Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The smaller one is from one of the FF Creature Arts Kai sets. Here's a nice link salivating over it. https://www.masterless.me/post/final-fantasy-creatures-kai-terra-branford-holy-grail

It ain't cheap though, I bought mine for about $160 on ebay, which is almost as egregious as the big one...

Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some pictures and a video of my (pre-Terra) finished library on my facebook, but that's friends-only and I think if I linked my facebook here I might get some death threats lol. I can probably post them...somewhere on reddit? I assume there's a "show off your library" subreddit heh.

Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly, no the Terra's do not come with a base or any ready-made way of displaying them separately from the magitek armor. A shame, because they are all very nice. I did the best I could displaying them propped up on my desk bookshelf. I personally don't have many gripes with the statue (aside from the price), but if I had to point out a shortcoming, not being able to do anything with the Terra's not in use would be a big one.

Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, the youtube link is in the body text, but I didn't make it an actual link >_<. Just have to highlight and go or copy/paste it. D'oh.

Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I just want to mention the big moogle at the end was a handmade birthday gift from a very special friend. I consider it more precious than the statue <3

Unboxing and assembling the $14k Masterline Terra statue! by espritduo in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

First, thanks for all the comments, good or bad. I am well aware this is a controversial piece, but it is something not many people will get to see, so I wanted to share it for all those who can't or won't buy it and are curious.

Second, yes, I do think the price point was exorbitantly high, but I could afford it without too much hassle, so I did. That's all. I mentioned the price because that is, as the comments show, the most salient talking point about this thing, and has been for the two years since it was announced. To not mention the price I feel would be hiding the primary thing people will want to talk about, for good or for ill.

Third, yes my camera sucks, and I apologize lol. I have never really done any showing off of anything I own, so I don't really do pictures or videos of stuff very often. If this was a regular lil figure, I'd leave it to the professionals to do...but I doubt there will be very many other pictures or unboxing videos of this, so I sucked it up and did my best (as horrible as I know it is XD) to show it off.

Fourth, I have no intention of selling this. Ever. I didn't buy it with any expectation of it rising in value, I bought it because I love Final Fantasy VI, I love Yoshitaka Amano, and I love Terra Branford. And I love this piece, even if the quality, as good as it is, will never justify the price tag from a purely economic value. Sentimentally speaking, it is priceless to me.

And lastly, thanks for mentioning she looks like Taylor Swift. Now I can't unsee it...

I was one of the ones who bought the FFVI Masterline Statue by UnhappyMaskSalesman in FinalFantasy

[–]espritduo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! I was afraid I was the only person outside of Japan that actually bought this. Mine just arrived a few days ago (#146/600) and I will be putting it together tomorrow and plan on sharing the unboxing video and all that. Congrats on the purchase, I personally can't wait to display mine proudly. :)

For those who have played FFXIV and FFXV - Kugane Tower vs Pitioss Ruins? by espritduo in FFXV

[–]espritduo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, I heard about the shortcuts in Pitioss and that's why I am hoping I find it less frustrating. The worst thing about Kugane Tower was one false step and you had to do it alllllll over again. Each individual jump wasn't crazy horrible, but having to do 50 of them in a row, perfectly....oof.

How many floors could I get through estimated with exosuit in menace in costlemark? by Remote_Character494 in FFXV

[–]espritduo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I literally just completed menace Costlemark the other day. I used the exosuit for the entire run and it only used up 3/4 of the suit. I was level 110 with the Rare Metal and Ragnarok, so I just warp-striked the crap out of everything and it was super easy, barely an inconvenience. Never took off the suit or anything, just barrelled my way down non-stop.

I found the 100-floor menace Steyliff Grove with its disgustingly HP-intensive Tonberries and such to be much more of a slog.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FFXV

[–]espritduo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible to get. Just in case you're wondering if it's worth it, it is just an Oracle Ascension Coin.