NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» NCS could blow smoke up your chimney and describe the previous Final Fantasy potions and elixirs from Suntory as quaffable or enjoyable. But we'd be lying. They're barely sippable and the word "enjoy" isn't normally paired with the Final Fantasy potions. Like other Square schwag, the potables are designed to be stored in personal Final Fantasy shrines where proud owners can look upon them with fondness and perhaps a little love.
Suntory and Square team up again to produce a new brew which dovetails with the release of Final Fantasy XIII and the FFXIII Elixir is an aloe-flavored carbonated beverage. What does aloe taste like? Well, it's pretty much tasteless. We grow aloe plants and when a stalk is broken open, the yellowish ooze inside the plant smells like bitter medicine and tastes somewhat bitter but doesn't really have much of an identifying taste signature. That's why drink makers that use aloe in their beverages normally sweeten it up with sugar or honey. In Suntory's FFXIII drink, they're using glucose and fructose... which are basically sugar. The other ingredients include royal jelly, caffeine, Vitamin B1 (thiamin) and B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride). Each can holds 100ml of liquid with a shelf life of 10 months.
Each Elixir is bundled with one randomly packaged Fantasy Fantasy figure which can be any of the following:
» Lightning - Stands tall and holds her sword like she's ready to swing
» Snow Villiers - He's a brawler at heart and his figure shows his nature
» Oerba Dia Vanille - An attractive ginger who carries the Bind Rod
» Sazh Katzroy - Armed with two guns which he points outwards
» Oerba Yun Fang - If we met her in an alley, we'd pray for salvation
» Hope Estheim - Reminds us of Roxas or Sora or any other tyke-ish hero
The figures measure approximately 3" tall and NCS is supplying the Elixirs in complete factory cases of six. Pricing is set at JPY5880 or US$95.90 from NCS. The price reflects the strength of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar and the shipping costs to ship the heavy drink cartons from overseas with overnight air freight. All preorders have shipped as of yesterday and new orders are welcome to ship this afternoon.
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