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Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Travis Touchdown » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:21 pm

I find myself on the verge of buying the Dragon Boxes. :shock:

The adult in me says; "NO! You don't NEED them! You already own all of Dragon Ball Z, TWICE; in the forms of manga and DVD! You didn't buy that fancy manga boxset, so you don't need this if you already have all 9 seasons!"

However, the kid in me presents a valid argument; "But I waaaaaant iiiiiiiit! Buy it anyway!!"

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Post by penguintruth » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:26 pm

You bought the Season Sets?

You need convincing over whether to take the medication or committing yourself.
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by bkev » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:27 pm

And... you're going to a Dragon Ball forum to tell you not to buy it? Haha. You don't need it /jedi mind trick
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Blue » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:28 pm

If you don't care about 4:3 I wouldn't bother. The sound quality isn't THAT much of an improvement from the season sets in my opinion. Then again I don't have the adept hearing that some people here have. If you like the dub music that's also a no go (as I'm sure you know.)

The only reason to buy these is if you feel like you NEED the next episode previews and/or if you're so sick of the season set footage you want to shell out money for the entire series again.
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by SSj_Rambo » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:29 pm

Well, your kid half is clearly the one on the computer now. :P If you really do want some talking out of it, then well just know that these Dragon Boxes will be sold in lots for a LOT less than you'd pay right now, in about a year or two. Also consider that you DO own all of the episodes, already.

But really, if you just want blatant advice and suggestions, here it goes: buy the Dragon Boxes, sell those season sets to pay for the Dragon Boxes, and know you're making the right choice.

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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Blue » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:33 pm

SSj_Rambo wrote:
But really, if you just want blatant advice and suggestions, here it goes: buy the Dragon Boxes, sell those season sets to pay for the Dragon Boxes, and know you're making the right choice.
I really don't think the season sets will fund buying the complete collection of DragonBoxes.
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by LeprikanGT » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:34 pm

BUY THEM!

I own Z on VHS, Single, Brick sets, and in the process of the DBoxes, and Ill be buying Kai.

Use the excuse of its the 'original JP footage'.

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Post by The Time Traveller » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:35 pm

But you must buy it... if you don't, you must hate Dragon Ball. Don't you... like Dragon Ball...? One of us... One of us... :twisted:
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Blue » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:36 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:BUY THEM!

I own Z on VHS, Single, Brick sets, and in the process of the DBoxes, and Ill be buying Kai.

Use the excuse of its the 'original JP footage'.
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Post by Scarz » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:52 pm

They have this wonderfully thing called "illegal anime downloads" that saved me tons of money from buying the same DVD set over and over again. Don't want to break the law, I hear? Okay pansy, remember that Dragon Kai the English dub will most likely be coming out in less than a few years. If you must waste money, please do so for DB Kai. That way, unlike most members here, I won't lose total respect for you and your posts in the future.

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Post by Castor Troy » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:04 am

You will not buy them. Never.

*Here goes reverse psychology*

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Post by Budogenkai » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:15 am

But..

They're so beautiful.. :twisted:
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Post by Kaboom » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:20 am

Hock off your Season Sets to whoever will buy them, and start putting the money towards those DragonBoxes, pronto!
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by LeprikanGT » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:30 am

@Blue:

I'm more like Funimation's Piggy Bank.

Aside from 2 DB DVDs, I own every DB/Z/GT Funi has released.

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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Sprite Satan » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:41 am

Just steal your grandparents pension to afford it like us well adjusted people, damn it.

But, like, man, you don't NEED any of this. Dragon Ball, internet, electricity, those worn panties I keep buying from adult magazines even though I know they're probably just sat in by fat men for 5 minutes, farted on and stuffed in an envelope rather the beautiful model the ads claim to be--

I kind of forget my point.

Okay, wait, yeah.

There isn't going to be a logical reason to get them. If there was one, you'd have them by now. But they look nice, so, like, why not blow some disposable income on it? 'Course, if you don't HAVE the disposable income and you want to spend your baby's medicine money on the Dragon Boxes then that's another hilarious matter.

But, hey, you want to be talked out of it. Here's some good reasons NOT to get the Dragon Boxes.

1) They're not EXACTLY the Japanese boxes brought over, are they? Sure, the footage is, more or less, but the packaging, books, etc just mimic it. That's as authentically Japanese as Panda Express. Screw that. No half measures! Take a stand, fight the power. Rise up, comrade! The people are the heroes now!

2) Not awesome Falcouner soundtrack! Boop boop deep derp boop derp. That's my favourite song in the series. Did you know Falcouner was also a gym leader in Pokemon Gold and Silver? Think about it.

3) More episodes per disc than the actual boxes means the quality is, in theory, very very very very very very very very slightly less maybe than the Japanese boxes. Boycott these sets until FUNimation release it the way it was really meant to be seen, damn it.

4) Is watching Bulma fight giant crabs (and not the way she usually does, with medicated shampoo) again really worth anything? Also: Fake Namek, Space Orphans, Five Minutes Until Namek Explodes, Garlic Jr. There, that should turn you off the anime for at least four months.

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Post by Gaffer Tape » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:50 am

Here's a good reason: because the episode previews are incorrectly placed after the end credits instead of before. (If you want to get serious, that's the only thing wrong with them)
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Big Momma » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:03 am

Seriously...they'll be a lot cheaper if you wait a year. It seems long now, but when the time comes, you'll be glad you did.
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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Anonymous Friend » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:14 am

Do what I'm going to do:

Keep the Season Sets and watch the series. After all of the Dragonboxes have been released. In time their prices will go down or some place will have a clearance or something.

If you already have the entire series available right now for viewing, why get rid of it for something thats not out yet. How much can you really get for the season sets when there another "better" release coming. At least when the Dragon Boxes are done and you try to sell the Season sets, someone can mistakenly buy that off you instead of the Dragon Box.
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Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:29 am

Don't buy them.

You already have all the season sets and the manga, so you don't really need the Dragon Boxes.


And besides Dragon Ball Z Kai is coming out on DVD soon. :P

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Re: Quick! Somebody talk me out of it!

Post by Craddle » Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:18 am

Buy the DragonBoxes. They're only $35 each. Plainly put, they are the best FUNimation Dragon Ball Z release ever.

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