I'll admit to being a bit glib. Obviously blu rays are more expensive to produce here (Justin Sevakis recently said getting BBFC certification adds roughly an additional £5 per 13 episode release), particularly with CE packaging, while I still had to use a proxy shipper & pay imports to get my set here. However, it's still an absurd difference in pricing vs amount of content in my eyes, particularly given they're using Sentai's masters as their disks.
It does seem like the company is struggling quite a bit to get licenses, but they've also been in the business producing genuine bespoke collectors set long enough now that it's impossible not to see fairly dispassionate releases like this as anything but cynical. I honestly have no idea how well the company is doing, & I really don't want them to go under, but at the same time, I just can't support releases like this. Even as a long-time Patlabor fan, I don't feel adding a shiny new box and a small booklet adds enough bang for my buck given the price and the lack of key features.