Every year, right around the holidays, there are at least two kinds of Final Fantasy soft drinks. Cans and cans with miniature Final Fantasy stars.

Consumer video games is the main source of revenue for Atlus. OK, sticker machines too. Like many Japanese publishers, Atlus is also dabbling with character goods by turning Personas into plushies.

Ever dream of hugging a soft and super deformed Izanagi? Absolutely not? Well, now you can anyway!
 
Atlus has an Izanagi Pergurumi in their online store. The word mesh would be something like Per-plushie, but I think “Plushona” sounds better in English so we’ll go with that. You can get the 23 cm x 15 [...]

Valkyria Chronicles is getting a wave of attention in Japan. The PlayStation 3 game was just re-released with budget PlayStation 3 the Best packaging and the anime airs next month. In the middle of the blitz Sega is stocking capsule machines with another set of Valkyria Chronicles figures. The second collection has five characters on [...]

Square Enix knows how to profit from character goods. That’s why they took hero designs from Dissidia: Final Fantasy and made them into trading arts figures. Unlike Square Enix’s other trading arts toys these aren’t minuscule statues. Each pre-painted figure is around 5″ tall and goes for about $13 depending where you import them.
 
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Banpresto is selling a giant sized Mr. Saturn doll. It’s 45 centimeters (we’ll round that to 1.5 feet) tall! Unfortunately, a gift like this is hard to come by.
 
I’m not talking about the only in Japan kind of limited. You have to be lucky to even buy one. Only 500 giant Mr. Saturns will [...]

Gamefly didn’t lead us astray. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 – Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon is on track to come out here on May 12 for $39.99. As a bonus every launch copy of Devil Summoner 2 will be numbered and come with a coveted Raiho plushie.
 
Atlus makes it clear that the [...]

When publishers say “Collector’s Edition” they usually mean a metal case, some kind of special downloadable content, and a soundtrack CD. Capcom is raising our expectations of what a Collector’s Edition can be today with their Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition. This package contains two figures one of fan favorite Ryu and one of [...]

The loveable Patapon are getting 100% more huggable thanks to Medicom Toy, the company that makes Kubrick collectibles. Sometime later this month Rolito’s creation is going to be sold as a plush doll in Japan for 3,990 yen ($42) each. At that price the stuffed Patapon isn’t really a stocking stuffer since you can [...]

Square Enix is on its third series of Final Fantasy miniature trading figures. The first one included Cloud and Yuna. The second batch contained Squall and Tifa. Who is in set three? Tidus, Aeris or Aerith if you prefer, Rikku, Fran, and Balthier. Only one Final Fantasy VII character per batch folks. This group [...]