I put up a bunch of Walt Disney Treasures listings that are out of print. These always seem to be popular regardless of whether they are expensive or not. I sometimes feel the more they put out of these, the lower the prices will be on all of them as the "wealth" gets too spread out. I feel that way with Criterion sometimes too. But thats another story.
Basically I wanted to get out the warning to many buyers out there who are looking for legitimate Region 1 copies out there and are not sure what they are getting when they purchase. At this point in time, my suggestion is this: look for the keywords "comes with tin" and "region 1".

Minimally speaking, that should do it.
On the other hand, what you also want to look out for are DVD's that are being sold without the tin. Sellers are verifying that they are authentic Disney products. I have reason to believe this is not true, and I will tell you. First of all, I wrote to one of the sellers and asked where they got them. You know what they told me? Nothing. They replied saying they cant tell me. I mean, if they are out of print, what does it matter? Second reason is I called Disney's Home Video Department and they told me that all products sold should include a tin. (I will confess that I was not convinced of the woman's certainty that she even knew what I was asking her).

Other than that, we must spell out logic when times like these arise. We know its a limited edition of, say the first wave of 150,000. That means there is a numbered tin for every one of those 150,000. So, one of two conclusions are: A) that the DVD's without the tins are fakes. Or B) Disney has once again given us an illusion by printing more than the stated amount and so the prices on the second market are inaccurate. There is also an option C, which is sounds farthest from the truth, is there is a small group of people who work closely with Disney and are sneaking copies out the back door without tins.

At this point, my hunch goes with A, that they are fake copies. I have not bought one to find out, but when I do, I will keep you posted. I have more to say about this issue at a future date. Email me with any information about this matter to anthony@rareoopdvds.com