I remember when the deal first hit and I got my two copies this Wednesday the 30th, a day earlier than they originally said. Granted there was a major holiday between ordering time and delivery it was fast enough for me and the price was right. Because let's face it, if they charged shipping it would cost more than the $9.50 product itself.
Anyway got both copies, one I opened the other I'm shipping to a friend as a gift and the sleeve is blemish free but the box itself has a weird minor dent. But it was fully wrapped up as new and both boxes have a crazy amount of cardboard packaging material and even have the original "Do not open until 2-9-10" stickers on the shipping box. So these were just sitting in a major warehouse, never sold, likely never made it to stores period in the boxes that came from the production line. Crazy, no?
I have a couple cheapo games coming in as well from Best Buy, I'll see how fast those come in but I can't imagine it won't be any slower. Any case, good luck with you guys, it's a bang up collection. The only way it could have been better is if it also had the Big Sister/Little Sister figurines that Toys R Us had when the game launched. But really I can't complain too much now can I?