Mihael Mello Keehl
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Samus is a woman
Nintendo Amiibo Look a Bit Different in Final Production vs. Advertised
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Shrug, they're fine. They were never going to look as good as the promo ones. Peach does look like the biggest downgrade though.
Anyone who really cares about qualify this much should invest in better figures.
They're decent quality figures of the smash bros cast, and that's fine with me.
Edit: You're most likely never gonna see characters like Fox, Captain Falcon, and Wii fit trainer get figures otherwise.
Anyone who really cares about qualify this much should invest in better figures.
They're decent quality figures of the smash bros cast, and that's fine with me.
Edit: You're most likely never gonna see characters like Fox, Captain Falcon, and Wii fit trainer get figures otherwise.
James Scott
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As someone that actually is fairly experienced buying collectible figures
I'm quite pleased with the final production run of Amiibos. At that price they are pretty high quality figures even post downgrade.
Most don't look as good as they did in e3, but a lot of them still look fantastic.
Mario and Yoshi look really high quality, and I'm very happy with how Fox, DK, Pikachu, Samus, and Kirby look.
There just aren't a lot of figures of these characters, and especially not at this quality. Of course, the Samus one doesnt' look as good as the figma, but there's like a 30 dollar difference here.
I imagine the likes of Peach and the Villager are quality control issues where there's nothing really wrong with them but the eyes/eye brows are printed on incorrectly (villager's eyes, like the kirby are slightly out of place making him look very odd). If you look at them in the store you'll likely find one with the eyes printed on correctly. It happened with the Jakks Link (similar price range) which mine had the eyes and eyebrows painted on slightly above where they were supposed to, but the others were fine.
If you are really worried about quality, stick to the cartoony ones like Mario, Yoshi, and DK and buy them in store. You should be safe and you'll easily get your money's worth.
The biggest issue the toy line has is that they are designed around the CG renders...but the CG renders weren't designed for Amiibos which is why some poses don't seem ideal (and require a weird colored base). I looked over the roster/CG renders and a ton of them should come out perfectly fine with only the FE characters with Sakurai's generic anime face probably being problematic (oh, and Shulk too...maybe)
Anyone that has their faces partly covered should look pretty good. So Captain Falcon, Shiek, Rosalina, etc should come out fine.
So...yeah, I'm pretty happy thus far. Yeah, I'd like all of them to be better...but you won't get that at sub $15.
I'm really glad Fox is great, there hasn't been a Star Fox figure yet and I've been looking for one since I was like 6.
edit: I think Link fared well, I was worried about him since e3. The only thing shown in the pictures is the yellow stick, which isn't too horrendous.
...that didn't sound as nerdy in my head as I thought
Most don't look as good as they did in e3, but a lot of them still look fantastic.
Mario and Yoshi look really high quality, and I'm very happy with how Fox, DK, Pikachu, Samus, and Kirby look.
There just aren't a lot of figures of these characters, and especially not at this quality. Of course, the Samus one doesnt' look as good as the figma, but there's like a 30 dollar difference here.
I imagine the likes of Peach and the Villager are quality control issues where there's nothing really wrong with them but the eyes/eye brows are printed on incorrectly (villager's eyes, like the kirby are slightly out of place making him look very odd). If you look at them in the store you'll likely find one with the eyes printed on correctly. It happened with the Jakks Link (similar price range) which mine had the eyes and eyebrows painted on slightly above where they were supposed to, but the others were fine.
If you are really worried about quality, stick to the cartoony ones like Mario, Yoshi, and DK and buy them in store. You should be safe and you'll easily get your money's worth.
The biggest issue the toy line has is that they are designed around the CG renders...but the CG renders weren't designed for Amiibos which is why some poses don't seem ideal (and require a weird colored base). I looked over the roster/CG renders and a ton of them should come out perfectly fine with only the FE characters with Sakurai's generic anime face probably being problematic (oh, and Shulk too...maybe)
Anyone that has their faces partly covered should look pretty good. So Captain Falcon, Shiek, Rosalina, etc should come out fine.
So...yeah, I'm pretty happy thus far. Yeah, I'd like all of them to be better...but you won't get that at sub $15.
I'm really glad Fox is great, there hasn't been a Star Fox figure yet and I've been looking for one since I was like 6.
No, this is McDonalds quality
edit: I think Link fared well, I was worried about him since e3. The only thing shown in the pictures is the yellow stick, which isn't too horrendous.
I think he's aware Samus is a woman.
He's just pointing out she looks too feminine compared to her bounty hunter image.
orthodoxy1095
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Schnozberry
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How is a female bounty hunter in a power suit supposed to pose? Should she she wear underwear with a dickhole on the outside of her suit, just so we all know who the boss is?
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I disagree, anyway what is so feminine about that stance?
James Scott
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Something I hope Nintendo does later down the line is more "collector's edition" of figures. We know they are probably going to make different Marios and Links, maybe a more deluxe version for a higher price with nicer quality for those willing to pay.
The big ones MSRP at $16. The smaller ones are $10
Conrad Link
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Gotta get that corruption out somehow.
It's kind of telling that whereas Link and Mario have action poses, the space bounty hunter that blows up planets is standing on display, to show her wide bust and hips but her strikingly thin waist (surely just a coincidence arising from the use of the Varia suit). At least they couldn't put in a gratuitous panty shot like prototype Peach.
primasaurus
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Lighting
me0wish
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Not just the figures, but the games are quality as well. Some figures would light up when you set them on the portal through an electromagnetic field, some of them come in two halves, and can be mixed with one another.
