Welcome toThe Haul.

Saints Row 2: Collector's Edition (360) - New

• Price: $79.99
• Location: Amazon.com
• Reason for Purchase: For whatever reason, I've recently become enamored with special editions and this seemed like the perfect place to start.  The first game was a notable experience with lots of fun and a few annoyances.  From everything I've heard, the developers have improved on pretty much every aspect of the first game.  The CE includes a "gold" money clip, the embossed tin case, a double-sided poster/map, a bullet-shaped USB storage device, and an exclusive art book.

Scene-it? Lights, Camera, Action (360) - New

• Price: $14.98
• Location: Target - Clearance
• Reason for Purchase: Scene-it? is one of my all-time favorite board games, so this one was a no brainer at this amazing price. Comes with four buzzers to make it even more authentic.

Lost: Via Domus (360) - New

• Price: $16.96
• Location: Circuit City - Clearance
• Reason for Purchase: I'm a pretty big fan of the TV show despite the lackluster second season and barely-tolerable third season.  The game is supposed to have a pretty good story, so I'm willing to put up with the average gameplay.  Also, it seemed like a pretty good price.

• Price: $149.95
• Location: EA.com
• Reason for Purchase: This is one of the most limited runs of a special edition I've ever seen (only 1,000 produced), so I thought it would be wise to jump on it.  The packaging is awesome and, as you can see, almost three times the size of a normal game case.  I'm definitely a collector and I didn't want to have to pay three or four hundred for a used copy of this a few years down the road (especially considering the value has already jumped to $300).  And after getting quite a few interesting responses, I'm sticking with my initial plan and opening this bad boy up and playing the game.  It's true that the package is much more valuable to buyers in sealed condition, but it's much more valuable to me when it is open, so I can enjoy it.  Anyways, thanks for all of your awesome input. When I get time to do it justice, I'll give you all a photo layout next weekend.  The package contains: Special Ultra Limited Edition packaging, Dead Space Downfall Animated Movie (DVD), Bonus content DVD, Exclusive individually numbered (xxx/1000) lithograph art, illustrated and signed by Ben Templesmith, 97-pg Dead Space art book written and illustrated by the development team, 160-pg Graphic novel, and an Ishimura crew patch.  

You won't be dissapointed with Dead Space. You will, however, be HORRIBLY dissapointed with the LOST game. Take it from another fan, it's shit.

I wish I had your collector's mind, because it seems when you play the game, you will have a more invested interest in it. Nice.

I loved the first season of Lost, only saw a bit of 2 and didn't watch it anymore.

Thanks for the info on what's in the Dead Space collector's edition. That sounds really awesome. I hope I can obtain the graphic novel and artbook by the time I want to pick up the game.

@Albedos: I'm really looking forward to playing Dead Space.  As for Lost, I'll just set my expectations really low and may be it will surprise me... Okay, probably not, but I still want the story! :)

@Claude:  I suppose it's good in one way, but if I ever need to sell of my stuff for any reason, it will definitely kill the value.

@Bru: It's worth it to check out the rest of the seasons of Lost, if only to see how it all wraps up in the end.

Wow that dead space box is AWESOME!!!!

Man, I'm beginning to think your Target might be better than mine! I would've jumped on Scene it? too. They just started marking down old Singstars and Buzz trivia games, so I'll have to see if I can snag the same deal ($14.98) on those.

That is one hell of a haul man. I'm impressed, ahah. Dead Space is an awesome game, you definitely did yourself a service by opening it up!