It's here it's here yay

[Feba]

On the mantle, because my family is as geeky as I am.


So I woke up today from dreams about skinny dipping pools where the nearly dead body of Travis Touchdown was found, and when I was accused of shooting him (I did... with a camera) someone shot me with a tranquilizer dart. No, I actually dreamed about that, but anyway I woke up to find a giant box in my door way. Most of those photos were lost, but if you can imagine a big cardboard box with yellow ribbons and packing tape with "SQUARE ENIX PRODUCT" written on it that's basically it. And the sculpture arts logo. Woo.


The other side of the box said "NOT A TOY" in 4-5 different languages. Thanks, squeenix.





oh hey look, feba has an island in his kitchen. AND IT'S 1:06.




I don't know whether to make a 'That Shadowlord has a nice ass' joke or a 'holy crap, Feba is allowed to care for another living thing!' joke.



The most surprising thing, upon opening the box...



OH MY GOD IT'S FEBA'S BED.



It's a snap together! Once it's assembled, though, you wouldn't notice it at all unless you were examining it very closely, and even then you'd have to know where to look.




In packaging. Picking static-charged styrofoam off was a pain in the ass.

[Aksannyi]

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HOLY HUGE PICTURES BATMAN.

Light the TGM signal! looool Looks pretty sweet though, from what I could actually see of it.

[Durahansolo]

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Ahhh Yes, more topix with epic descriptions...J/k Very cool looking Shadow Lord.

[Feba]

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Argh, who the hell turned off the auto-resizor again.

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[Jarre]

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Nice, and better still it was free!!

[Rostum]

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Congratulations on winning it. If only it were cheaper, I'd probably get it.

[Feba]

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I am beginning to think the mantle might not be his permanent resting place.


He is staring at me. He looks like he wants to kick my ass.

[TheGrandMom]

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I'm always jealous of people that display their collectibles. I'm too anal to do that. Only time they see the light of day is if I need to take a picture of them or if I buy a double........and there is NO WAY I'm buying a double of that friggin statue!

Oh Feba, I had to laugh. My sister broke "the big chill" and started talking to me again after years of silence. Then she says to me "oh I have to come over this weekend because I have some of your stuff. I don't know how I got it but I'm gonna toss it if you don't want it." (Ya I know how she got it...SHE STOLE IT! Just cause its in my mothers house doesn't mean its fair game for you to take and try to sell.) So anyways, it was all my old Star Trek figures!! Damn near shit myself I was so happy. There was also this huge ass tabletop video game. StarTrek Phaser Battle I think it was called. This is an ad for it:

[Feba]

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You bought one? Honestly, it's very pretty, but I can't imagine ever spending more than $40 or 50 for it. I'd like to have more little mementos of Vana'diel, like that thing I proposed in that survey; airship in a bottle with a music box in the base that plays the airship theme and maybe spins the blades. The Shadowlord looks great, but I think the sculpture arts stuff could be better applied to Heaven's Tower, Delkfutt's, and other geographical spots instead of characters.

but holy shit he looks like he wants to kick my ass. STOP STARING AT ME.

[TheGrandMom]

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Oh I agree. I'd much rather have Heaven's Tower or other more detailed statues than the SL one. I'm a huge FF collectibles freak and I put off buying it for a while after it came out. I kept saying "its too much, I don't need it, etc" but circumstances always change. I sleep walk......and I sleep BUY. lol Ya I'll want something really badly but my logical awake mind says NO. Then I got to sleep, order it, and when it shows up on my doorstep or if I check my email before then, I get a bit of a shock. Bounced a check the other day because I paid all of our monthly bills 2 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule cause I did it in my sleep. Must have been stressing about the bills with hubby's employer possibly going bankrupt. So ya this statue was one of those sleep purchases, I emailed my JP friend and told him to send one and I'd Paypal him the money. He emailed me with "I sent it and you owe me $$" and I had to ask what the heck he was talking about.

I agree. I could not have him staring at me, he's kind of creepy. LOL Maybe on a shelf above the head of my bed looking at my door...kind of like a protector. But then I'd be afraid the shelf would break and he'd fall on my damn head! LOL

P.S. Love the dragon picture!

[Malacite]

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It's pretty cool, and congrats but I still don't see why it's over $200 USD...

[Balfree]

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He is staring at me. He looks like he wants to kick my ass.

Just get a Lv50 BLU.

[TheGrandMom]

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It's pretty cool, and congrats but I still don't see why it's over $200 USD...

You can get one for around $175 in the U.S.

[Raydeus]

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And that's still 150 bucks more than I'd be willing to pay.

Now, if it was about Cornelia in a Scholar outfit then things would be completely different.




PS > Congrats Febar!

Don't stare at it too much or it's really going to kick your Tarutaru butt.

[TheGrandMom]

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I'd rather have a detailed sculpture of Heaven's Tower or some memorable area of the game. But yes, it is far too expensive. I'd eagerly pay $75 for one but I hesitate at spending more on a statue that is something I'm not blown away by.

On the same note about collectibles, there is a huge possiblity that I'm going to be selling off a lot of my gaming/anime collectibles this fall. My husband retired a couple years ago after 30 years with the same company. He worked that long with them because of the pension and benefits package he was guaranteed when he retired. Well the company is now going bankrupt and thats not good. They are still working on the details and at best it would be a reduced pension and benefits (which isn't good for our situation) and at the worst no pension and no benefits (hope my mom will let me move back in my old room!). So no more crazy buying fun (computer gets turned off and locked at night now lol) and some crazy selling. Probably going to have to sell my Harley too......YAY FOR OUR ECONOMY!