If your significant other is into World of Warcraft, you understand how intensely players can become immersed in that game. There are technical, visual and social aspects of the game that stimulate the imagination and make the game immensely enjoyable for, literally, millions of players.
It can be tough to shop for gifts for someone who would rather have something virtual than real. Ask any WoW-er which they'd rather have, a Legendary weapon or a really nice sweater. They'd probably rather have the weapon.
You can't really buy them virtual weapons. (Well, you might be able to find some, but that's against the manufacturer's rules and their account could get banned, so don't.)
But there are still plenty of gifts you can buy them that are related to their hobby of World of Warcraft. Here are a few ideas to get you going:
1. T-Shirts - there are quite a few T-shirts available that either have World of Warcraft logos, or even better, have some of the slang that gamers use. Remember, many times players are typing to each other while also in combat with virtual monsters. Because of that, quite a few abbreviations or slang terms have arisen. T-shirt makers have no shortage of creative slogans that relate to a particular character's attributes. For example, if your loved one plays a Paladin, a T-Shirt that says, "Bubble and Hearth!" would be cute. So find out what type of character they have.
2. Gaming equipment - Due to the fact that combat involves many different keypresses all done quickly and in a certain order in a given situation, manufacturers have developed Programmable Keyboards. These keyboards have special buttons that allow gamers to program keystrokes into that save them a lot of time and avoid mistakes. Likewise there are mice that have multiple scroll wheels and extra buttons that give the PC gamer more options. Allowing them to put certain commands on their mouse-buttons can keep them from having to move their hand back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard at pivotal points in the game.
3. Bumper stickers - like T-shirts, there are quite a few slogans that a World of Warcraft addict would love to put on the back of their car.
4. Action figures - depending on the age or personality of your loved one, there are some pretty cool action figures. Maybe they'd like to have something sitting on their desk at work that lets their coworkers know what their hobby is.
5. Guides - there are quite a few guides available for many different aspects of the game. You can find guides for how to make wow gold (the virtual currency of the realm), guides for how to 'level' your character (having them gain experience that lets them 'grow' into a stronger character), and guides for how to best play a specific type of character (for example, a guide for how Mages can best fight in the game).
So those are a few ideas to get you started. If you're shopping for a World of Warcraft gamer, you actually have it quite easy. You have a huge pool of potential gifts, and you can even find them consolidated in one place. For example, http://www.warcraftwidow.com is an online shop that is targeted to World of Warcraft items.
One last thing...tell your gamer that your present is to celebrate Winter Veil Festival, if it's wintertime. They'll get a kick out of that!
Collectors come in all stripes, those who genuinely have a love for what they are collecting, those who just love the chase of being able to complete a collection, and those who hope their investment will one day pay off. One doesn't have to be one of the millions of players of World of Warcraft to collect its actions figures. The younger players though, or the young at heart, may have a hard time resisting the urge to take the Warcraft action figures out of their box.
The slightly older players will likely find the Warcraft miniatures reminiscent of He-Man figures sold in the 80's. There are four main companies that started manufacturing Warcraft action figures since Warcraft II. They are Blizzard Entertainment, Toycom, State of the Art (SOTA), and DC Direct (of DC Comics). Out of these companies, DC Direct has produced the largest line of figures, 25 figures including deluxe figures, through 2009. Blizzard, the company behind World of Warcraft, or WoW has only produced five figures.
They are Human Footman, Orc Grunt, Malfurion Stormrage, Muradin Bronzebeard, and Thrall. Toycom has produced six figures all from Warcraft III. SOTA produced only three figures which are: Tauren Shaman, Undead Warlock, and Jungle Troll Voodoo Priest. DC Direct released its first series of Warcraft figures in 2007. This first series was comprised of Meryl Felstorm: Undead Warrior, Rehgar Earthfury: Orc Shaman, Valeera Sanguinar: Blood Elf Rogue, and a deluxe figure, Illidan Stormrage: Night Elf Demon Hunter. DC has released five series through the end of 2009.
As Steve Carell's character, Andy, proved in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, having a mint toy collection can be a nice investment. Those not familiar with WoW, but looking for the next "hot" collectible, may want to look into these Warcraft miniatures because WoW is a Guinness World Record holding massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), holding the record for most subscribers, over 11 million. With that many followers worldwide it's likely a market will exist in the future for those collectors who were able to purchase the Warcraft action figures now and hold onto them. And unlike the He-Man figures these WoW action figures are not currently being mass produced and sold in retail outlets.
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