I'm sure that I read somewhere that VS has their own scanning facility as they are technically film archivists which is why they can bring out the rarer and less commercial films as they're not paying 3rd party scanning rates.
I wish it wasn't so expensive to order from them directly though, I usually wait until they have the films on WowHD for less than £15 but then you usually miss out on the slip covers.
Funny enough, today I was going through my stored collection and swapping out some titles from the recently watched pile, and I grabbed the VS release of '
The Bees' for a belated
John Saxon tribute viewing