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Films and video games are commonly being released in two versions: the [[Vanilla Edition]], and a better, souped-up edition with exclusive [[Bonus Material]]. With movies, you can expect deleted scenes, filmmaker interviews, [[Unrated Edition|never-before-seen footage]], commentary tracks and so forth. Video games tend to offer a shiny metal case, developer artwork, bonus characters or the [[Strategy Guide]]. Concept art, a "making-of" featurette, background story information, character biographies, [[Multiple Endings|alternate endings]] and [[Feelies|trinkets]] are common with both media.
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Note that, with regard to video games, this should not be confused with [[Updated Rerelease|updated rereleases]], because that's when a game is rereleased with brand new content and significant alterations to the gameplay. The '''Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition''' comes out alongside the regular edition and just adds bonus content separate from the core game.
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'''''Specific titles:'''''
* ''[[Hellsing|Hellsing Ultimate]]'' does this with multiple releases, there's the single disc version, with just the OVA, there's the Two-Disc Version with commentary and a special features disc, there's also the Two-Disc Steelbox which comes has the two discs in a nice steelbox case, and sometimes comes with an artbook. You can still find the Steelboxes for a decent price brand new, but all the other editions are just as expensive.
* Each disc of the US release of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' came out in both a [[Vanilla Edition]] and a Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition, with the latter version including soundtrack CDs and bonus DVDs featuring the episodes presented in original broadcast order.
** This was also done with the US release of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' (except for the last volume). Turned out it was almost a money black hole for the producer.
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* AnimEigo has been doing the "preorder" version of this with their Blu-Ray re-releases of their back catalog (so far, ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', ''[[Otaku no Video]]'', and ''[[Riding Bean]]'') having bonus items that will not be available with the regular Blu-Ray releases.
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* DC Comics with their "Absolute" line of comic releases, which gives the deluxe treatment to well-known classic series like ''[[Watchmen]]'', ''Batman: The Long Halloween'', ''Kingdom Come'', ''[[The Sandman]]'' - who just might be the only comic-book series to be given this treatment for its entire range in four volumes, and many more. These releases are often housed in a hardcover case and include original scripts, alternate cover treatments, introductions and commentary by the creators of the various series and much more. They're also printed at a larger size than normal, giving the artwork more room to be appreciated. Of course, they come at a premium (most sets cost between $150 and $175).
* Dark Horse Comics released [[Sin City]] in an "Archival Edition", putting all the various series in their own hardcover book (plus a special making-of book), and subsequently housing them in two dustproof hardcover cases. Ponying up the money for the two "Archival" releases will set you back to the tune of $400.
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== Film ==
* Anchor Bay is infamous for this. The sheer amount of Limited Editions they've released for the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' and ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' movies is mind-boggling.
** The Evil Dead films are likely the best example of this trope. Excluding the VHS/DVD releases from Elite Entertainment (who owned the rights to the films before Anchor Bay), Evil Dead and its sequel were released four separate times for DVD, and will be released in 2010 as a deluxe Blu-Ray set. Every DVD release has had features that are unique, plus special packaging for each.
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** ''[[WALL-E]]'' was sold by Amazon UK in a special exclusive edition with a matching slinky. At least they didn't charge any extra for it.
** Some copies of ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'' came with a working replica of the Luxo Jr. lamp seen in Pixar's [[Vanity Plate]], with a base that could display up to eight Blu-Ray Discs. (By the time of this set's release, six Pixar movies received Blu-Ray releases, and a compilation of HD shorts came out as well.)
** After the third ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' movie came to Blu-Ray and DVD, the whole trilogy received a 10-disc set<ref>containing Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital Copy versions of each movie and the extra features disc of ''Toy Story 3''</ref> packaged in a replica of Andy's toy box.
*** Despite the high disc count, the door still seems open for ''another'' Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition of the trilogy; the 3-D versions and some of the extras from 2000's "Ultimate Toy Box" DVD are not included.
