I find it kind of funny how people on the internet went from complaining that the quality of Amiibo was so poor that they weren't worth buying and that they're overpriced for what they are to complaining that they're selling out too quickly that they can't find them in stores.
Hmm... some people might have made those complaints.
Mine were more along the lines of:
(1) production models are significantly worse than display models, with some poor decisions (like Link's yellow stick) standing out as particularly unfortunate
(2) they are slightly overpriced, but that's not a huge surprise given the source
(3) distribution has been very poor and it's frustrating for anyone who doesn't want the main Nintendo mascots to be driven to an absolutely ridiculous scalper market to get the figures they want, while NoA and retailers make contradictory and unclear statements about whether specific figures will be reprinted/restocked
And which one of those complaints are wrong?
Amiibo can official go **** itself at this point. I was skeptical from the start but still interested in picked up several figures that don't have nice Nintendo toys already available. But nearly every figure I had interest in collecting quickly turned into a "rare collector's item". If Nintendo isn't going to make enough stock available to meet demand then I'll just keep my money in my pocket rather than giving some profiteering scalper the time of day.