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    Wonder if they'll have differences between the different region's CE, iirc last time the quality of Japan's was slightly better even though the price point was similar if not slightly cheaper (guess it depends on what currency you're converting from).

    CE looks nice but I'm pretty sure my wife would make me commit seppuku in the living room XD. Will probably go digital CE again hehe.

    Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
    I have absolutly no idea why there's this 70 bucks bump in prize compared to the Heavensward version. It just looks like pure greed as the two Collector's Editions are extremely similar in content.
    Maybe not a $70 difference but imo looks like the statue is better quality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    Maybe not a $70 difference but imo looks like the statue is better quality.
    The Dragon mount figure was also "good looking" back in the days when they showed it on stream and on pictures, before players actually received their Collector's Edition.
    Trusting them would be very naive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
    The Dragon mount figure was also "good looking" back in the days when they showed it on stream and on pictures, before players actually received their Collector's Edition.
    Trusting them would be very naive.
    Hmm well can't say about the dragon since I don't have it, but it didn't look like this: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000950.html ? I'm sure they had good lighting but seems like a real screenshot. Edit, from their live stream: https://www.finalfantasy.net/wp-cont...agonstatue.png . Imo if all pictures are fair, then I think the new statue has a bit more detail and colors going on making it "better quality", but it's true I am not holding it lol.

    At least if I was recalling the ARR CE correctly, people will want to make sure the picture of the CE they are looking at is specifically for their region, like on stream for ARR they showed off Japan's CE and then there were micro differences for the other region's which they did prepare photos for later but you had to read and be sure you were looking at "your" region's CE (basically I think it came down to Japan's was better packaged (better sleeves, box, and stuff), it's been a while though lol).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
    The Dragon mount figure was also "good looking" back in the days when they showed it on stream and on pictures, before players actually received their Collector's Edition.
    Trusting them would be very naive.
    I was really happy with my dragon figure. I think it looks nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
    I was really happy with my dragon figure. I think it looks nice.
    What I said was in context of the price asked for that figure.
    Let's count again how much it costs:
    Heavensward = 40. Artbook = 20. Eorzea in motion Blueray = 5. Digital content = 20.
    That's 85 bucks in content. If I take 5 bucks back for the box itself, there's 40 bucks left just for the Dragon Figure.
    40 bucks for a figure of this quality is on the edge of being a rip-off. For this price, the figure should've been in resin, and not plastic. But, it was still okay. Okay.

    Regarding Stormblood, you can almost make the same calculation... which will leave you at ~100 bucks for the figure alone if you value a sticker and a cloth map quite high...
    When you come to that pricing, you should expect something coming close to the Odin figure. Just note that the Odin figure is 290mm (11.42") tall while Zenos yae Galvus is 180mm(7.09"), so the 35 bucks in different is already justified. Odin's stand is also way better.

    So, yeah, that Zenos yae Galvus figure must be of the best quality SE is able to sell. If it's not and the quality is near the Heavensward's one, then it's a complete rip-off.
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