My collector box-sets

[Carnivol]

Figured a nice way to sorta introduce myself to this place would be by posting a nice little quick coverage of one of the full 'sets' I've got.




Squaresoft Millennium Collection


For those who doesn't know, the Squaresoft Millennium Collection was a 10 games (11 releases) box-set Squaresoft launched throughout the year of 2000. Each box cost 3,800yen on launch and contains a game + a little bunch of bonus collectible material.

There was also advertised for and released around the same time something called "Squaresoft Memory Data Collection" which was a CD with almost 150 save games for probably all (or atleast most) of Squaresoft's Japanese releases. The CD comes with a book that has generic game information for each title + a listing of what's special about each save on the disc.


Anyway, let's get cranking shall we?


Brave Fencer Musashiden

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Brave Fencer Musashiden comes with:
-Keychain that lets you select one of the many forms of the little critter seen in the picture (sorry, my bad for not remembering the name of it)
-Art/Post card collection
-Belt bag w/cellphone pocket


Chrono Cross

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Chrono Cross comes with:
-Alien statue
-Universal calender (31 numbered art cards with no day/year info on them)


Ehrgeiz - God bless the Ring

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Ehrgeiz - God bless the Ring comes with:
-Statue of Vincent Valentine in a before/after style, showing him in his original human/turks form and his altered appearance that we all know and love.
-Digital watch that can be clapped together and 'clicked' open and set on the table (has an alarm function and is about the same size as a matchbox/zippo)


Final Fantasy Tactics

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Final Fantasy Tactics comes with:
-Table clock
-Card deck w/various FFT artwork printed on each card.


Front Mission 3

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Front Mission 3 comes with:
-Key/Card holder/wallet (guess the possibilities are many)
-Keychain
-3x different Wanzers to attach to the keychain
-5x different dog-tags to attach to the keychain
-Flashlight


Parasite Eve II

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Parasite Eve II comes with:
-Perfume bottle w/decorative stand
-Art/Model card


Saga Frontier

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Saga Frontier comes with:
-Nice tea-cup set in china/porcelain with official high quality artwork printed on it.


Saga Frontier 2

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Saga Frontier 2 comes with:
-Nice tea-cup set in china/porcelain with official high quality artwork printed on it.


Seiken Densetsu - Legend of Mana

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Seiken Densetsu - Legend of Mana comes with:
-Hand painted statues of Elazul and Pearl
-Jewelry/Music box that plays a part of the "Nostalgic song" when winded up [SAMPLE] (http://www.geocities.com/carnivol/m1_Song_of_Mana_jewlerybox.mp3)


Xenogears - Wong Fei Fong ed.

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Xenogears - Wong Fei Fong ed. comes with:
-Collectible Xenogears figure pack 01


Xenogears - Elyhaym van Houten ed.

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Xenogears - Elyhaym van Houten ed. comes with:
-Collectible Xenogears figure pack 2



I'm not really a squaresoft fanboy or anything, but I guess you could say I have a fetish for box-sets, collector's editions and limited editions.
I'll take some more pictures later + post some other box-sets too

[ASSEMbler]

Nice, and welcome.

That must have set you back a bit.

[Sally]

That's a nice set, i've never heard of those before. Cool

[ASSEMbler]

I saw them all over clearance about the time ZOE was out. Didn't know they did more than the first few (xeno etc).

[madhatter256]

A-A-A-A-Awesome collection..

[Mr. Casual]

I never saw these either. Are they Jap or Pal only or what?

Cool collection!

[A. Snow]

Very very cool. Wish I'd have known about them at the time. What was the original price range for them?

[Carnivol]

First of all, thanks.

Took me quite some time and effort to afford getting the entire set, not because they're the most expensive thing out there now, but simply 'cause I had a horribly bad income during the period I got those.


They were Japan only releases and they're afaik limited to a run of 10 000 copies each (20k for Xenogears, if you look away from the double release)


[edit]
Mis-printed the price in the first post, they were released at 3,800yen ($32 accourding to today's index) in Japan.


