Current prices are lower than the ones mentioned in the OP, btw.
From $55 for the CE and $43 for the steelbook only, the current Best Buy listings show
$50 for the CE (this doesn't look like a temporary discount either), and
$35 for the steelbook only
(temporary discount here apparently):
Considering a group buy. Which version do folks prefer?
The Collector's Edition is excellent imo
Good artwork, the spine is fitting with the original 4 films (looks like the same font in the same classic fire color), plus it's not that expensive when you look at all the stuff added for the extra $.
Sometimes collectors editions include pins and you wonder why they even bothered
, but here this one is actually cool and symbolic of the film.
I might just go for the French steelbook myself (it will feature this Cinemacon poster as the main artwork + good possibility for gloss given that it's from Metropolitan), but here I'd pick the CE.