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Mana Merch Sightings – May 2023 – Mishmash and Restocks

May 18th, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, Secret of Mana, The Teardrop Crystal

There are a bunch of strange items available over at eeo store for The Teardrop Crystal. A lot of it is little knick-knacky nonsense, but there are some things I am looking forward to. The glasses case in particular is fun, and who wouldn’t want some random bag with Inspector Boyd on it?

When it comes to the gj Character G Jumi Pendants I posted about previously there was a small restock in Florina Pendants. I managed to get one this time, but it looks like they’re going fast again. Last time they sold out almost immediately. The other two pendants have been available this entire time, though. I took some photos of the two I had arrive. These things are really tiny! I should have paid attention to the description, but I would have gotten them regardless I guess.

Finally, the Super Groupies Secret of Mana collab that I posted about back in October seems to have had a substantial restock. These ended up great, I think. Check the photos I took out below.

First up, the Backpack. I thought it would be full leather, but that’s only the buckles and trim. The material is nice and light, though, and seems tough. The printing inside is beautiful, and my only real complaint is that the thing is a bit of a pain to open. Not due to the buckles, those are all just for show (magnets do all the work), but the Flammie strings that cinch it shut are a bit of a pain.

Next, the Wallet. This was much larger than I thought. It’s very hard to see the Mana Tree printing inside, and the embossing on the Ring Menu is a bit weak. This is the weakest of the three items, but it’s still nice.

Lastly, the best item, the Watch. It’s really beautiful, I’ve been wearing mine since I got it and it feels great. The elementals look really nice, I thought they would look cheap, but they’re actually printed with some texture. They cycle from Shade at midnight, through Luna, Undine, Dryad, Lumina at noon, Salamando, Gnome, and Jinn every 3 hours. The little gems are a bit hard to tell the differences in (especially the “dark” one), but in the right light they look incredible.

I am hoping these restocks mean I’ll be able to get my hands on the Super Groupies Teardrop Crystal collab stuff I missed out on last time.

Fun Fact: Kassidy sent me that Perler bead Sheexy around 15 years ago.

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Mana Merch Sightings- Feb 2023 – Pendants

March 1st, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, The Teardrop Crystal

Another update so quick? If you like pendants and Jumi, gj Character G (whatever that is) has designed some pendants reminiscent of Elazul, Pearl, and Florina. Prices range from about $100 to $150 on these. Sales open up March 4th, and they also have some little acrylic charms which I’m sick of seeing. These pendants may go fast, they’re made with real stones and they only have a limited quantity.

Still available a month after release! Elazul’s pendant has designs of feathers, the Sword of Fate, and his clothing.

Still available a month after release! Pearl’s pendant has designs of shells, pearls, and seafoam.

SOLD OUT 11:00am day of release. Florina’s pendant is shaped like Pandora’s Box from the game, with a very delicate apearance.

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Mana Merch Sightings- Feb 2023 – POP UP PARADE and plushies

February 28th, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, The Teardrop Crystal, Trials of Mana

First up, just to follow up on the Jan 2023 Merch Sightings, I got my hands on some of the Flammie and Rabite plushes mentioned there. I’ve got to say, they’re really good and I recommend them to any fans of the series. You can find countless of them on Japanese auction sites, and the prices aren’t bad at all.

The Flammmie plush is a lot higher quality than I expected, Taito did great on these. The Rabite plush is ridiculously soft, and looks a million times better than the one that Taito put out back in 2018.

Next up, the Shiloh and Serafina POP UP PARADE statues are up for pre-order now, between Feb. 28th and March 30th, 2023.

These are looking pretty great, I love how they went with the classic poses for the two.

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LoM: The Teardrop Crystal – Ep. 12 Director’s Cut Releases Feb. 13

February 9th, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, The Teardrop Crystal

The official site for the anime has set the release of the director’s cut of episode 12 to be Monday, February 13th. This is through ABEMA, which likely doesn’t mean much to anyone reading this. It will release to other streaming services on February 17th.

