Hey guys, I am the current owner of the box. If you all have any questions I'll do my best to answer them for you.
Bandit, When I had a box manufactured for a product I released about 10 years ago, (A balloon animal kit) the final test was manufactured with all the details EXACT to the final, including the UPC, I then had a short time (like 2-3 hrs) to approve it so that they could continue the press run and complete the order or cancel or find any changes. Time is money for those guys. Early prototype boxes would not have those things, I agree, but I'm not selling an early prototype box.
Edfilho, My company is no Origin, but the box manufactures that I have dealt with will not make a specific prototype, Its too expensive, with thousands of dollars of preproduction work. first a die of the exact box size so that the scoring and folds are exact to the size needed, and this box has the insert made in it as well for holding the floppy disks (this would never be in a test- too expensive) then the graphic files have to be coallated to fit the box, film has to be printed then plates made then set up on a web style press machine, one single box takes as much work and setup as 50,000. Thats why you have to decide right away when its printed. Anyhow a company will have a contract or at least a deposit before it gets to that point. They try to lure the company to do business with them with prices not samples. But I do believe that when this box thats in question was made it was the one that would have been given for final approval to finish the print run, approval that never came.
This box is the real thing, its not a fake. Anyhow why would someone go through the thousands of dollars of forging a box in order to sell the box with a $300. reserve price?