Hacking Random11's Credit Card Sized amiibo cards

[Random11]

Do not sell these. For personal use only!
These images contain trademarked material owned by nintendo and it is illegal to sell these, especially if you are selling them with pirated amiibo. These are unofficial and are only meant for personal use.

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I made these for myself, figured I would share. Posting them in a separate thread for clarity. These are sized for the PVC cards. (credit card size - 85.5mm x 54mm). The files are 300 dpi with a 5mm bleed on each side.

For my playing card sized versions see this post

For help with printing out the cards see this post

⬆⬆⬆ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IMAGES ⬆⬆⬆​

GBATemp has replaced some of my direct uploads with crappy highly compressed versions. If you see images posted to GBATemp directly in any comment or post only use it as a preview. Please find the image in the mega folder linked above if you would like to print something.

A sample of some of the cards in my mega folder:

Sample images, download high quality from mega folder link.
Some of the smash cards are recreations of @CompC's amiibo cards. I just added the extra bleed area and crop marks to them to match the cards I made (I find it is easier to cut out this way). We both used this template as a base.

 

[Kappcy]

Do you happen to have a link to the PVC cards you used?

 

[Random11]

Do you happen to have a link to the PVC cards you used?

http://zipnfc.com/nfc-tag-pvc-card-credit-card-size-ntag215.html

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just posting these here so I can link them in my OP

 

[zeds_fed]

I printed your playing card sized cards. Thanks for your efforts.

 

[Random11]

You're welcome.

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just reuploading these to link in op

 

[xtreemsurf]

Wow! These are great!! I wish I came across these earlier. I already have a full set of PVC Ntag15s...I used the full size cards/images and just shrunk them down in Word to fit the PVC cards I have. If I make another set, I'll definitely use these...

 

[DocKlokMan]

Mind sharing the method you're using to make these? I should be getting my cards soon and would like to prepare by making more Amiibo then what are here such as the rest of the SSB series.

 

[ganons]

Wow! These are great!! I wish I came across these earlier. I already have a full set of PVC Ntag15s...I used the full size cards/images and just shrunk them down in Word to fit the PVC cards I have. If I make another set, I'll definitely use these...

How did you apply it on the cards?

 

[Issac]

Yummy! I'd like to have a full collection of these. And I mean a FULL collection, not only those you've made here. Won't be able to print the design myself though, sadly.

 

[Random11]

Mind sharing the method you're using to make these? I should be getting my cards soon and would like to prepare by making more Amiibo then what are here such as the rest of the SSB series.

Google images, Photoshop, Illustrator and an OCD level of nitpicking over everything.... lol.

The SSB ones were pretty easy though. @CompC used this template: Smash Bros. custom amiibo box template. So I just went and used the same template.

How did you apply it on the cards?

I haven't printed these yet... but like I said in the other post. Im going to buy an ID card printer (once the cards arrive) and use thermal printing to be able to print directly onto the cards.

 

[DocKlokMan]

Google images, Photoshop, Illustrator and an OCD level of nitpicking over everything.... lol.

The SSB ones were pretty easy though. @CompC use this template: Smash Bros. custom amiibo box template. So I just went and used the same template.



I haven't printed these yet... but like I said in the other post. Im going to buy an ID card printer (once the cards arrive) and use thermal printing to be able to print directly onto the cards.

If you have not bought it yet there's far cheaper ones than $1500

 

[shane9b3]

If you have not bought it yet there's far cheaper ones than $1500

Care to share a link???

 

[Random11]

If you have not bought it yet there's far cheaper ones than $1500

If you have one you can recommend I would take a look at it, but keep in mind its $1500 Canadian after tax. So that's about equivalent to around $1000~ USD. I do know of the badgy printer which is cheaper but it didn't get the best reviews. I just figured I would buy the $1500 one and return it if I don't think the quality is worth it over just printing out playing cards.

 

[DocKlokMan]

Care to share a link???

If you have one you can recommend I would take a look at it, but keep in mind its $1500 Canadian after tax. So that's about equivalent to around $1000~ USD. I do know of the badgy printer which is cheaper but it didn't get the best reviews. I just figured I would buy the $1500 one and return it if I don't think the quality is worth it over just printing out playing cards.

Sure. First of all there's two types of PVC card / ID printers. There's dye sublimation and thermal. Thermal is only really good for single-color applications like barcodes or text, not full color like we'd be doing here. Next you have single-sided or double. While double would be nice it's an extra cost when we could just feed the same card through a second time for the back. Last is single-feed vs multi-feed. Again, multi-feed would be nice but unless you're doing bulk printings, single is sufficient.

With all that you can find a suitable PVC card printer like this one here: Zebra Z32 ($499 USD) which happens to be able to do double-sided anyway.

 

[Random11]

Sure. First of all there's two types of PVC card / ID printers. There's dye sublimation and thermal. Thermal is only really good for single-color applications like barcodes or text, not full color like we'd be doing here. Next you have single-sided or double. While double would be nice it's an extra cost when we could just feed the same card through a second time for the back. Last is single-feed vs multi-feed. Again, multi-feed would be nice but unless you're doing bulk printings, single is sufficient.

With all that you can find a suitable PVC card printer like this one here: Zebra Z32 ($499 USD) which happens to be able to do double-sided anyway.

hmmm ok. Ya I said thermal printing, I meant dye sublimation, I was going to get the Zebra ZXP Series 1 printer at staples. Ill look if any big box stores carry the Z32, I want to be able to return it if I don't like it. Thanks for the info

 

[shane9b3]

Sure. First of all there's two types of PVC card / ID printers. There's dye sublimation and thermal. Thermal is only really good for single-color applications like barcodes or text, not full color like we'd be doing here. Next you have single-sided or double. While double would be nice it's an extra cost when we could just feed the same card through a second time for the back. Last is single-feed vs multi-feed. Again, multi-feed would be nice but unless you're doing bulk printings, single is sufficient.

With all that you can find a suitable PVC card printer like this one here: Zebra Z32 ($499 USD) which happens to be able to do double-sided anyway.

Thanks for all the info, didn't know anything about them, just googled them and saw the high price.

 

[DocKlokMan]

hmmm ok. Ya I said thermal printing, I meant dye sublimation, I was going to get the Zebra ZXP Series 1 printer at staples. Ill look if any big box stores carry the Z32, I want to be able to return it if I don't like it. Thanks for the info

Ah, the one I listed is actually used / refurbished. I figured you wouldn't be needing brand new since this is just for a hobby. New-in-box and they are about $1,500 USD. In that case the Z1 instead of the Z3 would be far cheaper.

 

[Random11]

Edit: oh I see. Hmmm, well I dont think they would let me return a refurbished product. But maybe if the quality is good I'll return the new one to staples and buy the refurb.

 

[DocKlokMan]

that same printer is even more at staples then the series 1 I was looking at. Its $3,302.92 CAD + Tax... holy cow.

Yeah, I didn't realize you were going brand-new. There's ZXP1's listed for around $750 USD on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Zebra-Technologies-Z11-00000000US00-Printer-Single-Sided/dp/B00DTUO4ZU/

Just how many cards are you planning on cranking out?

 

[Random11]

Yeah, I didn't realize you were going brand-new. There's ZXP1's listed for around $750 USD on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Zebra-Technologies-Z11-00000000US00-Printer-Single-Sided/dp/B00DTUO4ZU/

Just how many cards are you planning on cranking out?

Well I'm just doing it for myself so I dont have to open my boxed amiibo. So, for now, just one each of these that I have made, and then if I want other amiibo later on I would make and print those.

I wish I could just rent the thing for a day or something, but couldnt find anywhere local that would do that.