What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Corporate_Nothing » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:02 am

dbboxkaifan wrote:
Corporate_Nothing wrote:All four season sets? I get that five/sex would be compiled into Season Two, but I thought Part Seven would be the final release in the series.
Each set features 26 episodes, 4 discs, so it's like this:

Season One (01-26)
Season Two (27-52)
Season Three (53-78)
Season Four (79-98)

FUNimation has said Season Two (27-52) is planned to be released, but the "proper" Season One (01-26) still nothing been said. Normally it'd cost around $25-$30 but the current one on Amazon reaches $45.

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What do you mean by "proper?" Does the one up on Amazon still have the Yamamoto music?
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Post by Beji » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:43 pm

Finally found for cheap woo!
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And I don't know if I showed it yet but see how well Gohan goes with piccolo I think its pretty damn close to scale(gohan is a bit too small) but hes staying there :lol:

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Corporate_Nothing » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:17 pm

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I really underestimated just how "big" these VIZBIG volumes are. :lol:
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:16 pm

Got the GT complete series. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Though, it's not that awesome packaging that it used to be. I guess since going green, they're all just the two seasons with a slipcover. Or that could be just a Walmart thing. It does have their little green logo on the back.

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Post by ThunderPX » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:58 am

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For various little reasons I never quite got around to buying the Dragon Boxes before. With US Dragon Boxes for the rest of the franchise becoming more likely, though, I figured it was a good time to get as much of Z as I could, since a decent chunk of the series is still easy to find and I could show my support for more Dragon Boxes at the same time.
I ordered 5, 6 and 7 for starters since those were still in stock at my online store of choice. As you can see, 6 came in today, and now I can finally give my actual impressions on these things!

I can now see where people are coming from, complaining about that stupid glued-on back cover and the edges of the box getting a bit scuffed. I don't mind too much, though--as someone who orders things online all the damn time, I'm kind of used to the latter.
The main thing I noticed is that the boxes are smaller than I thought! I've seen plenty of images that *should* have given me an impression (like that big image up there that shows they're clearly shorter than the VIZbigs), but I dunno. I was a bit surprised, I expected it to be more bulky somehow.
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I haven't actually watched the box yet, but I know what the picture quality is like by now. :P I am curious to see what it looks like on an actual TV, but I don't really have a functional region-free DVD player at the moment, so I'm kind of screwed watching it on my PC. Oh well.
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Post by sailorspazz » Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:21 pm

Haven't posted in this thread for awhile, so I've gathered up random images of things I've bought in the last year or so (not including DVDs....I have all the Dragon Boxes now, too).

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Vegeta and Nappa threatening a tiny Italy....he knows to surrender immediately :P (not that he wouldn't do so anyway)

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A cute cloth version of Vegeta's armor. Should a 20-something woman attempt to wear something made for 6-year-old Japanese boys?

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Err, apparently not.

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A Kamesennin turtle backpack, on the other hand, is a perfect fit.

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My haul of DB goods from Sakura Con 2011 (yeah, told you the pics were old....I'm currently getting excited for Sakura Con 2012). Includes several random gashapon I ended up with while I was trying to get a certain figure (didn't get it, and ran out of cash :( ). Also, a pink DBZ wallet. Of Manliness.

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Don't ask me what Vegeta is doing to himself here....and taking pics like this makes me want to make a site called "Gashaporn" that features gashapon and other figures in all sorts of compromising positions (note: this is not the first time I have taken questionable pictures of my figures :P)
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Post by nathantheguitarist » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:30 am

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Post by Kingdom Heartless » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:04 am

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Not really a new purchase, but I finally got around to sitting down and finishing it.

I love it.... although I can't work out why Goku's leg is six feet long.
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by batistabus » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:48 pm

That's an awesome puzzle! Where'd you get it?

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by dprez » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:52 pm

batistabus wrote:That's an awesome puzzle! Where'd you get it?
I second this. I'd be willing to buy that from you. Do you know if that image is findable somewhere on the internet? What's the name of the puzzle?

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Post by Michsi » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:10 pm

That image looks really nice. Is there a bigger and clearer version of this somewhere? I've seen the left side of the pic before, with Vegeta, Gohan and Goku , but Chichi and rest are new.

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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:36 pm

batistabus wrote:That's an awesome puzzle! Where'd you get it?
I think you can purchase it from HLJ.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:44 pm

This showed up in the mail today. Only two episodes in but so far it's moving really fast, and I like it. Plus, great dub. No slipcover because I got it used but whatever.
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Eight-Star Dragon » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:07 pm

I bought a few manga books in the past few weeks. My friends always ask why I get them out of order, but I'm just getting the ones I want most, buying the whole series will take time and money I don't have.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Son Satan » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:57 pm

Pokewhiz7 wrote:This showed up in the mail today. Only two episodes in but so far it's moving really fast, and I like it. Plus, great dub. No slipcover because I got it used but whatever.
How much did you pay for that, Pokewhiz?
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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:22 pm

Son Satan wrote:How much did you pay for that, Pokewhiz?
$15 or so from Amazon, and it looks like it's gone up since then.

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Post by Kingdom Heartless » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:06 pm

The puzzle was from Hobby Link Japan. I'm not sure if they will have any more available, but you can give it a shot! It was Out of Stock when I initially ordered mine, so you never know.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Son Satan » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:25 pm

Pokewhiz7 wrote:
Son Satan wrote:How much did you pay for that, Pokewhiz?
$15 or so from Amazon, and it looks like it's gone up since then.
I was gonna say, I hope you didn't pay $50.00 like it's going for now.

I was in Gamestop earlier today and I picked up a copy of Attack of the Saiyans on the cheap.
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:05 am

Pokewhiz7 wrote:
Son Satan wrote:How much did you pay for that, Pokewhiz?
$15 or so from Amazon, and it looks like it's gone up since then.
$50's now.

I could scan the slipcover if you'd want.

I'm thinking of buying today the Dragon Ball Z 3-CD BGM Complete, have to decide yet.
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:36 pm

To be fair, I got it used, and you can still get it for like $20 used.
And nah, that's okay. I don't really care about the slipcovers.

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