But today, the boxes seems to fetch anything between $40 -> $320
Most of the titles I see for around $40-90 most of the time, in various "used" conditions and sometimes sealed.
Chrono Cross and Xenogears usualy gets over $100, 'used' Xenogears I've seen for BIN on ebay for about $120, while Chrono Cross I've seen sold for anything between $60 and $320.

Also a funny thing I've noticed about these is that most of a the time, there's not much of a price difference between sealed and opened, most of the time actually, sealed ones have been easier to get cheap than opened ones.
It's like some sort of weird thing, sorta like "I don't want to open a sealed box and I've bought these for the contents!"

[edit2]


------------Update--------------
(this topic is still fresh enough for allowing an update, right?)


Front Mission History

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Front Mission History comes with:
-Front Mission 1st, Front Mission 2 and Front Mission 3.
-Front Mission trading arts w/three different Wanzers, switchable weapons and some terrain.
-Some paper with an add for some special offer related to Front Mission 1st, Front Mission 4 and Front Mission Online Beta.



Namco Collection (Namco Games Chronicle)

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Namco Collection comes with:
-Nothing special at all, it's just a big collection binder to slot in your Namco Collection/Museum set in. (It does not have room for the Anthology set)
(Anyone know if there ever was a Namco PSX memory card released for this?)


PlayOnline B edition

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PlayOnline B edition comes with:
-Metallic Binder with introduction material
-A Welcome Message/note
-a PlayOnline Viewer Beta Tester disc


PlayOnline B2 edition

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PlayOnline B2 edition comes with:
-Metallic Binder with introduction material
-A Welcome Message/note
-A contents list (I guess)
-2x PlayOnline logo Stickers
-Final Fantasy XI - Public Beta
-PlayOnline Viewer Beta Tester disc (updated from previous kit)


Valkyrie Profile - Limited Edition

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Valkyrie Profile - Limited Edition comes with:
-year 2000 calender
-Art book
-Pocket Watch


Ys I-II Eternal Story - Limited Edition

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Ys I-II Eternal Story - Limited Edition comes with:
-4x Bottlecaps
-1x Landscape/worldmap piece locations and slots for 2 of the bottlecaps


Ys VI The Ark of Napishtim - Limited Edition

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Ys VI The Ark of Napishtim - Limited Edition comes with:
-Pocket Watch (With Ohla and Isha picture inside)
-Original Soundtrack (Is inside the the game's package)
-Art and Song book (Has artwork, Song lyrics, OST tracklist and some sheet music)


The Getaway (Tin Box)

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The Getaway (Tin box) comes with:
-Press Kit CD
-The Getaway - Demo
-The Getaway - Promo Copy
-The Getaway - Black Monday - Promo Copy
-"#Follow This" Post-It Note
-London A-Z manual/guide

[Julian Tempest]

Where on Earth do you get a copy of Valkyrie Profile Limited Edition? I'd scour the earth for one of those pocket watches.

[Orgo]

Where on Earth do you get a copy of Valkyrie Profile Limited Edition? I'd scour the earth for one of those pocket watches.

Hi Julian!

The VP L.E is one of the PSOne games wich starts to be expensive in Japan, but It's not difficult to find, with Rinkya for exemple, you can buy a copy on Yahoo :

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m27637687

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r28519821

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h40244046

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n45205870

By the way Carnivol, you do have a great collection, I like L.E games 2! ^^

[Julian Tempest]

The VP L.E is one of the PSOne games wich starts to be expensive in Japan, but It's not difficult to find, with Rinkya for exemple, you can buy a copy on Yahoo

Thanks for that info! In the process of figuring Rinkya out.

[UNIX]

Really nice collection! Is it somewhere possible to buy those editions?

[ave]

Ebay, YJ, forums.

Very nice collection by the way, I love big limited boxes too :) Have about 35-40 of them, especially the Dreamcast and Hideo Kojima ones are my favourites. As you are into Sony LEs so much, I'd definitely recommend you to get hold of those MGS & Z.O.E. boxes... if you haven't already :)