Normal figures are around 10$, special figures are around 15$.
Yoshi looks cute :3
Honestly, the only one that seems like a big downgrade (and even the prototype was ugly) is Marth. Peach has some differences but the quality of the pictures doesn't really help.
I have no idea about figurine prices so I can't judge if they're worth the money. However, people seem to be ignoring the game aspect when judging the worth of the figurines. Then again, Nintendo hasn't shown much, so I guess they are to blame.
EDIT: Also, wow at the comment above about Samus' pose. If you are obsessed about finding sexism you'll always find it. To me, Samus' pose is imposing, like if she's a powerhouse.
Honestly, the only one that seems like a big downgrade (and even the prototype was ugly) is Marth. Peach has some differences but the quality of the pictures doesn't really help.
I have no idea about figurine prices so I can't judge if they're worth the money. However, people seem to be ignoring the game aspect when judging the worth of the figurines. Then again, Nintendo hasn't shown much, so I guess they are to blame.
EDIT: Also, wow at the comment above about Samus' pose. If you are obsessed about finding sexism you'll always find it. To me, Samus' pose is imposing, like if she's a powerhouse.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Honestly i cant blame you for thinking like that, but seriously some people dont instantly think that when they see this amiibo. They just see samus they dont see samus displaying her hips and bust.. which btw is all in some super space armor.
These are so cool. *_*
Thankfully the amiibo I wanted most out of the first batch seems to be the one who turned out best based on these pics (Yoshi) so I'm not too mad. To be honest I don't think any of them look terrible aside from Marth and Link, but they were definitely downgraded which is a shame.
RobbieNick
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Some serious overreacting going on in this thread.
I've seen the finished product up close as my Wal-Mart just got an Amiibo display a few days ago and they look great. The paint job is better than Skylanders and is as good if not better than Infinity. The prototype paint job will always look better because they are not painted for mass production, but for display at trade show so the figurines are given a lot more TLC. When I saw them at E3, I told my friend "There's no way they'll look this detailed in the final product", but they came closer than I suspected.
I've seen the finished product up close as my Wal-Mart just got an Amiibo display a few days ago and they look great. The paint job is better than Skylanders and is as good if not better than Infinity. The prototype paint job will always look better because they are not painted for mass production, but for display at trade show so the figurines are given a lot more TLC. When I saw them at E3, I told my friend "There's no way they'll look this detailed in the final product", but they came closer than I suspected.
on contrary, this is the last thing i'd hope...
for some of us that doesn't plan on collecting them all, what we do is to chose the best looking mario, and buy only that one.
wouldn't it be a real bummer if u bought that launch mario, and suddenly nintendo release a new mario with better pose?
if they're releasing different marios (ex: different costumes, that serve as different characters in-game), it would be a little more justifiable.
i'm also a shoes collector. and in the shoes world, if a model are about to have different colorways, people tends to wait for the one they like. only hardcore collectors that would buy every color for one model.
the downside is: if it's a new model, it would need a high sales immediately to justify releasing different colorways, but people aren't buying it because they are waiting for another color.
sometimes they ended up not releasing the alternative colors due to initial lack of sales. people didn't get their shoes, company didn't get their profit. sad.
we won't mind a $500 pure-gold plated link cuz we'll never gonna get it anyway, but a slightly different characters with slightly different price would probably ruin us.
Id just like to ask: is the "but they don't have NFC" thing a joke? Because NFC chips are fucking cheap as hell.
https://www.buynfctags.com/nfc-tags.html
https://www.buynfctags.com/nfc-tags.html
James Scott
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I don't know, different figures having the same functionality since they are the same character seems alright with me.
If you are a big toy collector you'll buy them all, if you just want the functionality then you'll just buy the cheaper one. Skylanders kind of does it with like translucent limited edition versions, but I'd like (for example) Zelda U Link and Smash Link even if they do the same thing
It's not about the price but the added functionality. You aren't paying $12 for just a small figure, it's a small figure that you can use in several games in one way or another.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
$0.85 per tag in a batch of 1,000 is pretty cheap. I wonder how much cheaper they get in even larger quantities like Nintendo would be dealing with.
Exactly. Saying "well they cost more cause uh... Nfc" is stupid as they are a negligible cost. Sheckles on the dollar.
it's from the cutscene that plays after killing the first major boss (Mogenar)
Depends entirely on the type of nfc tag used. Given these figures are going to be storing character and possibly other game data (and possibly for multiple games too) I doubt Nintendo's going to be using anything with under 1k of memory and might even be looking at 4-8k tags which can run up to several dollars in bulk depending on ram size and chip speed.
Banana Aeon
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Umf, that Samus is rough.
I thought that this could replace my figma, but I think it may fail to do that. Hope for Rosalina dwindling.
I thought that this could replace my figma, but I think it may fail to do that. Hope for Rosalina dwindling.
I thought figma's were like $30. What made you think a $12 toy would be better?
ElectricKaibutsu
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Oh yeah. They do look a little different.
Banana Aeon
Member
I dislike my Figma, and I wanted a posed figure.
Turns out it has a lot of the same problems that the figma has.
Yup, Prime 3 when she gets to ~45% Phazon Blood Concentration.
Vulcano's assistant
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What? this is better than expected. Wizards of the Coast should learn from this.
StreetsAhead
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SomedayTheFire
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Peach looks terrible!
Business
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To match the 'floor' I guess.
why would she wear cloth over that armor. makes no sense. ridiculous!
Lapidus' Beard
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Professional studio photography vs. Some guy with a camera at an exhibition.
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