A lot of younger movie fans have seen slip covers from their first Disney dvds and blurays and just treated it like extra packaging to trash. So those are the types of people asking these questions and why slip covers matter. A video like this informed me of one thing I hadn't known. The first pressing mark on the Lionsgate steelbooks. I don't collect them in particular, so I had no idea.
Ya know, Jeff? I want to thank you. You’re one of the only content creators who focuses majority on physical media who goes out of your way to emphasize and stress that “Hey, I prefer the 4K, but if all you got is Bluray or even dvd? Who cares, collect, if it works for you it works for you!” I’ve seen some content creators who make you feel bad if you have one pixel less than the highest quality 8K, 10K whatever😂 (I’m not counting people like Daisuke Beppu or 20th and 21st movies, who I feel focus more on THE FILM and the tech specs are more an after thought for them). So for that, my friend, I thank you 🥳
No lie at first I used to not care for blu-ray slip covers. But later on every blu-ray slip covers I ever threw away. I regret it now as a blu-ray collector.
@@B33K33P3R-x I think you are taking the comment way too seriously. I didn’t call anyone ignorant or stupid. It was gentle ribbing. And besides you are the one calling me out for having low self esteem, so what is that saying about yourself? I didn’t attack anyone with any meanness. Don’t be that person who reads too much into a comment and blows it out of proportion. I love this group and have been one of Jeff’s supporters from the very beginning. Sheesh, lighten up a little.
Just collect digital then. Clearly physical media isn't important to you. The physical media thing is the appearance of the thing too. Hence why you have something physical. Literally comments like yours are basically saying I don't know why people like something looks nicer. Some people like the way things look and if they look better they prefer it. You don't care about the appearance. A bluray with a slip case always looks better.
@@ICantBeCompletlyCertain the reason for collecting physical media is because it offers superior viewing quality and it's a permanent feature that won't go away if a streaming company removes it. It's not because the boxes look pretty.
@@benhilsenrath8093 Yes, exactly my POV. And Berty, by the way, seeing as how "physical media isn't important to (me)", why do I have c. 4000 blu rays, DVDs, and CDs?
I like the look and feel of slipcovers and try to always buy them over the ones without slips. My only complaint is when online retailers like Amazon don’t tell you if your getting a slip or not. I just want to know what I’m paying for.
I totally agree zavvi is the same they will not tell you if they have any slipcovers left over in stock even if you ask customer service they won’t tell you so I end up elsewhere trying to find the slipcover it is quite annoying😂😂
simple answer, you want slipcovers, buy during the first print run, not hard to work out, if you wanted the movie and slip that badly, you would buy on day one of release or very soon there after
@@thesmf1210 that’s not true at all, for example if you bought the lost boys on 4K from the uk, you never got a slipcover with it at all? In the us maybe but in the uk you didn’t get one, so the problem still 100% stands because buyers of the first run and/or pre orders still did not know if they was getting a slipcover or not?! Some suppliers hold the slipcovers and sell them individually on eBay and other places for premium £$€, I get what your trying to say dude and fully respect it but I don’t think it’s so “simple” at all
I can understand why some folks may want to collect slip covers and steel books. Myself, I'm only really interested in the movie and the bonus features. I like to have my favorite movies in the best quality possible with as much behind the scenes information as possible. I don't really care how it's packaged.
In Australia, slip covers aren’t really a thing. Studio releases rarely have them. It’s only our local boutiques (Imprint, Umbrella) that really utilise them.
Australia cheaps out on packaging big time. In the past few years almost all major boxsets have been multiple cases in a cheap cardboard sleeve. Then look at the exact same release in the US and it comes in a nicely designed single case eg Hitchcock 4K collections, The Godfather 4K set etc. yet we pay pretty much the same price - sometimes more - for an obviously cheaper set.
It’s a much smaller market here Luke that may explain it. I will say as an Australian I prefer our thicker Blu cases to what the Americans use. Feels sturdier though that may just be familiarity winning out.
@@ddc2957 you’re probably right, though I’m thankful we have JB hi-fi which is stocked to the max with discs - as I keep seeing Americans getting smaller and smaller shelves for movies in Walmart, Best Buy etc. I find it strange they don’t have a JB equivalent considering their market. I have to say I prefer the slim cases simply because I can fit more on a shelf and space is precious haha
Where are your JBs? I’m in Sydney & they seem to be shrinking sadly. JB World Square I think carries no discs at all anymore & Broadway still quite a bit but noticeably less than 2-3 years ago. It does make practical sense I suppose to have slimmer cases for room. I limit myself to a collection of 300 so Aussie cases fit my shelf almost perfectly with their size.
I only really started collecting 4K's at the end of 2021/ beginning of 2022 and I made a vow that I've so far kept of getting every 4K I want to own with it's slipcover. I've been collecting blu-rays for years but your channel and covering of 4K's made me really push to start collecting it so thank you!
I do really like to have the slipcover, if it has unique features such as shinyness, sparklyness, embossing, different artwork from the inner case, etc. I just wish that they wouldn't make it soooo much more difficult to get a slipcover if you don't buy the movie RIGHT away at release... However, *not* getting a slipcover absolutely does NOT mean that I won't buy the physical copy of that movie I want.
It’s part of there game. They have to give incentive to buy it right away at full price and use FOMO. If they didn’t most people would just put it on the back burner “I’ll get it later” or wait for a sale. They got us on the hook 😂
@@epap1375 I agree slipcovers are a little reward for people who pay full price. At least when it comes to vinegar syndrome. I honestly don't see the point in 4k slip covers that have the same artwork. Maybe the art work's a little bigger and it protects the movie.
I usually only go out of my way for slipcovers if I know I love the movie already or if the art is unignorably pretty. The thought of someone tossing out the slipcover of something like Arrival or Inception (which I adored) takes a week off my life time though.
I've noticed a lot of 3D Blu-rays tend to have slipcovers with a lenticular 3D print of the art on the case. And because of that I decided that for every 3D Blu-ray I I buy I'll only purchase an eBay listing of it if it comes with the slipcover because it's always really cool to see the case art in 3D.