** Do you want [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005AUWY4A/ 11 discs] of the ''[[Cars]]'' movies?
* Not only the [[James Bond]] series gets some rereleases (''[[Casino Royale]]'' itself has the one, two, and three disk editions)... but a few decide to offer the whole collection (currently [[Long Runner|22 movies]]) [http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/action-adventure/james-bond-attache-case-44-dvd-box-rare-new-sealed-hs497 in a case]{{Dead link}} (a model known in some countries as a "007 case", to increase the pun) instead of a box.
* The "Dream Machine Suitcase" edition of ''[[Inception]]'' is one of the rare cases that has variations between the different regional releases (making some versions ''more'' limited than others). The base set includes a Blu-Ray combo pack, spinning top replica, PASIV (the suitcases used in the film) manual and art cards. The German edition is the only one that includes steelbook packaging for the film itself (in addition to the standard briefcase). The Canadian version has different art cards, and it (along with the U.S. edition) include a physical copy of the prequel comic (''[http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/inception-comic.html The Cobol Job]'') that is not included on any other release.
* In the US, ''Planet Terror'' and ''Death Proof'' were initially released separately on DVD, minus nearly all of the fake trailers. Fans who wanted the full ''[[Grindhouse]]'' experience they got in theaters had to wait for the Blu-ray version, [[No Export for You|despite it being available in Japan on DVD.]]
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** And then of course you have the various "anniversary" collector's editions, each with their own artwork. The 35th anniversary edition was famous for being illustrated by then-unknown Alan Lee.
** Tolkien also re-released ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with revised and extended description of Gollum's cave, since Bilbo [[Orwellian Retcon|"lied"]] about how he came to possess the ring; the original version actually contradicts the premise of LOTR, since Gollum simply gives the Ring to Bilbo and leads him out of the cave.
* A new and improved version of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' released recently{{when}} advertised sparkly new content from Jo Rowling- which turned out to be a single sketch of Snape. Ouch.
** The ''[[Harry Potter and
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' was re-released for the film in a complete collection with new material detailing what Will and Lyra did, will do, or might do, depending on how canon you take it.
* The Easton Press produces fine leather-bound collector editions of books. These are specially made for book collectors and come in landmark series like ''The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written'', ''Library of the Presidents'' and ''Great Books of the 20th Century''
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== Live
* For the DVD releases of the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series, three or four episodes at a time are released on '[[Vanilla Edition|vanilla]]' DVDs with no extras just a month or so after broadcast, with full series DVDs with lots of extras being saved for later.
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* [[Weezer]] started doing this with new albums in 2008: their 2008 [[Self-Titled Album]] ("The Red Album") had a vanilla version, a deluxe edition with 4 bonus tracks, and a pair of additional bonus tracks for the itunes version, along with different bonus tracks for international versions, and a Japan-exclusive dvd. ''Raditude'' had a similar array of different versions, as well as an iTunes Pass version with remixes, alternate versions and outtakes. To be fair, the physical versions of the regular and deluxe versions for both came out simultaneously, with the deluxe version typically costing only slightly more, but getting absolutely everything including international bonus tracks could still be pricey.
** They also rereleased their debut album (commonly known as "Blue Album") and ''Pinkerton'' in deluxe editions with bonus tracks and an extra disc with b-sides and rarities.
* On September 9, 2009, EMI re-issued every album by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]; the stereo mixes being released standalone and as a box set. A monoaural set (the mono mixes preferred by the band and producer, plus mono mixes of the albums which were originally in stereo... with the albums being "[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wU1%2BXEVjL.jpg mini-LPs]") was planned as a very limited edition with only 10,000 copies planned for release. Massive pre-orders forced EMI to reconsider. When it finally came out, it had sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week. In Japan, it sold 20,000. New copies can still be found at online retailers such as Amazon.
