Star Trek TNG movie set comes without the plastic slipcover now?

[nmycon]

Several weeks ago I ordered the Star Trek TNG Motion Picture Collection from Amazon.ca. I specifically wanted the older (black box) set to match the TOS-era set that I've had for years, plus the bonus disc!

Anyways, it arrived and as anyone who has either set would know, the movies themselves come in slim amaray cases, all of which are housed in a thicker cardboard box. It should also have a plastic slipcover with the name of the set, as shown in this picture:



I haven't seen this set in-store for years (and likely never will now that it has been repacked), but I always remember it having the outer plastic slipcover. The TOS-era set I got back in 2010 certainly does.

Anyways, contacted Amazon and they sent a replacement ("sorry your original item did not arrive as described, we'll send a replacement, yadda yadda yadda") and it just arrived today. Shrinkwrapped and everything, but no plastic sleeve.



Once you take off the shrink and backing paper it's literally just a plain black box with the starfleet logo on the one side.

Here's a picture of a Canadian set to show that it did in fact come with the sleeve at one point: