Are the Amiibo's over glorified statues?

So, as I hope you're all aware, Nintendo has released something called "Amiibo's". They're miniature statues of all your favourite Nintendo characters (excluding Waluigi) which you can level them up in games including Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. In essence, this sounds like fun, I mean, you have a miniature statue, which is great for collectors like me and you have something that adds a little extra to your game.

But are they worth it?

Honestly, I think they are. Mainly because they are extremely well made with unique poses and items attached to them. But that's about it. I wouldn't get any benefit from using them, they'd only really be useful if I had completely finished a game and wanted a bit extra, but for games like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. there isn't really an end TO the games.

Some of them are posed, strangely too, I mean, take a look at the Luigi one:



Why was it posed like that? Most of them are posed in a stance of sorts, like Mario for example:



That looks awesome, but they aren't really made to aesthetically please, they're meant to be used in game, which there doesn't seem any real point to right now.

Unless you've finished your games and are bored completely, then stay away from the Amiibo's for now, they're like the Skylanders statues but not needed for gameplay.