I otherwise don't care about slipcovers, I've even thrown them away in the past. But... the first few GKIDs blu-rays I got had slipcovers and now I am obsessed that ALL of my GKIDs movies have slipcovers so that they all line up and look uniform on my shelf. I don't recommend being so obsessed.
For myself, they're worth having if there's alternate artwork on the case (assuming I like the art on the slipcover). It's just nice having that extra little bit of artwork. That being said, I mean "worth it" if I'm getting it during the initial run. I really can't see myself dropping a hundred bucks for an out-of-print slipcover.
Slipcovers used to be on DVDs and Blu Rays, but they’re mostly redundant since it’s kind of wasteful since it’s excessive packaging! I just care about the hard casing for the disc, since a lot of movie disc cases are made from recyclable plastic that don’t age well and they get easily damaged!
Alot of the new age collectors will learn that soon. I always laugh at people like durant cinema when he skips over something because it has no slip. Ive been collecting for 20 plus years and ammassed a good 13,000 titles. That crispy slipcover "look" goes within 5 to 7 years then slips start to get ratty like vhs packaging.
I personally love skip covers. Here in the UK, popular store HMV have released titles such as John Wick 4 and Scream 6 with their own exclusive art slips which stand out from the standard release. Their Scream 6 red slip cover was particularly good as it was the same price as standard but also included very high quality lobby cards.
I've found that my collection looks better without the slipcovers on the shelf, so I just hide them in my closet. Used to be obsessed with them, but not so much anymore
Worth mentioning the Sleepaway Camp sequels are completely OOP because the license SF had from MGM expired a few years ago so those examples are expensive, slip or no slip. The first film (with no slip) is still in print because that's another rights owner.
"What's the deal with slipcovers? If your movie already has a cover - why does it need a slip? I mean who are these people and why do they buy slipcovers?!?!" -Jerry Seinfeld
When I first started collecting a few years back (I’ve been collecting for about 5 yrs) I tossed my slipcovers out. When I collected in the 90s for a short time, no slipcovers came w/the disc. So I thought the slipcovers were worthless and got in the way of getting to the disc 🤣. Fast forward to 2016, once all movie rental places closed down around me, I started to truly collect. Now I gotta have my slips
My personal favorite slipcover I own is for The Man Who Fell to Earth steelbook. Being a huge Bowie fan, it’s awesome to see the slipcover with the iconic Aladdinsane lightning bolt that slides over Bowie’s face on the actual case.
last year, i took all my slipcovers (nearly 200 of them) and put them all up on my bedroom wall. it looks SO COOL :D and it actually allowed me to save quite a bit of shelf space, because i was able to move all my UK blu-rays from their fat cases to regular US size cases. so it's a double win.
I try to have all my 4Ks with slips, the Blu-rays I don’t care, but the 4Ks actually feel like a collection with those slips. I’ve paid some stupid money, (sometimes $40 a movie) and I’m ashamed, but I think it looks great. 😂
Slip covers are pretty cool. I do like how some people make custom slip covers for those who don’t have one for specific films. Thanks for the video Tyler, keep up the great work!
For me, slipcovers are only really a big deal if it is alternative artwork and the regular packaging includes a reversible sleeve showing an original one sheet. When Scream Factory put out those first few titles and I was able to have the best of both worlds in one release (new and original art displayed simultaneously), my Blu Ray collecting skyrocketed.
My son used to work at Target a decade or 2 ago and the DVDs with the slipcovers wouldn't fit in their theft protection plastic cases, so they would take them off and throw them away. There was also a local video store that would order say 10 copies of the new releases and would then pull off and throw out the slipcovers. Hard to believe these days. One thing you didn't cover that I feel deserves a mention is the special slipcovers that Walmart gets on catalog titles for special endcap promotions. They had the Deadpool covers on a selection of Fox films like Logan and War for the Planet of the Apes. They've also recently had the minimalist red and white and black Valentine horror films like My Bloody Valentine. Currently they have some "Wanted Poster" art on western films for Father's Day like Hateful Eight and Django. Some of these are really nice looking.
Jeff, I knew one day you would eventually get to slipcovers, and you did not disappoint. Excellent Video. Do you think it's possible that one day, you'll do a follow-up video and talk about custom slipcovers? If I'm not mistaken, I believe there are people out there who make custom slipcovers for Blu-rays and 4K discs. Custom slipcovers can be a really good alternative for those who missed out on the first run / limited edition slipcovers. Also, for my fellow collectors, something to be cautious of when buying from Ebay? There are Ebay sellers out there who'll post stock photos of a blu-ray or 4K with the slipcover but when you get the product, it's only the case and disc, but no slipcover. As Jeff stated, definitely look for photos that were actually taken, (not stock photos) when purchasing a disc with a slipcover. And if you're not sure, send a message to the seller asking him or her if the disc in question does come with a slipcover. Hopefully you'll get a response fairly quickly. I'm just putting that info out because I was burned once when I thought I was purchasing a movie (from Ebay) with the slipcover (based on a stock photo) only to get it delivered without one.
Jeff, thanks so much for this. I started watching you many years ago, and I NEVER kept my slipcovers. Because of you, I now try to find all my phiysical media with a slipcover. Keep it up. You're the best.
FYI they're also called "O rings" by people in the industry. They originally were on DVDs because they make the artwork look sharper than the version under the plastic on the actual disc case. Unless there is something unique on it (say it's lenticular) I always toss them. The vast majority of my BDs are in CD jewel cases to save space and my DVDs are on spindles sorted alphabetically.
