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So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
Sephiroth and Cloud Strife statues by SquareEnix.
Acquired: December 6, 2006.
The Sierra airship is suspended above them recreating the heated battle scene in the movie.
I'm still trying to justify the cost of these new statues, but they are growing on me daily. Kevin and I had a deal - I'd pay for Sephy and he could pay for Cloud =P
despite her apparent death at the hands of sephiroth, aeris has risen from the dead to continue her romance with cloud... who unfortunately does not return her affection... right about now he's wondering where tifa is!
Sapporo Snow Festival had a giant snow sculpture of Final Fantasy VII to celebrate its 20th Anniversary.
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I was digging through my old college stuff, and came across this fig I made back in 2005 when I was in Boston for college. It is Cloud Strife from Advent Children. I really just pieced him together from pieces at home, and since it was so long ago, parts were limiting, so he was simple. But I liked him. My first -real- custom, though, would be my Black Mage fig I made 2 years later.
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
Leipziger Buchmesse / Leipzig Book Fair 2009
Cosplayers
Mariru as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
Photos posted are 1024 x 684 pixels in size. Source resolution for models only, sorry.
I mentioned a while back that my old sim went down around March. I waited a bit, but finally caved and rented a new one. This is my new backyard!
#Cloudstrife #ItachiUchiha #sexy #Beach #Summer #pool #homestead #flirt #secondlife #Saltandpepper #HillyHaalan #Kazza #YourDreams #Yummy
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
Ya'll not funny.
#CloudStrife #ItachiUchiha #Familytime #MBirdie #DRD #Asteria #Blueberry #Doux #Legendaire #Euthanasia #Paleto #Triggered #RandomMatter #ILCOCOLI #187
Leipzig Book Fair 2013
Leipziger Buchmesse 2013
Cosplayers
2013#023 2013_021 2013-03-16
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-Susaku- (___) 524096 as Oerba Yun Fang from Final Fantasy
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-Noel- (___) 491989 as Yuna Braska [Summoner] from Final Fantasy
Benial (Ben) 680544 as Genesis Rhapsados from Final Fantasy
Shadic (___) 528214 as Tidus from Final Fantasy
Sylvanas (Isabelle) 252478 as Lulu from Final Fantasy
_CloudStrife (Jens) 693481 as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy
Photos posted are 1024x768 pixels in size. Higher resolution (3000x2000) for models only, sorry.
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moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
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moggymawee.com/2021/07/26/play-arts-kai-final-fantasy-7-r...
So I guess it’s high time I posted about my adventures (or rather misadventures) with the latest Version 2 Cloud figure from Play Arts Kai (aka v2 Cloud PAK).
So as you may already know, I’m a massive Cloud Strife fan! Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy 7 made up most of my childhood after moving to New Zealand, so Hwoarang and Cloud were both my centres during that time.
And naturally, to soothe my collector itch, I was desperate to own any Cloud merch at all – be it a keyring, a badge or even just a poster. But there were none. Afterall, I grew up in little old New Zealand, the secluded island nation far away from all things cool (and luckily also something else less cool in these past 2 years ^^”). All I had was fanart I’d spent hours sketching plastered all over my bedroom walls. Little Mary would’ve never dared to dream for a Cloud plushie or figure.
So imagine my utter shock and excitement when I stumbled across Cloud action figures from Play Arts Kai in the year 2017. By that time, they had already released the Advent Children and the Final Fantasy Remake Cloud. So of course, I insta-bought both. Then they released a limited colour version of Cloud in his iconic FF7 purple attire in 2018 so of course, being the loyal Cloud stan I was, I had to get him too! At that time, I was still blissfully ignorant and fearless of defects so I boldly ordered directly from the US Square Enix store and had it shipped to me from a forwarding company (this essentially voids any claims for refunds/returns in case of defects).
Fortunately, this Cloud arrived mostly perfect (the stand bags at the back came loose, but that’s nothing major). Perhaps the quality control back then was better, because out of the eight Final Fantasy PAKs I bought that year, only Prompto came with glaring defects.
