It is for the closed beta, not the beta weekend. At least as far as I can tell. Nothing on the tester site or in the email mentioned that it was only for the weekend. I've been playing relatively consistently since Tuesday.
I don't know if they're doing another wave of invites but I had one in my inbox this afternoon at 5CST. I also received the troll email last week (not sure if that means anything but worth pointing out).
I think I'm going to shoot for a Blood+ boxset but then I ABSOLUTELY MUST call it quits... okay and maybe I'll order the Speed Grapher Collection from the kiosk too.
BWAAAH!!! Full Metal Alchemist is easily one of the best anime series out there. Check out the User Rating on Anime News Network. It's good!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2960
Yes, the first pressing came with a slipcover and booklet (80 pgs?). The second pressing will not contain either of these things. The important stuff, the disc contents, are the same.
I found some at the East Plano store (which is not on the 50% off list). You can try buying them there and then getting a price adjustment at one of the 50% off locations. Some have had success doing that.
Strangely for me, when I went today to order Moribito Vol 3 it didn't give me the option for in-store pickup, only shipping to my home. Not sure if this is isolated or something their starting to enforce on these closeout stores.