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25 Years and All I Got Was A Pikachu

It’s Pokemon Season at McDonald’s. And what does that mean? It means everyone and their mom is buyng Happy Meals. Including me. I got to feed my kids. And they like McDonald’s. Is it wrong that I keep the cards? I would say nope. They still get the stickers that usually come with the cards and they’re as happy as can be. 2 and 3 years old is perfect for this. They get excited with a couple of paper airplanes and boats.

I have noticed that some people are complaining about their McDonald’s running out of cards for the Happy Meals, but I haven’t encountered that yet. Every night I go I get my 5 Happy Meals. Chocalate Milk and Apple Juice, and I don’t have to run to the grocery store. It’s a win-win situation.

But, now we see the prices race to the bottom as everyone is undercutting the next seller. Pikachu Holo, started around $75 I think, and now its sitting at around $40. It’s still a good amount considering you found it in a Happy Meal. Bulbasaur and Charmander fetching $10 and $15. I think Bulbasaur actually went up a little as I saw the prices at $8 for a bit.

Now it’s been 30 packs or so, and finally got the Holo Pikachu. Was it worth the time spent driving to McDonald’s ordering 5 Happy Meals every night, for this one card. Yes, Yes it was. And I shall still be looking till they run out of Pokemon cards.

Even thought they might drop down to $20 bucks in the near future. Nothing beats the feeling of getting the one card that you’re looking for out of a pack.

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Dungeons & Dragons FF Campaign 05

The Saviors, ended up escorting Princess Sara back to Cornelia. The King was overjoyed, and told them that he will rebuild the bridge, so they can carry on their travels. And, that he has heard that there is some trouble in Elfland. (Who would have thought?)

Princess Sara, gave the Saviors, each an orb. She told them that a Sage gave them to her and she would know who to give them to. The players took the orbs, and went to find Miss Olga to get their reward for saving the princess.

Once inside Miss Olga’s office, the Black Knights came and said that they needed help. The Ruler of the Black Knights was missing. They believe the Ruler was taken by the goblins. The Saviors were to head to the Goblin Cave and get the Ruler back.

On their way to the cave they found a couple of goblins running into the forest, and they decided it was best to follow them. The goblins lead them straight to the cave’s entrance where there were two more goblins standing watch. The Saviors tried communicating with them, but the goblins had no idea on what they were saying.

They entered into battle, as one of the goblins ran inside. The goblins were defeated quickly and the Saviors made their way through the cave. They decided to split up at one point. Akrasia and Mr. Tinkles found themselves in front of a giant spider, and Squirt and Astra were busy trying to get the goblins to lead them to the Ruler.

The Spider was no match for Mr. Tinkles and Akrasia, because they ran away. And the goblins had no clue as to what Squirt was trying to tell them. They decided to try and show them the orbs to see if that would help. The goblins pointed at the orbs and made a gesture that the Saviors should follow them.

They led them to some more goblins and the goblins attacked them. The goblins were defeated, easily, because they have very low HP. The Saviors then found a treasure chest which contained Goblin Armor.

After searching through most of the cave they came upon an Ogre guarding a door. This must be where the Ruler is being held. So, they just attacked the Ogre. Lots of attacks, Fire spells, healing, potions being thrown left and right. And Squirt steady pummeling on the Ogre. The Ogre fell, and the Saviors decided to call it a night. But, not before Squirt took the Ogre’s club.

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More Delays

Well, it looks like we have more delays coming up. First it was the Sephiroth Tins, and now Opus XIV is delayed and so is a new 2-Player Starter Set. But, at least we know of these ones ahead of time, other than right before release.

It doesn’t look like the Chaos Boss Deck will receive any delays, even though my distributor has no clue as to what’s going on with it. And Opus XIII is right around the corner.

 

On the other hand we had a new spoiler. Bhunivelze PR-091/13-062H. Is it just me or are the Pre-release promos always Hero cards? I’ll have to take a look into that.

Bhunivelze
10CP – Earth
Forward – God
10000

The cost required to cast Bhunivelze is reduced by 2 for each Backup of a different element you control, other than Multi-Element.
Damage 3 – Bhunivelze gains Brave and “Bhunivelze can attack twice in the same turn”
Damage 6 – When Bhunivelze attacks, Choose 1 Character. Break it.

Even if your playing Mono Earth at 10CP, this card is a power house. Throw in Enna Kros (1-095R)for some +1000, might as well throw in Maria (1-083H) for an additional +1000. And that right there brings Bhunivelze down to 8CP. Can’t forget about Princess Sarah (11-128H), which will also let you pay for your Backups much easier as she counts as any color CP. Dull for +1000. This brings Bhunivelze to 13000 and 6CP.

He’ll slowly clean the board, and your other forwards can go for the kill.

 

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Dungeons & Dragons FF Campaign 04

Our team was ready. Akrasia, Mr. Tinkles and Squirt. We only had 3 players this time, but they were all rested up and decided to find out what was behind the door.

They tried knocking down the door again, till I reminded them that they had found a key. Sure enough the key turned the
lock and they had now entered the main chamber of the Temple of Fiends.

Once inside, Garland said “Saviors, you have come to this place for the last time!” Or, something like that. Garland then rushed them with his sword out. The saviors tried to dodge it but, they failed and took a hit.

This time the battle was a little different, we just had fun without worrying about moving and attacking. Instead Akrasia decided to grab Garland and try to drown him in the Holy Water. Does the Temple of Fiends have Holy Water? I don’t know, but it was interesting so I let it ride. There I decided that Garland would be hurt by this Holy Water, and smoke started coming out of his helmet. Mr. Tinkles decided to help Akrasia keep him down, and slowly his HP would start to decline.

Meanwhile Squirt being the giant that he was, kept trying to lift up the statues that were in the chamber, but to no avail. Even though he was a Giant, he never realized that the statues were as tall as the room, and he wouldn’t be able to lift them because they were holding up the ceiling.

Akrasia and Tinkles meanwhile kept Garland down. Princess Sara let out a scream, and Squirt went over to help her. After he freed her, Garland finally managed to lift his head above the water and pushed Akrasia, and Tinkles away.
They tried once again to drown Garland in the Holy Water, but they weren’t able to. They decided to fight. Squirt kept trying to steal Garland’s boots, but was never able to. Princess Sara cast Protect on the Saviors, and Tinkles cast Dia, and Akrasia would cast Fire. Garland was finally, defeated.

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Site Update 004

Well Opus IX is posted. Opus VIII is next and then all the way down to I, then Wave 1. Promo Cards, and Deck Exclusive cards. We’ll get them all up, hopefully before Opus XIII comes out. Trying to get an Opus down a week. If that works good, we’ll be lucky. If not then I’ll have to stop to get Opus XIII up.

In other news we still haven’t gotten the Sephiroth tins. I keep hoping I’ll get a notice that the distributor has received them. I should call them tomorrow to see if they have any news. I know Square-Enix has started sending them out to people who purchased them directly from them, but they made a huge mistake. Instead of sending one tin, they sent out a case. That is probably why the rest of us have not received them yet.
Here’s to getting them in the mail soon.