Klinky- Actually the price
wasn't higher, at least by retail price anyway. I think the reason the price Furankurinu quoted is so high is because there were only 9,000 of the box sets distributed in America, and they're almost impossible to find (believe me, I've looked). That may account for the higher price. Before they all dissapeared from retail stores you could generally find the set for between $159-199.
Furankurinu-Anything that's Region 'Free' encoded (or not encoded, however you like to look at it

) is usually bootleg. But dokidoki covered that point already, so I'm wasting air.
*stops breathing* *dies*