CraigF
Senior HTF Member
^ Yeah, Iron Man 2 is one fairly "recent" example of the original U.S. slip being rare and in demand. There are plenty of others; there are lots of collectors of comic book-related stuff and ST/SW etc., they want "everything", the rarer the better. They shrinked the slips on the (re-release?) IM2 here just to be safe, they almost never shrink slips on in Canada, $5 without vs $30 with slip. We also never had as much security-stickering on the case edges as you had in the U.S. if it was a Canada-specific release, usually just the top edge after BDs had been around for a few years. I'm pretty certain I've never got a UK BD with security stickering. In fact, some BDs from UK amazon don't even have shrink (i.e. are unsealed) if it's a release made to be sold specifically by them (i.e. never sees a B&M), much more common with CDs though.
Also for many large-release titles, the slip was pretty limited in quantity considering the number of discs sold/made, and since people who bought early did pay more, it's typical to see the used price of the BD with the slip to be quite a lot more than without. Which essentially makes the slip "worth" more than the disc, if you want to look at it that way. It's the same with lots of "vintage" products: who kept the box for 20, 50 years? It's the packaging that's worth the $$.
Also for many large-release titles, the slip was pretty limited in quantity considering the number of discs sold/made, and since people who bought early did pay more, it's typical to see the used price of the BD with the slip to be quite a lot more than without. Which essentially makes the slip "worth" more than the disc, if you want to look at it that way. It's the same with lots of "vintage" products: who kept the box for 20, 50 years? It's the packaging that's worth the $$.
