The state of the amiibo aftermarket, mid-2026

Every year someone declares amiibo finished, and every year Nintendo ships more of them. 2026 is genuinely busy: the Splatoon Raiders trio (Shiver, Frye and Big Man) launched alongside the game in July, Kirby Air Riders is getting a run of rider sets through the year, Resident Evil Requiem of all things has Grace Ashcroft and Leon figures, and September brings Mineru's Construct — the first amiibo with articulation. The Switch 2 era clearly still has room for NFC plastic.

In-print is boring. Out-of-print is the market.

Roughly 900 amiibo exist across figures and cards, and the large majority are discontinued. For those, “price” is whatever the aftermarket says on a given afternoon. A few patterns worth knowing if you're hunting:

First, sold prices and asking prices are different planets. eBay asking prices for out-of-print figures routinely sit 30–50% above what listings actually close at, because dead listings linger. Second, condition does most of the work: new-in-box commands a premium loose figures never see, and card condition barely matters at all. Third, the cheap listings don't come from resellers — they come from people clearing a shelf who haven't checked prices since 2017. Those listings survive minutes on eBay, longer on Mercari and Vinted where fewer collectors look.

Which is the whole thesis

A human can't watch four marketplaces for mispriced listings. Software can. That's what the radar is for — and why it compares against sold data rather than asking prices. If a figure you want is still in print, meanwhile: just check Nintendo's own store first. MSRP beats the aftermarket every time it's available.