Thrifting for Final Fantasy merchandise in Japan

[@AlleywayJack]

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[@jackthebossli492]

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[@Jazon2901]

Lovely work mate, glad you had a brilliant trip

[@AlleywayJack]

Cheers mate! 🙌

[@MrJCMasterman]

So glad you had a fun time! I’m very much eager to go myself, though it’ll definitely take some planning. X3

[@AlleywayJack]

Thanks mate, yeah I hope you manage to get out there it was good fun :)

[@havocbringer2100]

That was a great recap video, nice change of pace from the usual content (which I love of course), I hope I'll be able to travel to Japan in the near future to get some nice FF merch.

[@magical-soap5359]

Honestly that was fascinating to watch! Thrifting looks cool 😎

[@AlleywayJack]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this :)

[@AtticusRh0des]

Final Fantasy Tactics is being remade for the ps5, It supposedly was being done along side all of squares other projects but gets put aside when big titles like rebirth go into production, in the last ATB Report they said "Soon a tactical decision will be made so god save the queen" and every assumed it means tactics will be officially revealed. 9 is allegedly getting an hd/remake port of some kind as well despite the switch hd port.

[@TheDigitalDecade]

Makes me want to go!

[@mornitzsardine]

Ekse, turn on gsync to avoid all that stuff jack i hope i can help

[@iamvengeance2056]

next month i’m going on holiday to japan and i want to see and buy final fantasy merch but once again can you give me advice or recommendation on where to buy final fantasy merch but some kind of second hand/thrift place?? so i don't buy it too expensive

[@AlleywayJack]

Depending on where you are visiting there may be a Kotobukiya store which is an official retailer for new FF merch along with Square stores, I think these are situated mostly in Tokyo (I just got back from Kyushu and they didn't have either of these stores around (the closest was Osaka)). Aside from that, for action figures you may have luck in a Book Off or Hard Off store, which sells both 2nd hand and boxed as-new products, or an Animate store, of which there are many across Japan. For general merch like plushies, badges, posters etc, Animate or Lashinbang are your best bet. And you can use Google maps to search for 'Hobby Stores' which often have some gaming/anime merch.

[@Charles64200]

Which stores would you recommend in priority for FF merch?

[@AlleywayJack]

From my experience there and in a priority order that assumes you want to quickly find FF merch without spending all day running around thrift stores, I would suggest Kotobukiya book stores, Artnia cafe at Square HQ in Tokyo, or one of the Eorzea cafes, all of which sell FF merch new. After that there is the Akihabara district which has a huge array of hobby stores dedicated to gaming/anime merch, but is a known tourist destination for this stuff so is a bit pricey imo. (though bargains can still be found as with my Cloud figure I mention in this video). If you are looking for older final fantasy merch (e.g. that precedes FF15), or cheaper/2nd hand products, I would suggest checking out the Lashinbang stores, or searching 'hobby shops' while you're over there, as they are literally everywhere in major cities... but this method is a bit pot-luck with whether you'll find any Final Fantasy merch at these stores. I would say there was FF merch in about 70% of the Lashinbang's I checked though so I would think you'll have success in at least one of their many stores. I hope that helps.

[@AlleywayJack]

Also Super Potato, which doesn't sell proper 'merch' per se, but does tend to stock old FF games and strategy guides and bits like that which is cool.

[@hansolo6831]

Awesome

[@NoctLightCloud]

while I like ff15 and ff7R, I think that the merch being mainly from those two makes the whole roster look a bit bland tbh. I've lived in Japan in 2015 and 2019 and I remember never really liking the 10000 Promptos, Sephiroths etc😂 It's like Goku and Ruffy😂 They're everywhere!

[@AlleywayJack]

@NoctLightCloud I am going to be back in Japan next month, I'll be interested to what merch is like now FF16 and Rebirth have released

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@AlleywayJack I'll be heading to Japan next Tuesday! can't wait to check everything out again. It's been some time for me.

[@AlleywayJack]

@NoctLightCloud Awesome! Hope you have a great time, drop me a comment if you see any cool FF stuff! I'm going to Fukuoka on my trip so I don't know how the stores compare to Osaka/Tokyo but I'm psyched nonetheless.

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@AlleywayJack I'll do! If I forget, send me a comment here in mid-October and I might be able to drop some piece of advice for my fellow viewers here.