When it comes to video game junk I can’t get enough Final Fantasy stuff. They could make Final Fantasy tampons and I’d probably buy every box I could just to make sure I had one with Cloud and a Cactuar on it. But I don’t think they’d put a Cactuar on a tampon packet. A Moogle would make sense though.

Anyway, the following is samplings of things I have lying around that have something to do with Final Fantasy. Everything listed below is stuff I just imported from a far off land known as Hong Kong. A mystical place filled with cheap video game junk for stupid westerners to buy... and fish... and uh... Chinese people...


Cactuar phone strap





First up is my Final Fantasy Cactuar phone strap. Those little cactus guys are one of my favourite video game characters, but I do hate it when the little shits use their ‘1,000 Needles’ attack. But, outside of battle, I have a bizarre fondness for them, which in turn lead me to buying one of them to hang off the end of my phone.



This is what my Cactuar phone strap thing came in. Exciting yes!?


The Cactuar itself is a solid piece of plastic and is well detailed. Admittedly there’s not much to it, but it does look good even up close. Further down the strap is the artificial leather name tag with Sabotender written on it, which is the original Japanese name for these creatures. It’s embossed in the tag so it won’t show up all that well in the image above.

UPDATE: Cactuar is fading fast!! Okay, so the fake leather on the strap is doing okay. It's gone a little soft, but overall it's not in bad shape. Cactuar on the other hand is dying. One of his three spikes on his head has snapped off and the colour is rubbing off his belly. He still looks good, but I don't think he can live on the end of my phone for any longer than another six months before his colour and spikes will be all gone. Hang on little buddy!

Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Potion




This next item, the Final Fantasy VII potion, was something I saw ages ago but avoided because it seemed too stupid, even for a junk hoarder like me. But when I was looking around for more junk to add to my collection I noticed that there were a few discounted ones due to a few dents in the can. They were so cheap I figured I may as well get one.





When it finally arrived I must say I was glad I picked one up. Even if the contents probably taste like cat piss and poison the Final Fantasy logo plastered on it makes it look great.





I don’t plan on opening this thing anytime soon, but I’m sure one of two things will happen. One is I’ll leave it in view of some idiot/family member/friend who will open it, drink it, and throw it away, leading me to murder them. Or I’ll get wicked drunk and crack it open, only to then wake up the next morning at look at what I’ve done in disgust.


Final Fantasy XII Limited Edition Original Soundtrack





The last item is my new baby – the Final Fantasy XII Limited Edition Original Soundtrack. I remember when these first came out and all the bullshit I went through deciding whether I should get it or not until it was too late to grab one. So this time around when one presented itself I jumped on it like it was a crazed badger and then tamed it with my ancient aboriginal animal communication skills. Metaphorically speaking.








The detail in the packaging is fantastic and the care that has gone into its construction is obvious when you look at it closely. The printing quality is amazing compared to other cases I’ve seen printed on this kind of laminated cardboard stock.





The art book is printed on what feels like recycled paper. It looks great, but this type of paper doesn’t show colour very well, so some of the photos look a little washed out. That said, it does fit into the whole theme of Final Fantasy XII’s medieval world, but glossy paper would have been a little better.

I would show interior shots, but I can’t get the bastard to stay open so I can take photos. I don’t want to force it open, and every time I try and take a one handed photo it comes out looking awful. Considering how bad most of my photos are already I don’t want to put up even worse ones.



So that’s it for another week or so. Next time I’ll probably do some more Final Fantasy junk I have lying around, or I could show off my collection of unofficial GunCon pedals for the original PlayStation. Actually I better save them up for my big finale.

As usual, comments would be very much appreciated.