Preservation edition: an attributed synopsis of Dustin Triplett’s March 19, 2013 Geekenstein report, recovered from an August 21, 2017 Common Crawl capture. The complete written report survives. Later announcement context and the collecting exercise below are separate editorial additions checked October 7, 2026.
What the March 2013 report established
Triplett reported that the Saints Row Facebook page had shared a survey listing nineteen items that might be included in a Saints Row IV collector’s edition if readers showed enough interest. His report emphasized the range: ordinary clothing and pins appeared alongside a Johnny Gat memorial statue and a remote-controlled aircraft. He invited readers to choose what they would like to see.
The report was about possible extras. It was neither an unboxing nor a confirmation that the complete list would be produced.
The proposed extras, grouped by their role
- Clothing and accessories: a themed shirt, campaign pins and hats, car flags, a tie and tie bar, a money clip and a belt buckle.
- Display and novelty objects: a character figurine, a Johnny Gat memorial statue, a voice-changing device, a briefcase with novelty handcuffs, a Dubstep Doomsday Button, a nonlethal weapon replica and an Eagle Jet remote-controlled aircraft.
- Printed and packaged objects: a poster tube, concept-art book, Steelbook, cloth map and wooden cigar box.
- Edition extras: a proposed download card, a presidential seal or coin, and a lit glass display case.
These groups summarize the survey’s named possibilities; they are not a contents checklist for a released product. The old survey is not presented as an active form.
A later, separately dated bundle announcement
A reproduction of Deep Silver’s June 4, 2013 press announcement identifies the North American Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition. It describes a twelve-inch Dub Step gun replica, an eight-inch Johnny Gat statue and a pocket-size Dubstep Doomsday Button, plus Commander in Chief digital extras. This later source narrows the announced bundle; it does not turn every March suggestion into a shipped component.
Read the reproduced June 2013 publisher announcement. This preservation pass has not inspected a physical copy or verified present-day redemption of its digital extras.
Use the history to check an actual edition
Start with the title, edition, platform and region printed on the offered package. List the actual components separately, then mark each as shown, reported, absent or unknown. Keep visible condition, demonstrated operation and digital access as different fields. A survey idea is not evidence that a component belongs in every copy.
Continue with KLXCards’ collector-edition evidence and contents guide for a worked three-stage record and questions that resolve missing information. Geekenstein’s six-field collecting worksheet also gives you a compact record to keep alongside photographs.
Historical source and preservation notes
Original reporting: Dustin Triplett, March 19, 2013. This is a condensed written preservation edition. The capture date is not the original publication date. No historical image, missing unboxing video, current code validity or newly performed product inspection is claimed.
Geekenstein and KLXCards are companion projects under the same ownership. Attribution and corrections · Collector-edition reading trail