The Frickin' Slipcover Discussion Thread Archive

[memnv]

Speaking of Slipcovers and Tins. I think the worst slipcover ever made was the tin one For The Terminator 2(I believe), they had to replace a lot of dvd cases because the tin was tearing them up. There was a web site that you could go to to order a new case

[Lars Vermundsberget]

A true collector will not buy something that is still sealed. They want to know that the product is there. I have watched previously issued Disney DVD's with slipcovers sell for about the same or maybe a dollar more than the one without the slipcover, but they all have to be without the shrinkwrap. A collector wants to make sure that what is advertised is in the container.

I basically agree - I never saw the value in keeping items sealed, and that particularly goes for DVDs and other sort of discs. Who knows whether what's inside actually works if it has never been checked. Terribly annoying to find out ten years after, I'm sure.

[memnv]

A true collector will not buy something that is still sealed. They want to know that the product is there. I have watched previously issued Disney DVD's with slipcovers sell for about the same or maybe a dollar more than the one without the slipcover, but they all have to be without the shrinkwrap. A collector wants to make sure that what is advertised is in the container.

I basically agree - I never saw the value in keeping items sealed, and that particularly goes for DVDs and other sort of discs. Who knows whether what's inside actually works if it has never been checked. Terribly annoying to find out ten years after, I'm sure.

I have had a few that didnt work last one being Superman Animated Series on one of the episodes it digitilized so I exchanged it

[Pluto Region1]

A true collector will not buy something that is still sealed. They want to know that the product is there. I have watched previously issued Disney DVD's with slipcovers sell for about the same or maybe a dollar more than the one without the slipcover, but they all have to be without the shrinkwrap. A collector wants to make sure that what is advertised is in the container.

Well, I stand corrected. I would have assumed they would want it unopened. If I was in the market for a brand new Snow White Platinum Edition, I would have demanded that Snow White be in shrinkwrap, unopened. But I don't collect DVDs; I was making an assumption that apparently is false. Thanks for correcting me on that one.

I can't believe that someone would throw away the tins!! For instance, the Walt Disney Treasures would greatly increase in value with the tins, since there are so many bootlegs out there without the tins.

Well he obviously has no intention of reselling any of his WDTs! We need to have a moratorium on throwing out tins and slipcovers. How many of us could have benefited from members voluntarily relinquishing their slipcovers (or undented tins) to those of us who needed them?

Snow White with a slipcover??? That would be a definite bootleg... Unless you are talking about a different region than R1.

Sorry, I meant gatefold.

Speaking of Slipcovers and Tins. I think the worst slipcover ever made was the tin one For The Terminator 2(I believe), they had to replace a lot of dvd cases because the tin was tearing them up. There was a web site that you could go to to order a new case

Gosh that is awful. Can't imagine a company having to go through a recall because they issued a DVD in a defective case!

[BATBfan1]

No they are not. But it's not allright to steal the bag the chips come in is it? The bag isnt worth anything... It's not ok to steal the jar olives comes in either just because it isnt worth anything.... What I mean is that when you purchase a DVD you have the right to get "the whole package" that means in this case the DVDs, the cover, case AND the slipcover... You are NOT entitled to get a slipcover if you dont purchase the product!

Geez. It's a piece of cardboard. Chill out.

LMAO Seriously people PLEASE give it a rest!

For the note of it:
I went to Target and I was going to do that but I couldn't. I didn't have the heart. So I complained to the store manager and told him what Disney did over the phone and how much it means to a collector if I could have one etc.

You know what the manager did? He went to the DVD section and pulled a slip cover off and said "Merry Christmas" lol.

He said, don't worry about it! We just throw them out after awhile anyway, and he didn't know it was a big deal to some of us.

So that's my story.

[Buzz Lightyear]

I didn't even know you could order slipsleeves from Disney, because I could really use one for my copy of Finding Nemo.

[Lazario]

NO, stealing a slipcover is not that big a deal, BUT trying justify stealing it on those terms is ridiculous...

And I agree, when we're talking stealing in general. But a lot of things in life aren't as black and white as this. Try applying your logic, for instance, to the story of Robin Hood. Just an example, nothing to get carried away with. But you have to see my general point and say that you think about it once in awhile, not stealing, but situations where the rules are bent (not outright broken) and it's not such a big deal.

I just think it's a bit sad that someone starts a topic to bitch about not getting something that the person isn't really entitled to get! That's all...

I completely disagree. The way your argument works out, some people are entitled to a slipcover and some are not. But, did the people who got one pay more than those who didn't? A-ha! So, really, since Disney would have paid for it anyway had they slipcovered all their editions of this item, they wouldn't lose any extra money and the principle of the matter wouldn't have been at all affected.

[dvdjunkie]

If lyou don't buy the current release that has a slip cover, if you try to tell Disney that you didn't get one (and you intend on using it for your older issue of the movie in question) that is about as close to stealing as you can get.

I can't believe that some people are that anal (no offense Laz) about slip covers. Unless they are totally different than what information is on the regular cover of the DVD, they aren't worth the bother.

[Disney Duster]

I think some people are forgetting just how special these slipcovers and tins are. They protect the DVD case from dust, or being thrown around by kids, or getting stepped on. But some of them are very special. Remember, some of these slipcovers open like a book and have artwork that you wouldn't get if you didn't have the slipcover.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

A true collector will not buy something that is still sealed. They want to know that the product is there. I have watched previously issued Disney DVD's with slipcovers sell for about the same or maybe a dollar more than the one without the slipcover, but they all have to be without the shrinkwrap. A collector wants to make sure that what is advertised is in the container.

