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gdaversa19 · 06-10-2013, 05:41 PM

I recentially bought a bunch of the WM steelbooks, now carried at best buy and target and I notice that some of them are "bent" and I mean bent in the fact that when you close it the sides dont perfectly match up (vertically) they are not completely flush. My question is, is this normal with steels or are these technicaly in bad shape or am I just being a perfectionist?? It varies from movie to movie maybe by like a qtr inch!! I had them stacked in stacks of 10 for a bit but I doubt they would bend like that, that quickly!!

Thanks!!

Taikero · 06-10-2013, 07:10 PM

Pretty much all the V for Vendettas right now have a slight dent on the bottom, front casing, on the right side. It must be a problem with the manufacturing of this Steelbook in particular because I haven't seen this problem with the other Steelbooks from this line of releases.

richieb1971 · 06-10-2013, 08:00 PM

As I stated to a friend earlier, the people that hoard sealed steelbooks only have a 30% chance of them actually being mint mint/in perfect shape. Most have anomalies of some description.

At the factory they can produce steelbooks with -

Dimples
Paint Chips
Dents
Packers slash the spines

At the post office -

Dents/bent

Only a fraction of these anomalies can be noticed with the factory seal on. So if you really want to see if your steels are perfect, you have to open them. Expecting some kind of perfect service buying steelbooks.. Well, good luck with that.

gdaversa19 · 06-10-2013, 09:47 PM

Mine are open I just notice what you say, case "overbite"...like the top is slightly longer than the bottom or vice versa, is this a defect??

Gannet · 06-10-2013, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richieb1971

As I stated to a friend earlier, the people that hoard sealed steelbooks only have a 30% chance of them actually being mint mint/in perfect shape. Most have anomalies of some description.

At the factory they can produce steelbooks with -

Dimples
Paint Chips
Dents
Packers slash the spines

At the post office -

Dents/bent

Only a fraction of these anomalies can be noticed with the factory seal on. So if you really want to see if your steels are perfect, you have to open them. Expecting some kind of perfect service buying steelbooks.. Well, good luck with that.

Those people should just buy a high-grade shrinkwrap machine to make sure their sealed copies are in fact undamaged.

06-10-2013, 05:41 PM	#1
gdaversa19 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Pennsylvania Trading Score:1	The perfect steelbook!! I recentially bought a bunch of the WM steelbooks, now carried at best buy and target and I notice that some of them are "bent" and I mean bent in the fact that when you close it the sides dont perfectly match up (vertically) they are not completely flush. My question is, is this normal with steels or are these technicaly in bad shape or am I just being a perfectionist?? It varies from movie to movie maybe by like a qtr inch!! I had them stacked in stacks of 10 for a bit but I doubt they would bend like that, that quickly!! Thanks!!

06-10-2013, 07:10 PM	#2
Taikero Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2013 Location:U.S.A. 4K collection:13 Blu-ray collection:801 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Pretty much all the V for Vendettas right now have a slight dent on the bottom, front casing, on the right side. It must be a problem with the manufacturing of this Steelbook in particular because I haven't seen this problem with the other Steelbooks from this line of releases.

06-10-2013, 08:00 PM	#3
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	As I stated to a friend earlier, the people that hoard sealed steelbooks only have a 30% chance of them actually being mint mint/in perfect shape. Most have anomalies of some description. At the factory they can produce steelbooks with - Dimples Paint Chips Dents Packers slash the spines At the post office - Dents/bent Only a fraction of these anomalies can be noticed with the factory seal on. So if you really want to see if your steels are perfect, you have to open them. Expecting some kind of perfect service buying steelbooks.. Well, good luck with that.

06-10-2013, 09:47 PM	#4
gdaversa19 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Pennsylvania Trading Score:1	Mine are open I just notice what you say, case "overbite"...like the top is slightly longer than the bottom or vice versa, is this a defect??

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