GOOD NEWS: Nintendo said they will restock Amiibo cards!
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If Japan gets reprints, so will the western fanbase. ACNH has a lot of sales and one of the best selling games (due to Covid-19).
If they're gonna be focusing on making money, they'll globally do it. It might just take time due to the pandemic. (Though, I'm more anticipating Raymond's card. That single piece of data will devalue every single overpricing scalpers on 3rd party markets.)
I respect you quite a bit, however, I take issue with this comment. You call those who legally sell cards on eBay scalpers, but take no issue with other people illegally reproducing material to sell at a lesser price. In both instances the priority is profit, but in only one is the law actually being broken.
I get that this is the common perspective on this and many other AC sites, but the position the majority takes is questionable, at the very least. I have bought and sold Amiibo cards on eBay, and I don't consider myself, or those from whom I've purchased, scalpers. On the other hand, there's no doubt the people selling hacked versions of the real thing are dealing in shady business practices.
I got flamed previously for having this opinion, but frankly, this is the one part of this community I find highly flawed. And for the record, I think it's great that Nintendo will be producing and distributing more cards, as it'll bring the secondary market prices down significantly.
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Not to butt in, you do have a point. However, you do know scalpers are dreadful people overpricing cards than they should be? While yes, you can charge however you want BUT if you're charging bulk goods over SRP or it's original price, that's not legal either. The Switch is currently a target of this with bots mass-buying them and overcharging people in marketplaces. If you never cranked up the price to 200$ a pop for a Sanrio card then you're not a scalper. Just a regular reseller.
Having more cards in circulation, Japanese or not will combat the exploitative prices. Not completely but enough that people aren't driven to be forced to buy 50-200$ for a single Amiibo card.
Pointless arguing with that person they will not agree with you in any circumstance, trust me I have been in that situation with that person before
That...I didn't know. Well, I guess my point still stand but I'll keep that in mind. I didn't mean to argue though! Just wanted to clear up differences between a regular reseller and a scalper!
ForbiddenSecrets
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I'm not getting into the home made NFC cards with you. I just wanted to say there is a huge difference between people selling off some duplicates they have and people who bought packs with the express purpose to sell them at a profit. The second person is a scalper and took cards away from people at normal prices for personal gain.
Oh no your fine, just warning you that the person has been known to come onto these threads and continuously argue over "morality"That...I didn't know. Well, I guess my point still stand but I'll keep that in mind. I didn't mean to argue though! Just wanted to clear up differences between a regular reseller and a scalper!
LegallyBlondie
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Saw some packs up on ebay. Listing says european pre-orders.
And going for 11.99 GBP for 3 cards and 1 special card. IIRC the original packs were 6 cards with 1 being the "special". Is this how the cards always were in Europe? I've only ever bought the USA version.
Listing ebay:
GAME has them up too:
www.game.co.uk
But not sure if it's part of the re-release.
And going for 11.99 GBP for 3 cards and 1 special card. IIRC the original packs were 6 cards with 1 being the "special". Is this how the cards always were in Europe? I've only ever bought the USA version.
Listing ebay:
Animal Crossing amiibo Cards (Series 2,3,4). Brand New. | eBay
Out of these three, one card will always be a special amiibo card. The Animal Crossing amiibo cards Collectors Album fits the entire Series 3 collection of cards.
www.ebay.com
GAME has them up too:
Animal Crossing amiibo Cards - Series 3
Each card can be used across multiple copies of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – perfect for collecting and trading with friends
www.game.co.uk
But not sure if it's part of the re-release.
Though that requires you to have a (relatively) new phone. An S7, for example, is not supported, you need at least an S8 if you are using Samsung devices. Just as a quick heads up before people might get disappointed. I have an S7 and realized I can't use it after a friend told me about it.
I think that's how it is in Europe! Even the Sanrio packs only came by 3s. Also, something with Europe Youtubers having that as well. Though I've only bought US ones too! They come by 6.Saw some packs up on ebay. Listing says european pre-orders.
And going for 11.99 GBP for 3 cards and 1 special card. IIRC the original packs were 6 cards with 1 being the "special". Is this how the cards always were in Europe? I've only ever bought the USA version.
