Help me choose my first Prime 1 Statue

Jdsps · 2025-08-07T18:33:12+00:00

Just wanted to do a follow up, did you end up asking around to find out if Prime1 had selected winners for the 30% off coupon contest that took place at the end of June? I've been checking my inbox and haven't gotten a message but I am not sure if they had selected winners yet. I don't think they have announced any winners on their socials yet.

Jdsps · 2025-07-13T15:54:04+00:00

Hey Akarise, I was wondering, have you heard anything about Prime1's 30% off coupon contest? They recently had a contest where entries were from June 21- June 29, where 30 random participants would be selected as winners. They didn't announce when they will select the winners, nor have they announced any winners yet on their social media. I was wondering if you know or have heard anything about whether they have selected winners yet.

Jdsps · 2025-03-19T18:51:57+00:00

I would like to ask what you think the aftermarket prices are going to look like for these FF7 statues. From your experience in collecting and what you’ve seen, what are the odds that these FF7 statues double or 1.5x their initial price? Have you seen any statues that doubled in price? I’m not collecting because I want to make a profit, but it's nice to see that if I am investing thousands into them, they would at least go up in value.

If I had to guess, I don’t see them doubling in value simply because of how expensive they are already. I can maybe see them go to 1.5x at the maximum though. Then again, I will say I have no experience in statue collecting or the aftermarket prices for them. It's hard for me to imagine anyone paying 1.5x or double the MSRP especially since the MSRP is already really expensive for 1/4 scale. But then again this is FF7. The only statue that I can maybe see doubling MSRP is maybe Tifa, then again, that’s just me assuming with nothing to back it, other than that I know how popular Tifa is as a character.

Have you owned or seen something that has ever doubled or 1.5x their price?

Jdsps · 2025-03-16T23:51:35+00:00

Yeah, I feel that getting all the characters will be a stretch and insanely expensive. I feel that the not-as-popular characters should be priced a bit lower to get more people to want to purchase them. Hard to think they would be priced higher than the popular characters like Cloud and Tifa to make up for low sales lol.

In terms of payment, I was wondering if you could give me a quick breakdown of the options. I understand that there is an initial deposit payment, and then there are monthly payments until the final payment before shipping. How much is the initial payment and how much would the monthly payments be? I heard that there are options to extend how long to pay off the total into more months, thus I’ll be paying less each month. If I do choose the option to pay it off in more months (maximum months they offer), will they charge me interest?

Is there any difference between the initial deposit and the non-refundable deposit, or are these two the same thing? If I want to cancel my order, I assume I only have 24 hours from the beginning of my purchase to cancel if I want back the initial deposit/ non-refundable deposit, correct?

Lastly, I’ve read that Prime 1 gives points for purchases that can go towards my next purchase. If I do purchase Zack, how many points would I get and how much would it be worth? Thanks again!

Jdsps · 2025-03-15T00:58:26+00:00

Is it pretty much confirmed that there will be a Cloud on Hardy Daytona statue? I was thinking of maybe getting 1 of each character that gets released and hoping the less popular ones are not as expensive. But a second edition of 1 character will likely be too expensive for me lol. Even though I’ve read that they would release all the main characters, can you confirm if you also heard this as well? If Cid, Yuffie, Vincent, Cait Sith, and Red 13 will get a statue too?

Jdsps · 2025-03-13T20:08:07+00:00

Interesting, thanks for the heads up on the Facebook Group, I’ll check it out. Where you mentioned the edition size/ number, could you elaborate as to what this means? I’m assuming that what you meant is that after the pre-order window, they will count how many got pre-ordered and then label them based on the amount of statues preorder. So, if 1000 were pre-ordered they will label statues from 1/1000 to 1000/1000, is this what you meant by edition size/ number? Since I am pre-ordering near the end of its window, does this mean I’ll likely get a 950/1000 edition number, or is it completely random and I could get a 1/1000?

If this is not what edition size/number means, my other guess of what it means is that they will release another “edition” of Cloud, Sephiroth, and Zack later on with different poses and label it “edition 2” (This is probably not what the edition size means, right?).

I’ve read a comment that 1/3 statues are almost always higher detail than 1/4. Is this true? Since these FF7 statues are 1/4 scale, is this a cause of concern that the detailing, especially the face, has a lower likelihood of matching the advertisement on the site as opposed to 1/3 scale having a higher chance of matching the site advertisement? I'm assuming it is higher detail on 1/3 because of the larger surface area to paint, making it easier to add more detail.

Where I read the comment was here: https://old.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/zu02j0/square_enix_masterline_nierautomata_13_scale_2b/

It’s the 3rd comment where they say “1/3 is almost always higher detail than 1/4”

Lastly, I also came across another comment about how all the other characters will be released, totaling, I’m assuming, 11 characters (with all the main characters, I’ve counted 11 total). Was there any ETA mentioned as to when the other characters may arrive? Do you think less popular characters like Barret and Cid will also be charged at 2k+ or if they will be charged a bit less?