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LoM: The Teardrop Crystal – Ep. 12 Director’s Cut Update

January 31st, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, The Teardrop Crystal

January came and went without much information posted about the director’s cut for the final episode of the anime, and I realized later that they had removed the note that it would air in January.

The official website was recently updated to include some more information about this (but not much).

Essentially, a new COVID-19 outbreak got in the way of both the completion of the original episode 12 and the director’s cut of episode 12.

The director’s cut is scheduled to be completed in early February now.

More information is forthcoming about where it will be distributed.

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Serafina Nendoroid Pre-Orders Are Up

January 20th, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, The Teardrop Crystal

Preorders for the Serafina Nendoroid are being taken between January 20th 2023 and March 1st, 2023.
She comes with a Greenball Bun.

Don’t forget about the Shiloh Nendoroid, you have until February 1st, 2023!

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Mana Merch Sightings- Jan 2023

January 18th, 2023 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, The Teardrop Crystal

I’m going to make various merchandise sighting updates when I can, but only when I think things are fairly interesting (Like the SoM and LoM SuperGroupies merch drops). Today I’ve got a handful here that I think are really cool. If you really want to, though, you can dig deep for all sorts of knick-knacky Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal merch. There are little tins (with marshmallows), keychains, acrylic stands, keychains, acrylic stands, some keychains, and even more acrylic stands if you’re interested in them. For me they are a bit too many and a bit too uninteresting for me to go after all of them, but if you’ve got a favorite character they’ve probably got something out there.

The first items I want to point out are a Rabite Plush (currently out) and a Flammie Plush (not yet released) that are found in Taito UFO machines in Japan. These are pretty great. The Rabites look quite good, better than the 2018 big plush version if you ask me. It’s also really cool to see a Flammie plush. You’ll have to pick these up on eBay (expensive) or through Japanese auction sites (a bit cheaper) if you want them.

The second items are in the realm of strange Legend of Mana merch. I don’t know who decided there need to be necklaces for Bud and Lisa’s weapons, but hey here they are. They’re produced by Goodsmile and you can look into preordering them in Japan here. Now you too can hold onto the memories of Bud and Lisa’s parents, but I can’t say I’d recommend these as Mother or Father’s Day gifts.

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LoM: The Teardrop Crystal – Episode 12 Director’s Cut

December 24th, 2022 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under The Teardrop Crystal

The final episode of the anime has aired, and you may have noticed some things were a bit off.
The beginning of the episode was completely recycled from the last one, some scenes seemed to start and end suddenly, and there were a lot of close-ups on faces.

Well it seems that the episode had to be aired before everything was finished, because a “Director’s Cut” version of episode 12 will be aired at a later date.
More details to come on distribution in January 2023, according to the official site’s news section.

I’m going to eventually put together my thoughts on the series as a whole, and each of the episodes, but now that I know the Director’s Cut is coming I’m going to hold off for the time being.

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Shiloh Nendoroid Pre-Orders Are Up

December 22nd, 2022 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under Legend of Mana, Merchandise, The Teardrop Crystal

Preorders for the Shiloh Nendoroid are being taken between December 22nd 2022 and February 1st, 2023.
It comes with a Li’l Cactus.

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LoM: The Teardrop Crystal – Glossary

December 21st, 2022 | Dr. Sheexy | Filed under The Teardrop Crystal

Over in the The Teardrop Crystal section of the site you can now find a Glossary page.

All of the glossary entries were translated by me, and come from the official Twitter account for the anime. These tend to be posted a little while after each episode. Only Episode 09 seems to have no glossary entries associated with it. The final glossary entries should be coming up shortly after the airing of the finale of the series this Friday.

The entries seem to be mostly written for viewers of the anime who are unfamiliar with the original game, but seasoned veterans of the series may find some interesting tidbits in them.

I may go back and add some images to this page later on, as the Twitter posts each had a screenshot associated with them, but I’m on vacation for the holiday and don’t have a good way to add them in at the moment.

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