The GTA 6 Collector's Box Backlash, in Rockstar's Own Prices
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Editorial Team · 2026-09-25
Rockstar's GTA 6 Collector's Box Does Not Include the Game
By Editorial Team · published 2026-09-24 · updated 2026-09-24
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Rockstar opened pre-orders on September 24 for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, a €399.99 collector's box that ships on November 19 — the same day the game launches. The set is built around Macca the Gator, the mascot of an in-game Leonida TV show, and Rockstar's own store listing ends with the line that matters most: the game is sold separately.
What was announced
Rockstar announced the set in its newswire on September 24 and opened pre-orders the same day, describing it as a limited-edition Collector's Box available while supplies last.
The theme is Macca the Gator, a hit television show inside the world of Grand Theft Auto VI. Eleven items come in the box: a six-inch Macca figure whose base twists open as a stash compartment, matte black Oakley Frogskins sunglasses with Prizm Sapphire lenses, a New Era 9FORTY A-Frame snapback, a magnetic pink glass mirror, a Vice City swizzle spoon, a razor-blade keychain, a Leonida Keys crossbody bag, a Chunkee the Manatee shot glass with a laser-etched Rockstar logo on the base, an enamel pin set in a metal tin, a sticker pack in a stash bag, and a double-sided poster carrying the full map of Leonida.
The store listing prices it at €399.99 as of September 2026, puts the box at 19 by 13.5 by 12.5 inches, marks it as an adult collectible for ages 18 and over, and states that it is not eligible for free shipping.
What it means for players
Four hundred euros buys the merchandise and nothing else. Rockstar's own page carries the note in plain type — Grand Theft Auto VI game sold separately — which puts this in a different category from the collector's editions that bundle a copy of the game with a statue. Anyone who wants both is paying for both.
The November 19 ship date lines it up with the game's launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and with Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the 34-track record Rockstar announced a week earlier for the same day. That makes three separate launch-day purchases from the same company, and only one of them is the game.
The phrase to take seriously is while supplies last. Rockstar has not published a production number, and its store lists the collection as coming soon rather than in stock, so the pre-order is the only thing that reserves a box. Shipping is charged on top.
What happens next
The box ships on November 19. Rockstar says more apparel and collectibles from the Grand Theft Auto VI Collection are coming to its store before then, so this set is the opening of a merchandise line rather than the whole of it.
Pre-orders are open now in the regions the store already serves. Rockstar's newswire adds that details for Asia, Latin America and Australia are still to come, without giving a date for them.