I'm obsessive about slip covers on all types of media (music, movies, video games) and it hurts my soul when I hear about people throwing them away Lol
I worked for several years at a bookstore and while there learned about ISBN. Which stands for international standard book number. Every edition of a specific book has a unique ISBN. First edition hard cover, paperback, trade paperback, etc. all have a different number. Plus these numbers are usually different from any UPC code on the book. Oops sorry for the rant Jeff. All the book talk got me going. 😆
Thanks for making these videos. I think there is more interest into physical media lately and this is good info for newcomers. For certain films or styles, the slipcover is a legitimately nice thing to collect. For example, the UK toy story 3d discs have a really nice simple design with Woody, Jessie, and Buzz. each for 1-3
In terms of rarity from big studios if anyone is wondering, Sony releases and Fox releases (from Disney) are typically the slipcovers that go OOP after a couple of months while other releases typically have slipcovers for up to a year
Ironically, it's the steelbooks that should, and often don't, have the slipcovers, since they are easily scratched and damaged. A plastic case has no need for a cardboard slipcover, except maybe to prevent the shrinkwrap from coming apart in the stores, which I think is why they were introduced in the first place.
Criterion Blu-ray discs often feature some small print after the copyright words to indicate if the disc is 'First printing'. Here in the UK we often give slip covers the name 'O band' to differentiate them from 'J' covers or the 'belly band' as used by Indicator on their box set collations.
Please Jeff, tell me where you can find Sleepaway Camp II or III for only $10 to $15 without slipcovers... and I'll tell you that's exactly where I'll be, buying them to upgrade the DVD Survival Kit. Maddening that only the first Sleepaway Camp is available still.
I had no idea about the whole "first print run" aspect of them, that's pretty interesting. I like them, they look nice, so I would not choose to discard them, but it wouldn't influence my decision to buy something. If a copy of something comes with a slip, that's fine. If not, that's also fine.
I love when blu rays have slipcovers, especially if the artwork is lenticular or embossed. The spines also make those titles stand out more when they're on the shelf with all of the other titles I own.
I really dislike slipcovers, I wish there was none. I also dislike dust jackets and anything like that. They just get damaged easily, even if you try take care of them, and also it adds an extra annoyance.
I used to throw out the slipcovers (or also called O-cards) or old Blu-Rays because I didn't know that they were needed. Back then, late 2000's, early 2010's, a lot of the studios would put a different artwork on the case itself, so my Iron Man and Star Trek 09 Blu-Rays are different. Now of course, I save them all in case I want to sell it.
I was lucky on TGTB&TU slipcover. A spokesperson for KL said they had some extras that they would offer for sale on a Blu-ray website forum announcement. I managed to get one there.
While im not one to collect slip covers and hell most of the ones i get that do have i take them off and dont display my movies with them on, I think it looks better for consistency, I never throw them out. I actually have a nice little box in my closet i keep them all in to make sure they dont get damaged. I always had a hunch it meant first pressing or so but it is good to have confirmation that they are essentially first pressing only! Makes me feel better about not throwing them out
I used to just throw out the slipcovers until I got The Good The Bad & The Ugly and heard that slip covers can be worth money and saw that people even sold them on Ebay. So I've saved all of the slip covers since then but I don't leave them on the case, I just gently fold them up and tuck them away.
I'm surprised the studios don't take the business from these price gougers and sell slipcover replacements for maybe $5-10 each. I know people are paying much more online for them. Hell, I spent $20 to get my Rogue One 4K slip. It just wasn't sitting right with me that I had every Star Wars 4K slipcover but that one. lol
I always put slip covers in the recycling, same for the DVD/Blu-Ray inserts like digital codes or inner adverts. I really have no need for the wasteful packaging tbh.
I try to get them when I can, but I never feel comfortable paying extra for the slip. You can also get lucky and find them in the wild or even if a movie is months old, I would get the slip. The only time I was angry that I didn't get the slip was when I bought Casablanca 2 weeks after release and I didn't get one. I didn't think they would sell out so quickly. Must have either been low quantity, or some asshole at Amazon took it.
You know I've always wanted to know what is the propose of those Eco Friendly or what ever those cases with the Holes are called, because they always feel so cheap to me. So much so I feel I could easily crack or even break the case just by holding it. You know what I'm talking about the cases with the Holes on both sides of the case?
Love my dvd slipcovers... I use them in place of the paper covers when I place my discs in discsox sleeves. They look fantastic !! You carefully cut them down the right side to perform the same as the paper covers when placed in the sleeves. Works and looks amazing when sleeved this way !! Love snapper cases for same reason... Looks premium in discsox dvd sleeves. 👍🥰
For the most part I keep the slip covers but I really don't think about them. So what about the plastic covers on steel books or the paper flap that is glued to the back, same basic principle?
That was my feelings especially when BluRay launched. I use to just throw them out. Funny enough, I actually keep them now to hold cases closed. I started having problems with snaps on BluRay cases breaking on day 1.
Didn't know about the Lionsgate Steelbook first pressings. Just checked my copies of the new Hunger Games 4K Steelbook boxset, and they indeed had the label. Really cool!
I was a big slip cover fan maybe 10 years ago, especially the ones that had foil effects and/or embossing/debossing. Disney had some truly FANTASTIC ones for their older animated classics, Sleeping Beauty's Platinum Edition in particular. But hardly any movies in Europe comes with slip covers anymore. I don't even remember last time I saw a movie with a slip cover in Sweden and even when I visit UK or order from there there are hardly any slips. When they were just starting to disappear I even went to sites for custom made slips (never bought any or made any myself, but the idea was there), but when I realized it was a permanent change across all releases I couldn't be bothered. I switched to Steelbook instead, which has turned the other way around and become a too over saturated market for something meant to be a somewhat nicer and more limited packeting, but I still buy most of my movies in steels if they get one, though I've since many years stopped buying just any steel that got released, just focusing on those movies I really want.
It’s weird that 4K discs came with slipcovers in Sweden when the format launched and now not a single release will have it. Such a shame. I pretty much only buy US releases because of that.
Is there any place where you can buy just the slipcovers, for movies and the odd TV series? I have afew movies and TV series that are missing the slipcovers, the odd ones l have picked up used and know that they had original came with a slipcover.
Wow. This was fascinating. I never knew this. There's a local radio station that does movie reviews and they were complaining about slip covers. They wondered why studios do that. I wish I had known this at that time. 😊
I'm a sucker for packaging, slip covers, steelbooks, the lot. I love it when a disc is packed with goodies and artwork. The more the merrier. Hell, I'd buy a disc that had a slipcover over a slipcover over a slipcover. Plain plastic doesn't showcase my collection like an over-cooked snazzy package does.
