Amiibo

[Lebowski]

disney showing nintendo how to make quality vinyl figures

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/11/05/proper-disney-infinity-2-0-figures-theyre-lovely

[cutmymilk]

It's physical DLC :|

...and isn't it exactly what they said they wouldn't do? It's really annoying.

[Nu-Eclipse]

disney showing nintendo how to make quality vinyl figures

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/11/05/proper-disney-infinity-2-0-figures-theyre-lovely

But (as certain people on here keep trying to tell us) you're not supposed to be able to get that kind of quality at that price, dontcha know?

It's physical DLC a cash grab :|

Corrected.

[VR46]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-06-nintendo-is-developing-smaller-cheaper-amiibo-toys-and-nfc-cards

Smaller cheaper ones also coming.

['Press Start']

It is DLC/Memory stick in a plastic figure....

You see, above posted 11/06. I can read Nintendo well, too many years if getting Nintenbummed.

[Family Fry]

Lootcrate are teaming up with Nintendo for specific Amiboo crates.

http://www.lootcrate.com/amiibo

Nintendo has teamed up with Loot Crate for a limited-time amiibo distribution. Those who sign up for an “amiibo Subscription Service” will receive 10 pre-selected amiibo separated into three special Loot Crate shipments throughout the holiday season.

Mario, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Fox and Yoshi are included in the shipments. The other five figures will be revealed through Loot Crate soon.

Nintendo and Loot Crate are also teasing “a few additional surprises” for Smash Bros. and amiibo fans that will be shared in the future.

[wakka]

10 pre-selected Amiibo? Aren't there only 10 available right now? Or 12, at most.

[dave heats]

Lucrative deal for Loot Crate in that case. God knows they need it...it's currently an absolutely pathetic monthly box of worthless tat that I struggle to see the point of!

[Lebowski]

Lucrative deal for Loot Crate in that case. God knows they need it...it's currently an absolutely pathetic monthly box of worthless tat that I struggle to see the point of!

Some of the stuffs ok the Turtles/Guardians of the galaxy/Transformers vinyls have made it kind of worth it but the last few months have been really naff, the final nail was the rubbish book random comic (issue 308 of walking dead). The main item was terrible too a dead rising pen!!! its like a bad quality free promo item.

Crap t-shirts dont help either there all over the place quality wise the zelda one i got was really thin and small while the transformers one is good quality and quite big. for ?18 its probaly cheaper to just pick the bits you want up off eBay and ignore the tat, god knows what I'm gonna do with a star trek tribble.

[importaku]

Wonder if there will be a lootcrate exclusive amibo, maybe one that didn't fall out of a happy meal looking like it was painted by a blind chimp.

[dave heats]

Yeah thats always been my theory. You can wait until a months box is released, watch an unboxing vid, and if theres anything decent in there you like, chances are you can buy it for alot less than the LootCrate RRP!

I know the randomness is all part of the experience, but I'm yet to hear of anything that makes it worth ?216 a year!

[Marmotta]

Nintendo should've jumped on this a couple of years ago with Pokemon figures and full integration into a cross-platform Pokemon title. That would've made a killing.

[wakka]

They may yet do that. Pok?mon is still mega popular.

[Marmotta]

I don't doubt Pokemon's popularity has changed much over the past couple of years, but I just feel they (and Disney to a lesser extent) are missing the boat a bit on the interactive figure thing. Just check out any CeX with the seemingly mandatory shelf full of Skylanders figures which just don't sell anymore.

[wakka]

Yes good point. I think it might end up like the Guitar Hero inspired plastic instrument craze.