Steins;Gate Final Mission Pop-Up Event Set for August 29-30
The event ties the physical merchandise push directly to the August 20 release of STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, suggesting MAGES. is treating the remake as a major franchise relaunch rather than a simple re-release.
Reporting from 1 sources: Denfaminicogamer.
MAGES. announced on July 3 that it will hold the official pop-up event "STEINS;GATE Final Mission" for the newly released game "STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT" on August 29 and 30 at Bellesalle Akihabara in Tokyo. The event marks the first official merchandise sales since the game's launch on August 20. Admission is free, but advance reservations are required for certain time slots to manage congestion. The merchandise lineup includes acrylic stands, tapestries, pin badges, a metal Upa figure, an Upa room light, and plushies of Rintaro Okabe and Kurisu Makise. Two original lab coats modeled after Okabe and Makise will be sold for 20,000 yen each. A 2.7-meter-tall artificial satellite display will also be on exhibit. Advance online orders for venue pickup open from July 6 to July 12.
The event runs from 10:00 to 19:00 on August 29 and from 10:00 to 17:00 on August 30. Advance admission reservations are required for the 10:00-15:00 time slots on the first day and the 10:00-13:00 slots on the second day, with free admission planned after those hours. Reservations open on July 6 at 12:00 through LivePocket and are first-come, first-served, one per account.
MAGES. is also running an advance online order system for venue pickup. Orders open on July 6 at 18:00 and close on July 12 at 23:59. Payment methods include credit cards, PayPay, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Customers who spend 15,000 yen or more via advance order receive a special shopping bag as a bonus. The same bonus will be available at the venue on the event day while stock lasts.
The full merchandise lineup includes:
- Acrylic stands (8 types, 2,600 yen each, limit 5 per type per person)
- A4 acrylic panels (3 types, 5,000 yen each, limit 5 per type)
- Trading can badges (8 types, 600 yen each, limit 20 per person)
- B2 double suede tapestries (3 types, 4,500 yen each, limit 5 per type)
- Clear file 3-pack (1,500 yen, limit 5 per person)
- Lab Member Pin Badge RE:BOOT Ver. (2,500 yen, limit 5 per person)
- Metal Upa RE:BOOT Ver. (9,900 yen, limit 1 per person)
- Upa Room Light RE:BOOT Ver. (5,500 yen, limit 2 per person)
- Plushie Set Rintaro Okabe & Kurisu Makise (11,000 yen, limit 1 per person)
- Original Lab Coat Rintaro Okabe Model (20,000 yen, one size)
- Original Lab Coat Kurisu Makise Model (20,000 yen, one size)
On the event day, from 11:00, MAGES. will sell "Prize-Included Original Can Badges" at 500 yen per draw. Winners who find a ticket inside the badge will receive an A5 fine graph with an autograph by character designer huke, or a lucky prize. The prize can badges are limited to 20 per person per queue. Venue-exclusive goods not available through advance ordering will also be sold, with details to be announced later.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.