* The
* Though trumped by the above in cost, the current title-holder for music may be American metal band [[Lamb of God]]. Their 2010 anthology ''Hourglass'' comes in 5 versions: a 3-CD set, a US$100 set with all 6 studio albums on USB drives, a US$120 set with all 6 albums on vinyl, a US$260 set with the vinyl albums, USB drives, the 3-CD set, and an art book. And for the truly devoted, there's a US$1000 set with the vinyl albums, USB drives, 3-CD set, the art book, an autographed 8x10 picture, an "Hourglass" sticker, a 4-foot by 6-foot cloth flag...and a Jackson Signature Series Mark Morton guitar.
* The first soundtrack for ''[[Glee]]'' came in three flavors - one basic 17-track CD, one with one additional song, and one with three different additional songs. They did it again for the ''Showstoppers'' album, this time having an additional ''six'' songs, as well as different packaging between the two.
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** Aside from the usual limited edition extras, Gears 2 could also be ordered with a FULL-SIZED PLASTIC LANCER RIFLE. Subverted in that you could [http://www.amazon.com/Gears-Amazon-com-Exclusive-Lancer-Xbox-360/dp/B001CLYL24 buy the rifle separately.]
* While "Ultimate" in ''Ultimate [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' refers to [[Ultimate Spider-Man|a comic book series]] (which the game is a [[Spin-Off]] of and [[Canon]] in the comic book continuity, being plotted by the same writer as a part of the series), there was still a Limited Edition released, with, among other things, a mini-sized Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition reprint of the comic introducing Venom.
* Sony and Microsoft liked this strategy so much that they applied it to their systems themselves: both the [[Xbox 360]] and [[
** To be perfectly honest, this practice dates back to the very earliest of game consoles: it was called a bundle (games, controllers, carrying cases, [[Blatant Lies|robots]]...). The only difference is that now it covers more important features like hard drives.
** Microsoft have applied it to Windows as well in the form of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] Vista "Ultimate", which isn't a game in any normal sense of the word, but certainly fits the description of costing rather more for very few extras, including every feature from every other version, even the Enterprise edition, which is the high-end version for ''business'' users and that version is generally only available to businesses. Windows 7 Ultimate contains a similar range of features to what its predecessor had.
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* [[Working Designs]] used to make a living doing this. ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete|Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete]]'' for instance, was not strictly a special edition since there was no [[Vanilla Edition]], but it came with a soundtrack, little character stands, a cloth map of the game's world, and even a wearable replica of the game's endgame [[MacGuffin]]. Those who pre-ordered the game also got a Ghaleon punching puppet.
** Another deluxe game set from [[Working Designs]], ''Growlanser Generations'', came with a keychain, a wearable replica of the two game's jewelry-based weapon system, and a steel men's watch. They never skimped on quality.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]: The Battle for Middle Earth 2'' was released in this way. One of the extras is a palette swap of a regular unit.
* The ''[[Baldur's Gate]] 2'' Collector's Edition was released with an extra, bonus merchant available in game, with a second bonus merchant available to those who pre-ordered from the Interplay store or certain retailers. Files enabling both merchants for all players soon became available on the internet, and were eventually included in a patch.
* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' has a special "Collector's Edition" which includes a special case, a "making of" DVD and a Big Daddy figurine. Interestingly both the decision of having a Collector's Edition in the first place as well as what it contained, was decided by fan feedback.
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* Blizzard has expansion packs for all their games (except possibly ''[[Warcraft]]'', the first one) and is fond of releasing them in "Battle Chests", bundles which include the original game, the expansion, (usually) a strategy guide, and (in the case of their [[RTS]] games) teching charts. Some the later ones even include the entire series; one ''[[Diablo]]'' Battle Chest included ''Diablo'', ''Diablo II'', ''Lord of Destruction'', the strategy guide...
** [[World of Warcraft]] and its expansions have the collector editions. They include artbooks, mousepads, sound tracks, trading cards and ingame collector pets.
