WrenchNinja
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So what is the appeal here to kids if they're just paper weights?
Nintendo Amiibo Look a Bit Different in Final Production vs. Advertised
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EdwardTeach
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The difference is mostly down to poor out of focus photography and bad lighting. Only a few actual changes like pole colour. Don't pretend you won't but this shizzle now.
Hours Left
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Besides some of the faces, I think they look fine.
Of course I'd like higher quality material, but at this price point, I don't expect them.
Of course I'd like higher quality material, but at this price point, I don't expect them.
DaSorcerer7
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that looks pretty good to me.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Well I never.
Cheap plastic junk looks like cheap plastic junk.
I dont understand why anyone expected play arts level of quailty.
These things are just Nintendo's way of trying to bring back the revenue stream from memory cards.
Cheap plastic junk looks like cheap plastic junk.
I dont understand why anyone expected play arts level of quailty.
These things are just Nintendo's way of trying to bring back the revenue stream from memory cards.
Some really nice pictures in that link. Seems like Kirby, Pikachu, Yoshi, DK and Mario are the best ones.
I don't get why certain characters like Villager, DK and Wii Fit Trainer can have clear plastic stands, while others have the ugly colored ones. Fox looks great, but that stand
FearMyWrench
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Sanic is that you?!
Panajev2001a
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NFC and memory being the expensive part? Amazon's Chromecast competitor is $39 before discounts and has HDMI, dual band WiFi, 8 GB of Flash storage, a dual core CPU, and 1 GB of RAM. If you are a Prime customer you only pay $19 for it. Just some perspective about the cost of electronics nowadays.
I do not recall a lot of safety concerns and chants of over delivering of value when the figures were initially announced and priced either, but I am surprised it is ok to hold Nintendo to the advertising standard of fast food chains...
People really need to stop trying to downplay this as if it's common in the toy industry somehow. Paint app differences are one thing, and to be expected, but many of the finals aren't even remotely the same sculpt as the promo shots. As a toy collector, this much disparity between the official product photos and the final product is pretty unusual.
jts
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Nintendo shat the bed when they took final press photos out of early pre-production models.
Some models were wayyyy too optimistic, like Link and others having a single THIN pole as the sole support structure for the figure on the base.
All of those were reworked.
Peach's model seems to have been updated for other reasons as well, such as changing the appearance under her skirt, and in the process a lot of detail got dulled as well.
Hopefully Nintendo updates the press photos.
There have to be some cheap memory in there too, not just NFC tag. Then some development cost with each game. It's fair game to compare them to Skylander, not so much with the Assassin's Creed figure.
Orniletter
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Yeah...no . The pose isn´t all that uncommon and I don´t think that was their intention...at all :
TheSlySoul
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Yeah, people do not realize that Nintendo charges a premium for most stuff. NES Remix Collection is 30 dollars and Dr. Luigi is 15 bucks. Amiibos are 13 dollars for something that costs 3 bucks to make.
The sad thing is that Disney and Skylanders figures pretty much are higher quality than Amiibos and cheaper. Guess Nintendo does not want you displaying the figures compared to their toy line.
I was going to comment how they look like the Mario Kart 8 toys. The Mario UK toys that came out where better quality. The gaudy yellow stand and the lack of detail hurts. That is why I am only buying Amiibos for characters I use. There is no reason to display these toys on my shelf.
Yeah now I think I'm going to cancel my pre-order for them all.
This is outrageous and very misleading. Peach especially for some reason now has a derpy face. Each of these figures now look as cheep as a McDonalds Happy Meal toy. I refuse to pay $15 for each of these cheep looking things now. Nintendo should be ashamed of themselves.
At least now I have a spare $150+ that I can spend on other stuff in November that would have went to those Amibos.
This is outrageous and very misleading. Peach especially for some reason now has a derpy face. Each of these figures now look as cheep as a McDonalds Happy Meal toy. I refuse to pay $15 for each of these cheep looking things now. Nintendo should be ashamed of themselves.
At least now I have a spare $150+ that I can spend on other stuff in November that would have went to those Amibos.
OMG! Figurines that look better when advertised than they do in the final product. Shocking.
That said, some look very decent (Mario, Fox, Villager, Yoshi) and some very bad (Peach, Marth). I hope Mac, Pit, Luigi and some of the (most likely) upcoming like Bowser or Olimar are as good as the former and not as bad as the later.
That said, some look very decent (Mario, Fox, Villager, Yoshi) and some very bad (Peach, Marth). I hope Mac, Pit, Luigi and some of the (most likely) upcoming like Bowser or Olimar are as good as the former and not as bad as the later.
TheSlySoul
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Yeah, simple characters look fine. It is when you get to Marth and Link where it starts to show. I will never understand going from clear to gaudy yellow. Here is the McDonalds toys...
Bjoern the Smexy
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I actually have that Mario with the coin in the upper right and it looks better than it does on that picture.
You know what? I take back what I said eariler. The final released Amiibos don't even look as good as McDonalds toys lol.
