If you’re like me, you already own all the Marvel movies (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America) on DVD and Blu Ray, so the thought of shelling out $220 for a box set of movies, five of which you already own, may be unappealing. Even with Amazon offering the set for almost $80 off if you pre-order, it’s still a high price to get one new movie on DVD.
But with the announcement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled 10-Disc Collector’s Set came two details: the first is that the set is a limited edition. Given that The Avengers is third biggest movie of all time, that means this set may very well sell out before it ever ships. Second is that this limited edition comes with exclusive collectibles, so even if you already own five of the six movies, there’s still something here for you.
Last week Marvel released a commercial for the Blu Ray Box Set that reveals more details about the collectibles included in this box set. You can watch the video below.
Listed as part of this set are:
Limited Edition S.H.I.E.L.D. Briefcase
A replica of the Tesseract (the MacGuffin of both Captain America and The Avengers) which interactively responds to motion
All six movies in collectible artwork packaging (exclusive to this set)
The Phase One Archives Blu Ray with “classified behind-the-scenes elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe”
The Avengers Initiative – S.H.I.E.L.D. Recruitment Files with collectible memorabilia from the films
Agent Coulson File from Thor
Hospital Bracelet
Myths and Legends book
Yggdrasil Drawing
Driver’s License
Smith Motors Pinboard Photo
Tony Stark Recruitment Assessment by Agent Romanoff
“I Am Iron Man” Newspaper
ARC Reactor Blueprint
Cave Drawings
Stark Expo Ticket
Notebook Drawing
Bruce Banner Recruitment Assessment by Agent Romanoff
“University Incident” Article
Sonic Canon Blueprint
Betty Ross Article
Pingo Doce Bottle Label
Cryosync Label
S.H.I.E.L.D. File on Captain America
4F Slip
SSR Medical File
Monkey Drawing
Skinny Steve Photo
Peggy Photo From Compass
S.H.I.E.L.D. Security Level 7 File
Contents “Classified”
This set is due for release on September 25, 2012.