Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20190924112702

I'm not sure if it's a general Fandom/wikia filter or jus this wiki, but considering the subject matter of this wiki I'll bet on the first.

I'm mostly digital, so I wouldn't know about boxnorms by Alicesoft. I mostly searched with "ももいろガーディアン 外箱付" as that's the official title. Direct translations of slipcase did lead me to the blog image below. VNDB is right on the names of the editions, if you go to the releases tabs and click on one of them it should also show the original title, "ももいろガーディアン 外箱付" is the with outer box and "ももいろガーディアン 通常版" is the normal version. This'll essentially be a link dump of images, so it might be a wall of text with very little actual content. The front is probably identical to the DVD case version and no one in Japan really seemed to care for the back.

I did find an image of what looks to be a boxed copy, that might be the slipcase. The blog's image link is dead and google's cached image of it is tiny: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQibo2Drivn09nC1Lp91UQ_mUzVXVenGf9ZUZ6o20ijzAF1yDEg The source blog has some flash banner probably, should be autodisabled by most browsers: http://rfscarlet.blog4.fc2.com/blog-date-20100104.html. It does look like a slipcase though. There's an Amazon page for copy "with outer box", probably seen that already. It doesn't really show the box. https://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IPH1TS/flyfreenozakk-22/ref=nosim/ It does show 3 "new" options for it, 96/97/100% positive. The 96% is probably the most trustworthy, but doesn't guarantee it being sealed. The 97% (1500 yen) one states it is unopened. Prop.gr.jp also has a picture of what's probably the back of the dvd case. There is nudity, so don't open at work: http://www.prop.gr.jp/id70788_2.html Netoff.co.jp has a slighly angled shot and it looks to be the boxed copy, it's angled towards the closed side though: https://www.netoff.co.jp/sellcont/nid/postconf/iid/0010963659 Here's a Mandrake link: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1102602045&keyword=%E3%82%82%E3%82%82%E3%81%84%E3%82%8D%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3 Getchu link appears to include some benefits (クリア下敷き（B5）): http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=663837 I could keep on looking, but this is really what you'll find. Most blogs which bought these new are dead or have dead image links.

I haven't looked into the other ones, but I'm guessing they'll be the exact same style of packaging. If I had to guess it's probably just a box with a dvd case (and maybe a mail order bonus) inside. I doubt they'd have gone for the classic manual and paper sleeve. None of the less legal releases I can find include scans either, that's a thing they started doing later. I guess the only way to find out what they look like is to buy them. Double check the "外箱付", because that's what seems to indicate the version.

I don't just use buyee, sometimes Amazon as well. But my go to Amazon proxy (white rabbit) gave me the option for EMS (at €34,-) or some other at €24 and significantly slower. It was a tiny package as well not even barely 800 g and those were just the standalone international shipping fees. I could understand if it was 1.9 kgs of large books like my previous order. So I prefer to use buyee now, rakuten and yahoo have plenty. I also see that 鬼畜王ランス公式設定資料集 has 3 "collectible" options, are those decent options for you?

Probably stuck in a warehouse or customs somewhere? Had some old promo floppies getting stuck in a warehouse here, arrive 3 weeks after shipping. Same shipping option as the books I just scanned, they arrived within a week. Could also just be a slow internal shipper, the seller might've forgotten to post it. It happens. I wouldn't expect much from the shrink wrap to begin with. The cynic in me say that it's most probably done by the seller to inflate prices anyway. You could wrap it yourself if original shrink wrap isn't a priority.

Waiting on the Rance VI rough art book now, was never properly scanned and saw it pop by. After that I really should stop for a few months.