I had just the opposite reaction to the packaging. When I went to pull the "book" out of its sleeve, almost all of the discs fell out onto the floor.
While I like the artwork, I'm not a big fan of this type of packaging, as I, too, do not like to place my fingertips on the discs, and am...
Technicolor's main DVD and Blu-ray manufacturing plant is in Mexico, and Paramount uses Technicolor almost exclusively.
So, I do not understand your question about WalMart putting out their own sets....