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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:45 pm

Just in case anyone missed this somehow i am doing a contest where users could win Season 3 or 4 Blu Ray!!

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Post by Gokuden » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:47 pm

Prylum wrote:I assume ignoring the "content" above is the right thing to do and to continue on this topic. Thank you to dbboxkaifan for letting us know about the Season 5 release date! I just preordered the fourth season through Amazon :D Can anyone who is used to preordering Dragon Ball sets through Amazon tell me how likely the prices fluctuate before the release date (as in going down in price rather than up)? Thanks
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:51 pm

I remember seeing DBZ Season 1 BD for $16.99 although it was only for a limited time and way after the pre-orders were over.

Amazon usually tries to have a cheaper price than the other retailers but if you live in US and want to get it early then Rightstuf is the one to buy from.
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Post by Prylum » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:51 pm

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Prylum wrote:I assume ignoring the "content" above is the right thing to do and to continue on this topic. Thank you to dbboxkaifan for letting us know about the Season 5 release date! I just preordered the fourth season through Amazon :D Can anyone who is used to preordering Dragon Ball sets through Amazon tell me how likely the prices fluctuate before the release date (as in going down in price rather than up)? Thanks
Dragonball Z / Season 4 is all I can find, could you please link me.
I was genuinely curious about the release date of the 5th season of the blu ray set buuuut I stated that I preordered Season 4 :) I wish it were listed on Amazon though!
dbboxkaifan wrote:I remember seeing DBZ Season 1 BD for $16.99 although it was only for a limited time and way after the pre-orders were over.

Amazon usually tries to have a cheaper price than the other retailers but if you live in US and want to get it early then Rightstuf is the one to buy from.


Ah right, thank you! So far the first three seasons that I've bought from Amazon as a preorder were relatively cheaper than Seasons 4 listing ($24.99) and I wanted to hope that this would go down in price before the release date too!
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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:53 pm

I would be surprised if it doesn't go up after tomorrow since this is when funimation officially unveils the covers for 4,5, and 6

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Post by samuraix123 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:53 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:I remember seeing DBZ Season 1 BD for $16.99 although it was only for a limited time and way after the pre-orders were over.

Amazon usually tries to have a cheaper price than the other retailers but if you live in US and want to get it early then Rightstuf is the one to buy from.
Do you think part 4 will drop to $16? I was kinda hoping it would considering it's been fitting in nicely with my budget.
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:21 pm

Weren't the prices for Season 2 or 3 like $19.99 or so? That alone made customers buy Season 2 and to have a consistent collection then force them to purchase the rest whether the prices are high or low.

From the looks of it they're trying to push it out as quickly as possible, which could mean there may be a Fullscreen release coming.
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Post by samuraix123 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:24 pm

I believe now that If I'm not mistaken that I got season 2 for $16 bucks and I want to say with shipping and stuff it came to $24 dollars.(I believe that's correct) Also I don't see Funimation releasing a release so soon after this one. I think they are just releasing these so fast for Kai or some other release such as the Dragonball or Movies Dragon-boxes.
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Post by Vash1306 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:58 pm

The only reason Amazon has Seasons 2 and 3 for $16.96 is because they priced matched Walmart. So if Walmart drops Seasons 4 and 5 to $16.96 as well. They will probably stick at $24.99 until the holidays. Which is still a pretty decent price (especially if you have Amazon prime with free shipping ;D).

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Post by Adamant » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:29 pm

Hey, remember when we spent 30$ on a single DVD with 3 episodes of Saiyan arc fillers and liked it? Uphill both ways?

Just checking.
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Post by qjz123 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:36 pm

Vash1306 wrote:The only reason Amazon has Seasons 2 and 3 for $16.96 is because they priced matched Walmart. So if Walmart drops Seasons 4 and 5 to $16.96 as well. They will probably stick at $24.99 until the holidays. Which is still a pretty decent price (especially if you have Amazon prime with free shipping ;D).
Really I thought amazon dropped their price first. I remember there was a while when Walmart didn't even have the blu rays listed on their site.
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Post by kidglov3s » Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:30 am

Adamant wrote:Hey, remember when we spent 30$ on a single DVD with 3 episodes of Saiyan arc fillers and liked it? Uphill both ways?

