Unreleased
L10 · Unobtainium
Sakura
Xbox - Sakura Pink unreleased
2003 · Japan cancelled · Sakura Pink
Pink housing intended for a Japanese Valentines promo. Cancelled after four pre-production units.
Produced
4
Owned
1
Value
$110,000
Product family sibling fallback
Original Xbox
Microsoft · 2001-2009 · 9 catalogued variants spanning retail, regional, promo, limited, prototype, and unreleased tiers. Every variant is a first-class database entry.
Variants
9
Rarity spread
Common to Unobtainium
Known prototypes
2
Total known owned
42,733
Variants are siblings, not sub-pages. A Mountain Dew Xbox is radically rarer than a retail black Xbox, so each variant keeps its own entry, URL, rarity score, value, and collector community.
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Variation axes
Rarity distribution across siblings
L1 CommonL5 EpicL10 Unobtainium
Prototype
L9 · Unique
Halo Orange Proto
Xbox - Halo Prototype unreleased color
2002 · Internal · Halo Orange
Orange Halo-branded housing tested internally, never mass-produced.
Produced
12
Owned
2
Value
$62,000
Prototype
L8 · Mythic
DVT Gray
Xbox - Gray Prototype DVT
2000 · Dev kit · Dev Gray
Design Validation Test hardware for first-party studios before launch.
Produced
800
Owned
7
Value
$14,000
Promo
L7 · Legendary
Mtn Dew Green
Xbox - Mountain Dew Edition
2003 · US promo · Dew Green
Mountain Dew / Xbox Live sweepstakes. 150 units awarded.
Produced
150
Owned
11
Value
$18,500
Limited run
L6 · Fabled
Panzer Silver
Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta Edition
2003 · Japan · Chrome Silver
Japan-exclusive chrome-finish console bundled with Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Produced
999
Owned
42
Value
$2,800
Regional
L4 · Rare
Crystal
Xbox Crystal
2004 · Japan · Translucent
Translucent limited edition released in Japan. Clear housing exposed the internals.
Produced
30,000
Owned
412
Value
$380
Limited run
L4 · Rare
Halo 2 Blue
Xbox - Halo 2 Special Edition
2004 · North America · Translucent Blue
Translucent blue housing, Cortana artwork. Shipped with Halo 2 copy.
Produced
85,000
Owned
1,203
Value
$485
Limited run
L3 · Special
Halo Green
Xbox - Halo Special Edition
2002 · North America · Halo Green
Bundled with Halo: Combat Evolved. Translucent jade-green housing with Master Chief logo.
Produced
125,000
Owned
2,841
Value
$210
Retail
L1 · Common
Retail Black
Xbox Original - Black
2001 · Worldwide · Matte Black
Standard retail console. The baseline against which every other variant is measured.
Produced
24,000,000
Owned
38,214
Value
$45
How variants relate
Cross-links on every page
Each variant page shows sibling variants with swatches, rarity tier, and known-owned count.
Comparative rarity
The family view makes produced vs. owned scarcity visible before drilling into a variant.
Shared collector community
Follows and feed posts about any sibling surface on the family page.
Data model change
Variants are top-level items with a family_id
item {
id, slug, name, year, region,
family_id,
variant_type,
produced_count, owned_count, rarity_level, rarity_tier
}