these people are obsessed with slipcovers
 

check this out. these people are obsessed with slipcovers. those useless pieces of cardboard that most of us throw away.

http://forum.blu-ray.com/slipcovers/

with all thats going in the world I wish I could get excited about meaningless crap. personally id be happy with a generic rewriteable disc in a paper sleeve, the film itself is what is important

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Yes every post on the forum there leads into a slipcover discussion, people buy movies based on if there is a slipcover or not. whatever.

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Why would I want to throw something out that's part of the package I bought and usually has added visual value over the video case without it. Do you buy a hardcover novel and just throw away the cover that came with it too?

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Some people collect things. :shrug:

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pretty much that.

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Slipcovers are nice but not a requirement. I'll take them if the release has them but I won't lose any sleep if it doesn't. That said, if it does have a slipcover, my OCD demands I get the most pristine one in the store. I'm sure I must get bizarre looks at Best Buy or Wal-Mart as I meticulously inspect each slipcover until I find one that is in good enough condition for me to accept. :sad:

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I do like slipcovers and the fact they introduced the word "Lenticular" into my vocab. I won't lose sleep over not getting one but will get and keep them given the choice.

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I never throw them away unless it's trashed (ripped, unrecoverable sticker residue, etc). :shrug:

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I like slipcovers not obsessed with them.

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These are movie collector sites, I would expect most people who take the time to post are relatively serious about their collections. I've tossed a few I didn't care for (or too damaged) but I do like the way shiny, embossed covers look. I even re crease the edges so they fit more securely.

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i throw away all my slipcovers unless they're completely different from the case art.

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Why so mean, bro? Why you gotta point fingers?


We have our own version here (mixed with inserts, cases and packaging):

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk-co...es-inserts-35/

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This.

The only slipcovers I personally like are the lenticular ones that are usually on Blu-ray 3D releases.

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I love Slipcovers, especially the lenticular 3D and embossed foil ones. They seem to add a lot of value to the Blus. They are less-reflective on the shelf and easier to read the spines. I'm a bit upset my Harry Potter 1-5 Blus have no slipcovers but my 6-8 do.

maybe move this to the cover forum

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That would be ironic.

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Slipcovers seem like a waste to me. In a world where we all try to be more eco-friendly (or at least pretend to be), what's the point of these slipcovers? I would think that the material used to make them could be put to better use.

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I don't think most of "us" throw them away.

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I toss 'em in a box for an eventual re-sell. It does seem to add some value to people, so it's good to have them handy.

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I disagree with your premise.

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You sound like a pleasant person! At least we know you spend your time well!

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It's funny how the people that don't like slipcovers and throw them away always love to tell everyone else about it...

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Instead, you spend your time criticizing the hobbies of others on message boards...

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okay? just reverse that to it's funny how the people that like slipcovers always love to tell everyone else about them.

i think its great that companies are claiming to be more eco friendly by using the eco cases but then they put a slipcover on the package, makes no sense. i like slipcovers, i don't really give a shit enough about a slipcover to search them out.

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maybe you should spend less time worrying about people collecting cardboard and focus that time on proper sentence syntax and punctuation.

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Yeah I do agree with that, I guess my point is that with anything "collectable" there will always be people who love to shoot others down about it. I like slipcovers myself but definitely don't go to great lengths to acquire them. I also don't collect baseball cards or coins, but wouldn't throw them away should I find some. I do, however, collect Brewery pint glasses, which take up a damn lot of space!

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Funny how they have that "Post your slipcover hauls!" thread and some of the pictures have them with price tags- love how the eye on that Planet of the Apes is covered up. Slipcovers with no shrinkwrap are the bane of my existence- I don't buy them if the store sticks anything on them!

I don't believe in throwing away ANYTHING that is part of any media I buy- that's part of the joys of collecting. I still have all my CD longboxes from when those were the norm. Since the later boxes weren't re-closable, I keep them stacked up on a shelf in my closet.

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Wrong every discussion does not lead to people buying a movie based on if the said movie has a slipcover or not. I buy movies with and without slipcovers. If there is a movie I like and it doesn't have a slip then I will buy it regardless. Wow, shocker isn't it?
I just bought "The Rocketeer" and you know what? There was no slipcover. Most people will ask if it has a slip or not, wanting to know because it's an added bonus for the collector.

Slipcovers may seem like a waste to you but are they any different from comicbooks or baseball cards which are also made of paper? Just because slipcovers aren't "worth" the same amount of money as mentioned items and made out of paper that in turn makes them a waste? I'm all for taking care of the planet and being a good steward but don't try to make it sound like slipcovers are evil and will kill the earth. Most companies that make slipcovers use recycled materiel to make them anyway. And if you are so concerned about the earth are you recycling all your paper inserts and putting your blu/dvd's into binders and recycling the blu ray cases? Like you said, you may see them as a waste but as I asked. Do you see comic books, baseball cards, and or books which are made out of paper and collected a waste as well? And should those people be hated and their items deemed bad too?


The post your slipcover haul thread is to show off what you bought recently with a slipcover. Most of those stickers are taken off after the pictured is posted. Just a little fyi in case you thought people keep them on there. And if they are a "price sticker" why in the world would a collector keep that on there. ;)

And you know that the stickers can easily be remove with Goo Gone or lighter fluid?

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This describes me to a T...I'm the exact same way. I always grab a stack of whatever title I'm looking at and find the best one (I also have to make sure the spine of the insert is lined up correctly...especially on titles with no slipcover). I don't mind at all if something is released without a slipcover (I'd probably prefer that companies do away with slipcovers completely) but if a release has a slipcover then I have to have it...it bugs me when I have something in my collection that originally came with a slipcover but doesn't have one anymore by the time I'm able to buy it (unfortunately more than a few of my Black Friday purchases this year).

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I believe in this for the most part. Except for the giant paper briefcase containing the King Kong Production Diaries. That thing had to go.

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Throw me into the camp who like them but it's not a dealbreaker if a movie doesn't have one. Though, I wish my Dark knight BD had one. It looks goofy with just the Joker on the front.

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OMG, I'm looking in a mirror....

--THX

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Were you trying to be ironic?

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I cared about them for a few months years ago, then it got too troublesome to keep up, just too many and too hard to find many times when buying used, or there is some sticker on it etc. These days they are in a box at the moment, I could never toss them knowing other people want them. I am not big on all the extra packing etc.. I rather my collection take up as less space as possible.

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My argument isn't that slipcovers are a waste because they are made of paper, but that they don't add anything essential to the packaging. Many just have the same artwork as the insert, and those that don't, I'm not really a fan of.

And it's funny that you mention comic books, because this slipcover craze seems very similar to the early 1990s when comic books companies would often publish issues with "special" covers, like die-cut, chromium, foil, gatefold, hologram and many others. Yes, people would collect these special covers, but ultimately, it doesn't change the content of the issue. And that's what really matters, the content. Slipcovers are just a fad that the consumer will eventually wise up to.

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Maybe not so much wise up to as to just changing. The second I thought about paying more for a movie to get the slipcover was the time to stop. For years now it is just about the content.

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Goddamn you, RocShemp. This is me too...goddamn you, sir.

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If you're so OCD, why use the banana icon in your post?
It totally throws off the line spacing. :D

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You spelt parsnip wrong.

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HAHA

i think you're blind

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To those who throw them away - sell them instead! Make yourself some cash back on your Blu purchase. If there's a forum, there's probably also a market for such things; maybe on that same forum?

I've re-bought Harry Potter 6, Watchmen, A Nightmare Before Christmas 3D - to get the cool 3D lenticular covers, then resold the bare copies.