(Part 2) Top products from r/Amiibomb

I’d like to thank this sub for all their ideas! I started my amiibo creation journey with a simple sticker attached to a rubber duck for Epona; when I saw my best man’s amazement when I showed him, I knew exactly what I needed to do for his best man gift.

I started by attempting to have a playing card company print some of the amazing card designs found on this sub. After being rejected for copyright because of the amiibo logo, I edited it out (as that’s where I was planning to place the sticker); they then told me the entire set was not going to be able to be made, which sent me into a minor panic. I switched up tactics and went to making coins.

Since there are so many varieties of coin sizes, I was a bit overwhelmed compared to the stock PVC or playing card sizes. After doing some research, I decided on the AIRTITE 30mm black ring coin holders. This was because the inner diameter is 1.55 inches, and I bought a 1.5-inch hole punch for the smallest amount of wiggle room.

I went for a cleaner look (just image of amiibo) which are downloadable from Nintendo’s amiibo lineup website. I wanted the black ring to be shown on the amiibo side but not the back, so I sized them all to fit within a 1.2-inch circle in word, centered within a 1.6-inch circle. I removed the inner guide circle and copied it into GIMP, a free open source program. This is my first time using it, but the best way I found was to paste each image in as a new layer, transform it to the proper size, and move it into place. (I'm sure there are better ways; this was all trial and error).

It is a destination beach wedding, so I found an appropriate Zelda image that wouldn’t look bad in a smaller size or where too much is cut off because of the circular design. The font is a free download, Hylia Serif. I messed up and sized the image to 1.5 inches, not 1.55 (hence the small gaps at the top and bottom). I printed them at home on glossy photo paper using an inkjet printer.

Assembly went bottom coin holder-back image-NFC tag-amiibo image-black foam ring-top coin holder. I added the black ring to center the 25mm sticker, then removed temporarily in order it to put the other image underneath the ring. While it is possible to reopen them, it is very tedious, and I strongly encourage double checking before closing (don’t forget a sticker like I did…). You can program them after you assemble them without any issues.

This is probably too much detail, but a lot of posts show amazing results and I knew I felt unsure of things many times before I ironed everything out. Hopefully this can make creating your own more accessible for future first timers! I’m going to work on cleaning up my coin pdfs but will post them soon! It’s a total of 36 coins (Zelda, Splatoon, and wedding Mario, naturally).

TL;DR:
Materials: AIRTITE 30mm black ring AIRTITE coin holders; 25mm NFC Stickers; 1.5 inch hole punch

Links:
https://www.gimp.org/

https://smile.amazon.com/NTAG215-NFC-Stickers-Guaranteed-Perfectly/dp/B071ZZTT6T/

https://smile.amazon.com/Black-Capsule-Air-Tite-Holders-Dollars/dp/B01EP1YREY/

https://smile.amazon.com/EK-Tools-Circle-1-50-Inch-Package/dp/B0090JVGFU/

https://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/line-up

http://artsyomni.com/hyliaserif

Started creating my own Amiibo coins thanks to some inspiration gained from seeing the work of a few of you on this server. Figured I'd share what I've created thus far in case anyone is interested! Here’s a link to the PSD template. Please forgive the fact that the Super Smash Amiibos aren't all grouped together because I started just creating the BOTW-compatible Amiibos first, then decided to keep going :P

The coins are 1" in diameter. Used a 1” circle punch to cut them out and housed them inside 30mm coin capsules with the included fitted foam inserts. Going to color code the rim of the foam so that I can easily identify the Amiibo series when they're in the case.

Have some 1” plastic counters on the way to provide some rigidity to the images and "fill out" the capsule a little better. Excited to get it all finished up so they can be put to good use!

a little late, but certain inkjet printers can print pvc cards with special adapters. you'll need pvc cards designed special for inkjet printers.

 

for example:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AVWKUJS
with
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P25H0BA
and
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072FK4RZD

To further save you from future heartache, I strongly suggest something like this. There are cheaper varieties, but this happens to be the one I have kicking around thanks to a crafty wife.

