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Google is always your friend.samuraix123 wrote:Thank you. I went to my friendly neighborhood Google and got all different kinds of explanations. still sucks though about no booklets.
Yeah oh well, I guess you can get them printed out and just make on yourself, lol.
(The logic on the availability of it on their website kinda fails, though. Specially when the Green Bricks are also coded for regions 2 and 4.)
They actually stopped putting in those advertisements in their DVDs/Blu-rays awhile ago. The only thing included now is the feedback postcard.Daimakku wrote:If they want to go green, maybe they should just stop putting those insert ads for upcoming DVDs and videogames that nobody reads; I throw those in the garbage. And not actual useful info about the show you're watching.
Oh, I see.. I got all the Dragonboxes and I'm going through all of them in order. I'm still in Dragonbox 3, and so far all of them have had insert ads included.. did they stop including them later on?PuppetDoctor wrote:They actually stopped putting in those advertisements in their DVDs/Blu-rays awhile ago. The only thing included now is the feedback postcard.Daimakku wrote:If they want to go green, maybe they should just stop putting those insert ads for upcoming DVDs and videogames that nobody reads; I throw those in the garbage. And not actual useful info about the show you're watching.
I don't remember if they stopped including them with the later Dragon Boxes but they may have by the time they got to Dragon Box 7. There was a time before they stopped putting those inserts that the advertisements included in the packaging were for stuff that had all already been released.Daimakku wrote:Oh, I see.. I got all the Dragonboxes and I'm going through all of them in order. I'm still in Dragonbox 3, and so far all of them have had insert ads included.. did they stop including them later on?PuppetDoctor wrote:They actually stopped putting in those advertisements in their DVDs/Blu-rays awhile ago. The only thing included now is the feedback postcard.Daimakku wrote:If they want to go green, maybe they should just stop putting those insert ads for upcoming DVDs and videogames that nobody reads; I throw those in the garbage. And not actual useful info about the show you're watching.
I find those ads to be rather useless. I got the one that came with box 3 right besides me and it has info of "upcoming DVD release dates" from June 2010.. so I definitely wouldn't miss those.
My Dragon Boxes 1 and 2 had the Raging Blast/Revenge of King Piccolo promo and the FUNimation's upcoming releases panflet, my Dragon Box 3 had the upcoming releases panflet only, and my 4 - 7 didn't have anything extra. Can't say much for other releases, though.PuppetDoctor wrote:I don't remember if they stopped including them with the later Dragon Boxes but they may have by the time they got to Dragon Box 7. There was a time before they stopped putting those inserts that the advertisements included in the packaging were for stuff that had all already been released.Daimakku wrote:Oh, I see.. I got all the Dragonboxes and I'm going through all of them in order. I'm still in Dragonbox 3, and so far all of them have had insert ads included.. did they stop including them later on?PuppetDoctor wrote:They actually stopped putting in those advertisements in their DVDs/Blu-rays awhile ago. The only thing included now is the feedback postcard.
I find those ads to be rather useless. I got the one that came with box 3 right besides me and it has info of "upcoming DVD release dates" from June 2010.. so I definitely wouldn't miss those.
Yeah, exact same with mine. 1 and 2 came with the Raging Blast and Revenge of King Piccolo insert ads, and Dbox 3 only has the upcoming releases pamphlet, but no insert ads. So I guess it's safe to assume the rest of my boxes won't come with anything.. can't say I'll miss them.Rukura wrote:My Dragon Boxes 1 and 2 had the Raging Blast/Revenge of King Piccolo promo and the FUNimation's upcoming releases panflet, my Dragon Box 3 had the upcoming releases panflet only, and my 4 - 7 didn't have anything extra. Can't say much for other releases, though.
And those people can print it off online.Daimakku wrote:Which is why I find it dumb of FUNimation to take out the booklets from the season sets just to save a few dollars (or cents?). Some people actually do read those.
This is actually something that kind of got me upset when I first watched my Dbox 1.. there was a trailer before going to the main menu.dbboxkaifan wrote:You guys kept those cards? Eh, I just threw them again, didn't want any unwanted publicity with my boxes.
