This looks like a cool series. Remember Archie had some really weird crossovers over the years, including Predator, Punisher, Sharknado and later this summer Jay and Silent Bob. They all worked. We ordered up on this one, as well as the Jay and Silent Bob book because I think they will be fun.
Stop by the store and pick up a free Archie/Minor Threats button, while they last.
The Universes Beyond Final Fantasy has been quite a sugar rush for stores. Even pricing collector boosters at $50 each did not slow down the interest and the Gift Bundles moved steadily at $149.99 as we sold through 80% of our order in one day.
We would love to get more of the shiny collectors cards for the set but, since there are serialized cards in the Collector packs, Wotc will not reprint them. We do expect more Play boosters and regular commander decks in July but no more Collector.
Will Spider Man and Avatar be as big? I am not sure. I doubt it but I and the rest of the staff, to be honest, did not expect Final Fantasy to sell as well as it did.
We are currently out of Final Fantasy sealed product. We expect our Gift Bundles to arrive this week and hopefully some Play boosters as well. We do not expect any more collector boosters or commander decks though.
We will host Final Fantasy Chobobo Racing every Saturday at 1 p.m. That means a booster draft. You get 3 points for playing in the draft and 1 point for each round you win. Get 10 points and get a chobobo print. Reach 20 points and you earn a Chobobo VR pin.
Bring your dad in on Father's Day, or any Fathers coming in by themselves, and we will treat them to a free bottle of soda or tea. How better to cool off on a hot, almost summer, day?
We have a large selection of Excel sodas, as well as Muddy Monster root Beer and the line of Excel small batch iced teas so come in, get Dad one and buy one or more for yourself.
I am really liking the new Supergirl series from DC. I started reading comics back in the 1960s and I am amused/happy to see Sophie Campbell bringing back a lot of concepts from the Silver Age version of her , like Streaky the Supercat, Titano the Super Ape, Dick Malverne and Lesla-Lar, one of Supergirl's earliest foes, though not as conflicted as Campbell makes her in this version. But then it was the 1960s and we were not expecting complicated personalities in our comic books.
Of course, if they bring back Comet the Super Horse and Jerro the Merboy, that might stretch things too far.
The email below discusses some of the actions Portal Games plans to take in response to American tariffs and notably, advises
American customers who want to back their upcoming release Race for Berlin
to put in a $1 placeholder pledge until the company determines if the
administration will change its mind about how much tariffs should be:
Bohemians was sent to print this week. I lowered the
print run to 60% of planned print run so we don’t risk bankruptcy with tariffs
when games reach US customs,
Age of Galaxy is ready in China. I asked the manufacturer
to not ship it to the US yet. We are risking missing Gen con release, but this
additional 145% cost added to the whole sprint run is devastating. I have two,
maybe three weeks window and then I miss Gen con with the game,
Race to Berlin on GameFound started this week. We have
200 backers as for now. For the US players we decided to not collect regular
pledge due to uncertainty with final tariffs and asked them to put $1 Pledge in
and see how the things develop later. We don’t want to leave them behind, but
at the same time I am responsible and respectful - I am not going to charge you
$40 for a game that may cost you $200 later with crazy tariffs added.
We had 19 people in for our first Final Fantasy pre-release, the largest number we have had in quite some time. We still have space in tonight's and tomorrow's events but will not be selling any pre-release kits until after 1 p.m on Sunday, in order to make sure we have space in both of our remaining events. After 1 p.m. tomorrow, we will put out any remaining kits on sale.
WOTC has said that the Universes Beyond Final Fantasy set is the biggest selling Magic set ever. It should be, given that the going rate for a booster box of Collector boosters for the set is selling for about $600, some of the Collector Commander Decks are selling for over $300 each and at least one foil version of a card is currently selling for $175
If yo want any of these, please let us know by Tuesday June 3 at 3 p.m.
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