I remember buying the 86 second edition from my FLGS and it was around $60 here.
I liked the set up cards and the place to put newly bought units. I didn’t find the charts hard to read either.
The styrofoam inserts meshed nicely with the charts for storage (with a rubber band). Only thing is they only were good for one copy in some compartments.
I like the new boxes with set up charts on the lids, although I had to make compartments from files on BGG.
Plano boxes failed, for me, in the 1942 2nd ed. game. I have since used the damaged Anniversary boxes as I have the replacements from WOTC.
Works fine, but the box doesn’t close properly. :-( Still looking for the best solution for 1942 2nd as I have two games worth of components to store.