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What comes in the GTA IV Special Edition?

It’s so much fun to take a new toy out of the box for the first time!  This seems especially true for electronics, which are often marvels of packaging and which tend to have packed-in accessories.  It’s with this sense of anticipation that I drove home last night, knowing that the GTA IV Special Edition was sitting on my front porch! 

I took some pictures as I pulled the game out of the box.  

Here’s the front of the SE box, and the GTA IV license plate that came with my order from Amazon. 

Inside the box is another box - the lockbox - which is black, metal, and heavier than I was expecting.  Everything else in the Special Edition fits inside the lockbox - Al Gore would be so pleased!

Here’s the full array of goodies, layed out from inside the lockbox.  Moving in columns from right to left we have:

1)  The license plate (retailer-specific, not included in all SE’s I believe)

2)  The soundtrack.  Not surprisingly, this disc only has a typical number of song tracks on it - certainly not the entire contents of the radio programming!

3)  The art book.  Very nice, with some written commentary by the art director.

4)  The lockbox, with lid open.

5)  Oh, and the actual game.

6)  The duffel bag, folded up in a plastic bag

7)  Two keys for the lockbox

8)  A Rockstar “R-star” keychain

Here’s a look at the duffel bag and the closed lock box.

There are two keys for the lockbox, so who do you give the second key to?  I’m thinking about using the box to store some portable games - maybe my GBA/DS/PSP games?  Or maybe it will just end up collecting dust - if you have a great plan for the lockbox, post it in the comments!