FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by superrayman3 » Tue May 15, 2012 7:38 pm

son veku wrote:Oh sorry
I swear like 5 minutes ago it didn't say that
I bet someone bought it right after seeing your post which is why it's gone (and I was hoping to snag it oh well guess i'll have to risk using hot movie sale to get it)
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Post by son veku » Tue May 15, 2012 10:36 pm

gone*
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Post by Kendamu » Wed May 16, 2012 2:01 am

son veku wrote:hey kendamu can you take that link down because I want to buy something and I don't want it gone
Sorry, Veku. I put that link up for everybody on Kanzenshuu who is on a quest for the seven mystical Dragon Boxes.

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by Gonstead » Wed May 16, 2012 2:19 am

Kendamu wrote:on a quest for the seven mystical Dragon Boxes.
Does it involve a black spiky haired boy with a monkey tail and a young woman with blue hair?
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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by Kendamu » Wed May 16, 2012 2:21 am

Gonstead wrote:
Kendamu wrote:on a quest for the seven mystical Dragon Boxes.
Does it involve a black spiky haired boy with a monkey tail and a young woman with blue hair?
That all depends on what your hair looks like and the people you meet along the way. During my collecting I actually got a group together made a journey to the West: I moved to California and one of the first things I bought was DBox 5 at a local Best Buy.

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Post by Gonstead » Wed May 16, 2012 2:24 am

Kendamu wrote:
Gonstead wrote:
Kendamu wrote:on a quest for the seven mystical Dragon Boxes.
Does it involve a black spiky haired boy with a monkey tail and a young woman with blue hair?
During my collecting I actually got a group together and made a journey to the West:
:mrgreen:
Couldn't resist ^_^
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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by dbboxkaifan » Wed May 30, 2012 6:58 pm

Did FUNimation 'fix' the Dragon Box Z Vol. 7 box problem with the later prints?

There's nothing wrong with the box 'cept it's a little bigger than the others.
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Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed May 30, 2012 7:27 pm

Whats the error? I could check

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Post by dprez » Wed May 30, 2012 7:35 pm

I doubt it. For them, that's probably as much trouble as re-releasing the Z Dragon Boxes for the fans who missed out...

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Post by Soul » Wed May 30, 2012 8:08 pm

I thought about making a thread if people don't check this thread but yes; I got Box 4 from FUNi's site.
So if you want it? And at a reasonable price, hurry.

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Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed May 30, 2012 8:23 pm

Soul wrote:I thought about making a thread if people don't check this thread but yes; I got Box 4 from FUNi's site.
So if you want it? And at a reasonable price, hurry.
cant seem to find it. Can you post a link?

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed May 30, 2012 8:42 pm

Thank you very much!

Wouldnt be interesting if they are making smaller amount of Dragon Boxes and scattering them around not telling everyone so people flip out and buy them up real quick? :P

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Post by dprez » Wed May 30, 2012 8:45 pm

Pounce on it now, for soon enough, Box 3 and 4 won't be so easy to get at good prices like they are now.

Wal-Mart.com still has box 3 for $31 plus tax/shipping, and from this recent post here, Box 4 is also out there for a reasonable price, for now...

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Wed May 30, 2012 8:47 pm

dprez wrote:I doubt it. For them, that's probably as much trouble as re-releasing the Z Dragon Boxes for the fans who missed out...
American dub-fans didn't buy any of the Dragon Box Z boxes probably because it didn't feature Faulconer's music, so to them it wouldn't matter if it was re-release again or not.

They're perfectly happy with the Orange Bricks.
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Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed May 30, 2012 8:53 pm

I wasnt expecting getting it cheap so I baught the season sets to fill the gap of my set... :oops:

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by dprez » Wed May 30, 2012 8:58 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:
dprez wrote:I doubt it. For them, that's probably as much trouble as re-releasing the Z Dragon Boxes for the fans who missed out...
American dub-fans didn't buy any of the Dragon Box Z boxes probably because it didn't feature Faulconer's music, so to them it wouldn't matter if it was re-release again or not.

They're perfectly happy with the Orange Bricks.
Yea, so what's the point in releasing a new set of Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box 7's that are at the same size as the rest. At least more Dragon Box Z releases would be bought by fans of the original who missed out, or at least fans that are in the know...

They're spending their time working on the next Dragon Box release, which should be either the original Dragon Ball anime or the Z movies, at least, they should be..if they expect any more Dragon Ball related dvd's to ever sell again...

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Post by samuraix123 » Wed May 30, 2012 10:19 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:
dprez wrote:I doubt it. For them, that's probably as much trouble as re-releasing the Z Dragon Boxes for the fans who missed out...
American dub-fans didn't buy any of the Dragon Box Z boxes probably because it didn't feature Faulconer's music, so to them it wouldn't matter if it was re-release again or not.

They're perfectly happy with the Orange Bricks.
I'm an ''American Dub Fan'' and I bought Dragon-boxes 1.3.6.7 and wished I could buy the rest. and I have plans on buying more Dragon-box releases. the fact that the Dragon-boxes didn't include the Faulconer score was and is irreverent to me. I like the English version and the Japanese.
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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by dprez » Wed May 30, 2012 10:40 pm

You see, if I was a dub fan I would be like samurai, appreciate the superior picture quality of the Dragon Box release, and enjoy the english track with the original music, which is exactly what I preferred back when I was purchasing the Orange Bricks. I still find it funny to this day, that it took so long for me to appreciate the Japanese voices. When the Orange Bricks came out, I thought it was like the most awesome thing that could happen to a DBZ fan like me. Once I read the manga, I understood how vastly different the version I saw on Toonami was (and how flawed, especially after joining forums similar to this), compared to the original japanese version.

The english version will always hold a place in my heart, but I just can't take it seriously the way I do the original.

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by Corporate_Nothing » Thu May 31, 2012 5:00 am

Thanks for the heads up! I own all seven Dragon Boxes, but my copy of Disc 20 in Dragon Box Vol. 4 is defective and always freezes at one specific timecode, which has made ripping all the discs to my hard drive to archive them impossible. I had 41/42 disc images saved, disc 20 being the only one missing.
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