I have had a few of these pass through my hands. I don’t “think” the -2 ever came with the plastic case but definitely could be wrong. I have had the -2s with metal case and zippered case. I picked up one of the soft sided zippered PC cases off of eBay a while ago for cheap. People don’t seem to seek those out like the metal PC cases. A perusing of sold items on the flea says a soft case is about $50 and about $200 for the hard case.