This brings us nicely to my very memorable experience with the latest v2 Cloud PAK. The v2 Cloud looks amazing, he’s impeccable in likeness and aesthetics, and is hands down the best Cloud figure to date. All fantastic news, until you realize the defect rate has gone straight through the roof and you’re now getting completely drenched by rain. Seriously.
My first Cloud I preordered from Amiami came with hideous black dots embedded in the plastic at the front of his hair, so I returned him for a replacement.
Honestly, for a figure that costs $200-300NZD, you shouldn’t have to deal with these sorts of defects. And all this fiasco happened while covid was rife with no vaccines in sight, and international flights were incredibly limited so return postage to Japan was ludicrous. From memory, it cost $120NZD which was essentially over half the cost of the figure itself. Fortunately, Amiami reimbursed this in full, and the replacement figure they later sent me was thankfully perfect.
Now this would’ve been a pretty smooth and happy ending to my v2 Cloud PAK adventures if I’d been satisfied with having just one v2 Cloud. However, the Cloud stan in me itched for more – after all, this was “hands down the best Cloud figure to date” right?! I must have one to keep perfect and dust free in box, and another one out of box for display. Right?! So I proceeded to order ANOTHER v2 Cloud, this time locally from Mighty Ape. I assumed any returns would be much easier and cheaper to arrange.
And this is where the nightmare really begins. The first one from Mighty Ape came with a chipped nose and messy paint defects. Organizing a replacement took needlessly long. There was a lot of back and forth, and responses were often delayed by up to 4-7 days at a time. Finally, my replacement came after over a month? And this one was even worse! He had floating hair, messy lips, loose hips and a loose wrist! No way was I keeping a $290NZD figure like this (Mighty Ape charges more for him ($290NZD) than Amiami ($200NZD) even including international shipping and GST)! So I reached out to Mighty Ape again. I’m certain they were all sick of me by now ^^” that crazy Cloud lady lmao.
Anyway, because it was already a replacement figure they only offered me the option to keep him or return for a refund. I chose to return him and order one from Amiami instead, hoping I would have better luck there. My Prompto with the sexy shoulders also came from Mighty Ape, so I wondered whether they just stock the “bad batch” – either “re-released” ones or from an inferior factory? That’s what I chose to believe anyway, to settle my anxieties about getting yet another defective Cloud from Amiami. To my relief, my fifth and final Cloud was perfect. So that fortunately ended my v2 Cloud saga.
And before you all roll your judgy eyes at me, I must mention that it isn’t just me having all these issues with v2 Cloud. My colleague, another fellow Cloud stan, also had to go through three Cloud figures (all from Amiami) before getting a decent one without significant defects. So between the two of us, we had to go through 8x Clouds to get 3x good ones. That’s like a 60% defect rate! Neither of us had any problems with the previous Cloud PAKs. I owned three Clouds before v2 Cloud and she owned seven, so it’s quite a decent sample size too!
So yes, I can finally rest easy now that I have two good v2 Clouds. This brings my total Cloud PAK count to five! Though after such a sour and stressful experience, I don’t think my heart’s up to purchasing any more PAKs. So unless the next Clouds are super freaking unbelievably amazing, I think I’m fully done collecting these.
Project 365 // Day 59
Cloud Strife is one of my all-time favorite Final Fantasy characters. Final Fantasy 7 was a a very important game, not only was it the first Final Fantasy in 3D (on the Playstation) but it is also the first Final Fantasy most people have played. This version of Cloud is the one in Kingdom Hearts II, and has a very demonic appearance, starting out as a villain. He wears a crimson cape and claw-like left arm (very much like Vincent Valentine).
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Leipzig Book Fair 2013
Leipziger Buchmesse 2013
Cosplayers
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-Susaku- (___) 524096 as Oerba Yun Fang from Final Fantasy
-Noel- (___) 491989 as Yuna Braska [Summoner] from Final Fantasy
Benial (Ben) 680544 as Genesis Rhapsados from Final Fantasy
Shadic (___) 528214 as Tidus from Final Fantasy
Sylvanas (Isabelle) 252478 as Lulu from Final Fantasy
_CloudStrife (Jens) 693481 as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy
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