Crisis Core in-store promo material
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008This deserves it’s own post. It’s been a while since there’s been any FFVII-related in-store material worth collecting. Crisis Core finally fills that gapping whole in our lives as collectors, especially those of us that came too late in the game to grab stuff from the initial release of Final Fantast VII.
Thus far, I’ve only see pro-order posters featuring Zack and PSP case inserts featuring the standard version of the US’s boxart. I’ve only checked GameStops so far, I don’t know what other stores are carrying what, if they even are. I’d guess GameStop and EB Games would be your best bets for promo materials. It’d be nice to see those oversized cardboard boxes, or, I dunno, a giant lifesize standup of Zack? If anyone knows if they even exist, lemme know. (also if you know of additional promotional material).
If you want any of this, I suggest you either already work at one of the participating stores, or head out in about now and ask if you can get your name down to grab the poster or inserts when the store gets rid of them. (Rule of thumb is that store employees get first pick, but some places are really nice, some aren’t. Some are complete asshats and won’t even let you call dibs on anything, even though they THROW IT OUT ANYWAY.)
Can you believe they just throw this stuff out when the promotional period ends? They don’t sell it, or eBay it… they just chuck it dishonourably in the dumpster behind the store. These things can end up being some of the rarest and least-known treasures in FFVII collector-dom!
GO FORTH AND CALL DIBS! (but not in my city. I’ve already called it. =3)
(images may be coming soon, in the super-high-definition quality of “my cellphone camera”)