What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by redlinks » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:11 am

Recently bought VIZBIG Dragon Ball Z vol.5-6. For some reason, those two volumes seem to be going out of print. :/ Thankfully I found copies of them though.
- Been a Dragon Ball fan ever since 1995 (at the time, I was 7 years old).
- I prefer Saffron Henderson's Kid Gohan and Kid Goku over Stephanie Nadolny's.
- I still hope for a redub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z with FUNimation's current cast.
- I prefer to watch Dragon Ball Z with the Faulconer Score, however I do not mind the original Japanese score.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by ManyFaces » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:52 am

For the love of god, redlinks, tell me where you get those two volumes! Also, have you seen DB vol. 5?

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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Those posters look insanely awesome! Where on earth did you get them?
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by redlinks » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:08 am

ManyFaces wrote:For the love of god, redlinks, tell me where you get those two volumes! Also, have you seen DB vol. 5?
Found them at a local anime store. Their store isn't very popular so they have a lot of out of print/old manga releases. I got extremely lucky with these since they only had one copy left of each. ^^; I have not seen DB vol.5 anywhere (thankfully, I have a copy). It seems to be out of print also.
- Been a Dragon Ball fan ever since 1995 (at the time, I was 7 years old).
- I prefer Saffron Henderson's Kid Gohan and Kid Goku over Stephanie Nadolny's.
- I still hope for a redub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z with FUNimation's current cast.
- I prefer to watch Dragon Ball Z with the Faulconer Score, however I do not mind the original Japanese score.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by DanielGClapp » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:15 pm

Where can I find those posters? I want them!

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by rereboy » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:35 pm

ManyFaces wrote:For the love of god, redlinks, tell me where you get those two volumes! Also, have you seen DB vol. 5?
http://store.viz.com/Dragon-Ball-Vol.-5 ... 52063X.htm

http://store.viz.com/Dragon-Ball-Z-Vol. ... 520680.htm

http://store.viz.com/Dragon-Ball-Z-Vol. ... 520699.htm

That's the official VIZ online store, btw.

EDIT: I only now noticed the outregous prices :lol:. I know that these are actually sold by a third party but geez... Talk about overpriced.

Just wait until they release more copies of the volumes.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by DanielGClapp » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:44 pm

rereboy wrote:EDIT: I only now noticed the outregous prices :lol:. I know that these are actually sold by a third party but geez... Talk about overpriced.
Haha if I'm going to be paying $6,282.34 for a manga, then I most certainly will not be paying $4.49 shipping! Thats preposterous! :wink:

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by ManyFaces » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:12 pm

redlinks wrote:
ManyFaces wrote:For the love of god, redlinks, tell me where you get those two volumes! Also, have you seen DB vol. 5?
Found them at a local anime store. Their store isn't very popular so they have a lot of out of print/old manga releases. I got extremely lucky with these since they only had one copy left of each. ^^; I have not seen DB vol.5 anywhere (thankfully, I have a copy). It seems to be out of print also.
Man, you're lucky. I bought all the available VizBigs a few weeks ago when I found out Rightstuf was getting a shipment in of said volumes. I called and emailed them and they said they would get it. NOPE! The other day I get one of their stupid "We're working on it" emails, so I call them up and customer service rep. says they never got the shipment. So now I'm missing three volumes. I've already scoured the net, having looked at twenty-plus websites, and my local bookstores. I thought all hope was lost until this morning: I found them for under $20 a pop! However, only one volume has the in-stock tab -- the others have a "Ship in 2-5 business days" tab, which is weird 'cause most sites state several weeks when they're backordered. Doesn't bother me, though, since I'll at least get one volume.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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Drabaz wrote:
VICDBZ wrote:
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Those posters look insanely awesome! Where on earth did you get them?
I bought these poster few months ago in a shop in Alicante City (in Spain) ;)

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by redlinks » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:53 pm

ManyFaces wrote:
redlinks wrote:
ManyFaces wrote:For the love of god, redlinks, tell me where you get those two volumes! Also, have you seen DB vol. 5?
Found them at a local anime store. Their store isn't very popular so they have a lot of out of print/old manga releases. I got extremely lucky with these since they only had one copy left of each. ^^; I have not seen DB vol.5 anywhere (thankfully, I have a copy). It seems to be out of print also.
Man, you're lucky. I bought all the available VizBigs a few weeks ago when I found out Rightstuf was getting a shipment in of said volumes. I called and emailed them and they said they would get it. NOPE! The other day I get one of their stupid "We're working on it" emails, so I call them up and customer service rep. says they never got the shipment. So now I'm missing three volumes. I've already scoured the net, having looked at twenty-plus websites, and my local bookstores. I thought all hope was lost until this morning: I found them for under $20 a pop! However, only one volume has the in-stock tab -- the others have a "Ship in 2-5 business days" tab, which is weird 'cause most sites state several weeks when they're backordered. Doesn't bother me, though, since I'll at least get one volume.

To help keep my post on-topic, here's my collection:

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Yeah. I did get lucky. ^^; Glad you were able to find the remaining 3 for a reasonable price! Nice collection btw! Here's all the VIZBIGs I have. I just need the last 3 of DBZ to complete mine! I will order them all from amazon as soon as I receive my next paycheck. Then I plan to read the entire series all the way through. Will be my first time too even though I've been a fan of the series for over 15 years. xD

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- Been a Dragon Ball fan ever since 1995 (at the time, I was 7 years old).
- I prefer Saffron Henderson's Kid Gohan and Kid Goku over Stephanie Nadolny's.
- I still hope for a redub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z with FUNimation's current cast.
- I prefer to watch Dragon Ball Z with the Faulconer Score, however I do not mind the original Japanese score.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Raithos » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:54 pm

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Lol, I see him too right beside Android 15 :P
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by MetaMoss » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:12 am

Wait, my question is that why does Viz even allow those prices?

