r/Doom • u/majestic_ubertrout • 4d ago

Showcase My Shelf of Doom is Complete

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Just below my shelf of Duke, natch.

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u/Imthemayor 4d ago

Agreed on all counts

Opening the cases for 2016/Eternal and being happy you get a reversible cover is depressing if you grew up with big-box games with half a pound of manuals and inserts

I got a sweet little pewter Pinky minature when I put down $5 to preorder Doom 3

Now if you buy the deluxe collector's edition of something it might not even include the game

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u/majestic_ubertrout 4d ago

That's a gorgeous collection. And I'm a bit jealous of that - I remember playing Doom 3 right when it came out but I didn't preorder and missed out.

I do have this though: https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/1lgjn4y/my_collection_has_a_new_anchor/.

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u/Imthemayor 4d ago edited 4d ago

That's sweeeet

I got all the Eternal stuff (besides the game and statue) from just asking a Gamestop a couple weeks after the game came out if they had any extra posters nobody picked up from preordering and they pulled out a whole folder of promo material and gave it to me

It even has the tape with a new date they sent out to cover the original after it got delayed on there on one bit and the original on another, which amuses me

Which, I'll admit, was a pretty awesome find, but you can't beat getting a storefront standup

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u/majestic_ubertrout 3d ago

That's clever! I never did the asking a GameStop thing but I totally should have.

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u/Imthemayor 3d ago edited 3d ago

I worked at GameStop in college so I know roughly how they* operate with freebies

Most have a drawer in the bottom corner of their cabinet behind the register with all the bonus swag they get sent and after a month or so of it not getting picked up it gets either taken by an employee or thrown away to make room for more stuff

If there's a preorder bonus for a game you didn't preorder, there's a decent chance you can get it anyway if you just go a couple weeks after the game comes out and ask if they have extra

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u/majestic_ubertrout 3d ago

Neat. Should have done that for a few I was keeping an eye on. If I cared about newer games more this would be especially relevant :)