Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition

Activision put functional night vision goggles in a video game box and somehow that wasn't a fever dream. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition for Xbox 360 remains one of the most audacious collector's editions ever produced, and the centerpiece is exactly what you think it is: a pair of real, working night vision goggles mounted on a display bust modeled after Soap MacTavish's head. These aren't toys.

They run on five AA batteries and can see up to 50 feet in total darkness. Beyond the goggles and their display stand, the Prestige Edition includes the metallic-finish steelbook case, the hardbound artbook, and a download token for Call of Duty Classic on Xbox Live Arcade. MW2 landed during the peak of the Xbox 360's dominance, when the console wars were raging and Call of Duty was the undisputed king of online multiplayer.

This was the era when midnight launches meant something and your friends list was a warzone lobby. The Prestige Edition captured that entire cultural moment in one oversized box. Night vision goggles in a game package.

We'll never see anything like it again. If you missed it then, you already know what it takes to find one now.