Steelbooks

I was lucky enough today to be browsing through DVD's today when I found a steelbook copy of The Departed.  For DVD hounds, steelbooks can be a very hot commodity.  Unfortunately for those in the US most of these DVD's have been sold off to FYE, with a select few chosen for release at Best Buy.  Futureshop in Canada has received several strong steelbook releases including the upcoming Lord of the Rings blu-ray release.  All other releases are on region 2 or 3 which is not particularly helpful to those in North America.  Of course a region-free player is always a solution, but its unfortunate these are released to a broader spectrum.  Recently, The Hurt Locker got the steelbook treatment on Blu-Ray for a Best Buy release that quickly went off the shelves and I returned empty-handed.  There is nothing similarly different about these releases other than that the case is stronger and the artwork more original, but the demand for them still exists regardless of continent.