Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami Style Premium Package)

If the standard Premium Package wasn't enough, Konami had one more trick up its sleeve. The Metal Gear Solid HD Edition Konami Style Premium Package for PlayStation 3 takes everything from the base premium offering and layers on even more, creating one of the most loaded PS3 collector sets in the franchise's history.

You still get the stunning large cardboard box with Yoji Shinkawa's artwork, the 450-plus page art book covering Metal Gear Solid 1 through 3, and the eight-track original trilogy soundtrack CD. But this version ups the ante with a pair of branded mugs, one for Metal Gear Solid 2 and one for Metal Gear Solid 3, plus a set of official Metal Gear Solid HD Edition original headphones. It's the kind of package that turns a collector's shelf into a full lifestyle statement.

Like its sibling, this edition was locked behind the Konami Style web store in Japan. No international retail, no second chances. The addition of physical branded items beyond the typical book-and-disc combo gives this version serious display versatility. The mugs are conversation starters on their own, and the headphones add a functional-meets-collectible angle you rarely see in premium game packages. For those of us who believe Metal Gear collecting is less a hobby and more a calling, this Konami Style Premium Package represents one of the PS3 era's most elusive grails. Tracking one down in complete condition is its own kind of tactical espionage operation.