Originally Posted by imjonah

Is there anything preventing manufactues or Lipo assemblers from simply putting a cheap plastic shell around there current designs?

nope... just needs to be physically able to fit in a proper size case/shell

Am I correct that there is nothing unique about the cells inside of the hard shells produced by Team Orion, Peak SMC etc?

Nothing unique... as in different from a non-hardcase pack. But of course cells may differ between mfgs. regardless of how it's packaged.

Also is there any way to tech what is actually inside the shell, the shells are sealed correct?

As far as I know... there are no rules other than passing ROAR's tests.