So Many Awesome Things, So Little Money

There are two words that get me going: "limited" and "collector's." This is my blog for cataloguing the things I get suckered into buying.

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The new USPS Harry Potter forever stamps.

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The Lion King Trilogy Boxset Included: The Lion King in 3D bluray, The Lion King, The Lion King 1/2, and The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride in bluray/DVD. Also included is a digital copy of The Lion King. The set is housed inside a box with silhouettes shadowed to look like they are carved into the box. The discs themselves are stored individually in a cardboard folio which closes with Velcro. Then, the folio is fitted inside a case which looks like a drum.

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The Hogwarts Library Collection

New covers and bindings for Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I love the new covers because they’re made to look like actual older books and the lettering on all of them are embossed in gold foil. I also took pictures of them next to their original covers. I think it’s interesting how the colors for the Quidditch book and the Fantastic Beasts book are swapped.

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The Hunger Games Collector's edition This set is a box that contains a book which includes the bluray/DVD/digital copy of the movie. It also comes with a collector's Hunger Games paperweight.

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Limited Edition of Fringe: September's Notebook by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry

The set includes: a plate that Joel Wyman, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble signed, a piece of set amber (that comes in its own little plastic case), two propaganda posters not included with the regular book, and a copy of the Fringe comic seen in season 5. Everything is house in a clamshell case. It also arrives in its own September's Notebook packaging.

The book itself is a leather bound edition of the original book. The top photo shows the edition the comes with the set on the left and the original version on the right.

WARNING: The edition run for this set was extended from 300 to 1267 so any of these sets number 301 or higher do not come with original signatures. The signatures that come with those are recreated by a machine and there is no guarantee which numbering you will get if you purchase this set. Also, the amber has been cut down from its original size to accommodate the extended run. It was originally sized to fit the plastic case it comes in but, as you can see in my picture, it's smaller.

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Toy Story Trilogy Box Set This set has all three movies in bluray, DVD, and digital copy plus Toy Story 3 in 3D bluray. It comes in a cardboard case that’s suppose to look like the toy chest.

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Replica of Hermione Granger's Wand The wand comes in a replica Ollivander's box and has a notecard of authenticity from the Noble Collection.

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Harry Potter Trunk Boxset

This set contains all seven books in hardcover houses in a sturdy cardboard case resembling a trunk. Also included are exclusive stickers.

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Harry Potter Wizards Collection This is part of a limited, number set of 63,000. Included are all eight films in DVD, bluray, and ultraviolet plus all the bonus features that were included in the Ultimate Editions of the films. Each movie is housed in a cardboard book-like folder. There's a huge poster of the rough production layout of Hogwarts and a cloth map of Hogwarts and some of its surroundings that is made to be able to display on your wall. There are also prints of an iconic scene from each movie. There is a book called Catelogue of Artefacts which has pictures of all the various labels and items created for the films. Finally, there is a replica Slytherin locket with note of authenticity made by the Noble Collection. The whole set is enclosed in a box shaped like the Weasley Skiving Snackboxes that Fred and George make. The box itself is heavy and durable. This is an amazing set and if you were like me and held off on buying the blurays of the movies in case they released an awesome collector's set, it comes out to about the same price as buying all the Ultimate Editions separately without any of the extra memorabilia. Just don't get suckered into buying it at the full MSRP of $499.99 because it's found cheaper in a ton of places!

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Charmed Complete Series DVD Set This set contains all eight seasons of Charmed. It's made to look like a replica of the Halliwell's Book of Shadows. The best part is that there are pages from the show's book inside the set - usually separating the seasons. After each set of replicated pages, there is a set of episode descriptions for that specific season. The discs are slipped in slots within cardboard pages. The "book" also has ribbon bookmarks to replicate an old book and comes in handy to keep your place. The book set actually sits in a container with the front exposed but if you take it out and just set it on a shelf, it looks just like a regular book! Also included is a special bonus disc! I had an issue with this set because there were discs with glue marks (from the cardboard sleeves not being dry before they slipped in the discs) and did a quick Google search. Apparently this was a problem with some sets but if you contact the manufacturer and have your receipt handy, they'll replace any messed up discs! :)

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The Sound of Music 45th Anniversary Limited Edition Set

This set is numbered and limited to 250,000 copies. Included is: the special 45th anniversary 4-disc movie (bluray/DVD/special features/soundtrack), a hardcover book with pictures from the movie and telling the story about the real Maria, a reprint of the 1965 theatrical souvenir book, a letter of authenticity, postcards of pictures from Salzburg, and a music box. The music box is nice because it’s ceramic and hand painted. It was exclusively made for this set and it plays “My Favorite Things. The set itself is incased in its own box, which is by far sturdier than a lot of other cases I’ve seen. This is a nice set but only worth purchasing on sale because it retails at $89.99 - and trust me, it goes on sale a lot.

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Game of Thrones Season One Collector's Edition Included is season one on bluray, DVD, and digital copy. Plus a replica dragon egg paper weight. Also, a disc with episode one of season two. This set was only worth it because I got it as an Amazon Gold Box deal, which made it cheaper than just buying the season by itself. I know that at the time I purchased this, the egg was available for separate purchase on the show's web store.

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Titanic 15th Anniversary Amazon Exclusive Collector's Edition Included are: the bluray 3D/2D/digital copy, wardrobe sketches on post cards, a packet of replica Titanic documents (passenger list, menu, newspaper, distress call, advertisement for the ship and its sister ships), and a book featuring iconic pictures from the film.

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 40th Anniversary Bluray/DVD Combo

This set is a limited edition of 100,000. The bluray, DVD, and DVD bonus features are housed in a case that resembles a Wonka Bar. Also included is a book called Pure Imagination by the director Mel Stuart. There’s an envelope that contains 14 pieces of replica Wonka Production documents, a “Golden Ticket” for a contest with this set, and a Wonka Bar pencil case with scratch and sniff pencils and eraser.

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The O.C. Complete Series This set has all four seasons housed in a book binder whose cover is a hologram to look like water. Each disc has its own little slit to sit in. Interspersed are pages with episode synopsis and photos. Also, there are a few pages of Seth's comic book Atomic County. The only negative thing about this set is that the discs tend to fall out of their slits but I bought this used so I'm not sure if that's just because the previous owner moved the discs a lot.

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LOST the Complete Series Housed in a replica temple. Included is the board and pieces for the stick game that The Man in Black and Jacob play, a letter, a mini ankh with a hidden message inside, & a mini Dharma flashlight. Hidden underneath the map inside the temple top is a bonus disc. Each season comes in its own folder and there's an accompanying book with all the episode names and synopsis. The box is covered with names from the list and a picture of a plane. This is the DVD set but the bluray set is similar.