Steelbook embossing limitations?

[dLux]

So ive been wondering.

Is there any logical explanation to the steelbook limitations when it comes to the embossing? It seems like there has to be a debossed border for there to be any embossing. Why? Why not do like they did with the Godzilla Metalpack?

I just got my Godzilla Metalpack and that embossing is comletely killer and the best ive ever seen! And there was no need for any debossed border there. What they seem to have done is slimming the overall thickness so there is less space inside, to be able to get that awesome embossing. No metal sacrificed, just empty inside space. It feels more robust and heavy than any other Steelbook I own. Embossed/debossed Steelbooks feels flimsy. It even got different elevations and steeps of the embossing! Never seen that on a Steelbook, they all got one hight and is debossed to a fixed depth, thats the end of it.

So far in my experience, a Metalpack (atleast Godzilla) seem to have no limitations when it comes to embossing like a Steelbook has and the metal feels thicker and heavier like its of higher quality. Sure, the spine of the Metalpack is a bit of a turnoff, but still....?

 

[Sigill]

I think the reason for a debossed border is so the metal isn't raised above the Steelbook. It has been done with a few ones but I would imagine it can cause issues with storage when the metal is rubbing against another Steelbook. The embossing on Godzilla is the best I have seen, they use a thicker gauge metal on Futurepaks so they can probably push the embossing more.

 

[Wreck]

Well the first I seen that has embossing and no debossing is that Transcendence Germany.