FFXIII Elixir with Mini Trading Arts

Here is my short review on the elixirs with its respective mini trading figures.

Packaging

This set is packed into a medium sized box that contains 6 small rectangular boxes with elixirs and trading figures in them; sealed. I suppose the unique feature of this packaging is that it prevents the cans (elixirs) and figures from damage during shipment. Each component (the cans and trading figures) is well-packed into small boxes. It feels like unwrapping a gift box (though Boxing Day is already over)

The elixirs and mini trading figures are fitted into 6 rectangular boxes as follows.

The arrangement of the cans and figures are depicted below.

Let us take a closer look at the 6 boxes.

 

As you can see, the design of the box is simple. You can view the prototype pictures of each figure from the left and right sides of the box. The front and back part of the box include the name and label.

FFXIII Elixirs

Here is a closer look at the can and mini trading figures box.

I have inspected the cans and they are all in good condition i.e., no dents (good packaging prevents dents). all the cans come with the same design i.e., a screen shot of Lightning and Snow. The cans contain soda but I could not find the expiry date except some description of the cans in Japanese and bar code. Well, I do not plan to drink it anyway...

FFXIII Trading Figures Mini

There are a total of 6 figures in this version of the elixirs. They are Lightning, Snow Villiers, Oerba Dia Vanille, Sazch Katzroy, Oerba Yun Fang and Hope Esthiem. The designs of the mini trading figures are just so-so only. It does not reflect on the spot details. Nevertheless, I think the idea behind this version of the FFXIII Elixirs is more to promote the game and also act as a follow up to FFXIII Elixir version one which features the elixirs in 16 different cans of various FFXIII character designs.

The contents of the small box:

As you can see, the packaging is similar to the ones produced by Square Enix previously.

Here is a closer look at the details of each character:

Lightning

 Snow Villiers

 Sazch Katzroy

 Hope Esthiem

 Oerba Dia Vanille

Oerba Yun Fang

 As I have mentioned before, the designs of each character does not feature detailed designs especially facial features but there are no colour spills spotted. The height of each figure is approximately 8cm/3.2 inches.


After some minor fixing and tampering …. The result…

 

 

Above all, I think the FFXIII Elixir and Trading Arts Mini set is worth to keep as a collectors’ item with FFXIII Elixir version 1. I only purchased this set because it comes with mini trading figures. With this, I conclude my review of FFXIII Elixirs with Mini Trading Arts. I hope you enjoy reading my review.