
I am curious. Is anybody planning on buying any of Nintendo's Amiibo figures? I've been on the fence myself for quite a long time.
I've been an avid toy collector on top of being a game collector for most of my life, but now space and money issues have forced me to choose one thing, and games won the fight. I've been actively purging my toy hoard on ebay while resisting buying any new toys for some time now. But then Amiibos happened, and I don't think I can resist them. I've been struggling to behave myself so as it is with my love of the aesthetic of the Marvel figures from Disney Infinty 2.0, despite my total lack of interest in the actual game. The possibility of a uniform set of soooo many beloved game characters is so very tempting. Indeed, most of the toys that have survived my various ebay purges have been game-related toys (Neca's Street Fighter IV and Castlevania sets, my Kotobukiya Final Fantasy 8 Gilgamesh, etc). I like me some game-toys, and to my knowledge, there's never been a figure of Fox McCloud. And there's never really been a way to get a Samus toy in the West without shilling out loads of cash for a Japanese import Figma.
As with Disney Infinity, I have close to zero interest in the way that the Amiibos actually interact with any games. Everything seems pretty hokey and forced to me. My fascination is more with them as toys. They just look so perfect. Brightly colored, and well sculpted & painted. And I love figurines with built-in bases. A recent impressions article on USGamer affirmed that the build quality of the figures is excellent, and they seem to be of a higher quality than Skylanders (which I've always thought were quite nice in the first place).
I was honestly doing a great job of telling myself that I didn't need any Amiibos until yesterday's announcement that both Mega Man and Shulk from Xenoblade Chronicles would be coming in February (sucks that Shulk is Gamestop exclusive though). This news prettymuch clinched things for me. I certainly cannot afford to collect them all, but here's a shortlist of the ones I'm interested in:
- - Mario
- Samus
- Fox
- Marth
- Ike
- Bowser
- Mega Man
- Shulk
- King DeDeDe
- Meta Knight
What about you guys? Any Amiibos in your future?