First off, i am not blaming anyone, have put it down to bad luck, there is clearly QC problem with this steelbook as Wreck has stated. The slips where in mint condition no slicing or smashed, the damage was under the slips. The QC falls on Mondo in my eyes, they are selling the items and the items have been damaged from the production stage i.e Scanavos. I haven't been collecting for that long, but this year alone there have been many problems across the forums regarding damaged items at the production stage, now as steelbook retailers or producers (Mondo) should be a where of this and do there own QC.