As always FUNi included trailers of other anime product series, the original Dragon Boxes didn't have any.
Yeah, but it's not the same.. some pieces of paper printed in standard 8.5" by 11" letter-sized sheets doesn't compare to a professional-looking glossy paper booklet.AgitoZ wrote:And those people can print it off online.Daimakku wrote:Which is why I find it dumb of FUNimation to take out the booklets from the season sets just to save a few dollars (or cents?). Some people actually do read those.
It's just stuff that bugs me. Ultimately I get over it though.Well wow.. I didn't know printing cost that much. But if it helps keep the costs down for consumers then I guess I'm ok with them taking booklets out.Ashura wrote:I work in printing, so I will tell you: Printing costs a pretty penny, especially decent color printing.
This is very green conscious and will keep the cost down, for both them and us. Funimation has gone progressively into more cost efficient packaging recently to keep their prices down, and I, as a consumer, appreciate that. Compare the original release of Samurai Champloo vs. the Anime Legends one to see what I mean.
As an aside, you want to know why Nintendo manuals used to always be in color? Nintendo would actually offer free color printing for even third parties back in the day... they eventually quit doing that though because it cost so much.
Most of Funimation's releases have trailers at the beginning that you have to push the top menu to skip. Not just DB.Daimakku wrote:This is actually something that kind of got me upset when I first watched my Dbox 1.. there was a trailer before going to the main menu.dbboxkaifan wrote:You guys kept those cards? Eh, I just threw them again, didn't want any unwanted publicity with my boxes.
As always FUNi included trailers of other anime product series, the original Dragon Boxes didn't have any.
I thought having trailers in the Dragonboxes took away some of the prestige the Boxes are supposed to have. They're not supposed to be like all other Dragonball Z releases, they're supposed to be "premium" you could say. Popping in a disc and going straight to the menu with no ads would've been much better in my opinion.
Of course this is just a minor nitpick, but if I had paid $60 or however much the first Dragonbox was going for at the time of release, and having trailers in each of the discs, would've pissed me off somewhat.
Oh I know that. But like I said, I thought the Dragonboxes were supposed to be more like a premium collection, not just an average release. Which is why it upset me that they put trailers in each disc.. but it's not that big of a deal I guess, it's only one trailer per disc, and they're only about a minute long.Super Sonic wrote:Most of Funimation's releases have trailers at the beginning that you have to push the top menu to skip. Not just DB.Daimakku wrote:This is actually something that kind of got me upset when I first watched my Dbox 1.. there was a trailer before going to the main menu.dbboxkaifan wrote:You guys kept those cards? Eh, I just threw them again, didn't want any unwanted publicity with my boxes.
As always FUNi included trailers of other anime product series, the original Dragon Boxes didn't have any.
I thought having trailers in the Dragonboxes took away some of the prestige the Boxes are supposed to have. They're not supposed to be like all other Dragonball Z releases, they're supposed to be "premium" you could say. Popping in a disc and going straight to the menu with no ads would've been much better in my opinion.
Of course this is just a minor nitpick, but if I had paid $60 or however much the first Dragonbox was going for at the time of release, and having trailers in each of the discs, would've pissed me off somewhat.
That's true, and that's what I've done, press menu and advance. But like the other guy said, the Dragon Boxes were a premium collection not an average DBZ collection thus far shouldn't have had ads.Super Sonic wrote:Most of Funimation's releases have trailers at the beginning that you have to push the top menu to skip. Not just DB.
What the hell kinda logic is that? It's still a commercial product.dbboxkaifan wrote:That's true, and that's what I've done, press menu and advance. But like the other guy said, the Dragon Boxes were a premium collection not an average DBZ collection thus far shouldn't have had ads.
It was almost the exact same thing. If you want the original DBox, then get the original.dbboxkaifan wrote:FUNimation was trying to do a replica of the original Japanese Dragon Box Z, so to have as a replica, it should have almost been the exact same thing.
