7 Disappointing Collectors Editions You'd Definitely Want a Refund For

Be careful shelling out for a collector's edition, as not all of them end up being as good as advertised...

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[barneymiller]

If Bethesda has taught us one thing it’s this: You want cool Fallout gear, you go to Etsy 😂

[Forestmarko]

RE: Fallout 76 power armor edition:
It actually gets better! The Game-Stop edition was also subject of recall as the cloth padding on the inside of the "power armor helmet" was actually moldy and dangerous to breath.
A truly legendary launch for Bethesda :D

[outcastkatsuki]

I think the main thing is that most collector's editions don't even contain the physical disc of the game anymore, which is just ridiculous.

[DoctorWhoFanatic]

My teenage years were the golden age of special editions. For like 10 quid more you got art books, in universe items, collectible tokens. Great examples are GOW 3, ACIII and Halo Reach and then for 25 more you got a massive statue for some of them! So much better back then.

[dainbramage]

For the infinity stones, how hard would it have been to just get like some cheap plastic crystal fish decorations and shove some LEDs in their bases?

[InertFoxtrot]

What made the fallout 76 release even worse was that Bethesda sent out the canvas bag to reviewers so they could hype people up for it, then sent out nylon bags

[gezblair]

I was not expecting that Geralt statue. Looks like that poor Spanish Jesus the woman did a number on.

[donaldrezell]

I remember the Halo 3 helmet. I still thought it was bad ass. Plus, you could remove the screws holding in the center filler, making yourself a helmet that was not only uncomfortable, but couldn't be seen through. Hillarious and amazing.

[hamishfox]

Oh man, I remember the fallout 76 controversy. Bethesda really fumbled the bag on that one.

[Psalm_]

I have an actual US Army issue duffel, or C-bag. Got it from an army/navy store for $20. Its 3 times the size of that nylon abomination.

[nerio]

Where did you even get that Geralt statue? Mine doesn't look like that at all. Paint job is very good.

[ArchOfWinter]

Disappointing size aside, the Halo 3 helmet has a really good build quality. It looks better than the wearable one we got years later.

[StormX]

I used to really want the collector’s edition of Bioshock that came with the Big Daddy statue and the Mortal Kombat 9 collector’s edition with the book end statues.

[DMRetroLP]

Ah, the "Geralt under the effects of eight different witcher potions and concoctions simultaneously" statue, the perfect companion for your alchemy playthrough. Our guy's not feeling so good.

[DementedDistraction]

Speaking as someone who works in the toy industry, that batmobile fiasco reeks of WB putting in the orders ahead of time (factories are hesitant to commit to an order unless it reaches a certain threshold which they can deem profitable for them), so I feel WB put out pre-orders before finalizing the deal with their overseas manufacturers, and then once they had samples and pricing set they must've not had enough pre-orders to justify the manufacturing costs for meeting the quality they were aiming to get - and that was most likely before distribution costs came into play.
So they decided to cut their losses, eat the the investment, and most likely destroy whatever allotments they could.

[dorksanddragons]

I know a lot of discord names are about to change to "Geralt of Rizzia."

[LainKaplan]

10:04 Derek Zoolander: WHAT IS THIS? (Indignant)
A helmet for ants?

[InsanityPrevails]

Never expected Jane to say "Geralt of Rizzia"
I really am in the best time-line 😤😤😤

[mrheroprimes]

To be fair the dead space two plasma cutter being smaller than human hand was probably deliberate considering the toy gun laws that many countries have especially in the US where you'd have different states having their own regulations on it and a set of guidelines that would require it to look as ridiculous as possible.

[wavion]

That Halo helmet + stand / dvd holder actually looks pretty good to me. Obviously, it would be awesome to get a full-size, wearable helmet, but that's a pretty unrealistic expectation imo. A motorcycle helmet is like $200. A football helmet can be like $500.