Official Amiibo are restricted to video game characters, but fan-made ones can be whatever the hell they want. Hence this incredible tribute to Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai

And to think, it used to be hard to get your hands on some of these.

Diablo III’s loot goblin is the latest creature to join the ranks of Nintendo’s line of Amiibo toys. He’s equal parts cute and grotesque, and while I can’t imagine ever wanting to display him on my bookshelf, his potential treasure might be too much for the diehard Diablo grinder to ignore.

Nintendo has of course released official Peach Amiibo. But it’s up to people like GandaKris to turn them into something fans truly want.

Here’s how you make outstanding action figures: Take a pair of already beloved Amiibo statues, give them a ridiculous amount of articulation and load them up with accessories. That’s what Good Smile Company did to create the upcoming Squid Girl and Squid Girl DX Figma figures.

No really, praise the sun. It's what the Solaire of Astora amiibo does.

The PlayStation-licensed line of Amiibo-looking toys comes by way of ThinkGeek, the merchandise outfit owned by GameStop, and are due to launch on March 23.

The 3DS game Detective Pikachu is coming to the West in March, The Pokemon Company said today, and with it comes a giant Amiibo that's nearly double the size of a standard Pikachu.

Amiibo artist GandaKris, kinda famous for her work customising Amiibo and turning them into cool and new figures Nintendo would never actually release, has set aside the fictional for a moment to commemorate Nintendo's former President Satoru Iwata.

Amiibos are now part of a balanced breakfast with Super Mario Cereal.

I'm kind of blown away by how much the Peach Amiibo breaks Super Mario Odyssey.

Look, not everyone sets out to have a massive Amiibo collection. A lot of people start out like I just did: With one.

With Legend of Zelda Amiibo figures perpetually sold out and fetching prohibitively high prices on eBay, many fans are turning to bootlegged "Amiibo cards" instead. Many sellers of these cards see themselves not as mere pirates, but as modern-day Robin Hoods, providing fans with the in-game content that Nintendo won't sell them.

Amiibo may look like Smash Bros. trophies, but they don't act like them -- not normally, anyway. One fan has spent two years trying to make that fantasy into more of a reality, and the results are awesome.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is amazing in its own right. Its world is breathtakingly gorgeous and bursting at the seams with surprises. So why am I and other players wasting so much time resetting the Nintendo Switch's clock so we can keep spawning new treasure chests with our Amiibos?

Shovel Knight will be released on the Nintendo Switch. The popular platformer is also getting a slew of additional modes as well as new name and price.

BoxBoy, the hero Nintendo's 2016 needed and star of our "best games of the year" list, will return on the 3DS in February (at least in Japan) with a third game in the series, called Goodbye! BoxBoy! And, more importantly, with BoxBoy Amiibo.

After a year of fumbling about in Amiibo Festival and Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing Amiibo figures and cards are finally making it into the main event. Four years after its initial release, Animal Crossing: New Leaf is getting Amiibo support.

Shelves? We're well past shelves here.