The things I find. - Page 49

MortalMonday · #**481** 08-17-2013, 08:22 AM

Deathhound! It wouldn't have happened without you! Thanks! I owe you one!

LadyJ · #**482** 08-20-2013, 08:11 PM

Holy moly, Mortal - your collection is pretty amazing. Some of the things I recognized from our collection also but most of it are things I have never seen... pretty sweet.....

MortalMonday · #**483** 08-20-2013, 09:16 PM

Hey thank you so very much for the kind words. I'm so very happy to know that there are like-minded people out there that appreciate my collection, and the hobby in general, as much as I do.

I look forward to seeing your collection LadyJ!

Take care.

Marius87 · #**484** 08-20-2013, 09:54 PM

LOVE the Assassin's Creed disc storage case!! Congrats on getting a reare item like that

Did you get it online some where?? I have been on the looking for this for a while too....

MortalMonday · #**485** 08-20-2013, 10:19 PM

It was on the Australian eBay site as a "buy it now" item. It was pretty cheap too. Seller didn't know what he had. Believe me, I was lucky to get it! This is because I know for a fact that at least 2 or 3 other AC collectors saw it and tried to buy it at about the same time that I bought it. I was just the quickest draw this time!

MortalMonday · #**486** 08-24-2013, 12:58 AM

OK guys, I have a quick little update. Not much here; only one piece in fact.
However, this is quite a special addition to my collection, and it's certainly worthy of a standalone post in this thread.

As you can see, this is the rare Borderlands 2 press kit. This is easily one of the neatest pieces of Borderlands memorabilia in existence. The best part of the kit is easily the "big box"-style PC box. The art and overall retro style of the package make for a killer display piece.

From what I understand, the floppies actually contain a playable 16-bit game on it called "The Border Lands"! So maybe that's the coolest part of the kit? lol

I do believe that the game is playable for free online; so anyone, anywhere, at any time can actually play it. You don't need this press kit to enjoy the game.

I do believe that this kit is a true rarity. I only know of a handful of these that exist; though I'm sure that many,many more were produced. I can't imagine, however, that very many of these were actually made. I would imagine that maybe only a few hundred were made. Though, again, I really have no way of knowing how many were actually made.

I think they were made exclusively for the European media outlets; though I haven't researched this well enough to know whether this is indeed the case. I'm sure it's possible for other markets like Australia to have received these kits.

Now sadly, I do believe that my kit is missing a few bits and pieces. think it's missing a couple floppies and possibly a foldout poster. But, again, given how rare this kit is, I'm still happy with what I have. I wouldn't hesitate to call it one of the best pieces in my collection; and it's for sure one of the best pieces in my little Borderlands collection.

I also wanted to show this neat little detail on the package. There's a typical barcode on the side of the box as you can see in the picture below:

However, when you look at the barcode at an angle, you see this:

lol. In case you can't read it clearly, it says "This is not real. This is not real" lol

Thanks guys for taking time check out my thread once more! Take care.