I'm not entirely pleased with the packaging of either. The Universal boxes I got seemed to have a strong tendency towards scuffed discs, and I really didn't like the way some of them folded, putting the discs across from one another. Price-wise, no complaints. That was a big selling point for me (whereas I opted out of the higher priced WC Fields set, although I adore Fields). I was pretty much thrilled by getting all those "Abbott & Costello," "Kettles," and "Bob and Bing" collections.
As for Warner Bros., they obviously put a lot of care and love into their product. But, I'd rather prefer to see some of these movie sets utilize those individual slim-packs, like many of the tv-show releases do. Primarily for reasons of space. I got the "Charlie Chan" set, yet every time I look at it, I wince at how much space it takes up on my shelf. Those six films are quite short, and could have been put on two-to-a-disc, and in slim cases. That could have cut the physical size down by 75% or more. Maybe it has more to do with my sense of aesthetics than practicality, but I just like the look and feel of thinner, heavier boxes, than light, big, space-eating boxes. Perhaps because the latter reminds me of public-domain type collections which try to impress consumers with big boxes, yet little actual material spread over many discs.
