Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
Some steel cases are fine, but the ones with the glossy finish can get pretty nasty. If you're not careful enough, you can easily produce surface scratches. I think Collector's boxes are fine too, but you also need to take extra care for them. I think regular cases are more simple and easy to handle.
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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I like steel cases a lot but collector's boxes are also cool.
Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I'll take any limited edition case over a regular release, if not too expensive. As for steel cases, they are fragile. The plastic resealable plastic wrap used for Japanese DVDs work great to protect the case.
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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I love steelcases! But yeah, they do scratch easily.
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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I prefer collector's boxes because I have personally had 2 discs break, and seen many more break be taken out of the steel cases. So much pain. 

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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I don't like steel cases, because they always get a small dent in them somewhere, and then they are never perfect again, no matter how you try to fix it.
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I absolutely LOVE my Collector's Edition of Doom 3 on oXbox! I wish more games got this kind of treatment





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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
I like normal boxes that don't stick out like a cancerous tumor on my shelf.
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Re: Do you prefer steel cases or collector's box?
Redifer wrote:I like normal boxes that don't stick out like a cancerous tumor on my shelf.
You'd have hated being a PC gamer in the 90's. One box would be the size of a game console, the next would be a jigsaw puzzle style box, and then another would be a standard jewel case. No real standards until 2000s.
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