Joy Station Studio has just announced their line of 1/4 statues for FFVII starting with Cloud (next up will be Red XIII). Their statues are usually good. Of course the quality of P1 is much higher, but Joy Station manages prices of $500 per figure. It is 1/5 of what a P1 costs. The bases they have chosen don't convince me either and we do not know if they will continue with the rest of the characters or when. I would at least want Cloud, Tifa and Aerith.
Im looking into Solar Studio. They I have their Yuffie on order and Barret. They arent on P1 level but they are good enough for me and for less than 1k
It’s not that i can’t afford it, it’s the fact that i know that when i pay 5k, i’m paying at least 2k too much, and that excludes shipping. Every other 1/4 has a range of 1k to 1.5k. Also, if you purchase these, you’re going to want the rest as well, Tifa, Red, etc etc. I refuse to fall for that.
I was thinking it would be $2000 at most for each. I was a bit concerned when I saw the prices but given Square's track record for licensing it wasnt super unexpected. I preordered both last night as soon as they went live. I have owned an unlicensed Cloud and Sephiroth in the past and they dont hold a candle to Prime1. I've waited for this moment for years.
I really had to think about this purchase after putting a few pieces up for sale to get the extra funds I finally po'ed The FF7 bundle. I got it $400 usd cheaper on another site that I buy from. Still not happy with square enixs greed. Also there won't be an edition size from what I'm aware of.
If i loved this series of games that much to this day (loved it growing up) then I'd pay it. To put it in perspective you can buy the practically half scale predator with switch outs and crazy base for $300 more lol.
Or you could also get a 1/4 Guts & Casca with giant base for 1900$ and still have money to spare. I love this series as well but can’t justify paying this price lol. Insane.
The pricing was originally supposed to be "affordable" but they jacked up the price to try and limit the number of orders they get because they're worried about production capacity. Which is kinda lame because if they were really worried about capacity, they could've just set an ES from the beginning, but obviously greed took over and they wanted to see how many they could sell at an insane price. I'm buying from a Japan-based store to get the much cheaper yen price.
Trying to get as much as they can… hopefully not in a death spiral for Prime 1. I think they are extremely worried about tariffs, on top of putting out statues that have not gained much interest lately.
I have Dragon Studio's 1/4 Sephiroth statue and at least with that one the sword wasn't the issue even though it's metal, it stayed in place quite easily and wasn't that heavy. It was the freaking heavy as hell wing that definitely needs the support rod that came with it. Hell, even with the rod I was worried if it was enough to support the wing. Though I have that Sephiroth can't deny I'm tempted to get this pair by Prime1 even with the outrageous SquareEnix Tax that comes with it. The details/character likeness is just too perfect to pass up.
@@shane7321 Damn man, that sucks... I'm sorry that happened to you. Not surprised though since the wing is so heavy. Have my statue in storage at the moment but eventually was planning to display it without the wing just because I was worried about it falling off and breaking.
@@Akabanesun It's all good. It was a lesson learned. Now I'm just debating about whether to purchase these P1 statues of cloud and sephiroth atm. Too damn expensive.
I'm buying Cloud because there's only very few statues of cloud to begin with. Sephiroth and Tifa have plenty of statues, and they look just as good if not better than P1 in some cases, so I'll probably buy those unlicensed for a fair and honest price. BTW you should play the original, it's superior to the remake.
Don’t know how anyone could have missed the original Final Fantasy seven. That game was game of the year on PlayStation and really raised the bar for all RPG’s afterwards. The most amazing story in any video game I have ever played in my lifetime. And the best characters who really created an emotional bond with the player.These are the statues that will represent such an iconic game.
P1 / Square enix is super greedy. 5k usd =7100 can its a rip off. For 2 1/4 scale masterline Museum statues like come on here. Easy pass for me. Wait did you say Zack Flair? Lmao 🤣 whoo!
