After viewing Randis' rather incredible collection, I thought it would be fun to find out about the various FF collections of our members!
We have a separate threads for the games here, so please just post about figures, plushies, books, jewellery, keyrings etc.
Do you have any stories to tell about these? Where did you get them?
Did you buy them whilst they were in the shops or find them by chance after they were discontinued?
Is there anything else you would like?
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I have a fair few models of FF characters. (Although most of them are mini!)
My oldest is this model of Yuna, which was a gift from my first boyfriend Shaun for the Christmas of 2006. I had previously attempted to make a model of Yuna from fimo clay, which was an utter disaster (I still have it and we renamed her Tuna...). Receiving this model was an absolutely fantastic surprise. Sadly her summoner's staff is no more.
A few months later, I found a model of Ashe (FFXII) in the Virgin Megastore of Paris. My mum made some strange comment about her boobs but I decided to ignore her raised eyebrow and bought her. My mum really thinks I'm weird for liking anime, manga and Final Fantasy. Although Ashe has never been one of my favourite characters, the detail on Ashe's armour is incredible!
I also have a collection of the mini figures, which started during a trip to Edinburgh. Forbidden planet had boxes with Squall, Tifa, Auron and Ashe. After a trip to ebay, my friend Nick and I worked on building this collection - he bought me Cloud, Yuna, Rinoa, Rikku and Tidus as gifts! I have no idea how I ended up with Balthier and Fran... Methinks they came as part of a package.
This is pretty much the same as my collection, actually, although I don't have Penelo, Vaan or Bashe. I also have these guys from FFIV!
In summer 2009, my friend Steve bought me a model of Shiva for my birthday! One like this. Again, this was an absolutely fantastic surprise!
About a year ago, I discovered a book called The Sky: The Art of FF, which I pre-ordered, only to have the order cancelled. I have since bought a collection of Amano's work and received the Distant Worlds artbook from Katrina for Christmas. Both of these can be quite expensive, yet I managed to catch them on amazon for £16 and £4ish respectively!
The Sky is back on the amazon market, so hopefully that'll arrive in October!!
Last, but by no means least, I have recently acquired two models of Final Fantasy XIII's Serah! The first is from the boxed collection, but I bought her individually from a shop in Brussels. I wasn't TOO fussed about the others so didn't want to spend the extra money, even though the box was better value for money.
Then last night, I received a wonderful amazon gift card from an incredible friend! I swiftly went to amazon and bought this model of Serah.
Why is the detail on women's clothing so much more interesting? The clothing of Cloud and Squall is so drab! hence why I haven't bought models of them. Tidus' clothing just looks a bit weird...as does Vaan's, but who wants a model of Vaan? I wouldn't mind getting Hope one day!
Has anyone seen a model of Noel anywhere...?
Oh yes! And over the past few months, I have built a small collection of FF soundtracks: Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Distant Worlds I and II, Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections and, for my birthday, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Special Edition! If the others weren't £45+ and I knew Nobuo Uematsu was going to benefit from my purchase, I'd buy the others.
We have a separate threads for the games here, so please just post about figures, plushies, books, jewellery, keyrings etc.
Do you have any stories to tell about these? Where did you get them?
Did you buy them whilst they were in the shops or find them by chance after they were discontinued?
Is there anything else you would like?
___________________________________
I have a fair few models of FF characters. (Although most of them are mini!)
My oldest is this model of Yuna, which was a gift from my first boyfriend Shaun for the Christmas of 2006. I had previously attempted to make a model of Yuna from fimo clay, which was an utter disaster (I still have it and we renamed her Tuna...). Receiving this model was an absolutely fantastic surprise. Sadly her summoner's staff is no more.
A few months later, I found a model of Ashe (FFXII) in the Virgin Megastore of Paris. My mum made some strange comment about her boobs but I decided to ignore her raised eyebrow and bought her. My mum really thinks I'm weird for liking anime, manga and Final Fantasy. Although Ashe has never been one of my favourite characters, the detail on Ashe's armour is incredible!
I also have a collection of the mini figures, which started during a trip to Edinburgh. Forbidden planet had boxes with Squall, Tifa, Auron and Ashe. After a trip to ebay, my friend Nick and I worked on building this collection - he bought me Cloud, Yuna, Rinoa, Rikku and Tidus as gifts! I have no idea how I ended up with Balthier and Fran... Methinks they came as part of a package.
This is pretty much the same as my collection, actually, although I don't have Penelo, Vaan or Bashe. I also have these guys from FFIV!
In summer 2009, my friend Steve bought me a model of Shiva for my birthday! One like this. Again, this was an absolutely fantastic surprise!
About a year ago, I discovered a book called The Sky: The Art of FF, which I pre-ordered, only to have the order cancelled. I have since bought a collection of Amano's work and received the Distant Worlds artbook from Katrina for Christmas. Both of these can be quite expensive, yet I managed to catch them on amazon for £16 and £4ish respectively!
The Sky is back on the amazon market, so hopefully that'll arrive in October!!
Last, but by no means least, I have recently acquired two models of Final Fantasy XIII's Serah! The first is from the boxed collection, but I bought her individually from a shop in Brussels. I wasn't TOO fussed about the others so didn't want to spend the extra money, even though the box was better value for money.
Then last night, I received a wonderful amazon gift card from an incredible friend! I swiftly went to amazon and bought this model of Serah.
Why is the detail on women's clothing so much more interesting? The clothing of Cloud and Squall is so drab! hence why I haven't bought models of them. Tidus' clothing just looks a bit weird...as does Vaan's, but who wants a model of Vaan? I wouldn't mind getting Hope one day!
Has anyone seen a model of Noel anywhere...?
Oh yes! And over the past few months, I have built a small collection of FF soundtracks: Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Distant Worlds I and II, Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections and, for my birthday, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Special Edition! If the others weren't £45+ and I knew Nobuo Uematsu was going to benefit from my purchase, I'd buy the others.