Forums

Topic: Is it too late to start collecting?

Posts 1 to 7 of 7

BlueFalcon

I'm from the US and have recently decided to collect amiibo. I'm not going to be keeping them in box so pristine condition isn't important to me. I just want working, good looking figures. I want to collect a majority of the amiibo, as in all of the Smash series and a few others (Animal Crossing, Splatoon, maybe a few odds and ends). I was looking at the used market for these and it's not much of a savings, a few dollars here and there. Then again after shipping it just brings it back up to the usual 13 dollar price tag. My big question is though, with a large collectible series like this, is it too late in the game to be able to get them all without paying way up above retail for certain figures? I figure the endeavor will be expensive enough so if I'm having to shell out double or triple the retail price for a good amount of the figures then I might just pass on this one.

BlueFalcon

Buizel

By the sounds of it you're not going to save by going for them all at once, so what I suggest is...

Buy them as you want them. Get the characters/figures that you like, and then take it from there. If you end up collecting them all, then that's fine. If you're happy with half a dozen? Good too. You could collect subsets (e.g. all animal crossing) and not go all out. I probably wouldn't advise buying them all at once, especially if you're not really saving any money in doing so.

By the sounds of it, amiibo aren't going anywhere and stock / inflated prices aren't currently an issue so why not take it slow?

Edited on by Buizel

At least 2'8".

BlueFalcon

Thanks. I'll probably just get a handful next week and then wait for sales (I heard Target and ToysRUs will do sales from time to time).

BlueFalcon

Buizel

No problem. Personally I've just been collecting amiibo as I've wanted them (for the most part tracking them down back when they were low on stock!). I'm quite content with what I have, but I'm also in a comfortable position where I only need half a dozen more to complete the Smash collection.

At least 2'8".

JaxonH

It's never too late. I'd just buy 10 at a crack for roughly $100-125, and do that five times spread out over the course of the year. Before you know it you'll have the entire Smash line, and of course you could go for a few extras beyond that if you wanted.

Just be sure to jump on the rare ones when they come back in stock like Lucina, which is going to be available again this Black Friday.

I have a full set of every amiibo ever made to date, cause I started collecting from day one. I also have a full sealed collection of the Smash line, though I'll probably end up selling it as a set to somebody

Edited on by JaxonH

All have sinned and fall short of Gods glory. Wages of sin is death. Romans

God so loved the world He sent His only Son- whoever believes on Him has eternal life. Unless you believe, you will die in your sins. Whoever believes, rivers of living water flow within them. John

SheldonRandoms

The amiibo shortage which caused that craze back 2014-2015 seems to be over, so you don't have to wait in lines for hours to get some of the ones you want (I had to do that to get Robin & Lucina, and HAD to be the first one in line to even get them). My collection is mainly the Sm4sh amiibo, so I'm not really going to bother getting other versions of the same character since that'll be too costly in the long run (some exceptions like the 8-bit Mario that offers different use and just looks NOICE and Rosalina, because many reasons). Like Buizel said, get the ones you want first and get them when you want to, I couldn't do that for all of them since it was either get in quickly and GET, or get nothing at all, but thankfully, I can now just go into wherever and get them whenever I please.

I made Sheldon & Mr. Randoms back on Flipnote Hatena, now i'm a kangaroo mod that has a funko pop collection!

I'm not keen politics since that stuff is spooky, I'd rather watch SpongeBob over Fox News anyways!

Fortnite Creator Code: SheldonRandoms

Switch Friend Code: SW-2240-6609-5332 | 3DS Friend Code: 5429-9754-3617 | Nintendo Network ID: SheldonRandoms

Kristaok

No I don't think you're too late in the game, I still pick up amiibos from time to time. They recently had a deal at GameStop buy 2 used and get the 3rd free.

Kristaok

  • Page 1 of 1

This topic has been archived, no further posts can be added.