Kolzig Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Today is the last day to buy/pre-order it from Limited Run Games. I would like to get the Switch physical and the PC big box, but it's 174 dollars to buy and ship to Finland. Just insane... Oh how I wish they would have instead used some European located company for European customers instead base everything globally to LRG which is known to be super expensive. Any idea how long it will take for them to produce and ship the games? This is not supposed to be a normal LRG release so maybe they could be faster than to wait for over one year before it's shipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semsajah Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Same here. $90 for collector’s edition $40 for shipping and add 25%vat so $163 just for the one. Not worth it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelSon Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 7:24 PM, Semsajah said: Same here. $90 for collector’s edition $40 for shipping and add 25%vat so $163 just for the one. Not worth it Where do you live for getting that 40$ shipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semsajah Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 6 hours ago, MichaelSon said: Where do you live for getting that 40$ shipping? Norway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelSon Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Semsajah said: Norway OK, that's a crap. I am from Germany. Probably same sh** then as it is in Europe as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaronGrackle Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) On 1/15/2023 at 5:53 AM, Jake said: I hope it has an excerpt from Guybrush’s memoirs on the back of the box! I think tvtropes has it right: Guybrush's trailer quote has got to be our excerpt! I know you mean on the box itself (which I doubt would happen), but as someone who's only owned the Curse and Escape versions of these quoted boxes, I just like to know they sort of exist in some form. Quote "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us." Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurvy seadogs swilled, the rest would be easy. How could I have known I'd meet a powerful and beautiful woman with a jealous suitor too stupid to realize he'd been dead for years? And how can I crawl through this great stone monkey to find a man who walks three inches above the ground and sets fire to his beard every morning? I thought I'd killed the Ghost Pirate LeChuck for good. Wrong. How many times can that bloated old fool die? Other pirates tell me there's no escape. Legend has it that the treasure of Big Whoop holds the key to great power... I must find it before LeChuck finds me. I've sailed the seas from Trinidad to Tortuga and I've never seen anything like it! The engagement ring I gave Elaine has a terrible pirate curse on it. LeChuck is behind it, I'm sure. I should have known that nothing good could come out of that evil zombie's treasures. And if that's not bad enough, the clairvoyant I met in the mangrove swamp told me that if I am to break the curse and save Elaine, I will have to die! Spitting the sand of Monkey Island from my mouth, I began to wonder if the life of a mighty pirate was all it was cracked up to be. If only I'd chosen a different path, LeChuck might still be dead, and the mystery of the Ultimate Insult might have remained an enigma. If I'd never picked up a sword, the grog-swilling pirates of the Tri-Island Area might be unthreatened by the twin forces of gentrification and demonic heckfire. If only... I've sailed the seven seas in search of archaic charms and curiosities; I've raided the sunken smelters of Popgowatu for the finest of tools; and I've worked by candlelight in the yawing quarters of my ship to forge together the raw materials into the finest of blades, all to finally put a bloody end to my undead rival and stealer of spouse. It is now that this sword is more than just a sword; it is a covenant! I'm not exactly sure what that word means, but it sounds right. The seas will sleep soundly tonight, for LeChuck's time is up! Pirating is in my blood, like adrenaline or stale grog. I've been in enough scraps to fill a dozen scrapbooks. I've got stories about ships, fights, love, treasure, betrayal, and root beer. But how about one that has all of the above? My name is Guybrush Threepwood, and this is a story about the time I finally found the Secret of Monkey Island. Edited March 13, 2023 by BaronGrackle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) It looks like LRG will be bringing their non-box versions of RtMI (at least on Switch, PS5 and Xbox) to Amazon as well, with a release date of July 25th. https://twitter.com/IGNDeals/status/1633916881038983169?s=20 Edited March 13, 2023 by Laserschwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dognut Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 just got a shipping notification for the PC collector's edition. its happening! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurraySchull Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Still nothing on the Anthology Upgrade for me. I enquired about a month ago and got the standard "according to the website, it's still in development so it's not shipping yet!" Apparently the standalone editions (at least the PS5 version) has been shipping for a while now, but Limited Run groups all of your items into one order and withholds sending any of your order until everything is ready. Which makes sense I guess, but it's still been over a year now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Yeah, got my notification as well for the PC version. Everything seems to happen in twos with Monkey Island lol In this case, the documentary and now the physical release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Mine just arrived and everything came in perfect condition. The Golden Key and Lure pin are both very well made. The scrapbook has some additional jokes not present in the game that made me laugh out loud. A standout for me was next to Wally's picture, Guybrush begins to write, and misspell, "cartographer," and crosses it out to simply write "the map guy." Also, really cool that the section about "Return to Monkey Island" has an additional seal on it for people who want to avoid spoilers until after they finish the game. Everything else; the box itself, poster, soundtrack, game CDs, Floppy Disc (which I might use as a