Software Collecting: Box "implosion" due to continuing shrinkage
Channel: Jim Leonard
Date: 2013-12-21

One frustrating problem collecting software is that, even if you do everything right, the collectible can sometimes start to destroy itself.  Shrink-wrapped boxes suffer sometimes from "implosion": Over the course of one or two decades, the shrinkwrap continues to tighten and can crush the sides of the box, causing it to bend inward.

In this video, I quickly illustrate what that can look like, so that you know to look for it (and not blame your seller that he crushed it).