In Norway prices were always dumped on steel books and slip cases for 4K and Blu-Ray, DVD etc, because they never sell out. It's the opposite of Ebay prices here. They are dumped instead of being sold at "collector's prices".
Slipcovers only matter to me if the release has different artwork on the slip and if the insert has different artwork on the reverse side and if the slip has nice shine to it
I walked into my buddies house and looked over at his Blu-ray collection and I saw that most of them were Steelbooks, I then left and never spoke to him again. He never told me he was a nerd and nuts.
The slipcover obsession is real in most cases. I was hoping you would mention Solo and what happened with that release, 2 different slip covers one being more limited than the other and that was the only Star Wars movie to have that problem. The rest were easy to get. Solo slip remains high on the aftermarket sites 100 + typically.
Another factor is whether the release is part of an ongoing series, because there are a lot of collectors who aren't too bothered about slipcovers in and of themselves but do want their spines to match on the shelf. For example, a few years ago Dinsey reprinted all their animated "Classics" with numbered slips and, consequently, one of the Winnie the Pooh movies started going for silly amounts of money on Ebay because it happened to have a smaller print run than the others. Now, new titles get a slip with the regular poster artwork on release and one of the matching numbered ones follows a few months later.
even looking at the one you're holding the top right corner has that white area where it is bent slightly. i can't stand to look at that imperfection, that's why i toss them when they are just a flimsy one that matches the box cover
In my opinion, slipcovers are essentially an overly-praised piece of cardboard. It’s actually wild to think about. I would much rather have just the amaray with a disc and booklet inside (if it provides that in the first place) talking about the film. This kinda stuff has always been funny to me because I see people that go nuts over slipcovers meanwhile some people can’t care any less about a slipcover. People are usually really on board with them or are just very apathetic towards them lol, me fitting in with the latter group mentioned. It really is just a ‘to each their own’ thing but people should make sure to appreciate the films as well! That’s why we are all in this hobby in the first place, the love of film. People should remember that.
Pretty informative video for those new to collecting. I will say Sleepaway Camp 2&3 are not easy to obtain at a good price even without the slip. Both long OOP. There are region B available from 88 Films at a good price. Really wish Amazon said if came with a slip. Have you done a video on region coding??
You briefly mentioned steelbooks. Would love to see a video comparing the difference between releases (if any), why the steelbook usually costs more money, is it worth upgrading to a steelbook variant (maybe you could do recommendations, like how you recommend whether or not to upgrade your bluray to 4k), do steelbooks deteriorate faster than plastic covers, are steelbook dvds collectable, do they even have steelbook 4k movies, etc.
Hamilton Book recently listed a fantastic Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD Combo of San Andreas with a lenticular slip cover. They also had a great Blu-ray of Sin City with an embossed and foil style slip... a great addition to the collection.
I see what your saying, in my opinion they display so much better especially when they have unique artwork that the case does not have, i like them, but I do get what your saying dude 👍
My slipcovers stay in relatively nice condition now (some of them that I’ve owned since back when I had little kids running around the house, maybe not so much-lol). There have been a couple of rare occasions where I accidentally dropped my Blu-ray case that has a slipcover on it, that I think it normally would have cracked the case but didn’t because it had a slipcover on it. That extra layer actually (potentially, anyways) protects more significantly than maybe what many people realize. Plus, if I’m getting even just a little bit more product (the slipcover) for the same price as I would without the slipcover, that’s a win in my book.
I used to get rid of mine but that was because of the shelves I had the slip covers would make the cases not fit. I have a better shelf now but I do regret cuz they look better with them
I have officially lived long enough to see someone do an entire video on slip covers. I can now rest in peace.
Lol. I’m happy I could help you find that peace!
I know right lol 🤣
We hardly knew ye
RIP😇
A lot of younger movie fans have seen slip covers from their first Disney dvds and blurays and just treated it like extra packaging to trash. So those are the types of people asking these questions and why slip covers matter. A video like this informed me of one thing I hadn't known. The first pressing mark on the Lionsgate steelbooks. I don't collect them in particular, so I had no idea.
Ya know, Jeff? I want to thank you. You’re one of the only content creators who focuses majority on physical media who goes out of your way to emphasize and stress that “Hey, I prefer the 4K, but if all you got is Bluray or even dvd? Who cares, collect, if it works for you it works for you!” I’ve seen some content creators who make you feel bad if you have one pixel less than the highest quality 8K, 10K whatever😂 (I’m not counting people like Daisuke Beppu or 20th and 21st movies, who I feel focus more on THE FILM and the tech specs are more an after thought for them). So for that, my friend, I thank you 🥳
I appreciate that! I try to make it all inclusive here for collectors of any format! It’s all the same hobby to me
@@JeffRauseo Physical media is physical media after all!
I agree with you. Whatever makes you happy!!!
No lie at first I used to not care for blu-ray slip covers. But later on every blu-ray slip covers I ever threw away. I regret it now as a blu-ray collector.
I am always happy when my disc does not have annoying slip cover I have to baby and keep track of. And DVDs should have come in cd sized cases
I laughed out loud that you had to explain to this crowd what a book was!
@@B33K33P3R-x I think you are taking the comment way too seriously. I didn’t call anyone ignorant or stupid. It was gentle ribbing. And besides you are the one calling me out for having low self esteem, so what is that saying about yourself? I didn’t attack anyone with any meanness. Don’t be that person who reads too much into a comment and blows it out of proportion. I love this group and have been one of Jeff’s supporters from the very beginning. Sheesh, lighten up a little.
Gotta hit that 10 minute mark somehow lol
One of these days you need to start your show off with the song “I wanna get physical..physical 🎵“ haha.
I must confess, the obsession with slipcovers baffles me.
They look nicer. If I have a choice and it's the same price I'll opt for it. But I'm not going out of my way to get them
Just collect digital then. Clearly physical media isn't important to you. The physical media thing is the appearance of the thing too. Hence why you have something physical. Literally comments like yours are basically saying I don't know why people like something looks nicer.
