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* The first ''[[Digimon]]'' CCG, Digital Card Battle, had a set of promotional cards released to coincide with the North American release of ''[[Compilation Movie|Digimon: The Movie]]''. Two cards released were [[Digimon Adventure|Infermon and Diablomon]], from the second movie. Diablomon evolves from Infermon, while Infermon evolves from Chrysalimon; Chrysalimon (and its pre-evolution Keramon) didn't get a card at all until a few expansions later, making these two cards completely useless until then.
* The first ''[[Digimon]]'' CCG, Digital Card Battle, had a set of promotional cards released to coincide with the North American release of ''[[Compilation Movie|Digimon: The Movie]]''. Two cards released were [[Digimon Adventure|Infermon and Diablomon]], from the second movie. Diablomon evolves from Infermon, while Infermon evolves from Chrysalimon; Chrysalimon (and its pre-evolution Keramon) didn't get a card at all until a few expansions later, making these two cards completely useless until then.
* For ''[[Hellgate:London]]'' multiplayer subscribers, Flagship Studios touted a rather small selection of pets that could [[Randomly Drops|Randomly Drop]]. They had marginal to no use, and amounted to [[Small Annoying Creature]]s who made the [[Most Annoying Sound]]s.
* For ''[[Hellgate:London]]'' multiplayer subscribers, Flagship Studios touted a rather small selection of pets that could [[Randomly Drops|Randomly Drop]]. They had marginal to no use, and amounted to [[Small Annoying Creature]]s who made the [[Most Annoying Sound]]s.
* ''[[Runescape]]'' has an in-game flagstaff given to everyone who bought a ticket to [[Rune Fest]], an event similar to Blizzard's [[Blizz Con]]. It doesn't give any bonuses but it can set off fireworks (which normally only appear when you level up).
* ''[[RuneScape]]'' has an in-game flagstaff given to everyone who bought a ticket to [[Rune Fest]], an event similar to Blizzard's [[Blizz Con]]. It doesn't give any bonuses but it can set off fireworks (which normally only appear when you level up).
** Not necessarily promotional, but try mentioning the "party hat" to most [[Runescape]] players. Party hats were paper crowns found inside Christmas Crackers that you pulled with another player. The Cracker popped open, and one player got a random item, the other player got the party hat. This was way back to 2001, so as of now, July 2010, the current price of the most expensive color, a blue party hat, is about 530 ''million'' gold.
** Not necessarily promotional, but try mentioning the "party hat" to most [[RuneScape]] players. Party hats were paper crowns found inside Christmas Crackers that you pulled with another player. The Cracker popped open, and one player got a random item, the other player got the party hat. This was way back to 2001, so as of now, July 2010, the current price of the most expensive color, a blue party hat, is about 530 ''million'' gold.
*** Of course, it helps that everyone duped them.
*** Of course, it helps that everyone duped them.
* [[LEGO]] produces a few promotional ''[[Star Wars]]'' minifigures every year. Chrome Gold C-3PO makes at least somewhat sense, as he is shiny chrome in the movies and the normal edition figures of him are regular pearl plastic, but Chrome Darth Vader? Okay, he looks shiny sometimes. Chrome silver Stormtrooper? Ahem... There were invisible Stormtroopers in Force Unleashed that sometimes recharged and looked chrome silver-like. 14kt solid gold Boba Fett? There isn't much to do than to show off in your forum with a picture of you and him at a restaurant table or plainly sell him for over 9000 bucks to somebody else to do it for you.
* [[LEGO]] produces a few promotional ''[[Star Wars]]'' minifigures every year. Chrome Gold C-3PO makes at least somewhat sense, as he is shiny chrome in the movies and the normal edition figures of him are regular pearl plastic, but Chrome Darth Vader? Okay, he looks shiny sometimes. Chrome silver Stormtrooper? Ahem... There were invisible Stormtroopers in Force Unleashed that sometimes recharged and looked chrome silver-like. 14kt solid gold Boba Fett? There isn't much to do than to show off in your forum with a picture of you and him at a restaurant table or plainly sell him for over 9000 bucks to somebody else to do it for you.
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* Nintendo's Robotic Operating Buddy, which was included with the rare NES Deluxe Set, to promote the system as a "toy" after [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]]. It only had two games made for it, and it barely functioned.
* Nintendo's Robotic Operating Buddy, which was included with the rare NES Deluxe Set, to promote the system as a "toy" after [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]]. It only had two games made for it, and it barely functioned.
