I've been home for the past few days now and I've been getting some pretty bad withdrawl symptoms from my trip... I miss Japan.. The pastry tour ended a bit too soon...
However, one of the highlights of my homecoming is the unpacking of the various treasures I've accumulated during my journey to the land of the rising sun. I saw some merchandise from Squaresoft on display in some of the hobby stores in Akihabara and it was the start of an addiction. I had to have these!
However, one of the highlights of my homecoming is the unpacking of the various treasures I've accumulated during my journey to the land of the rising sun. I saw some merchandise from Squaresoft on display in some of the hobby stores in Akihabara and it was the start of an addiction. I had to have these!
The below are the Final Fantasy "trading arts"... The individual figures are sold in sealed boxes and you don't actually know which character was inside each box (kind of like trading cards). However, at 1050Y a pop ($14AUD)... you could end up with 4-5 of the same character which would totally suck.
So when I got to the hobby/electronic town strip in Osaka... there was a little store who sold these figurines out of its packaging so you know exactly what it is you're getting... The prices for each figure varied depending on how rare they were... Squall and Sora (from Kingdom Hearts) were the priciest ones at 2500Y a pop. So after putting these puppies together with my shaking sweaty palms... here they are in al their glory...
The coffee table wasn't an ideal place to leave them (as it doubles as our dinner table)... so they had to have a new permanent home where I would appreciate it more often. Where else could I put it?
The detail in these models are pretty cool... Its a pity I'm missing Zidane... otherwise I'd have the entire set of the 1st collection. However... it gives me a great reason to return to pick up some more goodies from there in the near future :) Here's some close ups... (I seriously need a new camera with image stabilisation)
One of my biggest regrets was not purchasing this... I saw it in Japan for about 20,000Y (about $300AUD)
It was the defnitive collectable from the Advent Children movie... the final battle between Sephiroth and Cloud. The problem I had was lugging around my huge luggage as well as a huge box that this piece of art would be in. I may end up buying this online and getting it sent down under (or I could carry a LARGER empty suitcase next time I go to Japan :) )
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