It wasn't so long ago that the idea of paying even $100 for a board game seemed a little outrageous. But at Pax Unplugged this year, I found a dozen projects that breached the $200 mark.
The quirk of these collector's boxes is that they are, well, empty. But because of all the materials and printing that go into production of a collector's box, they are often priced approximately the same as another large expansion.