Source: Starfox and Samus Amiibos Discontinued at Target

Source: Starfox and Samus Amiibos Discontinued at Target

[CorndogBurglar]

I haven't been following these things too closely, but I read a rumor that they might stop making the statues and instead making character cards? Is that true?

I also keep reading about these things getting discontinued. If so, these Amiibo statues are going to be HUGE collector's items, i would have to think.

Or am I just way off base? Like I said, I haven't been following these things too closely so I apologize if I'm way wrong.

Either way, it sucks. I was thinking about buying the Link, Samus, Megaman, and Starfox ones just because they look cool

[Metallox]

Doesn't make much sense to keep producing figures that aren't in high demand, so cards are a great alternative; Nintendo commented about it, but nothing's confirmed.

Again, some amiibos, depending of what demand says, could get discontinued; some figures such as those ones of Marth, the Villager, Shulk and Lucario have sealed their destiny because either they aren't purchased in great numbers or they are retail exclusive. Nintendo expects that only the figures of popular characters will continue to be produced throughout the line of toys' life cycle, such as Mario, Pikachu, Link and Kirby.

That being said, I'm surprised that the Samus figure could get discontinued in even just one retailer, it's supposed to be one of the most popular.

[RosweeSon]

And also one of the best made she looks super cool does Samus but then Kirby ain't half bad either, as for Mc Cloud.. Fox Mc Cloud suprised he's getting discontinued with a new game supposedly on its way within the year.

[admiralvic]

"That being said, I'm surprised that the Samus figure could get discontinued in even just one retailer, it's supposed to be one of the most popular."

Out of curiosity, have you seen the Target amiibo display/area? If not, this is about how it looks at every Target I've been to and seen people display pictures of ( http://i.imgur.com/juFNa7x.... ).

Now, if you can't already tell, but the display section is REALLY small and there are about 15 pegs. Each peg can hold about three figures, so thats only 45 or so on display. It really doesn't make sense for Target to keep a lot of mainstays like Pikachu, Link, Peach, Mario and Luigi (already filling 1/3 of the spaces), plus less popular characters like Fox, Samus, Zelda, etc, on top of having more of these figures over time.

[LightDiego]

I never heard about that but i don't see this becoming true, Amiibos are a huge success for Nintendo.

[admiralvic]

"but I read a rumor that they might stop making the statues and instead making character cards? Is that true? "

I've heard people remark that they're also making cards or something like that in addition to the figures. I can't say I am really following it, since I don't get a lot of the amiibo hype. As of now the figures don't do much, so I don't really have any reason to track them down.

"I also keep reading about these things getting discontinued. If so, these Amiibo statues are going to be HUGE collector's items, i would have to think."

There needs to be demand and demand is not infinite. Case in point, Pokemon NFC figures. When Pokemon Rumble U came out we got some of the NFC figures and two were exclusive to preorders. These figures were selling for $40+ (the preorder ones anyway), but now a days they're worth like $10. It's hard to say how long the hype for amiibo will last and if they even want it right now.

A lot of what we seem to be seeing is speculative buyers. Reading comments on forums, it seems a lot of people have ordered multiples to ensure they don't get screwed, go around trying to find them all in person, many resellers are trying to find the next one that is worth a fortune and so forth. When all the dust clears and people stop buying eight so they 100% get one and such we will get a clear picture of what is going on.

"Either way, it sucks. I was thinking about buying the Link, Samus, Megaman, and Starfox ones just because they look cool"

Link is absurdly easy to find and will always be around. He is the highest selling amiibo and too much of a staple character not to keep around forever. Samus really isn't hard to find, I saw like 30 at Toys R Us, so simply going to another store might help. Fox is less common, but I think a lot of people speculate he might be the next "rare thing" and are buying him in bulk to prevent problems / make more later. Megaman will most likely be short lived because he is third party, but odds are he won't be desired either. Logically Sonic / Megaman won't have a lot of uses outside of Smash and their respective games (I doubt Capcom is going to do a lot with Megaman on the Wii U and Sonic games have been terrible for so long that I can't imagine you would care if they had support or not).

[CorndogBurglar]

Yeah, but you have to think down the road. There may not be demanding now, but collectors will want them as they become more rare.

Hell, some of the worst NES and Atari games are now huge collectors items even though they were terrible games back in the day and no one wanted them.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

No Nintendo said in a share holder call thing that due to the success of amiibo they are developing some smaller cheaper versions and some cards there will be 3 amiibo products to cater to 3 different price ranges a normal amiibo is £10 so I assume the smaller ones will be £5 then the cards £3 (if they are anything like Pokemon cards)

[CallumC_]

Personally I don't think Nintendo will stop producing the Amiibos just yet. With how well the Disney Infinity figures are doing, it would be a dumb move to stop producing them. They do, however, need to figure out what the hell they're going to do with them. Having Amiibos as NPC fighters on SSB was a bad move. Cards are an option--not a good one--but they're definitely cheaper to produce and remember, Nintendo were originally a playing card company!

[Geekman]

Huh. Suddenly my Samus Amiibo seems more valuable. Too had I opened it.

[DivineAssault]

its funny how they discontinue them before a game that uses em (besides smash bros) is released.. Im sure a variant may be released but still.. Thats really lame