coaster when replaying the games), manual, and especially the letter from Ron and Dave are all well made and authentic. Reminds me of the good old days of buying PC games. Only gripe is no excerpt from Guybrush. Edited February 22 by demone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It is a shame that it seems so hard to get in touch with Jo Ashburn. I've really missed his takes on the Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 13 hours ago, demone said: Only gripe is no excerpt from Guybrush. It sucks that they didn’t do a memoir for the back of the box. Literally all the others did it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 5 hours ago, Jake said: It sucks that they didn’t do a memoir for the back of the box. Literally all the others did it Yeah, I was actually half-expecting that Guybrush's monologue from the first trailer ("Pirating is in my blood, like adrenaline, or stale Grog.") would be on the back of the box. Would've been perfect as a memoir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didero Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Wow, glad to hear they started shipping. My order is still listed as "In production" though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) One other, cool little detail I found in the scrapbook, that has some very interesting lore implications, is that on the pages with LeChuck's voodoo doll, next to the torn leg is a note saying, "Use imagination for real damage." That implies that Guybrush did not really do that much damage to LeChuck at the end of that game and was instead his imagination creating the carnage of LeChuck's leg and arm falling off. Makes sense given the context of the games we now know. Especially with them not really being brothers, then it makes sense that Guybrush's voodoo doll would not be 100% effective. Taking it a step further to connect with Curse, LeChuck had probably already cast a spell on Guybrush right at the start of the tunnels and Guybrush was seeing what he perhaps wanted to see in the fight, along with disturbing imagery, such as his deceased parents. Boybrush and his friend Chucky add in their own spins and what we have as the ending of Monkey Island 2 is essentially a mishmash of an embellished tale with Guybrush's imagination and unreliable memory and Boybrush and Chucky's own retelling and twists. Edited February 25 by demone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dognut Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) so either the tracking information is not updating, or my package hasn't shipped yet. hoping for the former, the one other time I ordered from LRG my order was lost in shipping. thankfully they were able to find another copy to send me. edit: crisis averted. it has arrived. Edited March 1 by dognut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyristom Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Can someone give me the answer: What's the deal with the floppy disc which is contained in the RtMI box? On the Limited Run Games website it is said that this floppy disc will be an "floppy disc styled USB stick". But I'm not able to see the USB connectors or how to open this thing up. For me this simply looks like a fake floppy disc. Can somebody help me out on this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 11 hours ago, amyristom said: Can someone give me the answer: What's the deal with the floppy disc which is contained in the RtMI box? On the Limited Run Games website it is said that this floppy disc will be an "floppy disc styled USB stick". But I'm not able to see the USB connectors or how to open this thing up. For me this simply looks like a fake floppy disc. Can somebody help me out on this thing? I think it's indeed just meant to be a decorative, fake floppy disc. I think the USB stick portion of the description on the site was simply inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 There was a video on the LucasArts Fans Facebook group showing that a section next to the sliding metal cover flips out to reveal a thin USB stick. It looks pretty clever - too clever for its own good if nobody can figure it out! Hopefully you can find the video yourself, but if not let me know and I'll track down the link... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demone Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 10 hours ago, Huz said: There was a video on the LucasArts Fans Facebook group showing that a section next to the sliding metal cover flips out to reveal a thin USB stick. It looks pretty clever - too clever for its own good if nobody can figure it out! Hopefully you can find the video yourself, but if not let me know and I'll track down the link... Ah, I see! It flips over to reveal it. I tried to slide it out initially, but you basically just push it and the section flips to reveal the USB. Thanks for the info, very clever indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micpp Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 The actual contents of the USB is a bit funky! They seem to have used an almost 60GB USB stick, and filled a chunk of it up with including the game three times, twice in zip files and once in a folder! This seems... an odd thing to do. I noticed also that the Windows DVD (although not the USB) has this random extraneous shortcut file sitting in the folder IDK, I guess it seems a bit careless? Especially combined with the kerfuffle around the Loom USB! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeGentleman Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Maybe worth contacting customer service, as with Loom? See if there's a Dropbox of extras for this one too so you can delete all the zip folders off the USB stick and put the extras on there instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Quote @micpp I noticed also that the Windows DVD (although not the USB) has this random extraneous shortcut file sitting in the folder Oh great... Just what we need. ANOTHER secret to Monkey Island. Maybe this is a way to add another "Insert Disk 22" joke. 😛 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) I see the duplicate zip files aren't the same size as each other, so what's different? 🤔 And does one of the folders contain exactly the same files as one of the zips, or are they all unique? Perhaps one of them is the director's cut. Edited March 23 by Huz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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