The box itself, with a Guitar Hero II package next to it for comparison purposes. It's brutally large.

Open up the top flaps and you get this: a warning not to return anything to retail if it's broken, the game software, the microphone, and the box that holds...

The USB hub, the power adapter for the USB hub (boo), and two Headset adapters that let you attach your Xbox 360's headset microphone to the controllers for communication during gameplay.

And this is how you attach said headset adapter.

And here is the Logitech USB microphone with Rock Band branding!

Underneath all the little stuff is a separate box that holds the "Wired" guitar, plus another box with the drums (also wired, but I get the sense that since it isn't called out on the box, there aren't going to BE wireless drums. But anyway).

Inside the guitar box, there's the guitar (natch), the head (separate, you have to click it on), instructions for clicking it on, a Fender-branded strap, and a bag of silica gel that was delicious! Yum.

Opening up the drum kit, we get this. A bunch of stuff in plastic and cardboard.

All the various parts of the drum controller are twist-tied, taped, and generally attached to one giant piece of cardboard. This is pretty time-consuming.

Here's everything, uncoupled from its packaging material. The most important thing -- instructions for putting the drum kit together -- is there in the middle. (Wrapped in plastic.)

And that's all of it! Next up: how to assemble the drum kit!