Locking Emote behind Potentially $100 Statue

[Alleo]

*sigh* Well that sadly too expensive right now as a student and if the codes are limited again than goodbye nice emote. If they put all those minions and other ingame items behind RL goods couldn't they at least make them not limited? I would not buy a statue of that price for a simple emote but it would be nice that if someone has the money later they would still get the emote with it...Not only that but anyone that starts the game later will never get the chance to receive any of those limited ingame items. Making them part of every item without a end date would still make them rare, because not everyone would buy something like this.

I wanted to buy the music from the store but after seeing that I cant get the minions anymore I wont purchase them. Would not buy them only for minions but knowing that I now get less for my money because I started to play later makes me feel kinda sad so wont spend any money on them...

I mean I don't necessarily want them in the mog station but at least could you not just put them back as codes on the items? That should cost you nothing and would make a lot of people (imo) happy. (As a minion collector it just makes me sad U_U) But if you dont want more money well than I will keep mine.

[Rakiria]

*sigh* Well that sadly too expensive right now as a student and if the codes are limited again than goodbye nice emote. If they put all those minions and other ingame items behind RL goods couldn't they at least make them not limited? I would not buy a statue of that price for a simple emote but it would be nice that if someone has the money later they would still get the emote with it...Not only that but anyone that starts the game later will never get the chance to receive any of those limited ingame items. Making them part of every item without a end date would still make them rare, because not everyone would buy something like this.

I wanted to buy the music from the store but after seeing that I cant get the minions anymore I wont purchase them. Would not buy them only for minions but knowing that I now get less for my money because I started to play later makes me feel kinda sad so wont spend any money on them...

I mean I don't necessarily want them in the mog station but at least could you not just put them back as codes on the items? That should cost you nothing and would make a lot of people (imo) happy. (As a minion collector it just makes me sad U_U) But if you dont want more money well than I will keep mine.

This is pretty much exactly the Problem I see that everyone seems to ignore... It would still be okay if you have to pay that pretty high amount of money for a statue and an emote, but not giving everyone anything inside the game the statue is from because we are a little too late or some collectors bought it faster does seem pretty unfair... It's still gonna be rare to have the emote without limiting it, because not everyone wants to spend that much money, as a lot of you said you can decide for yourself, but if the codes are limited and you have to have the money right then, it's no longer a thing of deciding for yourself.
Also, with the preorder items they can of course no longer be bought it's the whole system of preorders you cheeselamps. You can no longer preoder a thing that is out already, but everyone who was playing back then yould have bought it until the game/expansion came out. This has a clear number limiting it and no fixed end date for buying it, and it's almost luck if you can get it or not.

[Lambdafish]

This has a clear number limiting it and no fixed end date for buying it, and it's almost luck if you can get it or not.

This isn't a complaint towards the emote being tied to the statue though, this is a complaint towards SE's poor management of supply and demand. Hopefully this is why they are opening pre-orders for the statue, so they can actually gauge numbers before it goes on sale, which is a sensible thing to do for something like this (I don't think any of the plushes/artbooks/soundtracks had pre-order periods)

[Genaxx]

Original link? or what its made of?

[Lambdafish]

Oh cool, "SE makes odin statue mount with a zantetzuken emote" turned into "Locking emote behind paywall." Seriously though, this isn't new, every soundtrack, art book, plush etc. has come with an exclusive minion, this one gets an exclusive emote because it is a bit pricier. It isn't even out yet, if you want it so badly then buy it.

[Lorielle]

$125 for the statue isn't necessarily bad given most figurines can reach these numbers. I don't actually know what the scale of this figurine is though. To me, personally, Odin isn't that great enough for me to shell out that much money. I can appreciate these kinds of statues(Lenneth from Valkryie Profile), but it seems a little silly to base this upon this pose rather than him performing Zantetsuken. Pretty sure the latter would have been more appealing, but that's just me.

[ErikMynhier]

/em digs through his filing cabinet of common replies.

Let me see, which one. "Its an optional item..... no no no, No one is forcing you to buy it..... no not that one, They are a business, of course they are trying to make money you hippie freeloader.... nope that one is a bit spicy. OH! Here we are..."

I'm going to buy that thing because its beautiful.

[Sprinks]

Screw the Odin statue!!! Gimme those SLIPPERS!!

[Sakuraluna]

I'm still likely going to get it because I have literally every in game item tied in with an IRL item that has been released so far.

This pretty much ended the thread right here. It's not pricey, it's worth it to SE.

If you felt that this price was stretching it, I doubt you'd be willing to pay this much for an in-game item (or emote, in this case). SE already know that this will bar a lot of players from having access to it, but they're still willing to tack an in-game perk onto something this expensive because they know that enough players will buy into it that it would be financially beneficial for them.

I mean "you" in the general sense, of course. Lot of people going "I'm planning on buying it but yeah, very overpriced for an emote." If you're buying it for the statue, then that's different but personally I don't think they should have put an in-game reward with anything this expensive. They're testing how far they can go.

[Blindheart]

Where does one order such items?