Well, I stand corrected. I would have assumed they would want it unopened. If I was in the market for a brand new Snow White Platinum Edition, I would have demanded that Snow White be in shrinkwrap, unopened. But I don't collect DVDs; I was making an assumption that apparently is false. Thanks for correcting me on that one.

For a "new" Snow White DVD I'm sure we could agree that it should be unopened. For something that has been gone for years, though, one is hardly in a position to "demand" that it be unopened.

If a "true collector" is someone who is also interested in what's inside, he or she would want to have the disc checked to see that it actually works. Someone who pays more (even much) for an unopened title years after it's gone is basically gambling - even though, admittedly, most DVDs are all right.

I'd say the sort of (not "true"?) collector who prefers a shrinkwrapped copy in the collection, should keep it wrapped "forever". If you open a disc for the first time years after, it could "blow up in your face".

[Lars Vermundsberget]

You know what the manager did? He went to the DVD section and pulled a slip cover off and said "Merry Christmas" lol.

He said, don't worry about it! We just throw them out after awhile anyway, and he didn't know it was a big deal to some of us.

Although they're somewhat neat, I don't think the slipcovers are such a big deal myself. But if they ARE a "big deal" to enough people, that's what's going to make them collectible(s). If so, that nothing for others to argue against, really. Unless this is just a "phase" some of "you kids" are going through... Time will show.

[BATBfan1]

I think some people are forgetting just how special these slipcovers and tins are. They protect the DVD case from dust, or being thrown around by kids, or getting stepped on. But some of them are very special. Remember, some of these slipcovers open like a book and have artwork that you wouldn't get if you didn't have the slipcover.

yeah your right about that!

And it's those people who throw the Slipcovers away that make it harder for the people who want one to get it. Just because it's useless to them, it has to be to the WHOLE WORLD! People PLEASE!

@ 271286 Your remarks have been really rude and no point in even talking to you!

@ dvdjunkie The useless cardboard slipcover that doesn't do nothing in your eyes that you throw away... yeah that's what I want lol

[Lazario]

If you don't buy the current release that has a slip cover, if you try to tell Disney that you didn't get one (and you intend on using it for your older issue of the movie in question) that is about as close to stealing as you can get.

Exactly how much older is the issue in question here? I'm not ruling out the possibility that I'm missing a fact here, but isn't this the Bambi: Platinum DVD? How many issues of that have they released, just the Limited 2-disc, correct? See- I don't see any difference. Unless, I'm completely wrong about that title. But then for instance, if it were Big Top Dumbo, who would use it to cover their 60th Anniversary Dumbo? Unless I'm wrong, you are the ones grasping at straws.

I can't believe that some people are that anal (no offense Laz) about slip covers.

I never cared about slipcovers, I'm also talking about the overall principle (that and I can't believe that all Bambi's don't come with slipcovers, in Region 1).

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I'd suppose dvdjunkie is also talking about the "overall principle" - there is no previous release of Bambi on DVD.

[Pluto Region1]

Well now you guys got me all paranoid and I went to Target to see what they still had in slipcovers. I bought copies of Bambi, L&T (I), Dumbo Big Top Ed. for my nephews for Xmas figuring I'd better buy them now before they run out of the editions with slip covers. Oh and I bought myself L&T (II) and Toy Story II which had the slipcover. The copies of Finding Nemo didn't have any - I still have not bought Nemo, Toy Story I, or Monsters Inc. Hoping to find copies with the slip covers on them (I know, its a long shot - maybe a Warehouse Records or some place like that will have them).

has anyone else called the Disney customer service line since we started this thread and asked for slip covers? What has been the response?

[Lars Vermundsberget]

Well now you guys got me all paranoid and I went to Target to see what they still had in slipcovers. I bought copies of Bambi, L&T (I), Dumbo Big Top Ed. for my nephews for Xmas figuring I'd better buy them now before they run out of the editions with slip covers. Oh and I bought myself L&T (II) and Toy Story II which had the slipcover.

The Disney marketing people have every reason to be happy, then!

[Buzz Lightyear]

Just wondering, if I already have a slipsleeve, but it has become damaged, could I still order one? and if so, who do I contact about it because I did get one with Nemo, just it's very badly damaged, the paint is pealing off on the edges and I currently have it on my shelf without the slip and just the keepcase (looks a bit strange since all the other Pixar films that I have around it- except for Monster, Inc. which never had a slip- all have slipsleeves. So if someone could forward the contact for ordering a new slip, it will be very helpful.

[disneyguy]

I called to request a slipcover for Lady And The Tramp II Scamp's Adventure and they told me they could not give it to me! I know people that already gotten OLD slipcovers from Disney with no problem but I don't know why i am getting a problem! The lady is looking into it and she is going to get back to me in an hour or so!

So note that they do not send them out anymore just replace damaged ones!

I AM VERY MAD AT THIS!

I hope they chock on them!

Nobody forced you to buy it without the slipcover..They were doing people a favor and so they stop and you get mad..
DG

[BATBfan1]

I called to request a slipcover for Lady And The Tramp II Scamp's Adventure and they told me they could not give it to me! I know people that already gotten OLD slipcovers from Disney with no problem but I don't know why i am getting a problem! The lady is looking into it and she is going to get back to me in an hour or so!

So note that they do not send them out anymore just replace damaged ones!

I AM VERY MAD AT THIS!

I hope they chock on them!

Nobody forced you to buy it without the slipcover..They were doing people a favor and so they stop and you get mad..
DG

Did you even bother to read the WHOLE thread before posting this?

[disneyguy]

Nobody forced you to buy it without the slipcover..They were doing people a favor and so they stop and you get mad..
DG

Did you even bother to read the WHOLE thread before posting this?

Sure Did..Esp your comment on you hope they choke on them....