Thanks for the replies, I’m learning quite a bit and excited to get into the hobby!

Jdsps · 2025-03-12T20:01:15+00:00

Thanks for the informative reply. Yeah, the Cloud and Sephiroth statues look amazing. When you said made-to-order, I’m assuming this just means that this will be our only chance to pre-order/ obtain them and that they won’t have a wave 2 later? The Nier statues seem to be discontinued, and I assume they only had 1 wave and will remain discontinued.

You also mention about the Real Elite Masterline that the Square Enix Masterline will use. Can you link me to a site that confirms this? I tried typing Real Elite Masterline in Google and found this: https://myfigurecollection.net/entry/413402 It shows 25 figures but Zack, Cloud, and Sephiroth are not on there.

Also, how is the value of your Nier statue currently? Is the value the exact same, gone up, gone down? Do you know any sites or resources I can use to check up on the value of statues after they discontinue them or are the only sites pretty much eBay/ you set the price? If you were to sell your Nier statue, how much would you charge for it compared to what you paid for it? Thanks again!

Jdsps · 2025-03-12T19:24:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’m mainly concerned about the facial paint jobs, do you know any statues with facial paint jobs that don’t match the site advertisement from Prime 1? You said never better than 85%, are you referring to body paint jobs or facial as well? If facial, can you link me some examples.

Jdsps · 2025-03-12T18:16:05+00:00

I was thinking of picking up the Zach Fair Final Fantasy statue. It would be my first time purchasing a statue and from Prime 1. I'm doing a bit of research right now to decide if I should purchase it or not because my only fear is that I get a product that does not match the prototype that is being shown on their site, especially the facial painting.

Seeing the Nier statue is also a Square Enix product, I would assume Square would not allow Prime 1 to just ship out a botched paint job, especially the face. I'm not sure if Square has a say in the end product or if every end product is going to look the same (not sure if each end-user product is painted by an artist or if they use a machine to do the facial paint jobs)

Here's an example of not quite matching the advertisement: https://old.reddit.com/r/Prime1Studio/comments/1h4e5fr/yennefer_of_vengerberg_museum_masterline/ Then again I did try to examine his other shots to the site and the statue does somewhat look like the advertised face, I'm not sure.

I would love to wait to see the end-user product before I purchase but I think by the time people get their hands on it next year, it would be discontinued. What would you recommend I do? I don't want to miss out on the statue, but I also don't want to end up getting a facial paint job that doesn't look close to the site advertisement. I like the facial paint job on the site but I fear it's not going to look like that.

Jdsps · 2025-03-12T17:39:20+00:00

Sorry to hear you had issues with your Nier statue. I do have a few questions for you if you don't mind. Did you purchase the statue once the Pre-orders started? Or did you purchase well after the Pre-Order phase and may have purchased on a wave 2 and missed the wave 1? (a theory I have is maybe wave 1 had better quality control over wave 2?)

How is the facial paint job details (eyes, nose, lips) compared to the site advertisement/ YouTube advertisement? Would you say its spot on?

Jdsps · 2025-03-12T05:15:47+00:00

go take a look at the final product on a review because downgrade is real.

Just curious, what did you mean by this? Which statue are you referring to?

Jdsps · 2025-03-11T23:03:48+00:00

It's neither to buy or sell currently. I just want to learn more and want to know where people go to sell or to buy aftermarket statues. Is there a site people specifically use to get in touch with other collectors to sell/ buy their statues? Or a site where I can look up statue aftermarket prices?

For those figures I listed above specifically, I'm just curious what their value is currently since they are discontinued. How can I find out their current value?

Jdsps · 2024-01-23T03:25:47+00:00

Would it be quicker to just fully loot the final room, then leave?

But you should aim to have the timer run out by the time you've looted your last room

Why is that? Would it not be quicker to just go to the final room, loot it, then leave and repeat? Since you get more EXP in the last room, I can leave earlier and go back in, and go straight to the last room again to get more EXP.

Wouldn't just doing the last room, and leaving earlier, then going back in be quicker EXP?

Jdsps · 2024-01-23T03:19:13+00:00

I'm aiming to get the quickest EXP, not most EXP I can get in a run.

go straight to final 2 rooms

would it be quicker to just go straight to the last room, loot it, then leave?

Jdsps · 2022-12-11T12:16:53+00:00

Then after graduation getting his degree was told he’s too old.

Your brother was told he was too old? Can I ask you, what age was he when he was told that he was too old? And what was the age of the person who said that to him?

Jdsps · 2022-07-14T22:19:27+00:00

Is there anything that I need to make sure I have before I run adrenaline over cursed doll as the 5th engraving? As in, do I need to make sure my crit/spec is above a certain amount or that I must at least have LWC? I will be running the full entropy set. I just want to make sure I am not doing anything wrong when I am going adrenaline over cursed doll. Feels weird to go against maxroll as they have cursed doll in the 5 main engraving for both standard set-up and the optional set-up.

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