Adventures in Tragic Amiibo Packaging

Nintendo fans are used to a level of quality. A seal of approval, if you will. In the past, “Nintendo” has meant durable hardware and well-made video games. Nintendo means “polished” and “good presentation.” Nobody, it seems, has told this to Amiibos. Forget the differences between what we were promised and what we got. Just the way some Amiibos end up on store shelves is, well, rather tragic. Even when Kotakufirst checked outthe first-run production model Amiibos, it was clear that Kirby could not be held down by any package. But that doesn’t appear to be the exception.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1670233030","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"nintendo","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); https://kotaku.com/nintendos-amiibo-figures-look-a-little-bit-different-in-1651030422 Reader Carlos, for example, sent along this batch of photos he took at Target and Toys R Us of Amiibos that were either broken or packaging disasters. Elsewhere on Twitter, there are also more examples of sloppily packaged Amiibos. Kirby, Peach, and Pikachu appear to be the most consistently mucked up. https://twitter.com/embed/status/539561856785190912 Eso pasa por no estirar bien antes de convertirse en amiibo… http://t.co/arGJH7k8mL pic.twitter.com/O84RpKk5NC — Vrutalgames (@vrutalgames) December 1, 2014 At best buy today, grabbed a Yoshi amiibo, and was not prepared for what was to come after… pic.twitter.com/C5JtTXXzKZ — WPI | zGz Productions (@zGz_Productions) November 30, 2014 Beautiful #amiibo packaging. y1 com pic.twitter.com/2DMuAJJfUQ — ULT | UltraLT (@UltraLaserTen) December 8, 2014 Well, I think I found an #amiibo that could probably be scanned through its packaging. Gonna buy it to try. pic.twitter.com/IoX2t0lNhD — Lucas M. สมาชิกใหม่ รับเครดิตฟรีทันที Thomas (@lucasmthomas) November 21, 2014 Amiibo: Go home, Peach You're drunk!!! {New}{2 Fun Defects} http://t.co/XFHkOhj8i9 http://t.co/dg8ONH4G6F via @eBay — James Montagna (@JamesPopStar) December 2, 2014 Thanks for mailing me a broken Amiibo and crushed box @ToysRUs @NintendoAmerica What am I supposed to do with that?! pic.twitter.com/B2MK6UCypD — Doc Nes (@NESDoctor) December 8, 2014 Broken Mario Amiibo and out of place Peach Amiibo would make tons of money on EBay! pic.twitter.com/tqPds9R5n0 — – ̗̀NEW JOE 97 ̖́ (@BattleJoe97) December 10, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/537363734487117824 https://twitter.com/embed/status/539533848766595072 Sure, with products like this, there are bound to be errors. But since Nintendo is traditionally a company with such a high mark of quality, these mistakes seem even worse. What’s more, for a company that always takes so much pride in its work, there doesn’t appear to be much pride in how these figures end up on store shelves. Could this be why obvious manufacturer errors are making it into retail spaces? And thus, in pricey internet auctions? https://kotaku.com/defective-samus-amiibo-more-like-perfected-samus-amiib-1662368009 Top photo: Carlos Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him เครดิตฟรี on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft