If you haven’t been able to find a Marth amiibo, a Villager amiibo, Captain Falcon, Pit, and so on, there’s a good chance your misfortune comes as a result of rampant scalping. Scalpers are individuals who buy up as many of the rare amiibo they can, then flip them by selling them for inflated prices. Second-hand Marth amiibo have occasionally been selling for triple-digits, making it near impossible for casual fans to obtain the amiibo they want.

According to a Reddit AMA with a regional representative for Nintendo of America, they aren’t blind to what’s been going on.

“Nintendo is very aware of the scalping situation, and obviously not happy about it. It’s an unfortunate side effect of our sort of naiveté dealing in toys, but it’s something I know is being discussed.”

Hopefully that implies Nintendo is brainstorming for possible solutions. We would like to remind the scalpers out there that Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is about kicking ass and taking names. You’ve been warned.

Reddit