Steelbook information for beginner collectors

[Dreamcazman]

I absolutely love steelbooks , only in the last year or so have I really started collecting them seriously. Unlike Vhal, I'm sticking mainly with 360 cases (ie G1) although I do have a few PS3 & Blu-ray releases. I keep them in plastic slipcases as they can sometimes scratch easily.

It can be a costly exercise especially for the rarer cases and for me I only source cases where I actually own the game as well.

I tend to avoid stickerbooks personally as I find them inferior, but sometimes there is no other alternative. The dead giveaway is the silver border surrounding the artwork.

[Johnny]

I blame this site for making me spend money on steelbooks.
Before i came here i had some random ones, now i actually look for them.

[kennyrh]

Although I've been collecting various Collectors Editions for a few years now, I'm actually more excited when a steelbook version of a game gets announced than I am about a full-blown CE with statues, "making of" DVDs and all that shit.

Of course, if it's a CE like the AC III Freedom Edition with an absolutely gorgeous-looking steelbook AND some other random crap, then that's okay by me.

[themidlandmaster]

Don't!

Seriously, there are soo many, you will really regret it

[Lemur]

Originally Posted by kennyrh

Although I've been collecting various Collectors Editions for a few years now, I'm actually more excited when a steelbook version of a game gets announced than I am about a full-blown CE with statues, "making of" DVDs and all that shit.

Of course, if it's a CE like the AC III Freedom Edition with an absolutely gorgeous-looking steelbook AND some other random crap, then that's okay by me.

Yeah for me now it's steels before CE. Steels I always get at release. Getting them later greatly increases the chances of busted ones.

For CE i'm very selective now since most of them are crap anyway.

Originally Posted by themidlandmaster

Don't!

Seriously, there are soo many, you will really regret it

On the other hand there are so many you will be able to literally swim in steels!