Less than 24 hours after Rockstar opened pre-orders for the Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, a fan had already modeled the Macca alligator figure in 3D and uploaded the file for free (or pay-what-you-want) for anyone who wanted to print it at home — without the original's hidden stash compartment, but also without the official box's $400 price tag. That gesture sums up the mood pretty well: the community isn't fighting over the contents, it's laughing at them.

The full contents of the box's 11 items — Oakley Frogskins sunglasses, a New Era cap, a fanny pack, a shot glass, a cocktail spoon, a switchblade keychain, pins, stickers, and a map poster of Leonida — were already detailed when Rockstar first announced the product. What's changed in the last few days is the reaction: forums and Reddit have spent the last few days doing the math on what each piece is worth on its own, and the total doesn't add up in Rockstar's favor.

The math the community did

The box's priciest item, the Oakley Frogskins sunglasses, retails for around $139 on its own. The New Era cap goes for under $30 at any store. Adding up the highest-value pieces, it's hard to justify the $400 asking price — and that's exactly the most repeated criticism: it's not the price itself, it's the price without the game inside the box. "If GTA 6 isn't in there, this isn't even a collector's edition," one fan summed up in one of the most upvoted threads on the topic, complaining the items felt "cheap and unremarkable for a premium product."

The comparison that comes up most is with GTA V's 2013 collector's edition, priced at $150 — four times cheaper than GTA VI's — which included, besides a cap, a map and a lockable bag, the actual game on steelbook. That jump, from a quarter of the price with the game included to the current price without it, is the real core of the outrage, more than any single item on the list.

Not Rockstar's first time doing this

Longer-time fans pointed out the same model was already used for Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018: a premium collector's box sold separately from the actual game copy. In other words, splitting merchandise from physical media isn't new to GTA VI — it's a pattern Rockstar has already tested and kept, even knowing it triggers this kind of reaction every time.

The scalper irony

While most of the commentary is critical, a slice of the fanbase is doing the exact opposite of complaining: units of the box have already popped up on eBay for $750 to $1,500, more than triple the official price, for anyone who couldn't or didn't want to secure one through Rockstar's own pre-order. That contrast — part of the community saying the product isn't worth the price, another part paying triple for it — is the kind of divergence that only shows up once you look past the official announcement.

Is it coming to Brazil?

As far as we could confirm, Rockstar hasn't given any sign of selling the Goodtime State – Vice City Collection directly outside the United States — the official store doesn't currently list international shipping for the product. Converting $400 to Brazilian reais at today's approximate exchange rate (close to R$2,100, before import tax and shipping), any purchase route without an official store in Brazil would likely run well past that, especially once import ICMS tax and international card exchange rates are factored in. For comparison, the roughly R$449.90 already estimated for the game's own Standard edition (covered in an earlier piece on this site) is far below that figure — worth keeping in mind before getting excited about the box.

What's still unknown

In the sources we read, there's no pre-order closing date, nor confirmation of how many units Rockstar plans to produce — which would help explain (or not) the immediate eBay resale rush. There's also no sign the company plans to publicly respond to the criticism or adjust the product before shipping, expected close to the game's November 19 launch.