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I Will Not Buy This StarCraft II Collector's Edition

I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not.

Let's cut to the chase: Blizzard announced a collector's edition today for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. It's $100. I'm so enamored with the beta already that I may not be able to resist spending such an obscene sum on this gigantic package. Until it ships, though, I'm going to keep telling myself that I am absolutely, positively, in no way going to buy this.
 

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What does 100 bones get you, anyway? Here's the full list of stuff, straight from the press release.  

  • The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
  • An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War® expansion set
  • A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
  • The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
  • StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
  • A World of Warcraft® mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
  • Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit

That's a pretty beefy list. Here's what that stuff looks like! 
 

 

Who's in for this monster package? The game is also going to be available digitally on Blizzard's online store, and I know the sensible thing here would be to just get the download and not clutter up my shelves with yet another giant box, but... dude! Exclusive texture for your Thor!
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Edited By singular

You will. I will :D
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You might not Brad, but somehow, I expect Jeff will...
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I... want that.

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I told myself I wasn't going to buy the Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare for months....until I finally caved and bought it.
 
Your resistance is futile, Brad.  Just accept it and buy the Collector's Edition.

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I'll just wait 12 months until the package has halved in price (because you know they'll make too many of them) and buy it at 50 bucks. Then again, I have superhuman restraint skills (shuffles DSiXL under desk)

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@Xeiphyer said:
" It depends on if they are doing CE's for the other 2 games, I'd much rather get the Protoss custom texture, and I bet you would too Brad =P "
yearh im allmost sold i normaly never buy ce but an thinking abit about this one but the protoss ce is allready sold on me so dont know if i should skip this and hope the same deal is with the protoss though
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lets face it - you probably will brad.... or maybe jeff should get it to add to his star trek lifetime thang  :P
 
i will....... NOT.... get it.................                                                           hopefully :P

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@Pinworm45 said:
" @Dynoro said:
" @Pinworm45: Blizzard games come with the DD version too nowadays :) "
Yeah true, the main issue is how fast I can get the game. Having to go to the store could take many hours more than getting it online, what with the waiting for stores to open and driving..gah "
If they have predownloading you will be fine, but otherwise downloading and presumably day 1 patching will take hours due to server congestion. It might be faster to get to the store. =X Depends on where you live I guess =P
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  • A World of Warcraft® mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
I'm interested in the artbook and soundtrack. I'm afraid that if I buy it I feel obliged to play WoW (Something I have never done except for three days in a trial) because otherwise I would have thrown my money away. Ugh.
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@RJPelonia said:
" Wonder what will be in the $100 Zerg and Protoss editions. "
Thank-you notes.
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Brad, just sell the WoW pet on eBay. Instant $40 back that you will pay over the retail price. It's worth it! DO IT!!!!!

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Pff 100$, I would so buy that if I was living in the US. In here (Estonia) a single normal game for the xbox (for example) costs over 100$. :(

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300 Bucks on Collector Editions when the other campaigns come out. Yep, go do it.

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  • An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War® expansion set
  I WANT THIS.
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Day one.  No questions.

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Sold!

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ohhhh man, i'm sooo gettin it =) I mean I have SC 1 + brood wars but i don't care still totally gettin it

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I'm not sure the WoW pet will be resellable.  Since everything uses Battle.net now, and SC2 requires an online registration to play at all (one time for solo, nobody go crazy).  I can imagine the pet and Thor skin are just automatic when you register.   

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I can't stop jizzing!

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Oh yes you will

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Want. Oh god do I want.

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I'll wait a couple of days to see you edit out the not in that sentence.

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a WoW pet...in a SC2 box? lame

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Edited By Derangel

I'm incredibly pissed off that Blizzard is going to charge $60 for the normal edition of the game, but god damn it its Starcraft 2. I'm going to keep telling myself not to buy it, but I know its futile. Like you Brad I will probably end up caving in and buying the $100 CE.

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That *one* campaign better be extensive enough to be even worth the purchase of a regular copy, let alone this ridiculous package. I remember how disappointed I was when I played World in Conflict and heard about the separate campaigns thing.

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@Cube said:
" Really not worth it. I'd never spend $100 on a video game. There are more important things. "
Indeed.
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I don't even like Starcraft all that much and I want this. As long as Blizzard keeps up the whole Mac/PC dual release thing.

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I will never understand what people see in this franchise...

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@Derangel said:
" I'm incredibly pissed off that Blizzard is going to charge $60 for the normal edition of the game, but god damn it its Starcraft 2. I'm going to keep telling myself not to buy it, but I know its futile. Like you Brad I will probably end up caving in and buying the $100 CE. "
They started the $60 price point with Warcraft 3, right? I think $40 is fair to cover all those extras.
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I'm not even into Starcraft, but that looks really cool.

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I am SOOOOOOOOO getting this.

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Like Michael Pachter said, " Even though everybody thinks SC2 is a hard-core game, it's actually a casual game and it will sell bajillion copies."  Which in my opinion is a pity because Blizzard are lame and thank the Emperor that we have a few other studios who still make great PC games.
They should make SC free when SC2 comes out instead of adding it too the CE so they can "justify" the $100 price-point.

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I'm not going to get this but that does look pretty cool tbh

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Yeah I'm buying that.

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I want but I don't think my computer could run it...

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argh i'm not even sure if i like Starcraft and i really want to by this, DAAAARRRRRNNNIITTT!!! 

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DO WANT...but probably won't actually buy

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Bah i'm getting it. I dont have the will power to resist this one. That's a good box full of goodies anyway :)

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no thanks.

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As much as I love Starcraft (and as much as it has a huge nostalgic factor for me) I can't see myself buying Starcraft 2 just because I won't be able to commit the amount of time necessary to actually get half decent at this game so that I don't get a, "dude you suck" message every time I lose a 2v2.

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Oh Brad, it's a pretty awesome package. Hard to resist.

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I'm sold

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Damn you Brad! 
 Now i must resist too!

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If I was a starcraft fan Id pick that up in a heartbeat

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release date??

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Dear God. Or somebody.

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Oh god, I'm fucked. Probably buying this.

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Looks really good. Almost makes me want to buy it just for the extras.

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It comes with the original SC? Wow! I was just thinking of getting it before this, but now... I WANT THIS SO BAD!!!

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I've played a grand total of 1 hour in the beta, and screw it I want this. SC1 on a USB? 176 page art book? AWESOME TERRAN FIDDLE BEATS ON A DISC? SOLD!