Sandfox said: AC figure:

- Less figures obviously being produced for a short period of time and it looks like they are only sold in the US

- No NFC



Skylanders:

-Has already sold over 175 million figures so its obviously going to have more money going into it

- had four years worth of waves to improve their toys



Amiibo figures obviously aren't going to look like Skylanders figures when its so new and the AC figure comparison is just stupid. Click to expand...

What have to do all that with production cost?, actually the fact it was sold in a limited quantity means that their costs were higher (the more you produce the cheaper it is) and NFC is just a cheap chip.All these is irrelevant, Nintendo wanted a certain margin with each figurine and that could only be achieved with a considerable cheap production values even in the price target they were aiming. That's all.Nintendo went cheap, unlike Activision and Ubi. In the same way some phone companies goes cheap in their build materials even if the cost the same that better built phones. Is not bad calling that as consumers.You might think that these cheap plastic figurines is enough, but is stupid to think they COULDN'T be better. Specially using terms and reasons you don't fully understand.