I'd love to own Cloud, Zack and Sephiroth, but that asking price? Sorry it's just too much, especially for 1/4 Scale statues! You could maybe justify those prices for 1/3 Scale, but 1/3 scale statues absolutely eat up display space. And this doesn't even factor in postage/shipping costs, presumably the price of shipping for the two together would be the same as if you bought them individually? I do agree that Zack should be available at a lower price, yeah he's got his own game with Crisis Core and he's a bigger part of the Remake timeline/series too, but I don't think he's in anyone's top 10 must have characters in statue form for FFVII. I'm hopeful in the future we get statues of all of the main cast: Tifa, Aerith, Barret, Yuffie, Reeve + Cait Sith, Vincent, Red XIII/Nanaki and Cid. Though I would also like some other statues of characters like The Turks (All of them together on a single base.), Roche on his Bike (Potentially paired with Cloud on a Bike?), Avalanche Trio (Biggs, Wedge and Jessie.) and plenty of others. Though I doubt we'll see many of them through Prime 1, likely they'll get made by other statue/figure studios.
I LOVE FF7 but this is too much. Other options are out there for a fraction of the cost. If this was a huge diorama like the kong/godzilla set then yeah i could justify the cost. But not for 2 1/4's on a rather simplistic overall base.
Insane prices. No 1/4 is worth that.
It’s such a simple design too. I expect a price like that for elaborate dioramas
not to mention when you factor in Zack...you're looking at a 7-7.5k overall presentation....without shipping
Those FF lovers with enough money will still get it 😂
very sad pricing
Joy Station Studio has just announced their line of 1/4 statues for FFVII starting with Cloud (next up will be Red XIII). Their statues are usually good. Of course the quality of P1 is much higher, but Joy Station manages prices of $500 per figure. It is 1/5 of what a P1 costs. The bases they have chosen don't convince me either and we do not know if they will continue with the rest of the characters or when. I would at least want Cloud, Tifa and Aerith.
Im looking into Solar Studio. They I have their Yuffie on order and Barret. They arent on P1 level but they are good enough for me and for less than 1k
It’s not that i can’t afford it, it’s the fact that i know that when i pay 5k, i’m paying at least 2k too much, and that excludes shipping.
Every other 1/4 has a range of 1k to 1.5k.
Also, if you purchase these, you’re going to want the rest as well, Tifa, Red, etc etc.
I refuse to fall for that.
Can’t wait to get these awesome pieces. Thanks again for the heads up on mistakenly buying them separately 🤦♂️.
Preordered cloud/sephi regular on clubhouse! If you are in Europe I suggest you them for the preorder, no shipping cost and many payment opportunities
I was thinking it would be $2000 at most for each. I was a bit concerned when I saw the prices but given Square's track record for licensing it wasnt super unexpected. I preordered both last night as soon as they went live. I have owned an unlicensed Cloud and Sephiroth in the past and they dont hold a candle to Prime1. I've waited for this moment for years.
I really had to think about this purchase after putting a few pieces up for sale to get the extra funds I finally po'ed The FF7 bundle. I got it $400 usd cheaper on another site that I buy from. Still not happy with square enixs greed. Also there won't be an edition size from what I'm aware of.
If i loved this series of games that much to this day (loved it growing up) then I'd pay it. To put it in perspective you can buy the practically half scale predator with switch outs and crazy base for $300 more lol.
Or you could also get a 1/4 Guts & Casca with giant base for 1900$ and still have money to spare. I love this series as well but can’t justify paying this price lol. Insane.
The pricing was originally supposed to be "affordable" but they jacked up the price to try and limit the number of orders they get because they're worried about production capacity. Which is kinda lame because if they were really worried about capacity, they could've just set an ES from the beginning, but obviously greed took over and they wanted to see how many they could sell at an insane price. I'm buying from a Japan-based store to get the much cheaper yen price.
Trying to get as much as they can… hopefully not in a death spiral for Prime 1. I think they are extremely worried about tariffs, on top of putting out statues that have not gained much interest lately.
For cloud. You can go get dream boat studio cloud. I think they make it quite good.
@@applemonkey7305 Look up Joy Collectibles Cloud. Really good for a studio that doesn’t use the files from the game.