** The $100 Collector's Edition for [[
* The [[Tom Clancy]] franchise games (''[[Rainbow Six]]'', ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' and ''[[Splinter Cell]]'') have been all released in collector's editions. They contain the original games and their expansions, clothing (a hat, shirt and belt), a messenger bag, and an "exclusive" extra (SC mousepad, RS book, GR making-of DVD), housed in a metal case.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Majoras Mask]]'' was released in a "Limited Edition Adventure Set" that contained the game, the soundtrack, a special watch, a t-shirt, two pins mimicking badges from the game, wallpaper and a certificate of authenticity. The set itself only had a print run of ''1000 units''!
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** Taken to new heights with pre-orders for ''Fallout: New Vegas''. Along with the standard Collectors' Edition - which contains poker chips from Fallout: New Vegas casinos, a deck of cards, a graphic novel, and a making-of documentary DVD - Bethesda is offering a total of four different Equipment Packs, each of which contain unique items that are otherwise unavailable in the game world. The catch? Each pack is offered at a different retail outlet, which means if you want them all you'd need to ''pre-order the same game at four different stores''.
*** New Vegas followed the similar-Mass Effect 2 store-exclusive DLCs and these equipment packs are available on [[Xbox]] Live/PSN for a few dollars (Courier's Stash).
* ''[[
* The ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]: Diamond'' release contained the first NWN game, its expansions and three premium modules (think mini-campaigns), all in a single [[DVD]]. Prior to that was the Platinum edition, which was the same minus the premium modules, and before that was the Gold edition, which had only the original game and the first expansion.
* ''[[The Sims]]'' had a Deluxe Edition of their game that featured one of their top-selling expansion packs along with many extra features that would allow you to create more unique sims and even more stuff to put in your homes.
* The Premium Box of ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' includes limited edition Nendoroids (pint-sized, pseudo-bobbleheaded figurines) of [[Shakugan no Shana|Shana]], [[Kino's Journey|Kino]], [[
* ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' has the Hardened Edition, which has an art book and a redemption code for a downloadable Xbox 360/Playstation 3 version of the first ''[[Call of Duty]]'' game, and the Prestige Edition, which retails for 150$ and includes functional [[Night Vision Goggles]] and a head stand along with the above.
** Treyarch has gone one further. Those who bought the Prestige Edition of ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'' got a fully functional RC car with a camera mounted on it, modeled after the RC-XD killstreak reward.
** And then ''Modern Warfare 3'' went a step backwards, having only a Hardened edition which included bonuses such as a free one-year membership to Call of Duty ELITE and the in-universe "Soap's Journal".
* ''[[
* Big Fish Games has released several downloadable games as "Collector's Editions". One constant seems to be an integrated strategy guide (which sold several people on the [[Mystery Case Files]]: Dire Grove CE all by itself), amd there's also usually wallpapers, a soundtrack or concept art. The CE's also come out a few weeks earlier than the vanilla version.
* More recent home version releases of ''[[Beatmania]] IIDX'' have been released with multiple editions. There is always the option to buy just the game, but there is usually at least a Special Edition with some extras such as posters, stickers, calendars, etc. and a Complete Set with all the Special Edition extras plus others such as music CDs, DVDs containing music videos and material related to the series, etc. The Complete Set-only extras are often also available for purchase separately, but the Complete Set is usually cheaper than buying the Special Edition plus the additional extras separately.
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* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with [[The Witcher]] 2. The Premium Edition includes a Making Of DVD, soundtrack CD, a game guide, a map of the game world, two pieces of papercraft and a physical version of an in-game pamphlet and a coin. The catch? That's the base version for your standard 50 bucks, and there's no plans for a [[Vanilla Edition]]. The digitally distributed version also has a digital version of all the above minus the coin (and there's no digital vanilla edition yet). Played straight with the Collector's Edition, which throws in a 200 page art book, a set of five dice with a bag, a guide to cheating in dice and card games, a special set of playing cards, another coin, another bit of papercraft, a set of stickers and marble imitation sculpture of Geralt's head on top of the Premium Edition.
