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What's Inside This Year's Goodie Bag?

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Let's take a look at this year's epic loot.

When I first picked up my goodie bag from my buddy's house I was excited, giddy almost, and didn't even leave the driveway before I opened it up to sift through the contents. Like most others I quickly scrambled to see if there was a Diablo III beta key but to my despair there was naught one to be found. But, all hope is not lost (I will cover that later on in this blog). There were plenty of goodies and some items brought back from Blizzcon 2010 that I look forward to revisiting at this year's Blizzcon 2011. With no time to lose, lets cut this sucker open and finally get a good look at what is in the bag.

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Diablo 3 Tyrael Collector's Statue

The bulk of the goodie bag was the Diablo 3 Tyrael collector's statue in its modestly sized box. The item was announced just a couple of days ago on the Blizzcon website and I was really looking forward to it. Last year's Deathwing was very fragile, mine actually lost a toe and a piece of its tail from being made of very brittle material. Touching and feeling the plastic used to make this year's model I feel that it is much less brittle and the statue overall felt very sturdy.

Tyrael Mini Statuette

Construction part 1

The base is a solid, heavy piece of plastic with a felt bottom. It has a temple ruin/runic design.

Construction part 2

In the base is a hole for the sword, the sword goes into the hole first.

Construction part 3

After the sword goes in, you place the sword into Tyrael's hands. The grip between the sword and Tyrael is very strong and you might want to consider putting the sword on Tyrael before putting it into the platform.

Different Angles

Limited Edition Diablo 3 Battle.net Authenticator

Same as last year, different sticker.

The next biggest item in the bag was the battle.net authenticator, this year in Diablo 3 limited edition. Last year we received one as a Starcraft 2 Limited Edition. Now only if they could somehow put a Diablo 3 beta key on the authenticator... *rips open authenticator only to find a chip and a made in taiwan sticker*....

The Loot Card, The Badge, The Dongle

Much like last year, a loot card was provided in the goodie bag with the code to the World of Warcraft "Diablo 3 themed" pet. The badge and dongle were almost identical to last years, only difference being the year and the picture used on the badge. The dongle this year instead of promoting Cryptozoic has Intel logos in their place. What piques my interest the most is the loot card, on it they have a "Classified" starcraft 2 portrait. Sitting here, thinking to myself, why in the hell would they classify a starcraft 2 portrait of all things? What could be so classified that they need to announce the second item on the loot card at Blizzcon? My theory: DIABLO 3 BETA KEY. I will keep my hopes up until further notice.

The Paperwork

And the paperwork. Among the fliers were included:

1 Steel Series Epic Loot Key (like last year)
1 NVidia ID Badge (like last year)
1 Map (like last year)
1 Antec Raffel Ticket (New!)
1 Promo Deck for World of Warcraft Card Game (New!)
1 Razer Promotional Flier (nothing interesting, Looks like this year its the Plinko Board again)
1 Diablo 3 bookmark with Brady Games Quest (like last year)
1 Blizzard Recruitment flier

Brady Games Quest Bookmark

Here's what the Brady Games quest bookmark looks like. Last year they gave people a random loot drawing that could win you anything small as a horde/alliance cloth patch to a set of books/boardgame.

Promotional Codes

Here is a scan of the promotional codes for a couple of the vendors that are sponsoring blizzcon.

Blizzcon 2011 Loot Card

A close up picture of the loot card and last years loot card in comparison.

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madinvestment Oct 29, 2011 @ 11:59 pm | delete

Amazing lens. You get one squid thumbs up from me. Keep up the great work.

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HipsterAssassin Oct 24, 2011 @ 10:12 pm | delete

anyone have the Gunnar Optiks code that was handed out at Blizzcon?

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gamergaiapaulmiller Oct 23, 2011 @ 1:30 am | delete

Pretty cool stuff!

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prince_david Oct 22, 2011 @ 10:42 am | delete

Mini Tyrael is awesome (capture word is "wowsquid")

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jocuridegatit Oct 22, 2011 @ 4:42 am | delete

niceeeeeeee

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DarkJodo Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:47 pm | delete

Please make scans of the WoW TCG cards! : )

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qwertyzzz Oct 20, 2011 @ 1:06 pm | delete

To the person who posted the content of the bag : The Blizzcon Bag is confidential, if you really care about your "buddy" who works at Blizzard and got you your Blizzcon pass and swag bag, you should understand that from the barcode on the badge they can find out who bought the ticket and take the disciplinary measure to this leak... Hope he's a good "buddy" of yours... He might thank you for this...

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s1fizik Oct 20, 2011 @ 1:14 pm | delete

nah they cant, cause the barcode is exactly the same as last years.

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qwertyzzz Oct 20, 2011 @ 1:17 pm | delete

Or just look up ur username on Twitter, then use that to look up the profile on Facebook

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SheWritesaLot Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:03 pm | delete

LOL Very cool lens. Looks like you hit the jackpot!

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calavera666 Oct 20, 2011 @ 5:33 am | delete

Can you please make a closeup on the Blizzcon Picture, with the big bad full body Diablo on the front? Thanks in advance!

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s1fizik Oct 20, 2011 @ 11:37 am | delete

Ahh, I think I scanned the wrong one, I will scan the map cover when I get home in an hour. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment!

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calavera666 Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:49 pm | delete

My pleasure, and thanks again!

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arycogre Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:41 am | delete

Hmm, seems to me the SC2 portrait will be WoW related. And uh... I know it's blurred out and all, but the pixelated palette seems to suggest a panda.

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arycogre Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:45 am | delete

To clarify; appears to be a panda in Terran armor.

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CQElaina Oct 20, 2011 @ 10:57 am | delete

Just so you know, they already have a panda in the Terran armor set in the SC2 game. They might have just used it as a place holder.

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CQElaina Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:11 am | delete

Galaxyy: He was attempting sarcasm and it went over you head.

Have you tried putting the code into your SC2 account to see if it gives you anything? I'm super interested why they need to keep something so secret they won't even put it in the goodie bag in fear it could be leaked early. They must have something they really want to be the first to announce.

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galaxyy Oct 20, 2011 @ 2:18 am | delete

I think you're wrong about the classified portrait. I think it's more likely to be related to the upcoming SC2 expansion - which I'm willing to bet they announce at this event. The item still says "sc2 portrait" so why would the portrait be a d3 beta key?