I guess this means I could sell my DBZ VizBig Vol.5 for $1500, and it'd be a damn good deal. Any takers?
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by ManyFaces » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:57 am

redlinks wrote:Yeah. I did get lucky. ^^; Glad you were able to find the remaining 3 for a reasonable price! Nice collection btw! Here's all the VIZBIGs I have. I just need the last 3 of DBZ to complete mine! I will order them all from amazon as soon as I receive my next paycheck. Then I plan to read the entire series all the way through. Will be my first time too even though I've been a fan of the series for over 15 years. xD
I've never read the series either and I've been a fan since '98/'99; kind of sad that I'm just now getting around to doing it. I plan on reading the first four volumes when I'm out in the woods doing my Annual Training for the Army National Guard. Reading 'em while I'm out there is going to make the drill far more entertaining. ;)
metamoss wrote:Wait, my question is that why does Viz even allow those prices?

I guess this means I could sell my DBZ VizBig Vol.5 for $1500, and it'd be a damn good deal. Any takers?
You would think Viz would take that down and just say its out-of-print. I know one of their staff has seen that outrageous price; it can't be that they haven't seen it yet. What I really want to know is what kind of person tries to sell a Viz volume -- that's two years old -- for over six grand? Dude's a douchebag for sure.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by redlinks » Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:40 am

ManyFaces wrote:
redlinks wrote:Yeah. I did get lucky. ^^; Glad you were able to find the remaining 3 for a reasonable price! Nice collection btw! Here's all the VIZBIGs I have. I just need the last 3 of DBZ to complete mine! I will order them all from amazon as soon as I receive my next paycheck. Then I plan to read the entire series all the way through. Will be my first time too even though I've been a fan of the series for over 15 years. xD
I've never read the series either and I've been a fan since '98/'99; kind of sad that I'm just now getting around to doing it. I plan on reading the first four volumes when I'm out in the woods doing my Annual Training for the Army National Guard. Reading 'em while I'm out there is going to make the drill far more entertaining. ;)
metamoss wrote:Wait, my question is that why does Viz even allow those prices?

I guess this means I could sell my DBZ VizBig Vol.5 for $1500, and it'd be a damn good deal. Any takers?
You would think Viz would take that down and just say its out-of-print. I know one of their staff has seen that outrageous price; it can't be that they haven't seen it yet. What I really want to know is what kind of person tries to sell a Viz volume -- that's two years old -- for over six grand? Dude's a douchebag for sure.
Nice! I started reading Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z when VIZ came out with the monthy comic issues back around 1998. I watched the anime back in '96 when the VHS's came out. But yeah, the dude is a douche and is totally ripping people off. Hopefully VIZ will reprint them soon so that those outrageous prices will drop down. It's seriously ridiculous what they're going for right now.
- Been a Dragon Ball fan ever since 1995 (at the time, I was 7 years old).
- I prefer Saffron Henderson's Kid Gohan and Kid Goku over Stephanie Nadolny's.
- I still hope for a redub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z with FUNimation's current cast.
- I prefer to watch Dragon Ball Z with the Faulconer Score, however I do not mind the original Japanese score.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by DanielGClapp » Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:12 am

Ok I'm sort of new when it comes to the manga, but I would like to know if all of those Visbigs are still available. If so, then where can I find them? Are these the best release of the manga? I don't necessarily mean the most rare or whatever I just want to know if they are uncut and unedited. If these are no longer available, what would be my best bet? I want to own the manga uncut and unedited (and in English). If someone could please enlighten me I would be very grateful, thanks!

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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DanielGClapp wrote:Ok I'm sort of new when it comes to the manga, but I would like to know if all of those Visbigs are still available. If so, then where can I find them? Are these the best release of the manga? I don't necessarily mean the most rare or whatever I just want to know if they are uncut and unedited. If these are no longer available, what would be my best bet? I want to own the manga uncut and unedited (and in English). If someone could please enlighten me I would be very grateful, thanks!
Overall, the Vizbigs are better than the regular release. They have better paper quality, they are cheaper and they have most of the original color pages of the manga printed in the original color.

For full reviews go here:
- http://daizex.fanboyreview.net/viewtopi ... 71&start=0
- http://daizex.fanboyreview.net/viewtopi ... 105&hilit=

However, some volumes of the Vizbig seem to be sold out so you will have a hard time collecting all of them. Also, some people prefer the regular release since the volumes aren't so big and the covers are nicer, so there is room for different preferences.

Anyway, if you want to buy the manga, right now your best bet are the manga box sets:

- http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Box-V ... 197&sr=1-1

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- http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Box-V ... 197&sr=1-2

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There are pretty nice and cheaper than if you bought all the volumes individually. Not as cheap as the Vizbig though.

Of course you can always wait for the sold out Vizbigs to become available again and buy the Vizbigs.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Metalwario64 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:18 am

rereboy wrote:However, some volumes of the Vizbig seem to be sold out so you will have a hard time collecting all of them. Also, some people prefer the regular release since the volumes aren't so big and the covers are nicer, so there is room for different preferences.
Wow, what? I was thinking about eventually picking them up, but now it turns out they were a limited release?

*looks at Amazon*

Z Vizbig 5: 1 new from $6,282.34 6 used from $899.99 ...


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EDIT: Never mind.
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