What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:48 pm

I just got the first two orange bricks in the mail already. My friend said she picked up a "Capsul Case" for me at a specialty shop downtown (Montreal). Supposedly it contains 3 flavor sprays in the shape of capsuls: mint, strawberry, lemon.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:51 pm

If possible, may some photos be presented? That's awesome.

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:01 am

I just bought Daizenshuu 7 on Ebay about 3 minutes ago.

Yes that was my facial expression as I read "Thank you for your purchase".

DB_Fan · Post by **DB_Fan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:04 am

I bought the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files (both), and this is probably my last purchase for now.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:14 am

Krakabeast wrote:I just bought Daizenshuu 7 on Ebay about 3 minutes ago.

Yes that was my facial expression as I read "Thank you for your purchase".

Y'know, sometime around the same time last night I got Daizenshuu 6 on eBay!

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:15 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I just bought Daizenshuu 7 on Ebay about 3 minutes ago.

Yes that was my facial expression as I read "Thank you for your purchase".
Y'know, sometime around the same time last night I got Daizenshuu 6 on eBay!

That's crazy, I was about to buy Daizenshuus 3 and 6 too. I might buy 3 tonight. The guy I bought from is also selling the first 7 Daizenshuus along with both Carddass Perfect File books for a mere $180-200("Buy it Now" price). I can't remember the exact costs.

EDIT: Now I just bought Daizenshuu 4. The shipping was almost the same price as the book. $19

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:28 pm

Krakabeast wrote:
Kendamu wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I just bought Daizenshuu 7 on Ebay about 3 minutes ago.

Yes that was my facial expression as I read "Thank you for your purchase".
Y'know, sometime around the same time last night I got Daizenshuu 6 on eBay!
That's crazy, I was about to buy Daizenshuus 3 and 6 too. I might buy 3 tonight. The guy I bought from is also selling the first 7 Daizenshuus along with both Carddass Perfect File books for a mere $180-200("Buy it Now" price). I can't remember the exact costs.

EDIT: Now I just bought Daizenshuu 4. The shipping was almost the same price as the book. $19

I got mine for about $12. Plus, it was an American who owned it so no international shipping.

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:33 pm

Kendamu wrote:I got mine for about $12. Plus, it was an American who owned it so no international shipping.

Yeah mine are being imported from Japan. I'm jealous though.

I just spent $50 on it! Oh well. $50 well spent I'd say. I hope mine will be in near-perfect condition or I'll have a fit.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:38 pm

For something that'll take me a dictionary to help me read... very slowly... I wasn't going to pay more than $30 and the auction started at like $1 or something.

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:51 pm

Kendamu wrote:For something that'll take me a dictionary to help me read... very slowly... I wasn't going to pay more than $30 and the auction started at like $1 or something.

You got a great deal. It would take a dictionary and a human translator to help get me through it. I really just bought it, just to have it. The art is just so gorgeous! I could stare at the fully colored pages for days straight. I've already read the Kenzentai translations so I'm set.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:58 pm

Krakabeast wrote:
Kendamu wrote:For something that'll take me a dictionary to help me read... very slowly... I wasn't going to pay more than $30 and the auction started at like $1 or something.
You got a great deal. It would take a dictionary and a human translator to help get me through it. I really just bought it, just to have it. The art is just so gorgeous! I could stare at the fully colored pages for days straight. I've already read the Kenzentai translations so I'm set.

The Kanzentai translations are a great quick reference to stuff that I wouldn't have known from reading the manga alone. For example, at the end of the manga Vegeta explains to Bulma that Saiyans stay in their prime longer (real life humans would, too, if they went jogging more often). So, I naturally assumed that Saiyans live longer. However, I discovered in one of the Kanzentai translations of a Daizenshuu that Saiyans and humans have a very similar lifespan and that Saiyans just stay youthful until a later age than humans.

Anyway, back on topic.

I got new stuff.

- Senzu bag
- Three random Japanese Dragonball Tankoubon I got for really cheap on eBay
- The DBGT music CD from eBay

This image here is just for a size comparison to show you the difference between a Japanese Tankoubon and the American equivalent of the same volume. The American one is slightly larger on all sides and the cover you're looking at on the Japanese Tankoubon is actually a slip-cover.

The Japanese copy I have was printed in 1999 and the American copy I have was printed in 2007. The paper feels about the same in both of them but I think the Japanese copy was much more heavily used than the American one so the pages are a lot softer.

The grayscaling of colored pages are slightly different between both versions. Whichever has better quality in that aspect seems to alternate from panel to panel and the difference can't really be noticed until you have both books open side-by-side.

When it comes to reading them, Dragonball Z is much easier to read as it has a lot more fighting. So, a lot of the lines ended up being 「はっ！！！！」 or some variation of that.

Super Sayian Prime · Post by **Super Sayian Prime** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:17 pm

A bunch of Irwin figures with weapons.

Some random DBGT figures I got on stands, I'll post pics because I want to see if they are real.

Two DragonBall Beach Balls from a Gachapon machine. The evil flyer lied to me, it said I'd get mini-figs

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:49 am

Well, I hope you enjoy what you did get.

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:10 pm

Daizenshuu 3.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:41 pm

Just some more crappy toys to add to the collection (don't worry, I'll be moving onto better figurines and such soon enough).

jda95 · Post by **jda95** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:54 pm

Kingdom Heartless, what is that brown figure? Someone turned into chocolate?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:57 pm

jda95 wrote:Kingdom Heartless, what is that brown figure? Someone turned into chocolate?

I think so because next to him is a Dabura cookie.

DB_Fan1991 · Post by **DB_Fan1991** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:23 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
jda95 wrote:Kingdom Heartless, what is that brown figure? Someone turned into chocolate?
I think so because next to him is a Dabura cookie.

The brown figure looks like Bee, Buu's puppy.

Daburcor · Post by **Daburcor** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:25 pm

I bought a handful of those new American figures. I really like the Goku.

Sprite Satan · Post by **Sprite Satan** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:50 pm

Dragon Ball GT neon green brick, season one. It's not as bad as I remember it. Maybe I'm getting less picky.