Blizzard unveils the BlizzCon store
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Sep 20th 2008 at 6:00PM
The 2008 BlizzCon is coming rapidly, and with it, of course, comes exclusive BlizzCon swag. In addition to the goody bag, the BlizzCon store will also be open for business, and Blizzard's previewing the loot you can buy. Among the highlights:- You may remember that the goody bags will come with either an inflatable Frostmourne or an Inflatable Paladin-in-a-Bubble. Luckily, if you don't get the one you want, you can buy it at the store.
- Alliance and Horde T-shirts
- A talking Pandaren bottle opener.
- The hardcover version of the WoW comic.
- Arthas' Helm.
- A WoTLK cinematic book.
- There will be lots of Diablo 3 and Starcraft II loot as well, including posters, stress balls, and t-shirts.
Check out all the gear at Blizzard's official site, and start planning your budget to buy some stuff. I know I'm planning mine!
[Thanks for the heads up, Nicholas!]
Filed under: Items, Events, WoW Social Conventions, News items, BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ricky Sep 20th 2008 6:10PM
Your italics fail
Justin B Sep 20th 2008 6:14PM
This article seems to have made all text on the site italic.
Ed Sep 20th 2008 6:15PM
Looks like an unclosed italic tag there! :P
(Although I'm betting this has been pointed out several times already, stupid comment system.)
Allison Robert Sep 20th 2008 6:44PM
Fixed it, we hope. And yeah, looks like an italics got overeager. I shut his dreams down but good.
Eternalpayn Sep 20th 2008 6:16PM
Haha I love the comments being in italic. The main site not so much.
G Sep 20th 2008 6:24PM
This is a good idea to get people prepared. The procedure for the store last year reminded me of the Soup Nazi (understandable with the number of people to serve), and it didn't help that you couldn't really see the items before you got to the counter because only a handful of them they were stuck in tiny, dark glass cases out on the floor.
As for the items, much better! That's the first Alliance shirt which actually looks cool enough to wear. I hope that one and the Diablo III shirt make it to an online store someday, Blizz. Blizz?
The Frostmourne Key Chain would never survive in my pocket. Or I wouldn't survive it.
Khass Sep 20th 2008 6:25PM
"There will be lots of Diablo 3 and Starcraft II loot as well, including posters, stress balls, and t-shirts."
At the end of that line there's the unclosed tag.
CursedSeishi Sep 20th 2008 6:28PM
God, if only they'd let people buy that stuff online for those prices, I'd buy some of them lol
Specially that Frostmourne keychain
PimpyMicPimp Sep 20th 2008 6:51PM
Good lord.... Blizzard has become an industry unto themselves.
Keyra Sep 20th 2008 7:03PM
They seriously need that store to allow online ordering. Well, except for the Troll Mage that looks an awful lot like a Night Elf Druid, and the Night Elf Druid that seems to resemble a Troll Mage :-)
Cyndal Sep 21st 2008 5:43AM
Agreed. Is this some sort of hint that the role of Mages and Druids will be changed in the expansion? I doubt it. More likely this means that Trolls will finally be able to become Druids and Night Elves will be able to be Mages. Got to love how blizzards sneaks those hints in there!
Hmm... on second thought. Maybe they just put the pictures in the wrong spot...
Rakashu Sep 21st 2008 12:34AM
I think it's pretty stupid that they are probably never going to sell any of this stuff on their online store. I live all the way out in Detroit, and there is no way in hell I could get out there. I'd have to not have a job, which means I wouldn't have the money to go any way.
Bad move on their part if they never sell this stuff on the online store, they're missing out on a lot of profit.