Opportunity cost
A few weeks ago thestaff talked about how we feel about amiibo. The consensus is that they are neat little Nintendo figures that don’t have amazing functionality but they don’t break the bank. One anomaly showed up in the discussion: Community Playdate Manager Bill Platt had 38 amiibo figures, with some in duplicate or triplicate.
“Had” is the keyword there, because he now has 42, with 11 more preordered. At $13 a pop for 53 figures, that means he has spent upwards of $689 on amiibo alone. Some of those shipped from overseas and tax is not included in that figure, so that is a low estimate. Here is a list of things that Bill Platt could have purchased instead of all those amiibo with that money.
