they're in little plastic caes that fit into the slide machine...
will it still fit in there?
( SkUG yaaaaaaaaargh ha ah fiddley dee you are a pirate!, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 17:47, archived)

smallish hammer

( monstrinho do biscoito GIT YOUR LUVVERLY TSHIRTS HERE! WWW.NOGUNARMY.COM, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 17:49, archived)

Seconded!
Seriously though, most slides will come apart to get at the film by itself. They should scan better if they are flat against the scanner bed.
(littlefish has toasty legs, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 18:32, archived)