Yeah I'm in the US and the price for the standard is $26 and the CE is $80. It's literally 3x+ the price.

Regardless of how you shake it, at least for the US, they're bloating the fuck out of the price and expecting you to be grateful for them adding the digital edition or something.

The CE for the game is a fucking joke. I guarantee that the statue is not worth anywhere near $140. If people wait like 6-9 months, it will still be in amazon's warehouse collecting dust. Then they will slash the price by like 50% and you can pick it up on the cheap. I really don't see the collector's edition flying off the shelves or having a super limited supply.

Example: Halo 5 CE is over 50% off.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RKK15H0/ref=twister_B00RKK4F9U?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Honestly dude, if you wait until like October or some shit I guarantee there will still be special editions in stock. And at that point they will get heavy price reductions.

Example: http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Guardians-Limited-Collectors-download-included/dp/B00RKK15H0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463590216&sr=8-1&keywords=halo+5+collectors+edition

And you can still pick it up and overall spend like 50-100 bucks less despite having purchased a full price regular copy seperately.

I can basically guarantee that the statue is not worth anywhere near $140.

And you can see user's pictures of the statue after release to see if you even want to fucking bother with the purchase.

Either way, save your money.