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Aerith Sculpture Arts

August 28, 2012 by Aimee

Hng! It has finally arrived!!! I’ve had my eye on this for months and it has -finally- arrived! I ordered this off a guy from The Shadow and the Flame forum which mainly focuses on LotR, Star Wars or movie merch but I fortunately got this little beauty at a bargain price (against prices I’ve seen her sell for on Ebay and other places anyway ^^;; ). Alright so obviously not cheap, she cost my £300 inc. shipping from America […]

Categories: Final Fantasy VII, Miscellaneous • Tags: 7, aeris, aerith, FF, final fantasy, sa, sculpture arts, sqauresoft, square enix, square soft, statue, VII

FFX Kotobukiya ArtFX Rikku

June 17, 2012 by Aimee

Rikku is from the ArtFX series made by Kotobukiya before the Play Arts series were introduced. She is the only X version Rikku figure available. These statues are 1/6 (in simple terms: big compared to Play Arts!). As with almost all Final Fantasy merch, these figures have been discontinued and are thus becoming rare and sought after. I brought her as she is in the photos but I am extremely disappointed this figure is unboxed. She also doesn’t have very […]

Categories: Final Fantasy X, Kotobukiya • Tags: 10, art fx, artfx, FF, final fantasy, game, games, gaming, kotobukiya, official, Playstation, ps, PS2, Rikku, se, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, ss, x

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FFIX Play Arts Vivi

June 16, 2012 by Aimee

I brought all of my FFIX figures together from Ami Ami and this instantly became my favourite set from the Play Arts series. Vivi is an unusual character so making an articulate figure of him must have been quite a challenge for Square and they did an excellent job. From the textures and detail on his clothes to his large wizard hat, it is as if he has just jumped right out of the game. He is very short compared […]

Categories: Final Fantasy IX, Play Arts • Tags: 9, FF, final fantasy, games, garnet, ix, merchandise, pa, play arts, Playstation, ps, PS1, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, video games, vivi, zidane

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FFVIII Play Arts Selphie

June 15, 2012 by Aimee

The choice of making Selphie the third character for the VIII Play Arts series always baffled me as I always considered Zell, Quistis and Seifer to be more central to the game. Either way this figure is not bad. In fact I find the thought of her worse than she actually is. The detail is good on the figure although I find her outfit to be awful – but it is very true to the game. Her nunchucks are pretty […]

Categories: Final Fantasy VIII, Play Arts • Tags: 8, final fantasy, play arts, Playstation, ps, PS1, rinoa, selphie, Squall, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, VIII

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FFIX Zidane & Garnet Banpresto Diorama

June 14, 2012 by Aimee

I absolutely love everything about this diorama. If you haven’t read my previous post about Zidane and Steiner, I’ll recap for you because these are practically the same (minus the scene depicted). These dioramas could only be obtained from UFO machines (claw machines) in Japan around the launch of IX. There are three altogether (links are below to the other two). It is made from plastic and has little weight to it but the paintwork and the detail on the […]

Categories: Banpresto, Final Fantasy IX • Tags: 9, banpresto, diorama, FF, final fantasy, garnet, ix, Japanese, Playstation, ps, PS1, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, steiner, vivi, zidane

FFIX Zidane & Steiner Banpresto Diorama

June 14, 2012 by Aimee

It has taken me years to get this diorama! I had seen them floating around on the net ages ago but it’s only been recently that I’ve actually went on Ebay and picked up a few bargains. First off this diorama came unboxed but that isn’t an issue for me as I am not too fond of the packaging. These sets were only available from UFO machines in Japan (claw machine) back when IX was released as far as I […]

Categories: Banpresto, Final Fantasy IX • Tags: 9, banpresto, diorama, FF, final fantasy, garnet, ix, Japanese, official, Playstation, ps, PS1, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, steiner, vivi, zidane

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FFX Play Arts Auron

June 13, 2012 by Aimee

Auron was yet another purchase without the box. I don’t usually make a habit of this (I’m a bit of a sucker for packaging) but this came with a large bundle I brought. Like with Tidus and Yuna (also in this series), Auron is very detailed but suffers from lack of articulation due to one arm being in his coat. His other arm suffers from the same issue as Yuna’s (it has an unusual pin-like joint so it falls off […]

Categories: Final Fantasy X, Play Arts • Tags: 10, Auron, FF, figure, final fantasy, pa, play arts, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, Tidus, x, Yuna

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FFX Play Arts Yuna

June 13, 2012 by Aimee

I brought Yuna along with Tidus unboxed and as seen in the photos. I think the detail is lovely on her but the thing which ruins this figure for me is her arms. They are just so poor. They have a ‘pin’ type joint (I don’t know the technical name) and there is a reason why this type of joint doesn’t appear on any other Play Arts series (as far as I am aware!): her arms just drop off when […]

Categories: Final Fantasy X, Play Arts • Tags: 10, Auron, figure, final fantasy, play arts, Playstation, PS1, square enix, square soft, squarsoft, Tidus, x, Yuna

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FFX Play Arts Tidus

June 13, 2012 by Aimee

I brought this Tidus figure unboxed from another fellow collector very recently along with a couple of other Play Arts figures. The X range is very old so it’s obvious the newer Play Arts are a lot more polished. Even so the detail on Tidus is still impressive. The only downside is that I find his articulation rather limited which is a shame. I can’t seem to pose him in an action shot. As you may be able to tell […]

Categories: Final Fantasy X, Play Arts • Tags: 10, FF, final fantasy, play arts, square enix, square soft, Squaresoft, Tidus, x

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One Year Anniversary

May 20, 2012 by Aimee

When I created this blog I told myself I’d restrict it to just reviewing merchandise but now it’s my one year anniversary (3 days late, my apologies) I can’t help but reflect on how far things have come over that time. For as long as I can remember I have always wanted my own website. I’m pretty nifty with HTML and Photoshop but I never really got the right thing to write about. I tried to make both gaming sites […]

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Aerith Sculpture Arts

FFX Kotobukiya ArtFX Rikku

FFIX Play Arts Vivi

FFVIII Play Arts Selphie

FFIX Zidane & Garnet Banpresto Diorama

FFIX Zidane & Steiner Banpresto Diorama

FFX Play Arts Auron

FFX Play Arts Yuna

FFX Play Arts Tidus

One Year Anniversary