Just checking.
I remember reading what I thought at the time to be a brilliant editorial from VegettoEX (I think) in 2000, about DBZ and anime as niche, and how that's ok. In that there was a line about "And someday, maybe we'll be able to go to the mall and buy a DVD with 4 subtitled episodes for just $15". Times have certainly changed since then.

EDIT: I found it! It was written by Sam Spencer IV, not VegettoEX (though it was hosted on that site and later Daizenshuu EX)

"Of course, being a big market has its advantages, and evey animé you could dream of will come to the US if most of our people were otaku. EVERYTHING would get subbed. You coud turn on the TV and watch something subbed. I agree, this would be total bliss. Like a dream come true, really, until your copy of DBZ episodes 288-291 on DVD, now popular enough to have a price tag of 14.99, is sold out everywhere you go."

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Post by Vash1306 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:44 am

qjz123 wrote:
Vash1306 wrote:The only reason Amazon has Seasons 2 and 3 for $16.96 is because they priced matched Walmart. So if Walmart drops Seasons 4 and 5 to $16.96 as well. They will probably stick at $24.99 until the holidays. Which is still a pretty decent price (especially if you have Amazon prime with free shipping ;D).
Really I thought amazon dropped their price first. I remember there was a while when Walmart didn't even have the blu rays listed on their site.
Nope, Walamrt lowered price first. Amazon is known to price match all big name retail stores (not Rightstuf).

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Post by Vegard Aune » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:54 am

kidglov3s wrote:
Adamant wrote:Hey, remember when we spent 30$ on a single DVD with 3 episodes of Saiyan arc fillers and liked it? Uphill both ways?

Just checking.
I remember reading what I thought at the time to be a brilliant editorial from VegettoEX (I think) in 2000, about DBZ and anime as niche, and how that's ok. In that there was a line about "And someday, maybe we'll be able to go to the mall and buy a DVD with 4 subtitled episodes for just $15". Times have certainly changed since then.

EDIT: I found it! It was written by Sam Spencer IV, not VegettoEX (though it was hosted on that site and later Daizenshuu EX)

"Of course, being a big market has its advantages, and evey animé you could dream of will come to the US if most of our people were otaku. EVERYTHING would get subbed. You coud turn on the TV and watch something subbed. I agree, this would be total bliss. Like a dream come true, really, until your copy of DBZ episodes 288-291 on DVD, now popular enough to have a price tag of 14.99, is sold out everywhere you go."
Oh how times have changed... Though I do seem to recall actually hearing a comment about that in the podcast too, back when the Dragon Boxes were coming out, where he said something along the lines of "Ten years ago, we never would have even imagined that we'd be able to buy Dragon Boxes in a store for 40 bucks per set"...

And yet I still keep seeing people all over the place complaining about how overpriced everything is. I mean, not for DBZ, people generally seem to agree that FUNi's DBZ releases are actually priced more than fairly, but I see people being all "$40 for 13 episodes of One Piece?! RIPOFF!!!" And whenever I see that I just get an extreme urge to link them to some of the Japanese DVDs just to show how good the western fanbase really has it.

Also I find it funny how that comment says that only insanely popular anime that would make a ton of money would get subbed... when nowadays it seems to be the other way around, that FUNi is about the only company left who consistently dubs their properties, as other studios generally see it as being too expensive and instead just stick to sub-only releases...

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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:22 am

Season 4-6 Artwork been released in colour yet?

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Season 4 Full Color Artwork Cant Find Season 6 it is not up yet :'(

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Post by samuraix123 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:35 am

Those look so awesome man! Thanks for sharing! :)
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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:39 am

Well, at least this set put Piccolo on a cover that makes sense. The Orange Bricks had him on the cover of the set that contained the Saiyaman Arc!
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