo collection. Everyone giving the latest updates on each region of the world with the latest news and such. I've calmed down on Amiibo collection. Before I was checking online e-tailers by the hour that it was actually pretty pathetic(even while at work). As of now I'm just trying to grab one ASAP. I even started doing Amiibo hunting videos on YouTube which are pretty popular(check 'em out). I've even made my own custom Amiibos.  Also met and talked to a lot of great people.
I know all of the drama of Amiibos too. Everything since they came out.

So far I've done pretty well. I have every Amiibos except for Pacman, Shulk, Dedede, Splatoon-inkling and Gold Mario(because Nintendo being the douchenozzles only released that in NA).
I did actually order a Gold Mario so it should be coming in about 2 weeks.
Since I'm currently moving house I've had to pack up all my Amiibos but once I'm in, I'll show you guys my collection. As of today I managed to get Super Mario range: Princess Peach, Splatoon Ink-girl and Splatoon Ink-boy(which I now need to box up).
I love Amiibos but the way Nintendo have handled it has been fuckin' atrocious. It's Nintendo so it doesn't surprise me but I don't agree with it. The scalper prices are horrendous. Nintendo need to get this crap sorted.

So here's a story for you guys and how bad it can get. Over the last day or so, a news story regarding Amiibos broke out here in the UK.
GAME lorry hijacked carrying Splatoon Amiibos. Not even consoles are robbed, small £10 Nintendo figures are what people are after.

My advice for Amiibo collecting:
I'm gonna be honest, if you haven't started collecting already but would like to, don't. Take a more casual route and buy the ones you want. If you're looking for Little Mac, Rosalina and Shulk(to point out 3 major super rare Amiibos)....don't bother. It's not worth your time and money.

I've reserved all of the next Smash Bros Wave 5 range (Ganondorf, Palutena etc) all 3 Yoshi yarn Amiibos and I'm currently looking for the ones I'm missing(as noted earlier).