* In the Rage CCG, each set had a few foils in it that came one per booster box or so and ONLY came in foil version. The War of the Amazon set was badly underprinted making its foils exceptionally hard to collect. One of them, the Conquistador's Sword, removed 2 of the other 4 Amazon foils from the game... and that was all it did. Despite being a sword, it couldn't even be used as a weapon! Why it didn't work on the other two Amazon foils is also a mystery...
* In the Rage CCG, each set had a few foils in it that came one per booster box or so and ONLY came in foil version. The War of the Amazon set was badly underprinted making its foils exceptionally hard to collect. One of them, the Conquistador's Sword, removed 2 of the other 4 Amazon foils from the game... and that was all it did. Despite being a sword, it couldn't even be used as a weapon! Why it didn't work on the other two Amazon foils is also a mystery...
* [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Warhammer 40000]] both have promotional figures, mainly for gamesday, magazine subscriptions and other events. Most notably are the figures given out for the White Dwarf subscription and the White Dwarf anniversary figures. While the White Dwarf Anniversary figure (which is a statue of the titular White Dwarf being born upon a shield carried by two other famous dwarves from Warhammer lore) does actually have rules, it was released in a plated gold version (which is valued at one point to be 400 dollars by collectors). This however rendered it illegal for play, since it had no basing and only one color (while you could paint it, you can also buy a white-pewter version just for much less), not to mention its rules were unofficial for tournament games anyhow. White Dwarf subscription models often came on round bases (which made them illegal for fantasy), but are obviously dwarves (which have no rules in 40k ever since the infamous Squats fiasco). Didn't help that they tend to have crossover parts with 40k, making them unsuited for Fantasy Tournament play since you'd either have to convert the model so much that it'll be near-indistinguishable from a standard one or buy a normal model.
* [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]] both have promotional figures, mainly for gamesday, magazine subscriptions and other events. Most notably are the figures given out for the White Dwarf subscription and the White Dwarf anniversary figures. While the White Dwarf Anniversary figure (which is a statue of the titular White Dwarf being born upon a shield carried by two other famous dwarves from Warhammer lore) does actually have rules, it was released in a plated gold version (which is valued at one point to be 400 dollars by collectors). This however rendered it illegal for play, since it had no basing and only one color (while you could paint it, you can also buy a white-pewter version just for much less), not to mention its rules were unofficial for tournament games anyhow. White Dwarf subscription models often came on round bases (which made them illegal for fantasy), but are obviously dwarves (which have no rules in 40k ever since the infamous Squats fiasco). Didn't help that they tend to have crossover parts with 40k, making them unsuited for Fantasy Tournament play since you'd either have to convert the model so much that it'll be near-indistinguishable from a standard one or buy a normal model.
** Games Workshop also usually gave out Christmas models to it's higher up employees, and often release in-house rules for these models (most notable is the Ogre Slaver model). However due to the exclusiveness of these models (literally only GW Employees could get them) they are worth quite the premium on the net if they were ever to be sold, but almost no one would have ever heard about their rules (not to mention them being illegal again for tournament play).
** Games Workshop also usually gave out Christmas models to it's higher up employees, and often release in-house rules for these models (most notable is the Ogre Slaver model). However due to the exclusiveness of these models (literally only GW Employees could get them) they are worth quite the premium on the net if they were ever to be sold, but almost no one would have ever heard about their rules (not to mention them being illegal again for tournament play).
* The Baseball Bat in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' was given to players that pre-ordered the game. While it is a decent melee weapon, it is held back by several factors. One, if a player that obtained the bat plays with people that didn't pre-order the game, the bat is made available to the whole group, which kills the exclusivity of the bat. Two, because all melee weapons have the same killing power and are only differentiated by reach and swing speed, the bat isn't anything special and is basically the same as the Katana with a different skin. Third, The Passing DLC made the bat be open to all players (regardless if they had pre-ordered the game or not) and the weapon no longer spawned at the start of the map.
* The Baseball Bat in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' was given to players that pre-ordered the game. While it is a decent melee weapon, it is held back by several factors. One, if a player that obtained the bat plays with people that didn't pre-order the game, the bat is made available to the whole group, which kills the exclusivity of the bat. Two, because all melee weapons have the same killing power and are only differentiated by reach and swing speed, the bat isn't anything special and is basically the same as the Katana with a different skin. Third, The Passing DLC made the bat be open to all players (regardless if they had pre-ordered the game or not) and the weapon no longer spawned at the start of the map.
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