FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by rs_chaosmaster » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:50 pm

@Drayenko wow you really think that much I really doubt that :/ Maybe $2,000 but $10,000 lol nah!!!

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Post by Drayenko » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:29 pm

I exaggerated :lol: But every DBox 2 is roughly $400 right now, right?
Whatever... he has a lot of money there...!!

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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:41 am

@rs_chaosmaster Instead of spending your money on 300 copies of each set and not planing to sell them, wouldn't be better if you had bought 1 time each set, and for emergency use, copy the episodes into your PC or empty DVDs?
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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by Craddle » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:28 am

WHOA...Check out this auction guys.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DragonBall-Z-Dr ... 23171029b8

DBox#1-7, current bid under $200, ends in 1.5 days. (Also includes the remastered TV Specials)

Check "Questions and answers about this item" for details.

I bet the auction reaches $400

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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:25 pm

I mean that is a pretty good solution but, I dont have the time to copy all 291 episodes onto blank dvd's or back them all up on my computer nor does my piece of shit comp have the ability!!! So it is a great solution but not probable at least not for me!!!! Plus I didn't spend any of my money really like I said got all these from half of what my action figures sold for!!! :D

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:27 pm

Craddle wrote:WHOA...Check out this auction guys.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DragonBall-Z-Dr ... 23171029b8

DBox#1-7, current bid under $200, ends in 1.5 days. (Also includes the remastered TV Specials)

Check "Questions and answers about this item" for details.

I bet the auction reaches $400
I'll be checking this auction just to see how much it'll go for. I paid more or less about $327 (£210) (importing doesn't always come cheap).

My FUNi DB BOX Z's won't be going up for sale, I bought them for myself not to sell it afterwards. :P

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Post by Lazyking » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:11 pm

I bought the Dragon box 1 fairly quickly and then my add kicked in and I was doing other stuff, buying other things. I check on amazon today to see how much box 2 is and I see it was discontinued..

So pissed at myself.

I can likely get all the others in next few months but I'm very particluar about things so I NEED box 2 or I might as well forget the rest of the set.

damn it.

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Re: FUNimation's Dragon Boxes have indeed been discontinued

Post by dprez » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:32 pm

rs_chaosmaster wrote:Yes my Dragon Box Collection is finally complete :D

Off to the Level sets now and to finish up Kai Part 7 and 8 on Blu Ray Hopefully :/

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Holy crap. You're in dragon box heaven.

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Post by Perfect » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:07 pm

Found Dragon Box 2 for $35 last night on Smartz Place or something of that nature. Unannounced to me it went immediately out of stock that night... Shoot. I was gonna buy it this morning but they placed the "on order" tag over it.

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@rs_chaosmaster

Are you willing to sell any of those for a low price by any chance?
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Post by dballfan » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:13 pm

Perfect wrote:Found Dragon Box 2 for $35 last night on Smartz Place or something of that nature. Unannounced to me it went immediately out of stock that night... Shoot. I was gonna buy it this morning but they placed the "on order" tag over it.
I think Smartzplace is abit dodgy they have always advertised it as in stock. I was going to buy it but it had lots of poor reviews - that said they had a complete change up apparently so might not be dodgy anymore.

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Post by Krycek7o2 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:10 pm

I've done this before and broke scalping prices with Power Ranger figures and I'm sure I can do it with these DVDs. At the very least help members here.
Whenever I find Vol.2 of the Dragon Box I'll sell them here for 30 plus shipping costs. Since I drive around Pawn Shop hopping, this should cover my gas. I've found Dragon Boxes usually for twenty at random E-Z Pawns. That's also where I found three Cooler Steelbooks for $5.00 each. I'll just need to know which volumes are out of print since I usually find these here in Vegas.

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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:29 pm

Sorry not interested at this point in time :/!!! I am holding these back for a while probablly 4-5 years before I decide what I want to do with them!! Good luck completing your collection though!!! :D

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Post by GotenDaisuki » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:39 pm

This whole discontinuing of the Dragon Boxes sort of reminds me of when they were announced just after the Orange Bricks finished production. The Blu-rays represent the "Dragon Boxes" (only they were announced and released at a somewhat earlier point than the Dragon Boxes were) and the current Dragon Boxes represent the "Orange Bricks" (except they, for some unknown reason, are still selling well).
So mondo lame.

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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:41 pm

The orange bricks are still selling well...

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Post by rs_chaosmaster » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:53 pm

I don't think that is very accurate sorry but comparing the Dragon Boxes to the orange bricks is blasphemy!!! Anyone Disagree???

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Post by Perfect » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:55 pm

I'm ecstatic! I just found Dragon Box 2 for $$36.99 on Buy, brand new! Aside from this, the cheapest one I could find was here for $150.
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Post by GotenDaisuki » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:03 pm

rs_chaosmaster wrote:I don't think that is very accurate sorry but comparing the Dragon Boxes to the orange bricks is blasphemy!!! Anyone Disagree???
I'm saying that the resemblance between the switching of releases from the Dragon Boxes to the Blu-rays reminds me of the transition from the Orange Bricks to the Dragon Boxes. The comparison was not literal, but rather figurative.
So mondo lame.

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Post by orangebrick94 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:09 pm

Perfect wrote:I'm ecstatic! I just found Dragon Box 2 for $$36.99 on Buy, brand new! Aside from this, the cheapest one I could find was here for $150.
Did you purchase the last box 2 from buy.com yet?

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Post by Perfect » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:12 pm

orangebrick94 wrote:
Perfect wrote:I'm ecstatic! I just found Dragon Box 2 for $$36.99 on Buy, brand new! Aside from this, the cheapest one I could find was here for $150.
Did you purchase the last box 2 from buy.com yet?
http://www.buy.com/pr/SellerListings.as ... 2040&buy=1 It says it's temporarily out of stock, but lists an option to buy it from them or a 3rd party seller. My orders already been processed, so I know mines legit at least.
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Post by Craddle » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:54 pm

Perfect wrote: http://www.buy.com/pr/SellerListings.as ... 2040&buy=1 It says it's temporarily out of stock, but lists an option to buy it from them or a 3rd party seller. My orders already been processed, so I know mines legit at least.
The only 3rd party seller is listed at $280. So glad I got these when they came out. :)

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