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Woah.

Just saw this today while checking out info on Crisis Core: Pictures of Square-Enix's booth at Comic-con. (Got the info from Crisis-Core.net.) Turns out Squeenix is opening a store for the US: Square-Enix Online Shop. Even if it's mail-order only, to get some of the keychains and whatnot at cheaper prices will be awesome. One picture before the one I linked above, shows keychains for three series with reasonable prices. Yeah, the look to bring their silver jewelry as well, but hopefully it will knock out some of the bootlegs I've seen for keychains and whatnot. The booth at Comic-con is selling some of them there now. I'm envious.

Also, go check out those pictures! If you were ever interested in seeing the oh-so-expensive Cloud and Sephiroth Masterpiece Arts figures, they've got them on display at Comic-con.

IGN Square-Enix Booth Pictures
Figures.com Playarts Pictures

(Which, by the way, the Crisis Core website just updated today with soundtrack info!!)

Also, Square-Enix's Japan Online store has a blog for what's being developed about about the retail location they have. Point of interest? The pictures being posted about the new Play Arts figures. (Which some are already on display as Coming Soon items at the booth at Comic-con.) They're coming out with the original Final Fantasy VII designs, including Cloud with the Hardy Daytona. I'm...sad to say that I would probably buy that version of Cloud as well, depending on how much I like the sculpt. And its looking like I will.

Crisis Core has a trailer out now.

Of course, this is the same trailer that if you were a member of Square Enix's little online club, you could see it there too. (And you can join even if you can't read the language. I did that because I saw that there was a trailer for Crisis Core. :P)

Mostly cinematics of course, and some game play shown. I even think we see Kadaj's predecessor. But it is going to be awesome to play as Zack.

First off I have to say this. Boston has got to have the highest concentration of idiotic drivers in one area. Holy crap these people could not drive. Rules of the road was something that was purely a suggestion.

Second off, this convention was pretty fun! The books were pretty easy to keep track when they're facing spine up. I didn't get to sell as much yaoi as I had hoped this convention.

The people weren't too annoying. The usual asking for books we are getting at the store tomorrow and stuff that wasn't just out yet. A few who I got to buy the book instead of just standing there and reading it. Me trying to convince people that even if they couldn't read the Japanese yaoi books, it was still stuff that more than likely would not be released over here.

Got lots more stuff than I expected including some Final Fantasy trading figures and two T-shirts. I also got the Vassalord manga that I wanted to get. It's from the same person who is working on Peacemaker. ^_^ A few more manga and some cute trinkets. Got you a prezzie, sarcastic_elf!

And I hung around the convention with mwerevu. ^_^ We almost got to look at the cosplay...and got to see an awesome fountain. Must go back to this convention and not work it since it was so fun. Saw some neat cosplayers....including some guy who was awesome and I can't bloody remember what series he was cosplaying from!! Bugged me all weekend. Still don't remember. But now I have the internets to start searching. Lots of Advent Children and quite a few Kingdom Hearts cosplayers of course, and a few that I didn't suspect would have a cosplay. Like Twelve Kingdoms.

And I have decided that I should somehow manage to procure a digital camera before the end of the year. Like before October.

Other than the annoyances of a certain roommate, it was pretty fun. Our plane was delayed a bit on the way back so we got extra time to look at the candy store in the Philadelphia airport where our layover was. Which had delicious fudge. And white chocolate M&Ms. Yays!