None that I am aware of. Certainly nothing for GT releases.
Being able to go in to a store to purchase any figures must be nice. My entire collection has been purchased from various online stores.
See post above. Also see post 2 on page 188.
GT were still a bit of an unknown quantity back then. You had no way of knowing they would absolutely hit both FF characters out of the park. I am sure others were sceptical too.
A dear friend and fellow user on here first made me aware of GT thanks to both his Bleach figure purchases. When he posted pics of them their quality really impressed me. By that time however Sephiroth and Cloud had already been released and were long gone. Shortly after that, he made me aware of AC Cloud and after a short period of consideration I managed to get a pre-order down just days before the pre-order period was brought to a close. I was very fortunate and cannot wait for his release. I would absolutely love to add the Sephiroth and Remake Cloud figures to my collection too because IMO they are perfect. Acquiring them for a decent price, especially when importing them to the UK, is proving to be immensely difficult though and I am all but resigned to never owning them.