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The coolest dvd box sets ever

By Marc Chacksfield

09 July 2015

Unless you're a bit of an OCD shelf Nazi, owning your favourite film in a limited edition, novelty-themed box is right up there with finding a cold part of your pillow or beating a dog at a race.

We've gone and assembled a list of the coolest DVD and Blu-ray gift sets ever known to man. Might have to spend hours on eBay to track some of them down though. Limited edition and all that.

Die Hard - Nakatomi Plaza edition

All of the Die Hard movies, delivered in the base of the Nakatomi Plaza tower from the original film.

Don't expect to store it on your bookcase.

E.T. - Spaceship

Includes E.T. Digibook with over 45 pages of E.T. magic and a collectible model of E.T.'s spaceship, complete with working lights and sound

The Dark Knight Rises - Bat Cowl

Includes all the standard Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray features including featurettes on the production

Alien Anthology - Egg

Light-up egg case plus the standard Alien Blu-ray features including alternate cuts of the films

The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Nebuchadnezzar

All discs are stored inside a 2-foot model of the Nebuchadnezzar

Scarface - Humidor case

A $699 (£435) hand-crafted humidor box made from untreated Spanish cedar with a 1,000 coat brilliant finish. Also contains collectible cards.

Watchmen - Nite Owl Ship

Owl ship packaging with lights and sound along with the two disc edition

The Walking Dead: Season Two - Zombie Head

A zombie head case made by MacFarlane Toys with the regular Blu-ray inside

Fast and Furious 1-5 - Wheel

The wheel contains all five films and five bonus discs of content

Blade Runner - Briefcase

A replica of Deckard's briefcase with five discs, a lenticular motion film clip from the original feature, a miniature origami unicorn figurine. a miniature replica spinner car, collector's photographs and a signed personal letter from Ridley Scott

Jurassic Park - T-Rex Model

The trilogy of movies with a model of a T-Rex

Harry Potter - Wizard's Collection

A massive 31 disc collection with a cloth map of Hogwarts, concept art prints, a replica of the locket horcrux (?!) and blueprints in an unfolding case with drawers.

T2 - Collector's Skynet edition

Every release of the same movie on DVD and Blu-ray (five discs) and a a terminator head with light-up eyes

Lost - Complete Collection

Contains a Special Edition collectible ‘Senet’ Game as seen in Season Six, a custom Lost island replica, an exclusive episode guide, a collectible Ankh, and a black light penlight.