D3CE Unboxing on Video

Posted 8 May 2012 by Flux

It’s pure visual porn, as some lucky girl delays her overdue manicure to show off the contents of a DiabloWikiDiablo 3 Collector’s Edition. The USB stick, Diablo’s skull holder, soundtrack, game CD, Behind the Scenes DVD, and a stack of brochures and game passes are visible. She even flips through the artbook a bit, starting at about 1:00, but I didn’t see anything that’s worthy of a SPOILER warning.

The (original) video was from the EB Australia channel, so presumably this is a store employee checking out the goods backstage, if you’re wondering how someone got this already. Thanks to Tokamana for the original tip and Nikaru for a new link after the initial video went away.

Note that the Diablo skull and soulstone are both jet black in this video, while the skull was gray and the soulstone orange in the original D3CE promotional illustration. Why? Some possibilities:

  1. It means nothing. It just looks dark on the grainy video, plus the black soulstone probably has a red LED that glows evilly when in the USB port?
  2. The early version was just a prototype and they tweaked the colors during production. (We heard rumors of manufacturing problems with the trinkets in the D3CE months ago.)
  3. Maybe the exact color varies between batches and this is just a very dark version?
  4. Perhaps its black to match the game plot. There is a whole cinematic called DiabloWikiThe Black Soulstone, about Azmodan’s efforts to obtain that object.
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  • I’d been resisting the urge. No interest in the in-game emo Tyrael wings, and not eager to spend another $40 for the other swag… but now that I’ve seen it…. urghgghhh…

    • +11
      steveman0
      May 8, 2012 at 07:24

      Even I am grabbing it and I avoid CEs generally.  This package is exceptional and well worth it considering it’ll probably appreciate in value even opened.

    • Same thought! But hell NO, i am not going to place a 2nd order. I would have done that like 20 years ago, but not anymore. Still … urghghhg…. :)

    • Emo ?

      You keep using this word I don’t think it means what you think it means.

    • You can have one of mine, I ordered 3.

      I did a panic buy thing.  I don’t know what came over me, it was like I was at the cake counter all over again.

      EDIT – When I said you can have one of my I was of course lying. Just to be clear.

    • I buy the CE just for Tyrael Wings.

    • Maybe they changed it to a. Back soul stone…awesome.

    • How does someone who runs a Diablo fansite for the better part of their lives not buy a collectors edition? 

  • She’s not REALLY overdue for a manicure now is she…
    I mean, somehow i expected more

    • It was funny though.  I agree with you.  My personal preference is short nails like the ones she has.  Can’t stand those girls with the 2inch raptor claws.  That’s one of the two things that I will turn a girl from hot to not.  (other being smoking)

  • Having been with the Diablo series since the very beginning, playing for years and years and waiting for this game for essentially a decade more or less….for me the choice to get CE was a no brainer :) . This final weeks wait IS torture!

  • +2
    Lachdanan
    May 8, 2012 at 07:41

    marry me mother****erette !!11

    lol jk, i bought normal. 

  • Whot? The skull and pendrive are totally BLACK? The pendrive has a led inside? It’s the contrast from the white table?…bah…I’m so fanboy I would like it pink also :oops:
     
    Btw…[SPOILER] When the Artbook it’s opened at 0:58.

    EDIT: The Skull/Soul Stone pendrive look different here and at the paper from inside the CE itself =S.
    http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2011/10/D3_CE.jpg

    • Yeah. And personally i prefer the one in that pic.

      • I had issues with the Diablo 3 Authenticator too…in the Blizzard Store it has a white-ugly button to press…thanks god it was black.
        About the Skull+Soul Stone…bah..It might be better or worst but that wasn’t why I preordered the CE, though it looks good enough.

      • If I had ordered the CE and figured the soulstone is black and not like in the picture I would have been so pissed…
        false advertisement at its best

    • I prefer the grey skull and red drive, too.  If I found out it was black when I opened the box, I would probably repaint it myself.

    • What spoiler? It’s concept art of skinny Diablo and a quote from some Blizzard person about the general premise of Diablo.

  • overdue manicure! haha, that’s comedy gold!

  • I wonder, if people already can put their hands on it, we should see someone uploading behind the scenes dvd content or soundtrack, as they are not encrypted like the game client.

  • that skull is kindof… tiny. I expected it to be a little bigger.
    But afterall, that’s a less space to collect dust :P

  • NICE! Guys how does the exclusive in-game content works? is it included already when you entered D3 Game key or it has a separate item redemption code in battle.net? thanks!

    • It will be active when you enter your CE Game Key in your Bnet account. The CE Keys must have a detectable flag that the game client will know you have access to the wings, dyes, etc.
       
      From earlier info, the wings is a one box item in your inventory that you enable/disable. I would of thought it would be a static item on the char screen like the old Chauldron, etc. As for the dyes, I’d wager it’s the same thing, they appear in your inventory when you create the char (same as wings) and you can use them forever as they won’t disappear when used on your equipment.
       

  • “delays her overdue manicure” 

    hahaha 

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