{
  "id": 7047193,
  "title": "Middle East Film & Comic Con Abu Dhabi: What’s in a Dh150, Dh500 or Dh1,000 merch haul?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/middle-east-film-comic-con-abu-dhabi-whats-in-a-dh150-dh500-or-dh1",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T02:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/middle-east-film-comic-con-abu-dhabi-whats-in-a-dh150-dh500-or-dh1000-merch-haul-1.500672405"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Attending the Middle East Film & Comic Con Abu Dhabi (MEFCC) can be a budget-friendly adventure, depending on how much you're willing to spend on merchandise. For a modest Dh150, you can walk away with small items like keychains, pins, or a T-shirt. The smaller stalls often have unique and quirky items such as Ghibli keychains, Pokemon stickers, and Little Lulu pins. For Dh300-500, you can add to your collection by purchasing a T-shirt, artwork prints, or a handcrafted mug. However, be cautious of the blind box trap, as collecting Pokemon cards could easily blow through your budget. For true fans with Dh1,000, you can acquire a T-shirt, a handcrafted mug, or even a figurine.",
  "summary": "You can walk into Middle East Film & Comic Con Abu Dhabi with Dh100 and walk out with a little piece of your favourite fandom. You can also walk in with Dh1,000 and somehow find yourself wondering where it all went. That, folks, is the magic and slight danger of a convention floor. There are T-shirts, figurines, blind boxes, artwork, mugs, pins, keychains, Pokémon cards, soaps and enough…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}