** The [[Updated Rerelease|Enhanced Edition]] carries on the tradition of giving you free stuff for the base price: all copies of the game, regardless of whether it's for PC or 360, includes a soundtrack CD, game guide and a world map, on top of a bunch of gameplay improvements (with is a free patch for all non-Enhanced PC copies of the game). The Dark Edition, the limited edition this time round, throws in the making-of DVD, three stickers, an art book, and a medallion of the wolf logo on top of the standard Enhanced Edition contents.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130916082054/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/05/limited_edition_catherine_copi.php "Love is Over" Deluxe Edition] of [[Catherine]] comes with your standard art book and soundtrack (the same preorder bonus as the Vanilla Edition), but also includes a t-shirt, a pillowcase, and a pair of boxers, all packaged in a pizza box. They are all story-relevant.
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614171855/http://nintendoeverything.com/67054/ boxart] for ''[[Bit.Trip]] COMPLETE'' claims that it "includes limited edition soundtrack CD with 18 full songs".
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' had a special edition which came with a "Making of" DVD, special digipak packaging for the game, Crime Alley DLC, and a replica of the game's Batarang.
* The Collector's Edition of ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' packaged the game with a fancy slipcase, the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Casino Night]] Pinball DLC, the "''20 Years of Sonic Art''" book, the "''20th Anniversary Sonic Soundtrack''", the "History of Sonic: Birth of an Icon" documentary, a commerorative Gold Ring, & a statue with Sonic in both his classic & modern incarnations. This was for the Xbox 360 & Playstation 3 release of the game, limited to 12,000 copies, and [[No Export for You|only released in Europe & Austrailia]].
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* The ''[[X (video game)|X]]-Superbox'', which came out about a year after ''X3 Terran Conflict''. The Superbox contains every single ''[[X (video game)|X]]-Universe'' game made up until that point (and when ''Terran Conflict'''s expansion pack came out a few months after the Superbox came out, Superbox owners got the normally $9.99 expansion pack for free), has a CD full of ship and space station concept art, the [[All There in the Manual|X-Encyclopedia]] which explains some of the technology and the history of the ''X-Universe'', very high-quality versions of the game's soundtrack, and three fan made soundtracks. Free content that anyone can get is also put in the package as well, for convenience - script packages to make your life easier in the game, and PDF versions of fan fiction from the game's forums.
* [[Resident Evil 6]] reportedly has a [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/10/get-leons-leather-jacket-with-1300-resident-evil-6-premium-edition/ $1300 Premium Edition], with the main draw being [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|Leon's leather jacket]].
* Despite its lack of a proper English translation, [[Battle Golfer Yui]] has a reproduction collector set, complete with CD soundtrack, trading cards, magnet, pins, and a mini comic.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Shadowgirls]]'' [[The Merch|Season 1]] has two hardcover versions [https://web.archive.org/web/20111223213018/http://th3rdworld.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=199 available]: Regular and Artist Edition. The latter comes with a sketch card and a page of original artwork.
* ''[[Sinfest]]'': [
== Western Animation ==
* Within a span of several years, Warner Bros. released the ''[[Looney Tunes]] Golden Collection'' series, spread across six volumes and covering over ''400'' classic cartoons, hours upon hours upon hours worth of commentaries, documentaries, interviews and historical bonus content in general. However, for the kiddies, a [[Vanilla Edition]] series of these DVDs were released called ''Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection'', which were essentially bare bone collections featuring the more well known, family friendly Looney Tunes shorts.
* While initially getting a couple [[Vanilla Edition]] DVDs, the [[Powerpuff Girls]]
* Both of Shout! Factory's releases of the [[Sunbow Entertainment|Sunbow]] series of both ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' have this. There's the season sets which come with the episodes and some extras. Then, there's the complete series collection which comes with all the episodes, the extras included in the season sets, and extra extras that are exclusive only to the complete series collection.
** [[Transformers: The Movie]] has a particularly annoying take on this, with the ''menu'' of the single-disc edition constantly advertising the two-disc special edition.
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