Some people like the way things look and if they look better they prefer it. You don't care about the appearance. A bluray with a slip case always looks better.
@@ICantBeCompletlyCertain the reason for collecting physical media is because it offers superior viewing quality and it's a permanent feature that won't go away if a streaming company removes it. It's not because the boxes look pretty.
@@benhilsenrath8093 Yes, exactly my POV. And Berty, by the way, seeing as how "physical media isn't important to (me)", why do I have c. 4000 blu rays, DVDs, and CDs?
@@benhilsenrath8093Well...it"s not just because the boxes look pretty.
I like the look and feel of slipcovers and try to always buy them over the ones without slips. My only complaint is when online retailers like Amazon don’t tell you if your getting a slip or not. I just want to know what I’m paying for.
I totally agree zavvi is the same they will not tell you if they have any slipcovers left over in stock even if you ask customer service they won’t tell you so I end up elsewhere trying to find the slipcover it is quite annoying😂😂
Yeah, I bought Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri from Zavvi because the photo showed a really nice slipcover. You can guess what I received.
simple answer, you want slipcovers, buy during the first print run, not hard to work out, if you wanted the movie and slip that badly, you would buy on day one of release or very soon there after
Exactly
@@thesmf1210 that’s not true at all, for example if you bought the lost boys on 4K from the uk, you never got a slipcover with it at all? In the us maybe but in the uk you didn’t get one, so the problem still 100% stands because buyers of the first run and/or pre orders still did not know if they was getting a slipcover or not?! Some suppliers hold the slipcovers and sell them individually on eBay and other places for premium £$€, I get what your trying to say dude and fully respect it but I don’t think it’s so “simple” at all
I can understand why some folks may want to collect slip covers and steel books. Myself, I'm only really interested in the movie and the bonus features. I like to have my favorite movies in the best quality possible with as much behind the scenes information as possible. I don't really care how it's packaged.
In Australia, slip covers aren’t really a thing. Studio releases rarely have them. It’s only our local boutiques (Imprint, Umbrella) that really utilise them.
True. Australian cases are also thicker than cases in the US.
Australia cheaps out on packaging big time. In the past few years almost all major boxsets have been multiple cases in a cheap cardboard sleeve. Then look at the exact same release in the US and it comes in a nicely designed single case eg Hitchcock 4K collections, The Godfather 4K set etc. yet we pay pretty much the same price - sometimes more - for an obviously cheaper set.
It’s a much smaller market here Luke that may explain it.
I will say as an Australian I prefer our thicker Blu cases to what the Americans use. Feels sturdier though that may just be familiarity winning out.
@@ddc2957 you’re probably right, though I’m thankful we have JB hi-fi which is stocked to the max with discs - as I keep seeing Americans getting smaller and smaller shelves for movies in Walmart, Best Buy etc. I find it strange they don’t have a JB equivalent considering their market.
I have to say I prefer the slim cases simply because I can fit more on a shelf and space is precious haha
Where are your JBs? I’m in Sydney & they seem to be shrinking sadly. JB World Square I think carries no discs at all anymore & Broadway still quite a bit but noticeably less than 2-3 years ago.
It does make practical sense I suppose to have slimmer cases for room. I limit myself to a collection of 300 so Aussie cases fit my shelf almost perfectly with their size.
I only really started collecting 4K's at the end of 2021/ beginning of 2022 and I made a vow that I've so far kept of getting every 4K I want to own with it's slipcover. I've been collecting blu-rays for years but your channel and covering of 4K's made me really push to start collecting it so thank you!
The fact that Jeff made a video about a piece of cardboard blows my mind lol
I do really like to have the slipcover, if it has unique features such as shinyness, sparklyness, embossing, different artwork from the inner case, etc. I just wish that they wouldn't make it soooo much more difficult to get a slipcover if you don't buy the movie RIGHT away at release... However, *not* getting a slipcover absolutely does NOT mean that I won't buy the physical copy of that movie I want.
It’s part of there game. They have to give incentive to buy it right away at full price and use FOMO. If they didn’t most people would just put it on the back burner “I’ll get it later” or wait for a sale. They got us on the hook 😂
@@epap1375 I agree slipcovers are a little reward for people who pay full price. At least when it comes to vinegar syndrome. I honestly don't see the point in 4k slip covers that have the same artwork. Maybe the art work's a little bigger and it protects the movie.
Slipcovers are one of those things I tell myself I don’t care about, until I can get an edition with a slipcover. They just look better on the shelf.
i feel like they look like crap when i see people's shelves. they always have crumbled corners to them
I usually only go out of my way for slipcovers if I know I love the movie already or if the art is unignorably pretty.
The thought of someone tossing out the slipcover of something like Arrival or Inception (which I adored) takes a week off my life time though.
I've noticed a lot of 3D Blu-rays tend to have slipcovers with a lenticular 3D print of the art on the case. And because of that I decided that for every 3D Blu-ray I I buy I'll only purchase an eBay listing of it if it comes with the slipcover because it's always really cool to see the case art in 3D.
Damnit Jeff!!!!! I never really thought much about this.... I could take them or leave them.... now I'm gonna be looking for slip covers!!! LOL 😂😂😂
I otherwise don't care about slipcovers, I've even thrown them away in the past. But... the first few GKIDs blu-rays I got had slipcovers and now I am obsessed that ALL of my GKIDs movies have slipcovers so that they all line up and look uniform on my shelf. I don't recommend being so obsessed.
For myself, they're worth having if there's alternate artwork on the case (assuming I like the art on the slipcover). It's just nice having that extra little bit of artwork. That being said, I mean "worth it" if I'm getting it during the initial run. I really can't see myself dropping a hundred bucks for an out-of-print slipcover.
Slipcovers used to be on DVDs and Blu Rays, but they’re mostly redundant since it’s kind of wasteful since it’s excessive packaging! I just care about the hard casing for the disc, since a lot of movie disc cases are made from recyclable plastic that don’t age well and they get easily damaged!
