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Don't know about anyone else, but do you guys dig collectors edition unboxings? Sometimes they can be hilarious and sometimes they just suck!
One of the best in recent memory easily was Nathan Drake himself (Nolan North) unboxing the Uncharted 3 collectors edition.
What do you think?
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I don't care, unless it's me doing the unboxing. 
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I hate the "unboxing" word, it's not even a word. Who makes up this rubbish? Never liked the videos as it is nice to open up a collector's edition yourself and see what's inside 
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The only time I've ever watched "unboxings" was to decide if I want to pick up that CE or not. Given that it's very rare for these videos to be out before the CE orders have ended, they're not very useful.
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Ah the removal from package ceremony, at my work place it is traditional for each new type of device we receive that there is a gathering and a mock ceremony to occur like the one in the video above. My favourite company for it is HP. TouchSmart(dumb) 9100s come in enough useless clingy plastic to float a small island economy. Also spare parts can be a joke. A single 5mm screw once came in a long thin box that you'd normally expect those industrial fluorescent tubes to come in. But the real reason we do it is that usually the new toys cost tens of thousands of dollars and it's nice to see those arrive mint in the box before being shipped to who knows where, where it will collect dust while running 24/7 doing its job.
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| Jellyfish wrote: | | My favourite company for it is HP. TouchSmart(dumb) 9100s come in enough useless clingy plastic to float a small island economy. Also spare parts can be a joke. A single 5mm screw once came in a long thin box that you'd normally expect those industrial fluorescent tubes to come in. |
Hahah I know exactly what you mean.
We ordered some software from HP. We got a few CDs in a box and then in a number of separate boxes were the license keys. One sheet of paper per box.
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Most unboxing videos i've watched were very long and boring, they probably could have edited out the long pauses between things happening.
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| Jessara wrote: | | I hate the "unboxing" word, it's not even a word. |
How is it not a word?
It's a series of sounds that carry a specific meaning. That's what a word is.
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| Benza wrote: | | Jessara wrote: | | I hate the "unboxing" word, it's not even a word. |
How is it not a word?
It's a series of sounds that carry a specific meaning. That's what a word is. |
Furthermore, if Jessara hates the word unboxing and that it also isn't a word.
well it must be a word if she hates that word, but it also cant't..
..be a word
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They're fine depending on camera quality and ratio of pointing camera at box/point camera at person's face.
General tip though - Always mute the video.
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Haha, that's classic. The Gears 3 one is even better.
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Only use I've found for one was an unboxing vid of Guitar Hero: World Tour so I could figure out how the fuck to fit it back into the box when I sold it.
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| canetoad wrote: | | Only use I've found for one was an unboxing vid of Guitar Hero: World Tour so I could figure out how the **** to fit it back into the box when I sold it. |
Haha, so true, mate.
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Last time I watched an unboxing video was to figure out if the cover art on the actual game case of Arcana Heart 3 LE was the same as on the regular one I also really only use them to see details of what they come with.
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Yeh agreed although it does suck when people keep holding the cam while they open stuff up so we can't see what theyre opening or how they get it out 
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I like em. I check em out on non Coll Ed. to see if I can see if the case is all in English as well.
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