after seeing those hardcovers, I'd favor them too, even if that would mean paying some additional fee. (it can't be that much expensive, and the postal fee is about the same I think, maybe the packaging is a tiny bit more money, but that's it)
For me, Lawson is pretty much the best thing what happened to Mirage TMNT. City at War, v2, v4, stories like Blind Sight, or The Brain Thief are all drawn or written or scripted by him, and all awesome. He is at least as much original TMNT as Eastman or Laird was. He is awesome!
