BlizzCon preview sale opens at 10 a.m. Friday for virtual ticket holders
by Mathew McCurley 
Sep 22nd 2011 at 5:00PM
Probably the biggest surprise is the lack of T-shirt artwork for the official BlizzCon T-shirt, signaling a big, secret announcement that is important enough to revolve the entire convention around. New WoW expansion? Most likely. Cool new artwork to add to a shirt? That's a pretty big deal. Virtual ticket holders will want to get in on the sale quickly, as many items sell out quickly. The store will see you virtual ticket holders tomorrow.
Check out our gallery of some of the items available this year at the preview sale.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Look at what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back! Filed under: BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(cutaia) Sep 22nd 2011 5:33PM
Haha...Pandaren statue.
Michael Sacco Sep 22nd 2011 7:28PM
Cutaia you damn nerd, there was a panda statue last year too >:0
Drakkenfyre Sep 22nd 2011 8:03PM
It looks like the Panderan figure they put out two years ago. It was ridiculously expensive ($80) for a standard figure with a bamboo pole. It's a plastic figure, about 9 inches tall. At $80 I don't think they had many takers.
They put it half off in the online store awhile back.
(cutaia) Sep 22nd 2011 8:22PM
DON'T YOU SASS ME, SACCO!
Gendou Sep 22nd 2011 5:35PM
Horde throw? Yes, please.
RuzGofDI Sep 23rd 2011 2:22AM
If my experience is anything to go by, the Horde Throw should be delivered fairly quickly.
ldene Sep 22nd 2011 5:37PM
can we get access on the EU store, or US only?
Drakkenfyre Sep 22nd 2011 9:44PM
The prices just keep going up and up.
I understand they lose money on BlizzCon, and the ticket prices keep going up, and that's one thing. But the merchandising is just getting way out of hand in their prices.
Posters for around $30? (if I remember correctly), Things like towels at $30?
That plastic and probably rubber Doomhammer? It's $130. Let me put that into perspective. That's a bit under half the price of the metal replica of Frostmourne, and about the same price as the latex version of Frostmourne.
Some of the things aren't bad, but wow, some of them are high as shit.
ackthbbft Sep 22nd 2011 10:21PM
I'm more curious to know when I'm going to get my barcode e-mails for the actual event!
Solitha Sep 23rd 2011 1:36AM
Not sure about the "?" key art items having to do with a WoW xpac spoiler. Note that the official Diablo 3 design is also hidden... and that would actually be integral to the key art this year.
John Glover Sep 23rd 2011 4:43AM
BlizzCon 2009 starts on August 21. If you are attending, I believe you can pick up your badges and goody bags the day before.
http://healthetrimreview.posterous.com/healthe-trim-review-let-the-secret-of-healthy
Drakkenfyre Sep 23rd 2011 6:48AM
This kind of spambot, huh? Pulls semirelated stuff from other sites, and posts it in an attempt to look legit.
However, it fails hilariously here by quoting "BlizzCon 2009".
Furydeath Sep 23rd 2011 8:21AM
All i wanted to do last year was buy a T-shirt but no DTV messed everything up and like half the people who bought the thing never even got to see the store at least blizzard is doing it this time.