FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by PremiumSalt » Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:16 pm

Char Aznable wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:27 pm These are apparently out now if anyone cares. Of course my local FYE took it upon themselves to immediately choke the things in a spider wrap, destroying the boxes and ensuring that they’ll sit right alongside the other orange brick box that’s been there for years to come. I don’t know what I hate more, these things or those plastic security cases some Targets like to cram their movies into, destroying the slipcover. I purposely go out of my way to the Target one town over for me to buy movies rather than my local one because they don’t do that.

Anyway, here they are in all their craptacular glory. In case anyone is wondering, the seasons do not have their slipcovers, they go right into the box. It’s really not a bad concept - for 2009.

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If that slipcase for the Blue Bricks ever winds up on eBay on its own (wouldn't shock me, I see people selling just the slipcover all the time) I just might pick it up if it's not stupid expensive. It looks rather nice.
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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by Char Aznable » Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:11 pm

As nice as the slipcase is, it’s FYE exclusive, so bet on it to never go down in price. At $160 you’re paying $32 per set, so if you don’t have any yet and want them, it’s not bad I guess considering you can get them individually for $20, but never buy one crushed by a spider wrap like that one.

Slipcovers by themselves are easy to find if you know where to look, some may be more difficult to find than others (I dare you to try and find the slipcover for Thor: Ragnarok in 4K at a reasonable price), but I don’t really slipboxes or slipcases come up all that often.

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by eledoremassis02 » Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:48 pm

KBABZ wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:13 pm
Char Aznable wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:27 pm Anyway, here they are in all their craptacular glory. In case anyone is wondering, the seasons do not have their slipcovers, they go right into the box. It’s really not a bad concept - for 2009.

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Man, I reeeeeeeeally want that OG Dragon Ball slipcase!
Really dont think the blue bricks are that bad. The DNRing isn what bothers me but the banding in the blacks kills me lol

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by KBABZ » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:06 pm

eledoremassis02 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:48 pm Really dont think the blue bricks are that bad. The DNRing isn what bothers me but the banding in the blacks kills me lol
They definitely could be better, namely that the colours aren't even trying to be authentic, in particular the greens.

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by SuperSaiyaManZ94 » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:08 pm

KBABZ wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:06 pm
eledoremassis02 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:48 pm Really dont think the blue bricks are that bad. The DNRing isn what bothers me but the banding in the blacks kills me lol
They definitely could be better, namely that the colours aren't even trying to be authentic, in particular the greens.
I mean yeah the Blue Bricks could certainly stand to be improved in those areas, but all in all i find them decent enough as is to own and watch the series as they're certainly way better than the Orange Bricks.

I believe they trump them mostly because of a.) Being presented in the correct aspect ratio and b.) A much less egregious application of DNR compared to the former especially the bricks of the seasons comprising the Saiyan and Namek arcs.
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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by KBABZ » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:26 pm

SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:08 pm
KBABZ wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:06 pm
eledoremassis02 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:48 pm Really dont think the blue bricks are that bad. The DNRing isn what bothers me but the banding in the blacks kills me lol
They definitely could be better, namely that the colours aren't even trying to be authentic, in particular the greens.
I mean yeah they could certainly stand to be improved in those areas, but all in all i find them decent enough as is to own and watch the series as they're certainly way better than the Orange Bricks.

I believe they trump them mostly because of a.) Being presented in the correct aspect ratio and b.) A much less egregious application of DNR compared to the former especially the bricks of the seasons comprising the Saiyan and Namek arcs.
Agreed. I think in terms of the show itself, using Kikuchi's score and a dub of the Mystical Adventure song also helps A LOT, as for me watching as a kid it really helped the tone of the show feel special and earnest.

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by SuperSaiyaManZ94 » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:32 pm

KBABZ wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:26 pm
SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:08 pm
KBABZ wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:06 pm
They definitely could be better, namely that the colours aren't even trying to be authentic, in particular the greens.
I mean yeah they could certainly stand to be improved in those areas, but all in all i find them decent enough as is to own and watch the series as they're certainly way better than the Orange Bricks.

I believe they trump them mostly because of a.) Being presented in the correct aspect ratio and b.) A much less egregious application of DNR compared to the former especially the bricks of the seasons comprising the Saiyan and Namek arcs.
Agreed. I think in terms of the show itself, using Kikuchi's score and a dub of Mystical Adventure also helps A LOT, as for me watching as a kid it really helped the tone of the show feel special and earnest.
I know right, and i like that as opposed to Z and GT they didn't foist an unfitting replacement score into it and kept the original intended score, with exception of the 1995 BLT dub of the Pilaf episodes. Although the 2001 DB dub itself is no doubt flawed and inaccurate per the norm for FUNi's methods of adapting or "reversioning" at the time, i can actually enjoy it and bear to watch the show with it on which is more than can be said for the former two's dubs and it at least retains the feeling of the original more that the others which were so heavily altered.
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2.) Collect rest of manga

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by funrush » Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:01 pm

It's cool that this exists. I don't know who it's for, since it costs a lot more than getting the sets individually, and also Blu Ray is a thing that exists and is widespread now. But yeah, kinda neat.

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Re: FYE Announces Dragon Ball Z Orange Brick "Collector's" Box Set

Post by coola » Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:09 pm

PremiumSalt wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:16 pm
Char Aznable wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:27 pm These are apparently out now if anyone cares. Of course my local FYE took it upon themselves to immediately choke the things in a spider wrap, destroying the boxes and ensuring that they’ll sit right alongside the other orange brick box that’s been there for years to come. I don’t know what I hate more, these things or those plastic security cases some Targets like to cram their movies into, destroying the slipcover. I purposely go out of my way to the Target one town over for me to buy movies rather than my local one because they don’t do that.

Anyway, here they are in all their craptacular glory. In case anyone is wondering, the seasons do not have their slipcovers, they go right into the box. It’s really not a bad concept - for 2009.

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If that slipcase for the Blue Bricks ever winds up on eBay on its own (wouldn't shock me, I see people selling just the slipcover all the time) I just might pick it up if it's not stupid expensive. It looks rather nice.
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