I’m finally back from PMX, where I spent a couple of days carrying my companion cube around. Unfortunately, it’s still not completely finished – I got the corners on, and the hearts on each face, but I only attached 2 of the 12 mid-edge blocks. Still, the cube was a huge hit. Even one of the security folks at the airport recognized it! We got a lot of photo requests, starting from the moment I walked into the con hotel, fresh off the airplane. Even more photo requests for the cube than for my costume (Ryu, from a Breath of Fire 4 group we’d put together), which I find interesting.
I found out that Valve is planning on also producing a companion cube plush toy, but I don’t like the design they used. It’s obviously set up for quick, massive manufacturing, so they skimped on a lot of the details. Personally, I’ll take some time to finish mine up, reinforce some of the seams, and maybe bring it to future cons.
