{"id":124255,"date":"2022-04-25T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130606"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:45:00","slug":"random-this-stunning-final-fantasy-vi-terra-magitek-armour-statue-costs-a-small-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/random-this-stunning-final-fantasy-vi-terra-magitek-armour-statue-costs-a-small-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: This Stunning Final Fantasy VI &#8216;Terra Magitek Armour&#8217; Statue Costs A Small Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/65ba704e294bc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/65ba704e294bc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/65ba704e294bc\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"-2BgTA2DZ7w\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/final_fantasy_iii\">Final Fantasy VI<\/a> merchandise has up jumping out of our seats in excitement. The much-beloved sixth entry in the legendary <a href=\"\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/browse?title=series%3Afinal_fantasy\">Final Fantasy<\/a> series \u2014 which celebrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/03\/final-fantasys-35th-anniversary-website-hints-at-new-projects\">its 35th anniversary this year<\/a> \u2014 rarely gets much attention from Square Enix. That&#8217;s despite a successful PC and mobile remaster earlier this year as part of the Pixel Remaster series, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/07\/square_enix_says_a_console_version_of_final_fantasy_pixel_remaster_depends_on_demand\">we <em>desperately<\/em> want on the Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, perhaps there&#8217;s a reason there hasn&#8217;t been much merch for Final Fantasy VI \u2014 for one big blow-out celebration. Square Enix has unveiled an utterly gorgeous statue of one of the game&#8217;s main protagonists, Terra, atop a Magitek armour. It&#8217;s a recreation of the game&#8217;s iconic logo, crafted in stunning detail. Just feast your eyes on it:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">SQEX MASTERLINE FFVI\u306f\u8ca9\u58f2\u4fa1\u683c1,485,000\u5186\uff08\u7a0e\u8fbc\uff09\u3001<br \/>2023\u5e747\u670828\u65e5\u767a\u58f2\u4e88\u5b9a\u3001<br \/>\u5168\u4e16\u754c600\u500b\u9650\u5b9a\u751f\u7523\uff08\u305d\u306e\u3046\u3061\u65e5\u672c\u306f150\u500b\uff09\u3067\u3059\u3002<br \/>\u203b\u5404\u56fd\u306e\u5272\u308a\u632f\u308a\u306f\u53d7\u6ce8\u72b6\u6cc1\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u5909\u66f4\u306e\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u304c\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059<br \/>\u203b\u751f\u7523\u6570\u306b\u9054\u3057\u6b21\u7b2c\u4e88\u7d04\u7d42\u4e86\u3068\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3059<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SQEXMASTERLINE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SQEXMASTERLINE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FF6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FF6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OCGI5WeKwo\">pic.twitter.com\/OCGI5WeKwo<\/a><\/span>\u2014 SQUARE ENIX Official Goods (@SQEX_MD_GOODS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SQEX_MD_GOODS\/status\/1518048212166545411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s share a machine translation of the tweet which sheds light on something pretty eye-watering.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>SQEX MASTERLINE FFVI has a selling price of 1,485,000 yen (tax included),<br \/>Scheduled to be released on July 28, 2023,<br \/>Limited to 600 pieces worldwide (of which 150 are in Japan).<br \/>\u203b Allocation in each country is subject to change depending on the order status.<br \/>\u203b Reservations will end as soon as the number of production is reached.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>You&#8217;re reading that correctly \u2014 the statue costs nearly 1.5 million yen. This means that this green-haired Terra Branford, riding majestically atop of a Magitek armour, just like she does in the snowfields outside of Narshe at the beginning of the game, just like on the game&#8217;s logo, will cost you <strong>nearly $<\/strong><strong>12,000<\/strong>. Or just <strong>over<\/strong> <strong>\u00a39,000<\/strong> (Yes, we realise the joke is there. Not this time.). We&#8217;re crying. You&#8217;re crying. All of our wallets are crying.<\/p>\n<p>If you can actually afford this, there are only 600 of them available, so you might want to snap one up. We&#8217;re jealous if you can. We want one for the office.<\/p>\n<p>Look, Square Enix, it&#8217;s an <em>incredible<\/em> statue, but if the Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi thinks it&#8217;s too expensive, maybe it&#8217;s too expensive (Thanks for the translation, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cheesemeister3k\">@Cheesemeister3k<\/a>!):<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hironobu Sakaguchi: \u201cYeah, no. Even in comparison to the cost of creating dioramas for Fantasian. Isn\u2019t this a bit much? Are you okay, Square-Enix?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1OSOvf63u9\">https:\/\/t.co\/1OSOvf63u9<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Cheesemeister \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89 (@Cheesemeister3k) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cheesemeister3k\/status\/1518093397092753408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>To celebrate pre-orders opening for the statue, Square Enix interviewed the man who designed the original logo that the statue is based on, the world-renowned series artist Yoshitaka Amano, and asked him about his thoughts on the statue. His first impression of this piece of art was &#8220;Wow, it really exists.&#8221; The artist also talks about his experience working on the legendary Super Nintendo RPG, and how he applied his knowledge of working with science fiction outside of the Final Fantasy brand to this steampunk-inspired adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Terra was a rare example of a female protagonist back in the mid-&#8217;90s, and though the question of who the <em>real<\/em> protagonist of Final Fantasy VI is often debated, there&#8217;s no denying that Terra is the heart of the game, and one of the most iconic characters in the series.<\/p>\n<p>You can see from the video just how big the statue really is \u2014 imagine how heavy that thing is, then! That explains why Amano wants to display the statue \u2014 we assume he&#8217;s getting one, given what he says in the video \u2014 somewhere for everyone to enjoy. But he also wants to store it safely. So he wants two?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful recreation of an iconic piece of artwork, with every little detail of the Magitek captured perfectly. There&#8217;s even a little Mog cameo, perhaps as a reference to the Western SNES box art?<\/p>\n<p>Sigh. Well, we can at least admire this from a distance. Maybe someone could create a Square Enix museum to display these statues in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Final Fantasy VI merchandise has up jumping out of our seats in excitement. The much-beloved sixth entry in the legendary Final Fantasy series \u2014 which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year \u2014 rarely gets much attention from Square Enix. 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