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NY Comic Con Event Diary: Day 2

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April 24, 2008 8:26 PM
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SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS is now one month old. Hooray.

Now that that's out of the way, here's Day 2 of NY Comic Con event diary by our Assistant PR Manager Amelia Cantlay.

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DAY 2:

A full day for all Comic Con attendees! The floors were open to public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., so we had plenty of time to discuss merchandise with everyone that stopped by.

Here are the top five questions that were asked during the show (and if any of you reading this remember asking these questions, don't worry you weren't alone!):

1. Don't you have any CRISIS CORE figures? Where's Zack?? I want Zack!

A Zack figure sounds awesome! We had an overwhelming demand for CRISIS CORE - FINAL FANTASY VII - merchandise and the team definitely got the message from you all. Currently we have the SOLDIER Key Ring and Loveless Locket available online, but there should be more to come... especially now that we've found out there's so much love out there for Zack and his crew :)

2. Why is the jewelry so expensive?

Oh boy let me tell you about this jewelry. We saw so many people do double-takes at the price tags on these, but there's a good reason behind it all. The team that created this jewelry wanted to make something that fans could actually wear in their daily lives - something that doesn't look like costume jewelry - and a lot of effort was put into its production. "Holy" on the right there is made with green fluorite, and "Meteor" is onyx, and that's sterling silver all around! The team chose stones that are said to have healing or energizing properties to make these as materia-like as possible!

3. Can I have that Sephiroth?

That Sephiroth over there? The big one in that display case? He is unfortunately not available yet :( He'll be coming out this summer though! Cheer up! And if you visit our online store you'll see that Cloud is currently available in that same ¼ scale size. Why not have him keep you company while you wait for Sephiroth's grand entrance? ;)

4. Is that a Chocobo rubber ducky?! *squeal*

Indeed! That is a Chocobo rubber ducky and he actually floats! The merchandise team had to go through several rounds of production since his heavy backside was causing sinkage... What do you guys think? The team definitely likes to have fun with their projects, and this little ducky might just make it into our selection if we see that enough people are willing to give him a home.

5. When will that Fullmetal Alchemist piece become available?

It seems like a lot of people were pleasantly surprised to find out that we're working on a Fullmetal Alchemist piece. The version we had on display during Comic Con is in a state of mid-production so this one isn't ready for the market just yet.

It was great to hear what everyone had to say about the merchandise. Questions, comments, requests... everything has been relayed to the merchandise team and will definitely be a source of inspiration for their future creations.

Only one day left!