r/OGXboxCollectors

What every xbox console looks like in green

What every xbox console looks like in black

Back when there was a promo for new games

What every xbox console looks like in white

Halo fans and collectors (and gamers/collectors in general) in New Zealand recently lost EB Games/Zing (GameStop) leaving gamers and collectors with no access to premium collectables and collectors edition games, consoles and merchandise.

JB HiFi has limited access to what EB games was able to acquire, but iJB HiFi is nowhere as good or varied.

The only alternative is to follow the Australian stores and ship to NZ using a 3rd party shipping/on-forwarding service.

All Xbox customer service and social media has been automated so there's no support or assistance for fans/customers other than their scheduled content and chat bots with a set of scripted responses.

So, when Halo Campaign Evolved Collectors Editions were announced, we were overlooked and immediately missed out.

If you were lucky enough and able to meet the timezones, get online and successfully submit an order through the Xbox global store there was no direct shipping to NZ, meaning again, we had to use 3rd party shipping services and potentially further import taxes.

I've been collecting Xbox and Halo merchandise since Day One (Launch day) and now looking at $1400-$1800 and more price tags on the resale of the unboxed/unopened Halo Campaign Evolved Collectors Editions on eBay.

There's no one at a higher level for customers/gamers/collector can reach out to, I've worked in retail and through that was able to contact the national distributors but they're of no assistance either, usually referring us back to Xbox/Microsoft or the retailers.

I'm hoping NZ will get some stock of the 25th Anniversary consoles when they are released in November/December but I suspect that'll be a strictly limited drop shared with Australian shipments and only available through Australian retailers or through JB HiFi NZ

Annoyed and frustrated at the experience of missing out on the Campaign Evolved Collectors Editions but hoping that Microsoft/Xbox review their user experience for all global customers rather than fixate on larger US and European markets.

In order:

- Grand Theft Auto 3 Blockbuster variant
- Ed Edd n Eddy with the bonus DVD + slipcover
- Halo Triple Pack
- Yonenaga Kunio no Shougi Seminar (NTCS-J)

Anyone know the origins of the Ed Edd n Eddy Bonus DVD!? I know the Ps2 variant did not come with the slip cover, but from previous posts on here and elsewhere I see the GameCube came with the dvd and slipcover sealed to the back of the game, was it the same case with the Xbox or included inside?

Officially have 4 games now im so happy. I've been thinkingbif getting halo bc ppl always talk about it but now, now I wanna try horror. What's the cheapest silent hill 3 copy

Well, here are my latest physical copy games on XBOX 💪

2 $50 cards brand new unscratched. $75

Before the release of Forza Motorsport, Fiat produced special Xbox editions of their new Fiat Punto and Fiat Stilo car models sold exclusively in the UK (and maybe Europe?). The models featured some minor Xbox branding inside but were pretty standard other than that.

To promote it, they ran a competition where you could play the Forza Motorsport demo at the dealership and try to set a hot lap time. If you set the fastest time across all the UK car dealers, you could win an Xbox console and a copy of Forza Motorsport.

They sent out these fake "Test Driver 2005" game boxes to previous Fiat buyers advertising the promotion, which included a letter from each dealership and a booklet showing off the Xbox editions of the Fiat Punto and Stilo models.

Definitely one of the rarer promotional items I've picked up!

Finally managed to get my hands on a amazing piece of bape history

Bape original Xbox faceplate

Doing research there are 100 regular ones that were made but this is a very very special one this is 1 of 6 that exist form the contest giveaway

This one is still on amazing shape with original paperwork too

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It's taken years of hunting, but finally added these 3 PAL promotional copies to the collection in the last couple of months. Destroy All Humans is sealed as well!

I'm not sure why these are so rare compared to the other rarer promos, as these were from EA/THQ rather than small publishers, so not exactly short of money for their marketing budgets.

I think there were 103 promo copies with covers (a lot were just DVDs in a jewel case), so I'm down to just 7 left to find now 😀