That's why Amazon.com counterfeits are bad.
But this risk doesn't really apply to video game boxes.
Yes. How could you not?
My loved one died. If there was perfect replica of her somewhere ready to spin up how could I not consider her equivalent to original person?
Everyone would do this unless you believed in the intrinsic nature of soul
Humans are the sum of their lived experiences and epigenetics, so if you could replicate both, to you as an observer what would be the difference?
Every time your loved one respirates, ingests food, and defecates, a portion of their body is replaced. The material person you know now may be completely different from the person you fell in love with.
For example, one answer is to look at the ship as a 4-dimensional object (the three spatial dimensions + time). Yes, the material in the 3D slice at t0 is different than at tN, but you're still looking at slices of the same object.
Part of it, of course, can be the "I couldn't get this when I was young, now I can" which drives up a lot of prices on old Lego sets, but there's more to it than just that, especially when collectors start buying items because they're rare, not because they once had them or wanted them.