There’s a massive (100+ item) Squaresoft collection newly up on eBay. There’s a load of wonderful gems here, including factory sealed copies of Super Mario RPG, Einhander, and Xenogears. There’s a large number of PAL titles in the mix too. (For example, I didn’t know that Final Fantasy Adventure for Game Boy was rechristened Mystic Quest in Europe.)
There are lots of photos, so this one is great even for the window shoppers.
The lot isn’t cheap — the seller is asking $10,845.12 or Best Offer.
I hope my collection looks like this some day. It’s a shame the seller doesn’t have a “group shot” as I’m sure this much RPG shwag all together looks pretty impressive.
I’ve made it a point not to advertise my own auctions here on GameHoarders (as that’s not really my purpose for the blog), but I’ve just put up something special that I think will interest Final Fantasy fans, even if they’re only window shopping.
I purchased this Final Fantasy VIII “Eyes on Me” jukebox on a Japanese site about a year ago. I had never seen one before, and being a pretty avid Final Fantasy hoarder, that says a lot. It was love at first sight, and a few thousand yen later, it was mine.
Square Enix released an official Final Fantasy VII “Aerith’s Theme” music box in 2005, which was limited to one hundered copies and cost around 40,000 yen (~$400 US) . According to the folks over at the Final Fantasy Collectibles Forum, the music box, in the rare occasion that it goes on sale, now fetches over $2000 US.
I know surprisingly little about the one I own, except that is patented and manufactured by “Artec.” It looks to be part of a series called “Music and Harmony.” It may very well be unofficial, but that doesn’t make me like it any less, as this is as cool as unofficial items get, in my humble opinion. I have another photo and more specific details on my eBay listing.
My asking price is ridiculously high, I know, but my main purpose in listing it is a) to find out if anyone knows more about it, and b) to gauge any interest there might be among collectors.
If anyone reading here can give some insight on this item, submit some comments!
