Was anyone ever a fan of the DBZ model kits?

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Was anyone ever a fan of the DBZ model kits?

Post by backthen » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:00 pm

I'm talking about these..


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Post by Tyro » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:02 pm

I still own that SSj Gohan one.

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Post by backthen » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:05 pm

Man, I had a Gogeta and Gotenks one, but I lost them., these were my favorite toys of all time.

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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:07 pm

Dude...do they still make these? I'd love to get some and put them together! :D
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Post by SuperSaiyan3Goku » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:13 pm

I had only 1: Tenshinhan. :D Don't remember when I bought it, I lost all the pieces and he fell apart really quickly. :lol:

I don't remember when I saw him, but when I did, he had most of his body intact, just with no head, arms, or hands. :lol:
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Post by Moon_Doggie » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:42 pm

lol.

They used to sell those at dollar tree...I remember buying all of them, but I don't remember where they went.

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Post by Chuquita » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:47 pm

I have one of Vejitto. I started and never finished it. >_>
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Post by Magica » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:27 pm

I have three: Vegeta, Goku, and SSJ Goku. All of them unopened. Tried selling them in a yard sale for $10 each and cheapskate people wouldn't buy them. Then some kid tried to open the SSJ Goku one and ended up damaging the bit of the box. Also have some sticker residue on them because it was hot the day I was trying to sell them. So yeah, I still have them.

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Post by NeptuneKai » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:13 pm

Me and my friend always used to build them together! They were sold at the dollar store. Putting the clothes on was hell.
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Post by SonGokuGT » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:06 pm

Oh man, the memories! I imported some of those in the late 90's. I had Gohan and the Trunks and Goten pack. My cousin later on picked up Gogeta and Super Saiyan 3 Goku from an import store. Once these sets were released in America, my brother bought Future Trunks. I loved these figures. My most memorable moment was how damn difficult it was to put on the pants!

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Post by Acid_Reign » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:07 pm

I (or one of my brothers, at least) had the Goku one... really hard to put together though. And it kept falling apart, lol. Wow, that was a while ago actually. I think we still have it around somewhere, though I wouldn't know where to look.

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Post by ssgOverlord » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:13 pm

I had Cell Saga SSJ Gohan at one point. It was pretty awesome building it (Like others said the clothes are annoying to put on) and having it on display in a nice pose.

Then my dog annihilated it. :(
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Post by Kaboom » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:26 pm

I've seen a few of these at a (somewhat) local Comics and collectibles shop. Thought about picking them up.
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Post by PerfectEnigma » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:47 pm

I have a SSj Goku & Piccolo model on my bookshelf. Unfortunately, I never got a Vegeta model. :(

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Post by SSj Gogito » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:20 pm

I just recenlty bought 6 off of Ebay, I currently have Android16 and Dr Gero, the ones off Ebay havent arrived yet, but i bough 6 for $36 Aus Thats a good deal, cause there all still sealed
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Post by caejones » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:27 am

I never cared about models of any kind, so just ignored them when I saw them. Now I'm wishing I'd gotten some with saiyan armor so Freeza Henchmen would be easy to create. :(
Though, I didn't realize there were so many... :D :D :D
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Post by omegacwa » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:46 pm

These were ok. I really don't like the way they were packaged in those twist out plastic cage things, it always left stupid off colored knobs on everything which just looks sloppy.

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Post by SuperSaiyan3Goku » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:13 pm

My Tenshinhan figure has a few broken ribs, I'm sure. You can feel his broken bones moving in his shirt. :lol:

I wonder if I can find that... :wink:

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Post by dasmith » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:50 pm

omegacwa wrote:These were ok. I really don't like the way they were packaged in those twist out plastic cage things, it always left stupid off colored knobs on everything which just looks sloppy.
That's the same with most models though -- you've just gotta bust out the x-acto knife.

But yeah, I had one of these that I wasn't super impressed with. Now the Gundam models were something else.

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Post by sailorspazz » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:39 am

Yeah, I have a few of them. There was a local comic book store that had a bunch of them, so I bought all the ones they had and put them together. Digging through the "Show off you Dragonball crap" thread, I managed to find the picture I took of them a long time ago:

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