As I stared at the boxes, filled with glee, I was so excited I could've burst. They'd arrived. The Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle and my free Bass Guitar. YES!!!!!!!!

I turned the 11kg box upside down, lifted off the packaging and Voila! My band was there.

From this picture, you can see just how big the overall box was compared to the disc case. Now, that's one BIG box.

The new Guitar has a certain flare that the last one didn't. Look at the shiny gloss effect added, the star power buton under the strummy thing and the slightly different whammy bar.

Packed pretty well in the box, I could then see the drum pad awaiting me, under a few pieces of protective cardboard.

The foot pedal was also included just under the drums, and is pretty funky, with a big spring underneath, and some protective foamy material underneath so you don't damage your floor.

As much as I love to do things without help, I thought that I'd better check the instructions since the stand and whatnot were all waiting to be put together :(

Then, I had to plug my bass pedal and the cymbals into some little headphone-like sockets, so that the main pad knows what's going on, before sending the information to the Wii remote.

Once I'd removed the bubble wrap, the mic looked pretty good. It was slightly heavier than I first thought, has a pretty long USB cable and is branded with the Guitar Hero logo a couple of times.

And here's the lot. You'll also notice that the drum buttons are in a different order to those on the guitar, and there's a couple of things that flick up to hold your beater-stick-thingamabobs. All in all - yay for Guitar Hero!

I sliced open the top of the first box with no hesitation, only to realise that the whole bloomin' thing was upside down.

After checking out the colourful box, I opened it up to see the disc box sitting neatly inside the packaging, in a small space that it fit perfectly inside.

Inside the box that lay beside the disc, there was my brand new guitar. Inside was the usual - instructions, detatched fret bar, sticker sheets and a strap.

Here, you can just about see the new touch pad on the neck of the guitar. The spaces are fairly big, and have a small bump in between to separate them, whilst it is still easy to slide your finger across. The neck is also slightly bigger than before.

With a width almost as big as the whole box, these things are pretty mighty to say the least. The cymbals weren't attached at first, but were easy to add on.

The stick-beater-things were also included, and are branded with the GH logo (as with everything else). They're pretty strong, and have a shiny finish to them.

As it turns out, with a few click here and there, its quite easy to make. Insert, flick the "lock" switch, and you're done. It also has adjustable height and width - although the width option is only for storage.

In the bottom corner of the huge box was the microphone, which I'd left feeling all alone. Sorry, Micey (pronounced Mikey - see what I did there?)!

I then thought that I should get the new/old bass guitar out, and with no surprise, it's exactly like the old GHIII Les Paul one.