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TMDaines wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 11:50 am Why are Criterion's suppliers seemingly unable to consistently get the cover sleeve in the keep case? I've now received multiple copies of King Lear, Le petit soldat and Anselm where the cover sleeve is sticking out of the top of the foil of the keep case, having not been inserted properly, and is all torn.

Haven’t seen this problem with Criterion but half my recent Kino order was like this

I’ve had a fair number of them where the cover was sticking out of the sleeve but not enough to get damaged. Just enough to really bug my OCD so I had to unwrap them right away to fix it.

I find that it’s very rare that they’re centered, but also rare that it’s extreme enough to cause damage. Just something I’m used to taking a few seconds to readjust when I get a new disc.

I received the John Singleton set today (blu-ray edition) and was sorry to find that it was not the packaging as pictured on Criterion’s site (showing the 4k set). Unless I missed it, there is no mention of the difference in packaging. The blu-ray one is one single plastic case holding the 3 discs, and that “wide” artwork of the 3 covers together appearing much smaller on the reverse side of the cover art.

blueyes wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:12 pm I received the John Singleton set today (blu-ray edition) and was sorry to find that it was not the packaging as pictured on Criterion’s site (showing the 4k set). Unless I missed it, there is no mention of the difference in packaging. The blu-ray one is one single plastic case holding the 3 discs, and that “wide” artwork of the 3 covers together appearing much smaller on the reverse side of the cover art.

Saw the blu packaging at B&N the other week and do recall it looking a little off compared to the rest. The spine was especially weird considering they didn’t even choose the nice looking side of the spine. A very plain design.

TMDaines wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 11:50 am Why are Criterion's suppliers seemingly unable to consistently get the cover sleeve in the keep case? I've now received multiple copies of King Lear, Le petit soldat and Anselm where the cover sleeve is sticking out of the top of the foil of the keep case, having not been inserted properly, and is all torn.

I see this a lot in the copies at B&N stores. Along with a lot of crunched digipaks…

Speaking of digipaks, what also bugs me is why can't they get the plastic trays mounted correctly or even consistently in their digipaks. The one in Elephant Man 4k for example is upside down in my copy. At least one digipak I have came with multiple plastic trays in them that have some rightside up, some upside down, seemingly random. Sloppy.

blueyes wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:12 pm I received the John Singleton set today (blu-ray edition) and was sorry to find that it was not the packaging as pictured on Criterion’s site (showing the 4k set). Unless I missed it, there is no mention of the difference in packaging. The blu-ray one is one single plastic case holding the 3 discs, and that “wide” artwork of the 3 covers together appearing much smaller on the reverse side of the cover art.

This is common these days, sadly. I wish there was someplace to track the titles with different packaging because sometimes it might be worth $5 during the sale to have the deluxe packaging depending on how nice it is. I saw the Blu only Sentimental Value packaging in BN and it looked rather sad next to the digipak