Received my copy today and got to say that I prefer the newer one to the original probably more because of the treatment of the elaborate and weird design on the front than for any other reason . . . although another reason may be for the 30th Anniversary extras seen here below which are on this edition and not on the previous steelbook.
Of course it's quite possible that the disc content is exactly the same in both steelbooks (?):-
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Certainly an offbeat design and the same design used on other 30th Anniversary packages:-
. . . and now waiting to see if they'll re-issue the other steelbooks in the series with similar style front artwork with maybe the original ALIEN front cover looking like the 35th Anniversary Edition etc.:-
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Comparing the steelbooks (front cover artwork only):
- Background Colour: New is less blue more black with a green halo around the artwork / old is midnight blue with a paler blue halo around the artwork.
- Finish: Both matte.
- 'Bossing: No and no.
- Spot gloss: Alien and gun treated in such a way on the new steel as to make them stand out against the dark background and whilst not necessarily spot gloss it does the job well / the old does not have spot gloss on the front design, only around each of the letters of the title across the centre of the steelbook.
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