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Originally Posted by LowlyAssassin
hey treehouse_Ryan could you clarify how these will be sealed?
are they going to be
shrink wrapped?
security sticker sealed?
piece of tape over the flaps?
no seal at al?
as i dont think it is clarified on for sale page
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Originally Posted by MortalMonday
That is if it even comes sealed. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't ship sealed. Treehouse loves cutting corners.
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So, bad news for the sealed collectors.... The tin is packaged in a nice cardboard box surrounded with solid styrofoam sheets keeping it in place and protected. 5,000 of those boxes will arrive at our warehouse, all sealed, and then they will be slapped with labels and shipped to their new owners.
Inside those boxes, the tin is not sealed or taped or shrink-wrapped in any way. I spent a while today exploring the feasibility of getting them sealed at the warehouse instead of the factory, but it's not going to happen.
As far as the goodies themselves, the data pad, journal, and water bottle are in poly bags. The postcards are shrink wrapped. The posters are in a tube. The marker is packaged in a neat little printed cardboard box, but it's closed with tabs and also has no tape or shrinkwrap.
This is clearly a miss on our part, but I'd like to ask you to believe me when I tell you it is because we're not intelligent, and not because we're trying to cut corners. The decision to ship the games separately was made for logistical reasons, separately and after the items and tins were produced. We worried about what you would get, and we worried about how we would get it to you, but we didn't spend enough time worrying about how it would finally be presented to you when it got there, I guess.
I will personally dedicate myself to not letting this happen on another CE we produce. I understand that sealed is not only better, but really so much better as to be the only way to go, but I hope a few of you will be willing to check out the pieces in person since you don't have to break a seal to do it....
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Originally Posted by mosavon
Thank you for the informative post, i may have missed it but does the box have any space for a game to be inserted? is the game just shipping OUTSIDE the box of the edition?
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I was able to get a 360 game case in the space where the data pad sits inside the tin (actually, the best fit was inside the cover of the data pad because of the angle at which the cover sits normally). There is a space on the left where the art book, journal, and postcards are packed that would work fine, but then you'd have to find new homes for them.... There is not a clearly demarcated place specifically for the game. But if you're just trying to keep your things together, the data pad location is probably the most covenient anyway. It's right at the top of the tin when you open it, and is sitting in a cardboard insert that holds it face up and centered and primary.