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Chapter 422 - 418 Tricked by Action Figures!

Chapter 422: Chapter 418 Tricked by Action Figures!

November 13, Friday.

At 7 pm, Chen Tingquan started his live broadcast on time.

"Good evening, treasure friends.

"Tonight we’ll appraise treasures before playing games as usual.

"Before that, let’s unbox a little something.

"Ta-da!

"Look, it’s the latest second-generation figurine of Elios! This figurine has just been delivered, so let’s do an on-the-spot unboxing. If I’m not mistaken, this must be the first unboxing online, right?

"Nitiandang has been quite particular with their logistics. It seems that the first batch of figurines were all delivered around the same time."

As he spoke, Chen Tingquan took out a parcel from in front of the camera.

Although Chen Tingquan wasn’t particularly electrified by "Heartbeat Dream", he had played it himself. Elios was not his favorite character, but after seeing the explanation of the true ending online, he had a certain fondness for her.

Clearly, this was a result of Nitiandang’s character design efforts. Elios was created with a sort of "panacea" appeal from the outset, ensuring that most players, even if not smitten at first glance, would gradually develop a liking for her.

Furthermore, with the second release of the figurines generating high heat, many speculated that it would likely become a financial product, so Chen Tingquan bought one with the mindset of "no loss if snatched."

There’s no denying that Nitiandang put a lot of care into these second batch figurines.

Firstly, they implemented strict restrictions on purchasing qualifications. Not only could an account only buy one, but players also had to link their official platform account and go through a verification process, with those spending more time in "Heartbeat Dream" having a higher chance of securing one.

Moreover, the obtained figurines were permanently bound to the official platform account and could not be rebound.

This effectively minimized interference from scalpers like Old Yellow Ox.

Even though players could ignore the binding and directly transfer the figurines to others, doing so would cause the figurines to lose their in-game interaction functionality, which would no longer perform any actions, evidently reducing their appeal.

Besides, the delivery timing of this batch seemed to have been calculated precisely, with provinces further away getting dispatched first and those closer later, ensuring that the first batch of customers would all receive their orders between this afternoon and evening.

It was a way to maximize the mystery, keeping the veil over the second batch of figurines until the very last moment.

"Alright, the exciting moment is here, let’s unbox!"

The quantity shipped in this second batch was noticeably larger than the first, taking about half an hour after going on sale to sell out completely. This slightly diluted the joy of players who managed to snag one, but most were still looking forward to the figurine.

"Treasure friends, this box is bigger than the first generation’s box. It sure looks like the 699 deal got an upgrade.

"I think the figurine of the second generation should be about 1/3 bigger than the first."

Chen Tingquan said this while holding the box in his hand, gently shaking it, and then weighing it.

Well, judging from the collision between the product box inside and the outer shipping box, it indeed was bigger and heavier.

This pleased Chen Tingquan, who immediately took out a small cutter, slicing through the tape on the box.

However, when he opened the box, Chen Tingquan was taken aback.

Inside was a smaller cardboard box!

Not the kind of plastic sealed original packaging for the product but another paper box.

And in the outer shipping box, besides the foam padding for cushioning, one could clearly see some plastic support structures.

These supports could indeed protect the box from deforming, but their greater purpose was to add weight to the box, so that it felt noticeably heavier in hand.

Chen Tingquan immediately had a bad feeling.

If he were to only take out the inner box... Wouldn’t it be exactly the same as the first generation!

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, opened the inner packaging box again, and indeed, that’s when the original sealed packaging of the figurine appeared.

Chen Tingquan lifted the original packaging of the figurine, weighed it in his hand, then silently opened it and took out the figurine.

After that, the live stream fell into a long silence.

"Could it be a mistake in delivery!!

"What’s the difference between this and the first generation figurine?"

Chen Tingquan was stunned because the second-generation figurine he took out looked identical to the first!

He hurriedly grabbed the original first-generation figurine from the side.

Luckily for Chen Tingquan, the two figurines did have different designs. If the designs had been identical too, it would have been a tearful tale.

He then found an unboxing video of the first-generation figurine online, identified the corresponding design and began to compare them closely.

After a while, he cried out painfully, "What a rip-off!

Obviously, the second-generation figurine he received had almost no difference from the first-generation!

The size, material, design, and so on, had not changed at all!

If the packaging box hadn’t explicitly had the words "second-generation product" on it, Chen Tingquan would have thought the official had sent the wrong item.

Chen Tingquan, not giving up, wished he had a microscope to compare details. He finally noticed that there were slight differences in the details of the colors, such as the accessories on the body and the intricacies of the clothes.