Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Cipher » Thu May 27, 2010 2:18 am

Brad Redfield wrote:
FDLink wrote:You've gotta be shitting me. That's a way longer wait between releases than there was between volumes 2 & 3. What's the hold-up?
Most likely they want to time the release with Kai volume 2.
Which makes no goddamn sense. It must be really appealing confusing general consumers, putting their own products in competition with each other, and risking the die-hard collectors running their budgets thin?

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Choice195 » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:48 pm

lol sorry but what does UUE mean ?

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Metalwario64 » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:49 pm

Choice195 wrote:lol sorry but what does UUE mean ?
It's an abbreviation for "Ultimate Uncut Edition".
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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:22 pm

And UUE got canceled because Orange Brick

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Char Aznable » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:37 pm

As it was already noted, the previous canceled releases were all due to being replaced with a future release: Dragon Ball on VHS with the DVD release, and the UUEs with the season sets. As there's nothing to replace the Dragon Box, there's no reason to cancel it.

Plus let's not all forget how much money FUNimation probably had to throw at Toei to get these masters. Zero people could buy the Dragon Boxes, and they'd still have to release all seven to make their investment worth it. The FUNimation of 2010 is not the same FUNimation of 2005, their actions and decisions actually seem logical now.

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:55 am

Goku100xKamehameha wrote:And UUE got canceled because Orange Brick
Exactly and the Dragon Boxes can get cancled because of Z Kai. If FUNi is losing money with them, then they'll stop releasing them.

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Char Aznable » Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:10 am

However, Kai is marketed toward a different audience - the Dragon Boxes are intended for fans of Z in either language that have been in it for the long haul and eager for a presentation of the series in the best possible format, while Kai is geared more to a completely new audience or people looking for a shortened version. Fans introduced to the series through Kai or prefer Kai to Z probably wouldn't hold any interest to the Dragon Boxes, though I'll admit it's not quite the case vice-versa.

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Gotham22 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:45 am

I think the UUE were cancelled because of the season sets. They decided to that mess instead.

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by SonGokuGT » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:33 am

I think FUNi probably dished out some dough for the Dragon Box masters, so canceling the release and not making money off it would be a dumb move. They'll sell them and make a profit regardless of how small it is. I doubt they'll cancel but I wouldn't be surprised if these are the last Dragon Box releases we see.

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Re: Chances of Dragon Boxes getting the UUE treatment?

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:49 am

SonGokuGT wrote:I think FUNi probably dished out some dough for the Dragon Box masters, so canceling the release and not making money off it would be a dumb move. They'll sell them and make a profit regardless of how small it is. I doubt they'll cancel but I wouldn't be surprised if these are the last Dragon Box releases we see.
I think the they're just going to finish the Z DBoxes and then focus more on Kai, instead of releasing the DB and GT DBoxes.

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