I have Dragon Studio's 1/4 Sephiroth statue and at least with that one the sword wasn't the issue even though it's metal, it stayed in place quite easily and wasn't that heavy. It was the freaking heavy as hell wing that definitely needs the support rod that came with it. Hell, even with the rod I was worried if it was enough to support the wing. Though I have that Sephiroth can't deny I'm tempted to get this pair by Prime1 even with the outrageous SquareEnix Tax that comes with it. The details/character likeness is just too perfect to pass up.
I had that same statue of Sephiroth and mine fell over. The studio wouldn't do anything since the nothing was broken when it arrived.
@@shane7321 Damn man, that sucks... I'm sorry that happened to you. Not surprised though since the wing is so heavy. Have my statue in storage at the moment but eventually was planning to display it without the wing just because I was worried about it falling off and breaking.
@@Akabanesun It's all good. It was a lesson learned. Now I'm just debating about whether to purchase these P1 statues of cloud and sephiroth atm. Too damn expensive.
I'm buying Cloud because there's only very few statues of cloud to begin with.
Sephiroth and Tifa have plenty of statues, and they look just as good if not better than P1 in some cases, so I'll probably buy those unlicensed for a fair and honest price.
BTW you should play the original, it's superior to the remake.
New house? Knew it 😎
@SemiMinion He's running out of space, so he needs to buy a new house 💁♂ That's only logical 🙃
That square enix tax all the nier p1 statues are also expensive
Don’t know how anyone could have missed the original Final Fantasy seven. That game was game of the year on PlayStation and really raised the bar for all RPG’s afterwards. The most amazing story in any video game I have ever played in my lifetime. And the best characters who really created an emotional bond with the player.These are the statues that will represent such an iconic game.
Except FFVI had a better story and better characters. Less teen melodrama.
PO here from France, my wallet rip
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P1 / Square enix is super greedy. 5k usd =7100 can its a rip off. For 2 1/4 scale masterline Museum statues like come on here. Easy pass for me.
Wait did you say Zack Flair? Lmao 🤣 whoo!
I'd love to own Cloud, Zack and Sephiroth, but that asking price? Sorry it's just too much, especially for 1/4 Scale statues! You could maybe justify those prices for 1/3 Scale, but 1/3 scale statues absolutely eat up display space. And this doesn't even factor in postage/shipping costs, presumably the price of shipping for the two together would be the same as if you bought them individually? I do agree that Zack should be available at a lower price, yeah he's got his own game with Crisis Core and he's a bigger part of the Remake timeline/series too, but I don't think he's in anyone's top 10 must have characters in statue form for FFVII.
I'm hopeful in the future we get statues of all of the main cast: Tifa, Aerith, Barret, Yuffie, Reeve + Cait Sith, Vincent, Red XIII/Nanaki and Cid. Though I would also like some other statues of characters like The Turks (All of them together on a single base.), Roche on his Bike (Potentially paired with Cloud on a Bike?), Avalanche Trio (Biggs, Wedge and Jessie.) and plenty of others. Though I doubt we'll see many of them through Prime 1, likely they'll get made by other statue/figure studios.
I love this game to death, but am not willing to pay those prices. In Germany, Sephiroth alone will probably cost 3,5K ❗🙅♂️🙅♂️🙅♂️
I LOVE FF7 but this is too much. Other options are out there for a fraction of the cost. If this was a huge diorama like the kong/godzilla set then yeah i could justify the cost. But not for 2 1/4's on a rather simplistic overall base.
Why preorder they will be 50% off eventually how many people are going to pay 5k for just 2 statues in the current economy very very few.
Did nier get 50%? And they can do low ES for these FF statue
Sometimes you simply can't risk that. That's one of the times
They will not drop the price on these.
It's the game you play unfortunately. The 13k FFVI statue hasn't gone on discount and is quite hard to even find one for sale.
Nah. Good luck because it will be sold.
If this was KINGDOM HEARTS, I'd definitely buy. I'm obsessed 😍, so yes, I would go all out. But FF7 is great but not interested in this merchandise.
Too bad these will never be appreciated if you get them. There is zero space. You need to cut your collection by half at least.
Anyone who buys these will loose money and is just dumb