Art of Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster Launch Exhibition Event Review
Art of Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster Launch Exhibition Event
Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Saturday, March 15, 2014 2PM-7PM
This isn't exactly a review, being that I missed out on a lot of the event and I don't have much to report on. This is mainly my experience during the event.
Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos since I never feel like taking them when I'm there. And of course, I regret it as usual. I wanted signatures and would've gotten them if I got there at the time I wanted, which was at 9am, but my friend was late so we ended up getting there around 9:40am. I missed the signatures, but at least I got a poster, which was given to the first 300 people. I was the last one to get a poster too.
It was funny. By the time I got to the front, there was one poster left. I wanted to finish up my transaction quickly to beat the girl next to me, who was also finishing up her transaction. As I just about finished, so did the woman next to me, and both workers had their hands on the one poster to put in the bag. I was worried because the woman next to me was ahead of me in line, and much to my dismay, the worker knew that too and said the poster should go to the other woman. So the worker apologized to me and said there were no more posters left. All I could say out loud was "really?", with a sad pouty face and a long silence afterward. I didn't even try to hide my disappointment and everyone could see that. Then comes another worker to the rescue and said that he found another poster, but it was ripped. I just stared at them again with a sad face until the woman next to me offered to take the ripped poster while I take the nice one. My frown quickly grew into a smile and I kept on thanking the woman. It was when I was leaving the counter that I noticed my eyes were a bit watery as I blinked and it was like I was about to cry. I told my friends that and then they all laughed at me. Heck, I laughed at myself too. My sister said later that the woman looked like she was going to give me the poster anyway before the new one came up. That shows just how nice she was and I'm super thankful to her for letting me have an awesome collectible.
They started selling merchandise at 12pm. I bought the collectors edition and we left at 4pm. I didn't even get to go inside or do anything else since my friends were pretty tired of the heat and waiting in line. After 6+ hours in line for the game and poster, there was another line to get into the gallery. Um, no thank you. I can go ahead and view the gallery another time. Which I forgot to do before it closed. :(
It took SE four hours to sell merchandise to only 300 people. Out of the many workers at the event, only two worked the table and sold the merch. They finally got their heads together and added another worker to sell with them. They were pretty slow and I was irritated, as well as many others in line. The one good thing SE did was provide free water to everyone in line and there was plenty to go around.
I was tempted to do the photoshoot, mainly for the card that they put the picture in. I didn't really care for the photo, but if it was like Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix Launch Event, then you needed to take a photo to get the card. At least this time there was no line since they just started doing the photoshoot when I got out of line for the game. But again, the heat and irritation, as well as taking the photo alone since my friends suck butt, I skipped on it.
I really want the workers' shirt that they wore. They were bright blue T-shirts with Blitzball art work on them. I think they raffled some away since I saw them bring a pile of shirts inside. I haven't seen one on sale yet like how some workers did for the KH event.
Even though I was there for a good 6+ hours, I missed out on a lot the event had to offer. I didn't view the gallery, no event program card, no photoshoot, and no signatures. :( But after that poster incident, I was content with just having that.
After we left, we all felt like we deserved a cool treat, so we went to Guppy Tea House for some boba drinks and shaved ice. Yum!
Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Saturday, March 15, 2014 2PM-7PM
This isn't exactly a review, being that I missed out on a lot of the event and I don't have much to report on. This is mainly my experience during the event.
Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos since I never feel like taking them when I'm there. And of course, I regret it as usual. I wanted signatures and would've gotten them if I got there at the time I wanted, which was at 9am, but my friend was late so we ended up getting there around 9:40am. I missed the signatures, but at least I got a poster, which was given to the first 300 people. I was the last one to get a poster too.
It was funny. By the time I got to the front, there was one poster left. I wanted to finish up my transaction quickly to beat the girl next to me, who was also finishing up her transaction. As I just about finished, so did the woman next to me, and both workers had their hands on the one poster to put in the bag. I was worried because the woman next to me was ahead of me in line, and much to my dismay, the worker knew that too and said the poster should go to the other woman. So the worker apologized to me and said there were no more posters left. All I could say out loud was "really?", with a sad pouty face and a long silence afterward. I didn't even try to hide my disappointment and everyone could see that. Then comes another worker to the rescue and said that he found another poster, but it was ripped. I just stared at them again with a sad face until the woman next to me offered to take the ripped poster while I take the nice one. My frown quickly grew into a smile and I kept on thanking the woman. It was when I was leaving the counter that I noticed my eyes were a bit watery as I blinked and it was like I was about to cry. I told my friends that and then they all laughed at me. Heck, I laughed at myself too. My sister said later that the woman looked like she was going to give me the poster anyway before the new one came up. That shows just how nice she was and I'm super thankful to her for letting me have an awesome collectible.
They started selling merchandise at 12pm. I bought the collectors edition and we left at 4pm. I didn't even get to go inside or do anything else since my friends were pretty tired of the heat and waiting in line. After 6+ hours in line for the game and poster, there was another line to get into the gallery. Um, no thank you. I can go ahead and view the gallery another time. Which I forgot to do before it closed. :(
It took SE four hours to sell merchandise to only 300 people. Out of the many workers at the event, only two worked the table and sold the merch. They finally got their heads together and added another worker to sell with them. They were pretty slow and I was irritated, as well as many others in line. The one good thing SE did was provide free water to everyone in line and there was plenty to go around.
I was tempted to do the photoshoot, mainly for the card that they put the picture in. I didn't really care for the photo, but if it was like Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix Launch Event, then you needed to take a photo to get the card. At least this time there was no line since they just started doing the photoshoot when I got out of line for the game. But again, the heat and irritation, as well as taking the photo alone since my friends suck butt, I skipped on it.
I really want the workers' shirt that they wore. They were bright blue T-shirts with Blitzball art work on them. I think they raffled some away since I saw them bring a pile of shirts inside. I haven't seen one on sale yet like how some workers did for the KH event.
Even though I was there for a good 6+ hours, I missed out on a lot the event had to offer. I didn't view the gallery, no event program card, no photoshoot, and no signatures. :( But after that poster incident, I was content with just having that.
After we left, we all felt like we deserved a cool treat, so we went to Guppy Tea House for some boba drinks and shaved ice. Yum!