Bootleg topic! Real vs fake
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Bootleg topic! Real vs fake
Hi guys,
I bought all Dragon Ball seasons 1-5. But I'm questioning myself, is this the real deal or fake/bootleg?
Didn't know these were avaiable so small. The original blue-bricks got the nice looking cover on the back.
Also the disc are pretty pale and not a dark green color. Can some one tell me?
foto by Bernhard I, on Flickr
foto 1 by Bernhard I, on Flickr
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I bought all Dragon Ball seasons 1-5. But I'm questioning myself, is this the real deal or fake/bootleg?
Didn't know these were avaiable so small. The original blue-bricks got the nice looking cover on the back.
Also the disc are pretty pale and not a dark green color. Can some one tell me?
foto by Bernhard I, on Flickr
foto 1 by Bernhard I, on Flickr
foto 2 by Bernhard I, on Flickr
foto 3 by Bernhard I, on Flickr
foto 4 by Bernhard I, on Flickr
Last edited by bernhard90 on Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
Unless the PAL releases use transparent cases, that's definitely not what the R1 sets look like. All three series use cheap digipak packaging for the discs. The boxes also look more blue than they should be to me, but that could just be your camera.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
That looks to me like a bootleg but rather really cool one!
You ought to check the sizes of the DVD discs on your PC.
You ought to check the sizes of the DVD discs on your PC.
The English PAL releases of Dragon Ball all use the Saga Sets' episodes, buddy.Kuwabara wrote:Unless the PAL releases use transparent cases, that's definitely not what the R1 sets look like. All three series use cheap digipak packaging for the discs. The boxes also look more blue than they should be to me, but that could just be your camera.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
And what should I see on my PC ?
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
The DVD size and also worth checking if you see any compression (pixelated picture).bernhard90 wrote:And what should I see on my PC ?
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
What should the size be? Compression is hard to notice, because i got no comparison.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
Bootleg. The spines are incorrect, they should combine to make Shenron with a horizontal DB logo. The spines you see there (which are still not really that accurate) are for the slip covers. And they're in boxes, whereas actual Blue Bricks fold out like a pamplhet.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
That definitely looks like a bootleg to me, nowhere does the DB Blue seasons have that kind of packaging.
Obviously the legit sets are in digipack cases while having a spine image of Shenron and those DVDs pictured are regular although they do have all the same artwork minus said spine picture.
Obviously the legit sets are in digipack cases while having a spine image of Shenron and those DVDs pictured are regular although they do have all the same artwork minus said spine picture.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
Yes, the packaging isn't official but that doesn't necessarily mean the discs aren't.KBABZ wrote:Bootleg. The spines are incorrect, they should combine to make Shenron with a horizontal DB logo. The spines you see there (which are still not really that accurate) are for the slip covers. And they're in boxes, whereas actual Blue Bricks fold out like a pamplhet.
I have the FUNi GT Singles in 2 fat-packs kinda like Madman's Dragon Ball release is in two boxes so that could have been done by a fan who wanted slimmer/thinner cases for Dragon Ball.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
It's always possible that someone made custom albeit unofficial packaging and just stuck the legit DVD's in there.JohnnyCashKami wrote:Yes, the packaging isn't official but that doesn't necessarily mean the discs aren't.KBABZ wrote:Bootleg. The spines are incorrect, they should combine to make Shenron with a horizontal DB logo. The spines you see there (which are still not really that accurate) are for the slip covers. And they're in boxes, whereas actual Blue Bricks fold out like a pamplhet.
I have the FUNi GT Singles in 2 fat-packs kinda like Madman's Dragon Ball release is in two boxes so that could have been done by a fan who wanted slimmer/thinner cases for Dragon Ball.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
For the life of me I can't find the post at the moment, but I recall seeing someone on Reddit who had Blue Bricks that looked exactly like this. Either it's a widely distributed bootleg or FUNimation has quietly changed the packaging.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
If they did it must have been in the past couple years, because I bought the Blue Bricks a few years ago and they look quite different from that.PremiumSalt wrote:Either it's a widely distributed bootleg or FUNimation has quietly changed the packaging.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
Perhaps they have altered it and just did so silently, though if that's the case this packaging does lose the Shenron picture on the spines which is unfortunate. Don't quote me on that but i wouldn't be surprised if that indeed was the case here.KBABZ wrote:If they did it must have been in the past couple years, because I bought the Blue Bricks a few years ago and they look quite different from that.PremiumSalt wrote:Either it's a widely distributed bootleg or FUNimation has quietly changed the packaging.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
You can also see the the day they were made.JohnnyCashKami wrote:The DVD size and also worth checking if you see any compression (pixelated picture).bernhard90 wrote:And what should I see on my PC ?
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
I've seen these on Reddit too, I thought they were specific to a certain store.
If you can't get an answer from us or anyone else might be worth tweeting to Funimation or just emailing them.
If you can't get an answer from us or anyone else might be worth tweeting to Funimation or just emailing them.
Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
All I meant was that I don't know what the PAL sets physically look like, but thanks for the clarification!JohnnyCashKami wrote:The English PAL releases of Dragon Ball all use the Saga Sets' episodes, buddy.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
How much did you pay for these boxsets in total? I'd be tempted to buy them if I'd see. The packaging really looks gorgeous.
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
I payed €85,00 ex shipping.
The size is: 4.19 GB
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The size is: 4.19 GB
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
The only PAL "seasons" AFAIK are the UK ones, which use fat pack cases and a yellow version of the cover template. The episode/disc breakdown is also different as they repackage the Saga discs.Kuwabara wrote:All I meant was that I don't know what the PAL sets physically look like
For which disc? The last disc of each US set was single layer and the rest were all dual layer, so discs 1-4 should be 7-8ish GB.bernhard90 wrote:The size is: 4.19 GB
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Re: Are these blue-bricks real or bootleg?
For disc 1 of season 1.