Like with the Star Trek: The Next Generation, region 1 releases were originally marketed in hardboard carton packages, whereas the region 2 releases were packaged in hard plastic cases. Japan marketed both versions, The European region 2 hard plastic cases as "Special Premium Boxes", limited to 5,000 copies per season. Noteworthy is that the region 2 edition contained special features that were left out on the region 1 edition. __TOC__