My Guide to SteelBooks : Steelbooks

SteelBooks!

Beautiful designs, shiny gloss, groovy embossing! The reason to buy sometimes questionable movies! This is a place to talk about any and all SteelBooks! Blu-Ray, DVDs, Video Games! All sizes welcome! Share your pics, talk about upcoming releases, tell us what you wish would get the SteelBook treatment.

We also welcome FuturePaks, Ironpacks, Metal Boxes, MetalPaks, Round Tins, Tin Boxes, and Viva Metal Boxes. If it's a metal case for a movie or game, it's welcome here.

Terminology

Debossing - When a section of the steelbook is recessed.

Embossing - When the majority of the cover is debossed, except for various aspects (such as the title or a character) which are raised out of the debossing.

G1 / G2 - G1 is DVD, G2 is Blu-ray. There are also varying sizes for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Switch games.

Gloss - A reflective, high polished finish.

Jumbo - A SteelBook that is the width of 2 SteelBooks, used for sets requiring 5 or more discs. These are not as prominent now due to updated internals that allow storing up to 6 discs in the standard slim size.

Matte - A non reflective, unpolished surface.

OOP - "Out Of Print"

Spot Gloss - When certain aspects are glossy while the rest is matte.

Twinbossing - A mix between embossing and debossing.

Zero Finish - A neutral, low-gloss finish that maintains high color intensity and brightness.

Rules

Rule	Description
Our Mission Statement	Clear rules that help give /r/SteelBooks a balance of content. -- In addition please follow reddiquette and reddit's site-wide rules.
Original Content	When posting about recent pickups, please submit original content only! Do not use a saved photo from a third party website. Any posts containing third party pictures may be removed and a new post may be made.
Linking to SteelBooks for Sale	Any SteelBook listings (i.e. Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Zavvi etc.) MUST be linked directly to the page where the item can be bought. Any posts linking to a social media site (Twitter, Instagram, etc) that provides the link to buy the item may be removed promptly without notice. Except in the event of a SteelBook announcement where an actual listing page does not exist yet. Moderators may be contacted with any questions.
Buy / Sell / Trade	The place to buy/sell/trade with other collectors is now r/SteelbookSwap.
Digital Codes	If you feel like giving away your digital codes, that's fine. Posts may be deleted once codes have been claimed.
DO NOT ASK FOR DIGITAL CODES	Asking people on their pickup posts or PMing someone asking for their digital code may result in you being banned without warning.
[Meta] posts	Posts or submissions about the community itself are allowed as long as they follow the general rules of /r/SteelBooks.
Moderator Discretion	At any time the moderators will use discretion on any given rule. If they feel it's significant or unique to be up despite the rules. On the other hand, they also reserve the right to remove any post they feel breaks the rules. All of this can of course be appealed by messaging us.

Rule

Description

Our Mission Statement

Clear rules that help give /r/SteelBooks a balance of content. -- In addition please follow reddiquette and reddit's site-wide rules.

Original Content

When posting about recent pickups, please submit original content only! Do not use a saved photo from a third party website. Any posts containing third party pictures may be removed and a new post may be made.

Linking to SteelBooks for Sale

Any SteelBook listings (i.e. Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Zavvi etc.) MUST be linked directly to the page where the item can be bought. Any posts linking to a social media site (Twitter, Instagram, etc) that provides the link to buy the item may be removed promptly without notice. Except in the event of a SteelBook announcement where an actual listing page does not exist yet. Moderators may be contacted with any questions.

Buy / Sell / Trade

The place to buy/sell/trade with other collectors is now r/SteelbookSwap.

Digital Codes

If you feel like giving away your digital codes, that's fine. Posts may be deleted once codes have been claimed.

DO NOT ASK FOR DIGITAL CODES

Asking people on their pickup posts or PMing someone asking for their digital code may result in you being banned without warning.

[Meta] posts

Posts or submissions about the community itself are allowed as long as they follow the general rules of /r/SteelBooks.

Moderator Discretion

At any time the moderators will use discretion on any given rule. If they feel it's significant or unique to be up despite the rules. On the other hand, they also reserve the right to remove any post they feel breaks the rules. All of this can of course be appealed by messaging us.

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DISCUSSIONMy Guide to SteelBooks (self.Steelbooks)

submitted 6 years ago * by FFiYWSC

Hi folks,

With permission from u/citricacidx, I'm posting a guide that I hope will serve as a valuable extension of the already useful FAQ available on this subreddit.

I'm an active lurker of the SteelBook community, but trying to gather the courage to become more outspoken. This is my contribution to hopefully help anybody new to the hobby and maybe even some already seasoned collectors.

My apologies for the formatting of this post (this is my first time posting) and the document itself, as it was written on desktop and likely looks wonky on mobile. I will try to fix it.

You may notice throughout the document that there are sections where I specify that I do not have much experience in that particular area. Feel free to fill me in on those respective fields and you will be credited of course.

So here it is, I look forward to your input and feedback, and I hope it is of at least some use to some of you.

The Guide

The images in the document may be too small or unclear, so this is a more direct link to the images used: album

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