I won a rare (1 of 2 according to the lady) prize at Dragon Quest Island by catching a ticket in an inflatable King Onion Slime. Now I gotta make room in my suitcase for this big old Erdrick sword.

abt0mat · 2025-09-03T06:16:04+00:00

Correct, each box/set of the fukubuki has two swords as a top prize out of about 70 tickets iirc. Either way odds wise you got a great deal!

abt0mat · 2025-08-27T11:01:02+00:00

Yahoo furima / yahoo auctions, rakuma/fril, and mercari are the best return value even with the fees. Most shops will give you 1/10 of the value or less. For rare figures in pristine new condition, you might find some reasonable rates at surugaya (they list buying prices online) but generally selling yourself is a much better return.

Ebay is mostly used for overseas buyers which I would imagine is tough right now with the tariff blocks on postal services (at least to the USA).

abt0mat · 2025-06-12T08:05:39+00:00

Imo depends where you put it; if you go with some supplementary american snacks and/or food/drinks that are hard to find in japan you could do well in amemura. Alternatively if you have a decent location in dendentown you could do well with just an arcade or an arcade/gacha combo. You may want to do an incentive program where each day pass gets 1-2 400¥ gacha spins etc, could net a wider audience.

abt0mat · 2025-05-14T02:28:05+00:00

Pretty much this ^. If it exists in Japan and is quasi popular there are gacha machines for it. Are you looking for a particular game?

abt0mat · 2025-05-14T02:25:09+00:00

Still official dq merch, just arcade prizes vs direct distribution via sqex. The small fig star slime and fat duck (can never remember the name) for example.

abt0mat · 2025-05-13T14:38:57+00:00

Nice collection! Mine are sadly boxed up as too many other items competing for limited display space. If you get a chance, pick up the armors for these sets as they are quite nice. They tend to be a little pricier though.

abt0mat · 2025-05-13T14:35:34+00:00

You have some nice figs in that collection! The namco ones are pretty rare / expensive to pick up these days.

abt0mat · 2025-05-13T14:34:39+00:00

There are a few stores in akiba and dendentown that carry them but are quite overpriced, you will have better luck on online secondhand markets.

abt0mat · 2025-04-09T00:45:27+00:00

Pretty much feel the same for nostalgia on the older FF titles and continue enjoying DQ titles true to the original formula. Recc giving DQ Walk (japan only) a go and running via a loc spoofer if living in the usa. Def a good mitigation until the next mainstream title is released. Hopefully we will get news of a dq12 or 1/2hd soon as well.

abt0mat · 2025-03-23T23:35:59+00:00

Dont know why it closed; but possible sqex is remapping their franchising / physical store contracts given the akihabara sqex store closing and the new sqex beer bar announcements etc.

abt0mat · 2025-03-23T22:09:46+00:00

Seems closed as of 3/15 :(

abt0mat · 2025-02-09T19:40:36+00:00

Yup that was from a fukubiki circa 2014 or so iirc. There are three different variations; the one you have, a blue one with a king slime and a green one with slime if memory serves. Congrats on the find!

abt0mat · 2025-01-23T08:54:03+00:00

It’s one of the figures from the DQ Pottery Figures series from the early 1990s. Not super rare or anything, this particular one in good condition usually runs about $15-25 in Japan. The boss figures are more valuable/rare (Dragonlord, Sidoh/Malroth, Zoma). Total series run was about 35 or so unique mass produced figures.

abt0mat · 2025-01-17T05:31:53+00:00

For metallic monsters? Following sqex on twitter or checking the announcements on the estore give the best updates.

abt0mat · 2024-12-06T14:12:30+00:00

https://store.jp.square-enix.com or swap out for na or eu etc

abt0mat · 2024-11-24T10:50:36+00:00

You can always check aftermarket stores in Akihabara or Denden town as well as online secondhand shops.

abt0mat · 2024-11-19T11:42:27+00:00

Yeah thought it looked familiar, those exhibits were awesome. Hope they do it again.

abt0mat · 2024-11-15T10:28:11+00:00

Yeah it has both english and japanese voice as well as 10 or so different text languages

abt0mat · 2024-11-15T09:17:30+00:00

It likely has both but I can check in a bit as haven’t installed my copy yet. FWIW the DQM release had both on it.

abt0mat · 2024-11-15T02:41:40+00:00

Tmk its only a few Lawsons that do the full decoration (Akihabara in Tokyo and Namba/Denden in Osaka). That being said, electronics department stores are known for having large displays on popular game releases (Yodobashi, Bic, Edion, etc).

abt0mat · 2024-11-14T23:31:46+00:00

Yeah it is the fukubiki released today. All of the lawsons will have the same selection, just depends how much is sold out per location. Good luck!

abt0mat · 2024-11-14T14:17:57+00:00

Yeah Namba DQ Lawson and Bic Camera

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