While much of his time at E3 was spent attending events, previewing games and working alongside Morgan Sleeper to produce LA-based content on Nintendo Life, Alan Lopez also took the opportunity to work on a charitable side project.
With Charles Martinet on hand to promote Super Mario Maker, Alan was able to get the voice of Mario to sign two amiibo - a Super Smash Bros. Mario and a prized Gold Mario. Both are now up for auction to support the Child's Play charity, which aims to bring games and happiness to hospitals and other places in need of support.
Alan's put both of these up on eBay, with all proceeds going to the charity. With four days remaining on bidding and international shipping available, you can see the Gold Mario listing here and the Smash Bros. Mario listing here.
If you fancy either of these items be sure to check out the auction pages - it's all for a good cause.
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Nice. Now that is one eBay amiibo listing that I can get behind.
Typo - "Both are NOT up for auction to support the Child's Play charity"
Otherwise, these might be the first two amiibo listed on ebay that I'm OK with going for above face value. Sadly they probably won't outsell the double fisted Metroid from long ago.
That is incredibly tempting....If only I had amiibo money!
Good idea. But generally I don't really get the hype around the gold mario. Looks like a cheap amiibo-mod for me.
@XCWarrior Bah! Thanks, I've fixed that.
I'm always get not / now the wrong way round, and I don't know why. It's an illogical typo!
this is amazink
@ThomasBW84 No worries, the last week or so I've been goofing up form and from, and until the end of time I will typically spell "their" with the I first due to the old rule "I before e unless after C..." or if its the word their apparently.
I believe this is for such a good cause. If only more people would support something like this.
Remember, don't think of this as paying an upcharge on an amiibo. For one, you can't buy this in a store, and Charles only signed them with the "here we gooo!" written on the sides because he knew it was for charity.
The way it typically works at shelters and hospitals is that they keep a running list of games kids have said they wanted to play (provided they even have a system to play on). If a kid is sitting in a shelter or a hospital for however much time (sometimes days, weeks, even months), they might be asked if they want to check out a game if they're lucky. For hospitals, the need is such that one floor might have a console, say the ICU, whereas another floor won't have anything at all.
The ability for kids to normalize their otherwise unpleasant time is a huge part of the recovery process. Seeing the amazement from a kid recovering after an accident or dealing with chronic pain or who has no parents playing the game they see endlessly advertised on TV, but which they had zero hope of ever playing, is marvelous.
So think of it like this: You are not really buying an amiibo. If you bid on this, you are literally buying a game, two games, or if we're lucky, even a console for dozens, if not hundreds of kids to get a chance to play.
Spend all your monies, people. Give those kids some fun times to treasure.
Wow, many of the Amiibos on eBay are already expensive enough already.
At least the money this time will be going to a good cause and not to line some scalper's back pockets.
@JaxonH Now's your chance, lol
Cool, is is a nice worthy cause to get behind.
@DarthNocturnal Thankfully that's unlikely. It would be illogical for a scalper to pay a higher price than what everyone else is willing to pay. Plus people will pay more in this auction since its going to charity.
Okay...for once, this is an Ebay auction for amiibos that I actually LIKE.
@DarthNocturnal It doesnt matter if the amiibo is bought by a scalper, the money will go into charity.
I contributed a new DSi XL to a hospital in my area through Child's Play years ago. It was the final one they were requesting at the time. Nice to see the organization is still going. The amiibo is a freebie, you're actually just buying consoles/games for someone else. (Usually kids in a hospital ward.)
Who knows what really happens to those things, though... We don't get to see the recipients when we order a console for them, so I don't know, thinking back on it...
@DarthNocturnal You haven't herd of Christmas in July? BEST CHRISTMAS ever.
everything is MRSP and no in your face sales. /s
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