1. Assuming you are talking about the 3DS reader yes, but not through the Switch as far as I'm aware. You'll need a 3DS that's running some Homebrew software
   
   
2. Yes the Joycons can write to the NFC tags (how else could they store information on regular Amiibos?) However, getting them to write what you want would require breaking the security on the Switch/Joycon and running custom software. I have not seen anyone doing this, most likely because there are way way easier ways to create your tags.
   
   
3. For the 3DS reader take a look at this. Other options include using any NFC capable Android device (see the sticky) or create your own reader from an Arduino
   

Ahh okay thank you, did you make a final template for the 22 Zelda figures? I see all the raw images for it but I don't see them with their backdrops etc. also to others I noticed Amazon has them for $12.50 2 day shipping if you have prime for 25 of them slightly cheaper and much faster than the eBay link seems to be same sellers?https://www.amazon.com/Air-tite-Capsules-American-Krugerrands-Kangaroos/dp/B00LSZMD74/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1523060812&sr=8-3&keywords=Coin+Holder+32mm

IDK what size you're punching them, but you can get a pog-sized one pretty cheap (although like I said reviews say these crap out quickly.)

I ended up doing them myself.
Here's a drive link to some PDFs.

Here is the Amazon link to the tags I used.

Are the tags rewritable? I believe the answer is no, but just checking.
Found some tags on amazon that say they are rewritable: https://www.amazon.com/Premium-NTAG203-NFCGuyz-Bonus-Black/dp/B00DU45EQ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1492530441&sr=8-2&keywords=rewritable+nfc+tags

I am based in the UK, so only have UK provider linked. This is the exact link on Amazon I used:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0725XF5DT

They are out of stock at the moment, but they are directly from ZipNFC who have their own webstore here:

http://zipnfc.com/

The pickup up a refurbed nexus 7

Asus Google Nexus 7 16GB Tablet (Gen 2), 7 Inches (Renewed) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HMC2KWA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_AFnVCbQ21WQCD

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N27G9UU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Up until now I wrote the ID on a post-it and left it in the plastic pocket. But for my nephew I ordered printable stickers that will arrive later this week. In the EU I coudn't find any with ID-1 sizes. So I ordered these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UTZ0V6 (83,8 x 50,8 mm | 3 19/64 x 2") from Germany.

Very basic instructions.

You will need;

• An Arduino (a clone will be fine) https://www.amazon.co.uk/ELEGOO-Board-ATmega328P-ATMEGA16U2-Cable/dp/B01EWOE0UU/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arduino+uno&qid=1569164723&s=gateway&sr=8-1
  
• An RC522 NFC module https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06X9PZSQN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  
• Some way of wiring it up (I soldered mine onto breadboard, but you could use male-female jumper wires) https://www.amazon.co.uk/TeOhk-120pcs-Multicolored-Breadboard-arduino/dp/B07R7ND6MT/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=jumper+wires&qid=1569164760&s=gateway&sr=8-5
  
• Arduino IDE software https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software
  
• Blank NTAG215 NFC tags https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=ntag215&ref=nb_sb_noss
  
  The NFC module comes with a pin header that you'll need to solder onto the board.
  
  The NFC module pinout is labeled (the actual PIN numbers may differ per module), so hook up the following wires on the NFC to the corresponding pins on the Arduino;
  
  |RC522 Pin|Arduino Pin|
  |:-|:-|
  |RST|9|
  |SDA(SS)|10|
  |MOSI|11|
  |MISO|12|
  |SCK|13|
  |3.3V|3.3V|
  |GND|GND|
  
  With the hardware out of the way you can then follow the software guide here; https://github.com/konstantin-kelemen/arduino-amiibo-tools/wiki/Create-amiibo-clones-with-Arduino
  
  Be aware that the way that the NFC tags have to be written means that they become read-only, so if something goes wrong the tag is useless (I've had one failure in 5, so far).