Anyone collect guidebooks?

[asiak75]

You did make your point no doubt...but still there is a market collecting guides as there is someone collecting match boxes...and what seems to be valuable to me might not be for you...fact is i agree there are high volumes but as you said language wise they might be more limited per region like the MGS or the Ni No Kuni CE Guides...even if they launched a 2nd run.
Anyway...its a good debate, now get me a couple of the Fallout 3 CE guide Futurepress release and I might forget everything I said...oh and I believe you are talking about the Saints Row the Third CE guide released by Prima? Well I thing rarer than that is the Nights Journey of Dreams Bradygame release Japanese translated and published with a million misprints all throughout the guide...

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by asiak75

You did make your point no doubt...but still there is a market collecting guides as there is someone collecting match boxes...and what seems to be valuable to me might not be for you...fact is i agree there are high volumes but as you said language wise they might be more limited per region like the MGS or the Ni No Kuni CE Guides...even if they launched a 2nd run.
Anyway...its a good debate, now get me a couple of the Fallout 3 CE guide Futurepress release and I might forget everything I said...oh and I believe you are talking about the Saints Row the Third CE guide released by Prima? Well I thing rarer than that is the Nights Journey of Dreams Bradygame release Japanese translated and published with a million misprints all throughout the guide...

Good to hear i didn't step on anybodies toes

It's all just my opinions anyways, just hot air and all that

Value is all about what ppl are willing to pay and ppl have paid a lot for some of these guides discussed in the past

lol I'll just buy some of those prima Fallout 3 guides and add a futurepress sticker

You're right though futurepress makes better guides

I should have been clearer about the saints row the third guide quip

I also factored it's desirablilty into the factoring of the rarity

I personally have no interest in the Nights Journey of Dreams guide even if it is rare. Same with the dark souls/ Deus Ex guide misprint

And to be honest, if Saints Row the third CE guide does exist it could very well have less than 30 copies in circulation so would def be quite rare

Again I pulled that number out of the air but I have been looking for it for quite sometime

Honestly think it may not exist and that ebay listing was a scam or money laundering or something

[Evilhawk]

I think i saw a copy of saints row the third CE guide in my local gamestop a while ago, dont think they have it anymore though

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by Evilhawk

I think i saw a copy of saints row the third CE guide in my local gamestop a while ago, dont think they have it anymore though

Was the cover of it black or white?

The standard edition of the Saints Row the third guide was labeled "studio edition" even though it's just the normal edition of the guide and was white

Standard guide



Collector's guide



It's been a long time since I've looked for the CE guide tbh

[LyricalOne]

I do agree with Swift's point in that for the most part; most people I know that collect CE guides (which isn't that many to begin with) keep them sealed. It's because most of us, like me, only buy the guide to collect; and not actually use.

The last guide I actually opened was probably Bioshock Infinite, but like Coma said, it was for the toy

Now, I don't go out of my way (well that's a lie because I just drove 13 miles today to get the Injustice CE guide at 50% off) usually to buy them. I also try to not overpay - or even pay full price.

Most CE guides go on sale, even the "rare" ones before they sell out.

For example, before the 1st run of Skyrim guides became overpriced on ebay; they were cheaper than the MSRP on amazon lol.

The only guide I'm considering paying full MSRP right now is the MGR Revengence CE guide...just because online is overpriced, and Best Buy apparently "took it out of their system" completely.

[comaamen86]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Yes coma but even you keep some guides sealed, don't you?

One's without toys in them

That says volumes to me about the nature of guide collecting

I still like the pretty pictures and nice paper they're printed on lol

mostly open the ones with the toys only two i have sealed are ni no kuni and final fantasy

[comaamen86]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Was the cover of it black or white?

The standard edition of the Saints Row the third guide was labeled "studio edition" even though it's just the normal edition of the guide and was white

Standard guide



Collector's guide



It's been a long time since I've looked for the CE guide tbh

i honestly think the collectors one was cancelled never seen a physical copy of it anywhere

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by comaamen86

i honestly think the collectors one was cancelled never seen a physical copy of it anywhere

It was indeed cancelled hence if a copy of the collectors edition guide does exist somewhere for whatever reason, it would be very rare

Again though just one old ebay sale that has since been removed from ebay

[trugamer1995]

now i feel i like a idot for opening my fallout new vegas collectors guide(its my first collectors guide!) lol. it is very useful though i got it like a month ago i pretty much got it for it free lol.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by trugamer1995

now i feel i like a idot for opening my fallout new vegas collectors guide(its my first collectors guide!) lol. it is very useful though i got it like a month ago i pretty much got it for it free lol.

I wouldn't worry about it

Because most people don't open their CE guides the discrepancy in price/value between a sealed and an unsealed guide is far less in most cases then for a lot of other VG collectibles imo

Also the new vegas guide isn't overly rarer in and of itself