Alot of the new age collectors will learn that soon. I always laugh at people like durant cinema when he skips over something because it has no slip. Ive been collecting for 20 plus years and ammassed a good 13,000 titles. That crispy slipcover "look" goes within 5 to 7 years then slips start to get ratty like vhs packaging.
@ those slipcover packaging don’t age well, that’s why many movie collectors like James Rolfe throws them out because they deteriorate.
I personally love skip covers. Here in the UK, popular store HMV have released titles such as John Wick 4 and Scream 6 with their own exclusive art slips which stand out from the standard release. Their Scream 6 red slip cover was particularly good as it was the same price as standard but also included very high quality lobby cards.
I've found that my collection looks better without the slipcovers on the shelf, so I just hide them in my closet. Used to be obsessed with them, but not so much anymore
Worth mentioning the Sleepaway Camp sequels are completely OOP because the license SF had from MGM expired a few years ago so those examples are expensive, slip or no slip. The first film (with no slip) is still in print because that's another rights owner.
"What's the deal with slipcovers? If your movie already has a cover - why does it need a slip? I mean who are these people and why do they buy slipcovers?!?!"
-Jerry Seinfeld
When I first started collecting a few years back (I’ve been collecting for about 5 yrs) I tossed my slipcovers out. When I collected in the 90s for a short time, no slipcovers came w/the disc. So I thought the slipcovers were worthless and got in the way of getting to the disc 🤣. Fast forward to 2016, once all movie rental places closed down around me, I started to truly collect. Now I gotta have my slips
My personal favorite slipcover I own is for The Man Who Fell to Earth steelbook. Being a huge Bowie fan, it’s awesome to see the slipcover with the iconic Aladdinsane lightning bolt that slides over Bowie’s face on the actual case.
last year, i took all my slipcovers (nearly 200 of them) and put them all up on my bedroom wall. it looks SO COOL :D
and it actually allowed me to save quite a bit of shelf space, because i was able to move all my UK blu-rays from their fat cases to regular US size cases. so it's a double win.
I try to have all my 4Ks with slips, the Blu-rays I don’t care, but the 4Ks actually feel like a collection with those slips. I’ve paid some stupid money, (sometimes $40 a movie) and I’m ashamed, but I think it looks great. 😂
Slip covers are pretty cool. I do like how some people make custom slip covers for those who don’t have one for specific films. Thanks for the video Tyler, keep up the great work!
For me, slipcovers are only really a big deal if it is alternative artwork and the regular packaging includes a reversible sleeve showing an original one sheet. When Scream Factory put out those first few titles and I was able to have the best of both worlds in one release (new and original art displayed simultaneously), my Blu Ray collecting skyrocketed.
Slipcovers could be the dumbest part of this whole hobby
My son used to work at Target a decade or 2 ago and the DVDs with the slipcovers wouldn't fit in their theft protection plastic cases, so they would take them off and throw them away. There was also a local video store that would order say 10 copies of the new releases and would then pull off and throw out the slipcovers. Hard to believe these days.
One thing you didn't cover that I feel deserves a mention is the special slipcovers that Walmart gets on catalog titles for special endcap promotions. They had the Deadpool covers on a selection of Fox films like Logan and War for the Planet of the Apes. They've also recently had the minimalist red and white and black Valentine horror films like My Bloody Valentine. Currently they have some "Wanted Poster" art on western films for Father's Day like Hateful Eight and Django. Some of these are really nice looking.
They usually put the paper back out first, and if it does well they put out the hardback.
Jeff, I knew one day you would eventually get to slipcovers, and you did not disappoint. Excellent Video.
Do you think it's possible that one day, you'll do a follow-up video and talk about custom slipcovers? If I'm not mistaken, I believe there are people out there who make custom slipcovers for Blu-rays and 4K discs. Custom slipcovers can be a really good alternative for those who missed out on the first run / limited edition slipcovers.
Also, for my fellow collectors, something to be cautious of when buying from Ebay? There are Ebay sellers out there who'll post stock photos of a blu-ray or 4K with the slipcover but when you get the product, it's only the case and disc, but no slipcover.
As Jeff stated, definitely look for photos that were actually taken, (not stock photos) when purchasing a disc with a slipcover. And if you're not sure, send a message to the seller asking him or her if the disc in question does come with a slipcover. Hopefully you'll get a response fairly quickly.
I'm just putting that info out because I was burned once when I thought I was purchasing a movie (from Ebay) with the slipcover (based on a stock photo) only to get it delivered without one.
Jeff, thanks so much for this. I started watching you many years ago, and I NEVER kept my slipcovers. Because of you, I now try to find all my phiysical media with a slipcover. Keep it up. You're the best.
FYI they're also called "O rings" by people in the industry. They originally were on DVDs because they make the artwork look sharper than the version under the plastic on the actual disc case.
Unless there is something unique on it (say it's lenticular) I always toss them. The vast majority of my BDs are in CD jewel cases to save space and my DVDs are on spindles sorted alphabetically.
I'm obsessive about slip covers on all types of media (music, movies, video games) and it hurts my soul when I hear about people throwing them away Lol
I worked for several years at a bookstore and while there learned about ISBN. Which stands for international standard book number. Every edition of a specific book has a unique ISBN. First edition hard cover, paperback, trade paperback, etc. all have a different number. Plus these numbers are usually different from any UPC code on the book. Oops sorry for the rant Jeff. All the book talk got me going. 😆
Thanks for making these videos. I think there is more interest into physical media lately and this is good info for newcomers. For certain films or styles, the slipcover is a legitimately nice thing to collect. For example, the UK toy story 3d discs have a really nice simple design with Woody, Jessie, and Buzz. each for 1-3
In terms of rarity from big studios if anyone is wondering, Sony releases and Fox releases (from Disney) are typically the slipcovers that go OOP after a couple of months while other releases typically have slipcovers for up to a year
I don't really care about slipcovers but when I don't get one with a film it feels bad abit lol. It's good for extra protection etc
Ironically, it's the steelbooks that should, and often don't, have the slipcovers, since they are easily scratched and damaged. A plastic case has no need for a cardboard slipcover, except maybe to prevent the shrinkwrap from coming apart in the stores, which I think is why they were introduced in the first place.
