Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition is cooler than you think

Back in our day (read: 2003) we barely even had special editions. At best you'd get a company who would release a game encased in tin, throw in a few terrible bonus features and that would be all you got for your fifteen extra dollars.

In it you'll find a copy of the game, iron-on patches, a schematic of the USS Sephora, "recon photos", a USCM graduation certificate, a replica xeno hive game case, and the pièce de résistance: a replica power loader figurine fighting a xenomorph. But they're not done yet! You'll also be able to play as several characters from the films.

All of this will run you $100, which isn't too bad if you're into this sort of thing. It sounds like a lot, but after the $60 cost of the game it's just $40 for a bunch of cool items which would cost you quite a bit more on ThinkGeek.

Andrew Groen

Andrew is a freelance video game journalist, writing for sites like Wired and GamesRadar. Andrew has also written a book called EMPIRES OF EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online.