@Stygian For glossy premium steels I open up I usually put them back in a new resealable polybag and then back inside the slip, as to avoid what you've just described. Basically resealing it and that works fine for me. OR, you can do what that cray-cray @Flloydo does and instantly double your current storage space by never inserting the steel back in its rightful home/slip
@Stygian For glossy premium steels I open up I usually put them back in a new resealable polybag and then back inside the slip, as to avoid what you've just described. Basically resealing it and that works fine for me. OR, you can do what that cray-cray @Flloydo does and instantly double your current storage space by never inserting the steel back in its rightful home/slip
Unrelated but for some reason i keep thinking your posts are from DMD4K. I don't know if it's the colour of your avatar...actually I think it's because I keep thinking I'm seeing a Ninja Turtle until I take a closer look at it. DMD had a Ninja Turtle avatar at one point. Just my bad eyes
Every word he says about me and my habit is correct
it seriously takes too much room, but......
Spacious living area? or mint SteelBooks?
Spacious living area? or mint SteelBooks?
Spacious living area? or mint SteelBooks?
Literally never opening my Japan Girl With The Dragon Tattoo for this very reason. Ignorance is bliss.Funny thing is, all you sealed collectors probably have 40% of your collection with imperfections, Scratches, marks, hairline scratches, chips, small dents etc etc which you’ll never properly see so this release probably don’t matter anyway, you can barely see the marks when it’s sealed. So if any of you sealed collector weirdos (
imagine if there is a sealed collector who’s never seen a open unsealed steelbook before and the unsealed replacement puts them off SteelBooks forever
That's what resealable sleeves are for...
I can relate to this very much. No matter how much care you put into it, scratches from inserting a steel (glossy finishes are more prone to scratch, of course) into the slip can't be avoided. Sometimes you have to look closely to find them, sometimes they show "nicely". My worst experience was with the "Terminator 3" FAC. I never owned such a minty-mint steel before, especially one that's mostly black and super high gloss. I cleaned it carefully before inserting it back into the slip, and also wiped the insides of said slip. When I took it out later, there was a nasty horizontal scratch on the backside. Devastating! Still this doesn't stop me from unsealing my steels. Especially since I've found a way to prevent such scratches (read below).
That's what I've started doing now, too. But as I don't like polybags in general, I modify them a bit so they don't show the(ir) seam over the spine: I simply cut the "spine side" of the bag with scissors, essentially making a 3/4 closed polybag. Now the steels are safe from scratching, and they slide out of the slip better. It's quite handy for tight slips, e.g. I've Entertainment ("Akira", anyone?). The slips themselves go into a Steelbookcentral / KimchiDVD protector then, of course.
With my method, the steels don't stick out. Neither do the corners of the bags. The side with the spine is cut away anyway and the remaining two corners are pressed against the inside of the slip. You could even cut them (just the corners) or glue them down with tape.
You’d probably need to talk to the CEO of Disney. I’m pretty sure Zavvi would have taken the GWTW art if they could have gotten it.
Gotta' love it 
