To many steelbook variants

ingmar1988 · #1 10-05-2012, 12:34 PM

So, i got recently into steelbook collecting, although i prefer g2 sized ps3 branded steelbooks, i pretty much collect them all.

One frustration though is the amount of steelbooks available.

Lets start with the futureshop steelbooks, they have now steelbooks for pretty much every big game, exclusive to them. They also suck by putting barcode on them and not sealing them, and also not offering international shipping. This inflates prices on ebay, asking for a steelbook only almost the price of the full game.

Lets take medal of honor for example, this game allready has 3 different steelbooks.

-Futureshop
- Polish steelbook
- Steelbook on shopto and other sites (this is the 'regular' one i think).

Wanting these steelbooks, will allready cost you about 120 euro.

And besides that, every game seems to have at least one steelbook edition now a days.

gu8 · #2 10-05-2012, 01:19 PM

they are becoming more and more popular. have to agree, futureshop has nice steels but unless your from there ya getting hammered for prices

JammedFlipper · #3 10-05-2012, 02:17 PM

I'm starting to get on the steelbook collecting also and am sticking with only G2 size. Since I am from Canada, I am lucky enough to get the FS steels.

I will be getting the MoH steel soon, and as it will be G1, I will likely want to trade it off for a G2.. hint hint lol

Is there anywhere I could look to see what G2 steels are even out there? I would only be wanting to see games, not movies.

Redmagster · #4 10-05-2012, 02:45 PM

There are a few lists about - I'll try and find a latets one and send it to you

Course it's alwyas changing...

Take ACIII...

We now have:
ACIII US pre-order steel G1 (also found in Freedom editions)
UK HMV exclusive G1
Futureshop G1
PS Vita G1 and so it goes on....

Platfus · #5 10-05-2012, 02:54 PM

There is JOD and ps vita steelbook? Do you have some pics?

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Redmagster · #6 10-05-2012, 02:59 PM

The Freedom is the original 'standard' US pre-order variant:

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Assass...irmation/10404

The PS vita is:

http://community.futureshop.ca/t5/Ga...rs/td-p/387200

vhal_x · #7 10-05-2012, 03:04 PM

There's no steelbook in the Join or Die edition, the US preorder steelbook is inside the Freedom Edition, not Join or Die xx

Redmagster · #8 10-05-2012, 03:11 PM

Oops!! My bad - getting carried away there! It's medallions all the way in JOD!

Thanks Vhal x

twistedsymphony · #9 10-05-2012, 07:38 PM

yeah I pretty much gave up on building my SteelBook collection. I WAS collecting all North American releases until Futureshop decided to start releasing all kinds of exclusives and not shipping "internationally"

The real kick in the balls is that I'm a 2 hour drive to the border and a 3 hour drive to the nearest Futureshop... and those jerks still wont ship to me.

SBCollectorAl · #10 10-06-2012, 12:33 AM

I am frustrated, too.

The problem is that most steelbook are exclusive to specific countries and it is nearly impossible to get them all if you just have started with collecting.

I started collecting videogamesteelbooks in march and still I got only 40 till 50 steelbooks and I have invested between 1500 - 2000 euro, because a lot of them were in terrible condition when I got them from ebayseller that's why I was looking for a forums like that.