Listing ebay:
Animal Crossing amiibo Cards (Series 2,3,4). Brand New. | eBay
Out of these three, one card will always be a special amiibo card. The Animal Crossing amiibo cards Collectors Album fits the entire Series 3 collection of cards.www.ebay.com
GAME has them up too:
Animal Crossing amiibo Cards - Series 3
Each card can be used across multiple copies of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – perfect for collecting and trading with friends
But not sure if it's part of the re-release.
Not looking for an argument, Jared, just calling a spade a spade. If people are unwilling or incapable of having an intelligent conversation about it without interjecting their emotions, then no sense in responding. I purposely left out morality or ethics, as that was the crux of our previous discussion, if you care to call it that.
The SRP for a collectible is not the same as an SRP for say a car, or a mattress. Collectibles don't have any inherent value other than what's perceived. To say it's illegal to mark the price up of a collectible is incorrect. Think about it, would antique stores exist if it were illegal? Would eBay exist if it were illegal? As far as I'm concerned, baseball cards and Amiibo cards are in the exact same category. Nintendo doesn't produce the same amount of each character, hence, the reason some sell for $70 (Merengue), and some sell for $5 (Becky). Granted, prices weren't this outrageous for these things prior to New Horizons going live, but neither were prices for a Mike Trout base card prior to his being the best baseball player in the game.
I'm not arguing morality or ethics. I got my hand slapped last time for that. I'm just saying that if you're going to talk poorly about sellers on eBay, then you should share a similar disdain for knockoff artists. If the latter were better than the former, then they'd be offering their services for absolutely zero cost.
The RV Villagers from Welcome Amiibo are in the game. My friend had Sprocket as a starter. So if they don't reprint those, those 50 villagers will suddenly be very expensive, and I have Snooty from a Nook Miles tour. The current RV cards also work with the game, so when (I hope it's when and not if) Nintendo re-releases them outside of Japan, it's for Series 1-4 and the RV cards.
I'm sort of indifferent on then reintroducing any of the other villagers. Unless they come with awesome items like they did in New Leaf, Felyne from the Monster Hunter amiibo had a lot of awesome, creepy furniture.
EvilTheCat6600
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I know, but I meant maybe the villagers will get official non-RV themed cards in series five. I don't know if it's needed since the actual RV cards can be scanned in anyway, but then again, with Nintendo, you never can tell. As for the awesome items bit, I wonder if they could incorporate DIY recipes into the cards for stuff not in the game?
I've been wondering if actual full sets will ever come back in a future update or not considering how the current furniture system works (it looks like they abandoned the series/theme/set route in favor of standalone furniture), but if actual furniture sets don't come back, maybe DIY would be the next best thing?
I mainly want to see Viche come back because she's been one of my dream villagers since the days of New Leaf and the update that added her. I only saw Felyne's stuff through Happy Home Designer when he came as a downloadable villager during the event stuff the game did. Loved the stuff it came with though.
Oh, yeah, I don't think they need those 50 villagers to be printed as their RV cards specifically, but they should be re-released in some format along with Series 1-4. (OMG what if we got houseboats and they had items like the water version of the RV campground that would be so cute.)
I haven’t read posts before making this comment. (So, I may repeat one of those comments.)
This is good!
I want Nintendo to also manufacture amiibo cards for the new islanders—such as Raymond and Sherb—of “New Horizons.”
(Nintendo may be motivated to deliberately refrain from manufacturing such cards.)
This is good!
I want Nintendo to also manufacture amiibo cards for the new islanders—such as Raymond and Sherb—of “New Horizons.”
(Nintendo may be motivated to deliberately refrain from manufacturing such cards.)
If we do get em then cool, but I am referring to the link they posted. It only states Japan. It's not good to generalize and get hopes up without concrete proof. Also Nintendo being smart enough to capitalize on the success of the game is high expectations.
SmoochsPLH
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I can fill out my collection more (I started getting them right when they went scarce which was freaking quick too)!!!
I guess to me it's good news because I'm in Asia so I can just order packs and I can read the text fine (It's just the names anyways, you can scan any language with no issues in games or any Amiibo-supported systems.) Any possibility of a reprint is always a good news. It means Nintendo isn't trying to lock everyone out getting the cards. If it was bad news, that would be it being totally discontinued forever and we're stuck in this stupid gacha system with NMT.
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