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Yesterday I talked a little about when to buy WoW's next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and went over some memories of two years ago, as well as the logic of those who will buy it now, soon, and later. Today I ask you where you plan to buy it. Do you have a Preorder? Will you go to a store and hope for the best? Will the freebies decide your loyalty, or will it be the place you get all your games from? Are you one of those who ordered online, and who awaits, eagerly, the knock from the UPS or FedEx guy with your peanut filled package of evil?

WoW Insider had been keeping their reader's eyes out for specials and freebies for Wrath's launch, which were very prevalent for Burning Crusade, but seems to come up sadly short. We have Best Buy, Future Shop, as well as a few foreign sellers with deals that have a mix of value, from the barely a deal, to a complete steal. Word has come that Amazon is selling the Collector's Edition again, this time at the harsh price of almost double the original price. I guess we can only be thankful that they are doing the gouging now, instead of in six months like they did for the original Collector's Edition. So, my beloved readers, where will you be going to buy Wrath from, and when?

For the last several months, pretty much since we had confirmation of what the Wrath Collector's Edition pet would be, and therefore receiving confirmation there would be a Collector's Edition, I have been calling my local(4 blocks away) EB Games to see if they have the Collector's Edition in their pre order system yet. Well, they hadn't. Until last Tuesday, the 16th. On Monday Blizzard announced that the expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will be released on November 13th, and they also formally announced the Collector's Edition.

A lot of my friends, both the cynical Europeans and the frugal Americans, seem to think I am nuts. I may just be. I did, though, wanted to give my reasons why I changed my preorder from the normal Wrath to the Collector's edition. Let's go with the feature list up first:

• DVD of the expansion - I cannot count the number of times I have cursed loosing my original game DVD as I have reinstalled from the 4 disc set, then patched it all the way to current.
• The art book and behind the scenes DVD - Often, when I feel the old game creep in and slowly sadden me, I take out the art book and DVD, then revel in the creative process that went into making this a game I have played for 4 years now.
• The Official Soundtrack - Because I will buy this off iTunes if I don't get it here. I love the music in the beta already!
• Two March of the Legion TCG Starter Decks - Rocket Chicken, Paper Flying Machine Kit, and the Dragon Kite. 'Nough said.
• Map of Northrend Mouse Pad - I might use this for a bit if it's not the hard plastic kind that seems to curl at the sides and becomes unplayable.
• Lastly... Frosty the baby frost wyrm! Yeah, I am a sucker for the pet, and really regretted not getting the TBC CE for the Netherwhelp. I <3 my Panda's, Diablo's, and Zergling's from the original CE, and wish they would bring the three in one back!
  

In the end, I found the original Collector's Edition more than worth the effort to get it, and knew that this year's would be blockbuster. I really look forward to opening my box at 12:01 or 12:30 AM on the 13th and sliding the DVD in, beginning the install of the expansion, and hitting play on the behind the scenes DVD as I hunt the starter decks for a loot card. See you in line!