Criterion Blu-ray discs often feature some small print after the copyright words to indicate if the disc is 'First printing'. Here in the UK we often give slip covers the name 'O band' to differentiate them from 'J' covers or the 'belly band' as used by Indicator on their box set collations.
Please Jeff, tell me where you can find Sleepaway Camp II or III for only $10 to $15 without slipcovers... and I'll tell you that's exactly where I'll be, buying them to upgrade the DVD Survival Kit. Maddening that only the first Sleepaway Camp is available still.
Slipcovers - the topic that never dies. Thank you for this! :)
This was so informative thank you ! Lol I’ve been obsessed about which movies gets a slip cover. Great to know that they are the first print run 👍🏼
I have learned something new, thank you so much, I'll look after from now on on movies with slipcover!
I wanna hear your thoughts on LG TVs filmmaker mode setting.
Love the detail of something like this which seems unimportant but actually is kinda cool. Subbed.
My cousin once revealed to me that if he got a blu-ray with a slipcover, he'd just throw it away. Needless to say... I was horrified.
I also throw them away. They took up a lot more space on my shelves than I expected.
I think they’re kinda nice in an objective sense but I do throw them away because I like my shelf to display uniformly. Slips get in the way of that.
I had no idea about the whole "first print run" aspect of them, that's pretty interesting. I like them, they look nice, so I would not choose to discard them, but it wouldn't influence my decision to buy something. If a copy of something comes with a slip, that's fine. If not, that's also fine.
Jeff thank you for the best educational video on slip covers awesome video
I honestly learned quite a bit in this video. Thank you
I love when blu rays have slipcovers, especially if the artwork is lenticular or embossed. The spines also make those titles stand out more when they're on the shelf with all of the other titles I own.
I really dislike slipcovers, I wish there was none. I also dislike dust jackets and anything like that. They just get damaged easily, even if you try take care of them, and also it adds an extra annoyance.
I used to throw out the slipcovers (or also called O-cards) or old Blu-Rays because I didn't know that they were needed. Back then, late 2000's, early 2010's, a lot of the studios would put a different artwork on the case itself, so my Iron Man and Star Trek 09 Blu-Rays are different. Now of course, I save them all in case I want to sell it.
I was lucky on TGTB&TU slipcover. A spokesperson for KL said they had some extras that they would offer for sale on a Blu-ray website forum announcement. I managed to get one there.
While im not one to collect slip covers and hell most of the ones i get that do have i take them off and dont display my movies with them on, I think it looks better for consistency, I never throw them out. I actually have a nice little box in my closet i keep them all in to make sure they dont get damaged. I always had a hunch it meant first pressing or so but it is good to have confirmation that they are essentially first pressing only! Makes me feel better about not throwing them out
I get the appeal, but it's not a dealbreaker if the case doesn't have one.
Thanks for book information. I didn’t know that!
I used to just throw out the slipcovers until I got The Good The Bad & The Ugly and heard that slip covers can be worth money and saw that people even sold them on Ebay. So I've saved all of the slip covers since then but I don't leave them on the case, I just gently fold them up and tuck them away.
I'm surprised the studios don't take the business from these price gougers and sell slipcover replacements for maybe $5-10 each. I know people are paying much more online for them. Hell, I spent $20 to get my Rogue One 4K slip. It just wasn't sitting right with me that I had every Star Wars 4K slipcover but that one. lol
Loce your channel keep up the good work ...all the way from the uk
I always put slip covers in the recycling, same for the DVD/Blu-Ray inserts like digital codes or inner adverts. I really have no need for the wasteful packaging tbh.
I try to get them when I can, but I never feel comfortable paying extra for the slip. You can also get lucky and find them in the wild or even if a movie is months old, I would get the slip.
The only time I was angry that I didn't get the slip was when I bought Casablanca 2 weeks after release and I didn't get one. I didn't think they would sell out so quickly. Must have either been low quantity, or some asshole at Amazon took it.
You know I've always wanted to know what is the propose of those Eco Friendly or what ever those cases with the Holes are called, because they always feel so cheap to me. So much so I feel I could easily crack or even break the case just by holding it. You know what I'm talking about the cases with the Holes on both sides of the case?
Love my dvd slipcovers... I use them in place of the paper covers when I place my discs in discsox sleeves.
They look fantastic !!
You carefully cut them down the right side to perform the same as the paper covers when placed in the sleeves. Works and looks amazing when sleeved this way !!
Love snapper cases for same reason... Looks premium in discsox dvd sleeves. 👍🥰
Good stuff Jeff, had no idea mate, thought it was a matter of luck.
For the most part I keep the slip covers but I really don't think about them. So what about the plastic covers on steel books or the paper flap that is glued to the back, same basic principle?
My dad has a movie collection and throws slip covers away. I’ve never really understood the point in them
Same here. I have always just pitched them in the trash.
That was my feelings especially when BluRay launched. I use to just throw them out. Funny enough, I actually keep them now to hold cases closed. I started having problems with snaps on BluRay cases breaking on day 1.
An interesting topic, now it all makes sense, thank you.
Didn't know about the Lionsgate Steelbook first pressings. Just checked my copies of the new Hunger Games 4K Steelbook boxset, and they indeed had the label. Really cool!
I wonder if the Steelbook first pressings stamp, is a U.S / North American thing or is it worldwide?
It makes sense, i waa not aware of that though😅 thank for the brief but informative video
I was a big slip cover fan maybe 10 years ago, especially the ones that had foil effects and/or embossing/debossing. Disney had some truly FANTASTIC ones for their older animated classics, Sleeping Beauty's Platinum Edition in particular. But hardly any movies in Europe comes with slip covers anymore. I don't even remember last time I saw a movie with a slip cover in Sweden and even when I visit UK or order from there there are hardly any slips. When they were just starting to disappear I even went to sites for custom made slips (never bought any or made any myself, but the idea was there), but when I realized it was a permanent change across all releases I couldn't be bothered. I switched to Steelbook instead, which has turned the other way around and become a too over saturated market for something meant to be a somewhat nicer and more limited packeting, but I still buy most of my movies in steels if they get one, though I've since many years stopped buying just any steel that got released, just focusing on those movies I really want.
