Like others have said, the concept is cool but the execution is lackluster. Nintendo is so obsessed with the artificial scarcity aspect of anything amiibo. I wanted to buy some of the cards, but in the time it took me to see which series the villagers I want are in, they sold out.
It's not that people don't trust the handmade amiibos, it's more that they have a personal moral issue with purchasing what is essentially a counterfeit. Although I personally don't understand what's more palatable about paying a third party scalper's jacked-up rates when that's not going to Nintendo either