UK retailer Argos has slashed the price of its amiibo range by a third, with every single figure now costing just £6.99, as opposed to the typical £10.99 recommended retail price.
Needless to say, this deal won't hang around forever - so if your collection is still missing the Animal Crossing Villager or you just want all three Splatoon figures, then now is your chance. It's worth noting that postage costs still apply when ordering online, although you can also collect these from one of the many Argos stores up and down the UK.
Let us know which figures you've purchased by posting a comment below. Or perhaps you already have them all, or you've given up on Toys to Life in general? Whatever your situation, we want to hear from you.
Comments 35
Still not bought a standalone amiibo (yarn Yoshis excepting, obvs, cos they're just teddies). Not sure I'm gonna start now...
I don't like SCamiibo but still own about 10 of them one way or another. I posted this on another forum and was saying that I think Argos are getting rid of them for good. They haven't got any of the newer amiibo in stock for quite some time. Smyths, too, I believe are discontinuing them. Good riddance I say. It's annoying that things like various weapons, e.g. the Twilight Bow, various armour sets, Epona, etc are locked behind a paywall in BOTW.
I love amiibo! I have every single one released, including gold mega man which I imported from the States and a custom Ganda Kris shadow Mario!
I honestly don't understand people's hate towards them! If you don't like the concept, you don't have to buy them!
To me, they're just a great little collectible, with the added benefit of a few little gimmicks built in! I think the way they're utilised on BoTw is brilliant. The gear you get from them is completely nostalgic and Epona is a Legendary horse!
I mostly gave up on Amiibo ages ago. I generally only get them if they come packaged with games (e.g. FE Echoes or Kirby Planet Robobot). I'll probably get the new Pikmin one for Hey! Pikmin as I love Pikmin, and my wife wants me to get the Bokoblin one (she thinks they're cute and misunderstood!). The number of Amiibos in the Smash range got ridiculous, and that's why I gave up on them. I just get ones I like the looks of now.
I've gotta finish my collection sometime.. I've got quite a few but not enough to have an impressive amount. The only one I'm truly proud of though is my Wolf Link amiibo.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE "I believe they are discontinuing then
Just announced loads more and released a console with two controllers that have NFC specifically for amiibo. Seems like a bad move if that's the case.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Fairly unlikely that Smyth's and Argos have decided to hate money all of a sudden.
@BLP_Software I think he means Argos and Smyths, not Nintendo
@Menchi187 There's a difference between discontinuation and refusal to stock
@BLP_Software That difference is semantics
@Menchi187 Discontinuation of a product is at a production level.
Removal of listings is at a retail level.
I wonder if this is the start of retail getting rid/cutting back. Sales have dropped off a lot haven't they? In fact haven't sales of all the toys to life ranges fell?
I had wolf link. The figure that was included in the twillight princess edition. When i was in a bad mood i threw the figure away. I dont like amiibos to say the least. Sadly nintendo has no alternative yet for people like me who want stuff like epona (seriously nintendo) in botw but dont want to pay 15 euro for mini dlc.
Little question. Is Amiibo Region Lock ?
I mean, if I got Australia version of Amiibo figurines (Sonic for Mario Kart 8) or Amiibo cards (For Happy Home Designer / Welcome Amiibo) will they detected on my USA version of 3DS & Wii U ?
@BLP_Software You're really trying hard to not be wrong.....
You know what he meant. As a pedant too, I can also spot these things!
Seamus(s) are tempting but p+p is bringing them back up to usual price.
Blimey, I'm getting down to Argos this afternoon. Though I'll probably discover that amiibos I once paid like twice the RRP for are now £6.99... What an idiot...
I go to 2 Targets a week, the smaller 1 of them has had the same shelves full of the AC amiibo since they launched way back when discounted for around this same price for awhile now. The other larger Target gets in 1 or 2 of the new ones occasionally but it's still mostly the old AC amiibo at the lower price.
So I wouldn't be surprised if Argos (I have no idea what that is) is simply getting out of the amiibo business. If I'm a retailer I'm looking at amiibo as an either or proposition - either I other stock a bunch of amiibo nobody wants and have them taking up space for a year, or I order a bunch that people want, like the Zelda BotW, but Nitnedo only sends me 1 of each. amiibo are a lose-lose proposition for general retailers who have other choices of merchandise to stock. Places like Game, Gamestop and Toys R Us are going to carry them b/c people expect them to have them, but I wouldn't be surprised if Target dropped them entirely either.
Why should any retailer take up space either w/ amiibo that nobody wants or w/ empty shelve space of the popular ones b/c Ninteod didn't send them enough?
Maybe if Ntinedo ever gets around to making the 20 starter Pokemon amiibo and keeping them in stock for a year retailers might want to get in on the action, but 1 shipment of 2 or 3 seems like more trouble than it's worth to me, and probably some of them are starting to figure that out.