It’s weird that 4K discs came with slipcovers in Sweden when the format launched and now not a single release will have it. Such a shame. I pretty much only buy US releases because of that.
Is there any place where you can buy just the slipcovers, for movies and the odd TV series? I have afew movies and TV series that are missing the slipcovers, the odd ones l have picked up used and know that they had original came with a slipcover.
Wow. This was fascinating. I never knew this. There's a local radio station that does movie reviews and they were complaining about slip covers. They wondered why studios do that. I wish I had known this at that time. 😊
The Seinfeld impersonation 🤣
Great stuff Jeff loved it lol.
I'm a sucker for packaging, slip covers, steelbooks, the lot. I love it when a disc is packed with goodies and artwork. The more the merrier. Hell, I'd buy a disc that had a slipcover over a slipcover over a slipcover. Plain plastic doesn't showcase my collection like an over-cooked snazzy package does.
I had no idea, i have a lot of movies with slip covers
In Norway prices were always dumped on steel books and slip cases for 4K and Blu-Ray, DVD etc, because they never sell out.
It's the opposite of Ebay prices here. They are dumped instead of being sold at "collector's prices".
I wondered if you could do a video unforgotten features like Blu-ray live and having bookmarks on Blu-ray as well as dual-sided discs
Had a beautiful one for the rock but the DVD didn't work so sent back to Amazon the replacement didn't have ! Wish I kept it.
Slipcovers only matter to me if the release has different artwork on the slip and if the insert has different artwork on the reverse side and if the slip has nice shine to it
I walked into my buddies house and looked over at his Blu-ray collection and I saw that most of them were Steelbooks, I then left and never spoke to him again. He never told me he was a nerd and nuts.
I only keep slips if they are embossed, reflective foil, 3D, etc. Slips were first made to make cover art and back text larger for display at stores.
The slipcover obsession is real in most cases. I was hoping you would mention Solo and what happened with that release, 2 different slip covers one being more limited than the other and that was the only Star Wars movie to have that problem. The rest were easy to get. Solo slip remains high on the aftermarket sites 100 + typically.
Another factor is whether the release is part of an ongoing series, because there are a lot of collectors who aren't too bothered about slipcovers in and of themselves but do want their spines to match on the shelf.
For example, a few years ago Dinsey reprinted all their animated "Classics" with numbered slips and, consequently, one of the Winnie the Pooh movies started going for silly amounts of money on Ebay because it happened to have a smaller print run than the others. Now, new titles get a slip with the regular poster artwork on release and one of the matching numbered ones follows a few months later.
even looking at the one you're holding the top right corner has that white area where it is bent slightly. i can't stand to look at that imperfection, that's why i toss them when they are just a flimsy one that matches the box cover
In my opinion, slipcovers are essentially an overly-praised piece of cardboard. It’s actually wild to think about. I would much rather have just the amaray with a disc and booklet inside (if it provides that in the first place) talking about the film. This kinda stuff has always been funny to me because I see people that go nuts over slipcovers meanwhile some people can’t care any less about a slipcover. People are usually really on board with them or are just very apathetic towards them lol, me fitting in with the latter group mentioned. It really is just a ‘to each their own’ thing but people should make sure to appreciate the films as well! That’s why we are all in this hobby in the first place, the love of film. People should remember that.
Good public announcement about slipcovers. I, like everybody else knew what they were, but never realized their added value.
Scream factory now shows how many in stock.. But not sure if that’s for slipcover with poster or slipcovers available.
If the slip cover art is the same as the box art, I throw it away.
Pretty informative video for those new to collecting. I will say Sleepaway Camp 2&3 are not easy to obtain at a good price even without the slip. Both long OOP. There are region B available from 88 Films at a good price. Really wish Amazon said if came with a slip. Have you done a video on region coding??
You briefly mentioned steelbooks. Would love to see a video comparing the difference between releases (if any), why the steelbook usually costs more money, is it worth upgrading to a steelbook variant (maybe you could do recommendations, like how you recommend whether or not to upgrade your bluray to 4k), do steelbooks deteriorate faster than plastic covers, are steelbook dvds collectable, do they even have steelbook 4k movies, etc.
Hamilton Book recently listed a fantastic Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD Combo of San Andreas with a lenticular slip cover. They also had a great Blu-ray of Sin City with an embossed and foil style slip... a great addition to the collection.
I just find slip covers annoying, a flimsy bit of card that will no doubt get damaged or bent and doesn't really protect anything
I see what your saying, in my opinion they display so much better especially when they have unique artwork that the case does not have, i like them, but I do get what your saying dude 👍
@@iitzbenni I feel like 90% of slip cases are just the same design. If I wanted alternate artwork that badly I'd just pay extra for the steel book.
@@jamyjet I normally do get the steelbook pal the slipcover is like a back up option
Same I don’t understand the enthusiasm for them
My slipcovers stay in relatively nice condition now (some of them that I’ve owned since back when I had little kids running around the house, maybe not so much-lol). There have been a couple of rare occasions where I accidentally dropped my Blu-ray case that has a slipcover on it, that I think it normally would have cracked the case but didn’t because it had a slipcover on it. That extra layer actually (potentially, anyways) protects more significantly than maybe what many people realize. Plus, if I’m getting even just a little bit more product (the slipcover) for the same price as I would without the slipcover, that’s a win in my book.
I used to get rid of mine but that was because of the shelves I had the slip covers would make the cases not fit. I have a better shelf now but I do regret cuz they look better with them
I love the slipcovers of a movie.
Awesome video dude! We all need some slipcovers! No one wants to admit it, but everyone loves them :) Irrational, but true.
One I wish I had was the 4K stand by me one since it has alternate artwork