Halo 3: Collector's vs Legendary

[Zeus]

Lookin' for an opinion here. I pre-ordered and fully pre-paid for the Collector's Edition for $40 Cdn + tax. I have the opportunity to sell that for $60 cdn and get the Legendary edition for the equivalent of about $72 Cdn plus tax, which would cost me about $15 or so extra. But in doing that, I lose about $100 in trade in credit, or a game and a half.

So, should I upgrade to the Legendary or no?

[Flip]

Is it the same game? Get the basic, duh.

[Lox]

But the special edition comes with a limited edition Master Chief figurine. There are only 1.7 million in existence! *snort*

[Zeus]

But the special edition comes with a limited edition Master Chief figurine. There are only 1.7 million in existence! *snort*

The Collector's comes with an additional DVD, artbook, and something else in a tin case. The Legendary comes with all that, an extra disc that has all of the cinematics from the first two games re-done in HD, some Red & Blue stuff, and a bunch of other things as well as a replica Master Cheif helmet (looks like it could fit a 6 year-old child) that also acts as a holder for the game and other stuff inside of it. It's pretty neat. There should be a display one at your local EB/Gamestop.

I would definitely pay the extra $10 for the Collector's over the regular and in this case, I'm able to pay an extra $15 or $20 to get the Legendary. Trust me, that's the ONLY reason I'm considering it. I would never have paid the extra $70 but $15 or $20? It's tempting.

[Blotus]

I'm just getting the Collector's (that's the mid-level one, right?). I don't really care too much about the helmet, and I'm sure you'll be able to download the extra DVD that comes with it on the day of release (or shortly thereafter).

[Tessian]

You guys are all crazy... I used to buy "collector's edition" games but unless getting it will give me more than a boring artbook and behind the scenes junk why bother? At least give me a soundtrack and I'll consider it...

360 games are expensive enough as it is... when I bought any aforementioned CE's I did so for a total of $50 back when normal games were $40. It'll be $60 for starters, I'm picking up the base one and to hell with worthless junk I'll never look at or use.

[Zeus]

Don't forget, Tess, I'm a collector. These additional things actually mean something to me as they almost always retain value. I know the Legendary will be readily available which is why I didn't get it to begin with (I pre-ordered the Collector's initially) but considering it's gonna cost me about $22 more (I mis-calculated before) for the Legendary over the Collector's and only about $68+tax Cdn overall, which is cheaper than getting just the base version, I'm seriously starting to consider it. I just don't know if I want to give up some other game in the future for it.

And if you see the helmet and how neat it actually is, you might not balk at paying $15-20 (pre-tax) for it, which is basically what I'm lookin' at.

[Lox]

Granted, I had considered buying the SE 300 that came out because of the Spartan helmet. Then I saw it and the fact that it was like 6" tall. So I got the 2 disc edition instead.