Edit - It wouldn't surprise me at this point if some retailers aren't simply fed up w/ Nintedo and dropping the amiibo. There has been a ton of empty shelf space in my Targets where Nintneod merchandise should be, 3DS, 2DS, Switch, NES Mini. Stores would probably be better off filling that space w/ stock they can actually get than mystery Nintedo products which never seem to get restocked. Now I'm sure they'll need the empty space for Switch, those are sure to come in eventually, but so much empty space for so many under stocked Nintnedo products. Can't make money on what you dont' have to sell.
@LegacySmikey
Oh, great.
So that means I can use either Japan version or USA version of Amiibo cards and still get the specific Villagers exactly 100% based on the card's picture (Example, Japan version of Isabelle / Shizue Amiibo cards + USA version of Digby Amiibo cards).
I'm SO SO SO tempted....but at the end of the day, what is the point? They'll probably just end up sitting on a shelf collecting dust....but my brain tells me I NEED all the Animal Crossing ones * laughs hysterically *
...Just over £80.00 though....mmmmmmmmmmmm!
I already have the characters I want except Bowser Jr. since he is TRU exclusive. I think if sales are declining it is because, like me, everybody else has the amiibo they want and aren't interested in buying anymore.
The price was always high for what they are as well. The only reason I have as many Animal Crossing amiibo as I do is because a store was closing and selling them for 90% off.
Amiibo seem to be disappearing.
I want the newer Zelda ones (eg guardian and oot Link) but can't get them anywhere for a less than extortionate price.
@LegacySmikey In my head the 20 Pokemon starters were the first round of Pokemon amiibo. 2nd round would be about 20 Legendaries (surely some are more popular than others.) 3rd round would be the popular ones. (I dont' play Pokemon, I just watch all the movies, so I don't know who those 20 might be.) 4th round is Eevee and her Eeveeloutions.
And I still think they'll do the cards. In fact I think Pokemon NFC cards are only a matter of time, they may not call them amiibo though, just "NFC enabled" Pokemon cards that work in an iOS/ANdroid app to create a Pokedex.
My local Argos rarely have Amiibo in stock anyway, so this price drop won't be of much use.
Man, I wish they shipped to the US. They have some of the Amiibo that are more rare over here (like Wario)!
So I found a Famicom Rob Amiibo for half off at Best Buy, it was labeled as clearance so maybe some older less popular Amiibo will see a price reduction in many other places.
@Jhena you can go on ebay or etsy and get these amiibo powertags. They scan in the amiibo data onto little nfc discs. You dont get the figure but you'll get all of it's functionality. It will cost you far less then trying to acquire a link smash bros amiibo
Now if only they would stock more here and stop making store exclusives.
@Oat Thanks for the pro tip^^
That would be good if they were actually in stock, they're basically all sold out here.
@Jhena No problem at all, glad I could help
@cmk8 @SLIGEACH_EIRE I personally like the Amiibo figures, me and my son have about 11 of them, but we don't have any from the Zelda series (except Ganon) because Nintendo has totally screwed us (again) with stock.
The thing that really annoys me though is that in BotW they have put exclusive content behind the Amiibo paywall and then completely failed to provide enough stock for people to actually gain access to that content.
The really frustrating thing is that Nintendo seems to have no intention of resolving the problem. I got BotW in week 2, I tried to buy Link Amiibos from 2 days after that and have checked sites EVERY DAY, even contacted Nintendo on multiple occasions and there is nothing I can do to get the Link Amiibos without paying extortionate rates to scalpers. And I just don't have the money.
BotW is one of my favourite games of all time, yet my experience is soured because of Nintendo's atrocious decisions and it has really pissed me off, especially because I am playing every minute of the game with my son, who is 5, and he keeps asking for them and is sad he can't have the Amiibos.
I had to resort to ordering Amiibo (NFC) cards from China in the end. Just waiting for them to arrive and taking it very slowly in the game because we want to use the Amiibos and use Epona, wolf Link and get some of the green Link sets before we finish the game.
Nintendo should be giving us other options to access this content, such as micro transactions, digital Amiibo or sell their own Zelda series Amiibo cards, but instead they have given stonewall silence.
I don't know. Nintendo just seem to like shooting them self in the face with their bad business practices. And I say that as someone who loves Nintendo.
@Kienda agreed!
@Linoshi You accurately described my thoughts on Amiibo figures. Last week I literally spent an hour or two scouring various retailers' websites for the best prices of all the different figures I'd convinced myself I needed. With them all in their respective online shopping carts, I felt rather smug about having "beaten the system" and saved significantly on the RRPs. Then, just as I was about to confirm the orders, I had a sudden moment of clarity and thought: "What the hell am I doing? My wife is going to go nuts when all this colourful plastic starts showing up in the post..."
Should have bought that Guardian in Sainsburys when I saw it. I will regret that Forever.
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...