Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by MetaMoss » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:36 am

hmm... I can't take pics cuz I kinda destroyed every digital camera device I've ever gotten possesion of... but I can describe it, at least.
I have the complete collection of VizBigs for Dragon Ball/DBZ, which are guarded by my SSJ Goku figure-thing doing a Kamehameha, and this old Cell Arc Vegeta figure I got for my birthday ten years ago... maybe I can attempt to use my water-logged ol' cell phone (that kinda works) to take a pic...
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Captain Awesome » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:35 am

I would definitely have to say my Daizenshuu, I finally got the last three supplemental volumes over the past year, they are absolutely awesome books to flip through even if it is (in my case anyway) just to look at the pretty pictures.

Otherwise I do have a few other nicknacks like a cel from Z (Piccolo and the Tenkaichi Budokai announcer) and the PC-Engine game that I'm happy to own.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:24 am

Crappy iPhone quality aswell, guys. Sorry about that.



Crown Jewel:
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by StarRot » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:37 am

A tough question!
Well, I suppose my doujinshi collection is what I’m most proud of, at the moment, mainly because I have a few "grail" items, rare doujin and the sheer size of it.

But I also love this Lunch figure:
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And these little figures:
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(Sorry for the bad quality photos)

Oh! And I also really like this music box, it’s pretty quirky. I tried to film some audio but this crappy camera just isn’t complying.
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by LaRésistance » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:58 am

This is probably the rarest DBZ-related thing I own:

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The thing I'd like to get the most is a Tenshinhan drawing made and signed by Mr Toriyama. I doubt I'll ever get the chance to meet him though.
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:23 pm

The crown jewel of my collection isn't really anything really shouldn't be that spectacular to anyone else but, it has a lot of sentimental value. it's this binder:

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Back in 1994 I got my first DragonBall card in China Town. I had no idea what DragonBall was but I loved the artwork and started going back every week for more. I can remember the feeling of being so unfamiliar with these characters but yet, intrigued. These characters seemed so foreign and interesting.

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Then one day DragonBall was airing at 5AM where I live. I watched it and wondered why no one on the cards show up in the show? Also I didn't know why it was DragonBall when most of the cards I have say DragonBall Z.

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During high school me and my friends would always go back, get cards, rent a video game, talk about what little DragonBall we knew. That was our weekend. There are about 1,000 cards in that binder.

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Years later, I'm almost 30, those friends are gone, I haven't been to China Town since then. But, I still have my binder of cards. My cards of my high school memories. :D
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:25 pm

Those cards look lush. I'd kill to have those. 8)
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:30 pm

Oh wow, I didn't know you were a fan as far back as 1994!

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by oXdanXo » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:17 pm

StarRot wrote:A tough question!
Well, I suppose my doujinshi collection is what I’m most proud of, at the moment, mainly because I have a few "grail" items, rare doujin and the sheer size of it.
And these little figures:
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Oh! And I also really like this music box, it’s pretty quirky. I tried to film some audio but this crappy camera just isn’t complying.
Where did you get that Goku and Chi chi from? They're awesome :)
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Thunderstorm » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:33 pm

I'm a little newer to buying DB stuff, but while I was in Japan, I came across a 'Yo! The Return of Son Goku and Friends!!' DVD. Pretty happy about that.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by linkdude20002001 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:39 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I can remember the feeling of being so unfamiliar with these characters but yet, intrigued. These characters seemed so foreign and interesting.
That pretty much sums up how I felt about Dragon Ball when I first became a fan in 1998. I'd see the posters of Gogeta at the card shop, and all sorts of unknown characters in the cool Japanese cards my cousin's friend had. Plus all the info on the internet... It was all so foreign and mysterious. XD
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by DBfan4life » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:42 pm

From my collection I'd have to say my Funi Dragon Boxes (1-4), Dragonball Forever book, and Kanzenban vol 1 and 34. Also a bunch of the original dragonball viz comics.

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Scarz » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:48 pm

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I can not stress how much I love this doujin.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:50 pm

Scarz wrote:Image

I can not stress how much I love this doujin.
What is it?
Holden Caulfield in [b][i]The Catcher in the Rye[/i][/b] wrote:I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by TheLegendary117 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:01 pm

AnimeMaakuo wrote:The Japanese Dragon Boxes is my crown jewel. I'd say this is the big "thing" that I'm most proud of. It's an elegant piece of my fandom, and I hope to pass them down someday. <:O
If you'd be interested to see more, check out my channel ^^' http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimeMaakuo?feature=mhum.
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-It looks like they're being stacked, which isn't the case, I just took it at the wrong angle. :S

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The reason why the Daizenshuu books look a little shiny is because they're in plastic cases.. You know.. Keep dust and stuff off. The Red and Orange one though, have never been opened.
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My final piece is a sealed "Yo Son Goku." However, my camera is out of juice, it's in my YouTube video.
I keep one sealed and one unsealed, because I just might sell one someday.. Maybe to someone on Daizenshuu Ex if anyone's interested in buying one. :'p
I would LOVE to have those Dragon Boxes :shock: :o
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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:25 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote: What is it?
Hentai.

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Re: Crown Jewel Of Your Collection

Post by Scarz » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:32 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:
Scarz wrote:[snip]

I can not stress how much I love this doujin.
What is it?
Only the greatest Dragonball Hentai comic ever made! But seriously that's what it is.

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