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View Poll Results: Do you keep your Collectors Editions Sealed or do you open them
Keep them sealed 22 23.66%
Open them 32 34.41%
Bit of both 39 41.94%
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Old 08-23-2011, 11:43 PM
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And it's always there to open and play if I ever changed my mind, which to me is better than trying to search for a specific game in five or ten years time. It's there ready for me at any time I want, but in the meantime it just looks good on the shelf! Mind you, I have a backlog of well over 1,200 sealed games already, so chances are I will never get around to playing most of them in my lifetime - Perhaps somebody will appreciate them in the future when i'm gone?
Whoa, do you have a list? Or at least distribution by system?
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Old 08-24-2011, 08:47 PM
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new to collecting got my mortal kombat kollectors edition and deus ex collectors edition today ..my god its so tempting to opem them grrr lol
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Old 05-15-2011, 11:39 AM
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Very good question. Bit of both really. Gamer for me comes foremost than collecting.

Normally If I'm in the mood I'll buy two, exceptionally three copies if I really, really like it. One I open and play with. The others remain sealed & stashed away for personal display. Same goes with the CE Strategy Guides. The CESG remain sealed and I use the regular cheapo' ones.

Exceptions being seriously rare items of which I normally only have one sealed copy, such as DSULE, SMACX, ELSIII:MW, ACBCE, ACBBE. These will remain sealed for obvious reasons.

At other times, such as the upcoming Deus Ex Collector's Edition, I'll buy multi-platform. X360 Augmented Edition/GOTY for playing and the PC CE version for display purposes. I'll probably do likewise for Skyrim.

The thing is I don't collect everything that comes out just because, only very rare editions and games I enjoy, whether console (PS3 & X360 and older) or PC.

If I don't like it and play it, chances are I won't be collecting it.

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Old 05-15-2011, 02:16 PM
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Exceptions being seriously rare items of which I normally only have one sealed copy, such as DSULE, SMACX, ELSIII:MW, ACBCE, ACBBE. These will remain sealed for obvious reasons.
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If I don't like it and play it, chances are I won't be collecting it.
I used to have this mentality, but more recently I have found myself buying CE's for games I previously had no interest in, and only bought them because they had a nice CE. I really wish I hadn't wasted my time with some of them though to be honest...
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Old 05-15-2011, 09:49 PM
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Hi

DSULE Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition
SMACX Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire XP
TESIII:MW The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind
ACBBE Assassins Creed Black Box Edition
ACBCE Assassins Creed Brotherhood Codex Edition
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Please post a picture of the Morrowind CE!!! I Want to revel in its awesomeness.
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Old 05-16-2011, 10:04 AM
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Hi

I'm unable to do it right now.

In a month's time I'll upload you a picture on this thread, rest assured.
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Old 05-16-2011, 10:48 PM
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Sweet, i wait in giddy anticipation.
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Old 05-28-2011, 12:56 PM
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Here you go Russian Bear, enjoy!

(Apologies for the tip of my finger).
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Old 05-28-2011, 02:18 PM
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that is awesome Thanks for Godlike pictures
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