I can't believe I almost spent $150+ for them all. I really need to rethink my life. ;(
TheSlySoul
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I am tempted to cancel my Link pre-order and get a free one from Toys R Us. I could buy some games for 13 bucks on Steam in November.
Azure Phoenix
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Unsurprising, considering the price range these were aimed at they were always going to drop in quality from the flawless hand crafted prototypes to JP capsule toy or Skylander quality for the mass production version. If you're a figure collector this is the norm, it's always a case of judging how much the quality of the finished product will drop that you have to account for when pre-ordering.
That said, I think that finished Peach is worse than expected. The embossed dress pattern or lace detail was never going to make it to the finished article, but the paint quality is poor - the Mario Galaxy Peach capsule toy I had years ago is more impressive.
That said, I think that finished Peach is worse than expected. The embossed dress pattern or lace detail was never going to make it to the finished article, but the paint quality is poor - the Mario Galaxy Peach capsule toy I had years ago is more impressive.
StreetsAhead
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Gipsy Danger
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I also think the final versions are of a poorer quality than I expected. I'll wait to see them in person before I bite but I feel like the disney infinity toys were of excellent quality and looked great for the same price point.
At least they got DK right as you showed in that pic. They better not screw up DK.
I'm still very pissed they made Peach derpy. Why the hell did they change her? She was perfect before!
old manatee
Banned
Everyone shouted me down when I said they looked like Happy Meal toys with a dinky pedestal.
They just need to turn one around and see the massive screw holes that are common in most McD toys.
Chiaroscuro
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Expected, since lhe prototypes seens to good to be $15 figures, but those are not worth that imo.
I understand that they need to streighten the figures because children will handle them and they should not break (like Disney infinity) however they should have uses simple poses instead of those hideous poles. Now even wii fit trainer has it.
I understand that they need to streighten the figures because children will handle them and they should not break (like Disney infinity) however they should have uses simple poses instead of those hideous poles. Now even wii fit trainer has it.
Ness should be alright, I think. He has a relatively simple design with a nice pose that doesn't require additional support.
Chromecast and fire stick isn't there to make a profit from. It is there to support there other services , ie amazon prime, YouTube.
Nintendo actually want to profit from these figurines. These amiibos aren't the entry point to smash u. These products have different focuses so you can't compare.
Amazon and google can take a huge hit on those products because they make up in amazon prime, youtube and probably getting paid by other streaming services. Amiibos aren't going to make more people buy smash.
Shin Johnpv
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No they don't. Plus I don't think there's any kind of rule that says that. Food advertising is all about making it look as appealing as possible, and they'll use what ever means they have to, to make it happen. One of my first teachers in college was a guy who made all kinds of giant versions of things for commercials. It wasn't limited to just non-food items, there were plenty of commercials where the food was a giant hunt of foam painted to look like food.
Food advertising is insanely fake, half the shit is raw and/or inedible. Hell in that burger shot I guarantee each sesame seed on that bun was placed by hand in a specific spot.
POWERSPHERE
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The only difference I can see is links pole, am I missing something asides from the general GAF faux outrage that likes to turn on things
Dr. Black Jack
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Peach looks a little poopier but that's it.
KratosEnergyDrink
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You must have seen other promo shots than the rest of us. Have you seen the figurines for yourself or is your opinion based an this bad photos. There are only subtle or changes or no one at all for most figurines.
Nope, we've seen the same ones everyone else has, the ones they have been showing since E3, that weren't photographs.
I guess we just lack the special Nintendo glasses that a lot of the defenders in this topic seem to be wearing when looking at these production figures.
DK looks good.
Leafhopper
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I remember those. Damn it.
Diablohead
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Has it been explained why some characters have colour poles? link using yellow and fox using a dark blue ruin their poses.
Prax
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In general, more delicate details like fingers and stray hair strands look chunkier because that's just how cheaper plastics coming out of moulds (and also to reinforce them better) and fast paintjobs work.
In the promotional shots all the facial features and fine details are actually screenprinted stickers or something similar to that (you can tell because you will see dithering/pixelation of the colours), and were given careful placements by hand, so they look exact. I believe the mass produced figures however are quickly hand-painted, so they have a high chance of looking off or being placed slightly askew.
I doubt you can expect anything better until you get into 30 dollar range toys, and even then, those can look all sorts of horrible.
The people posting Skylanders as counter-examples actually overlook the same kind of problems even though those toys are made with the toy in mind before the promotional renders. It's just that Nintendo IPs have such iconic looks that we're used to that anything slightly off will also look even more off. I don't personally care about Skylanders, so I am not invested in how crappy things may or may not look.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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So I have just seen high quality Amiibo picture from people that have them
they all look good except for Marth, Peach, Villager
they all look good except for Marth, Peach, Villager
NintenDOMG
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Holy shit! I'm old enough to remember those and the PACMAN ones.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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Yup the human Amiiboo are bad the res are fine
sixteen-bit
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How does WFT look compared to the prototype?