What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by TheGreatness25 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:10 am

I don't know, it said Japanese as the language. Not like I know it lol So, Japan uses kanji too? So can anyone help me come up with the verdict on what language it is in (judging by the rest of the text)? I'd appreciate it.

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Post by kei17 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:18 am

TheGreatness25 wrote:I don't know, it said Japanese as the language. Not like I know it lol So, Japan uses kanji too? So can anyone help me come up with the verdict on what language it is in (judging by the rest of the text)? I'd appreciate it.
Hey, don't worry. :lol: They are the genuine and authentic Japanese tankobon release.

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Post by TheGreatness25 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:22 am

Eee. Now I have a warm and fuzzy feeling on the inside lol I even went as far as to ask the buyer on Ebay lol

Oh and weird thing I noticed. I went through his "store" and found the exact same thing, with the exact same stock photo, for... $18 more, as well as more on the shipping. So this guy just has them laying around? lol If anyone is interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dragon-Ball-Z-Manga ... 53e6230cf5

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by kei17 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:32 am

This reminds me of the all 9 orange bricks I bought for ripping the unreleased BGMs. They were all well-made Chinese bootlegs! :twisted: Since the audio tracks are untouched, I really don't mind it...*sigh* but I didn't know there were Chinese copies of the orange bricks. I will send them all directly to FUNimation after I finish ripping the pieces I want.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by CODii » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:38 am

TheGreatness25 wrote:To update, I just bought Dragon Ball VizBig Volume 1-5 for $72. I would have gotten it for about $53, but for some reason I wasn't able to update Amazon's shipping and handling to "Super Saver" even though four of the five were from the same seller.
Unfortunately the Super Saver shipping option only applies to orders being fulfilled by Amazon. If it is coming from a third party seller Amazon just sets a flat rate shipping cost for most items (books, dvds etc...) and doesn't allow sellers to combine shipping costs for a discount.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by TheGreatness25 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:54 am

Yeah I figured. I was just doing some wishful thinking lol

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Post by CODii » Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:09 am

Can't blame you for having hope.

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Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:50 am

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Why are the numbers on the side in Chinese? I don't know much about Manga, but shouldn't it be Japanese?
..... to quote from Wikipedia
Wikipedia wrote:Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana (ひらがな, 平仮名), katakana (カタカナ, 片仮名), Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet (known as "rōmaji"). The Japanese term kanji (漢字) literally means "Han characters" or "Chinese characters" and is the same written term used in the Chinese language to refer to the character writing system.
Also, you can tell that those books are the Japanese version of the DB Manga by looking at how "Dragon Ball" is written in Katakana.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by TheLegendary117 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:31 pm

2 SS Goku resin statues and 5 irwin figures, 2 Vegeta, 2 Goku, and 1 gohan. ALL under $50 :mrgreen:
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Post by oXdanXo » Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:49 pm

If you don't mind me asking, where'd you get those resin statues from? Are they official or fan made? How'd you get them so cheap? Because they look incredible :)
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Post by TheLegendary117 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:00 pm

oXdanXo wrote:If you don't mind me asking, where'd you get those resin statues from? Are they official or fan made? How'd you get them so cheap? Because they look incredible :)
this seller
http://myworld.ebay.com/trinityjewelcraft2009/
I got them from her dirt cheap, they came in EXTREMELY protected boxes to insure they wouldn't be damaged during transit AND she combine shipping. I got the 2 SS Goku Statues and the SS Broly in the background for $15, all together, with combine shipping at $11 for a grand total of $26. It was a great deal. I couldn't get the SS5 Goku tho, its an awesome statue :D
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Mike » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:38 pm

Just received these HSCF figures and a Super Size Goku:

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I've been searching for series 03 of the HSCF for a decent price for quite a while and I'm super excited to finally have the final form Freeza figure.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Raithos » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:19 am

Mike wrote:Just received these HSCF figures and a Super Size Goku:

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I've been searching for series 03 of the HSCF for a decent price for quite a while and I'm super excited to finally have the final form Freeza figure.

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by CODii » Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:45 am

TheLegendary117 wrote: http://myworld.ebay.com/trinityjewelcraft2009/
I got them from her dirt cheap, they came in EXTREMELY protected boxes to insure they wouldn't be damaged during transit AND she combine shipping. I got the 2 SS Goku Statues and the SS Broly in the background for $15, all together, with combine shipping at $11 for a grand total of $26. It was a great deal. I couldn't get the SS5 Goku tho, its an awesome statue :D
lol This comes from the product description for that SSJ5 Goku.
ebay seller wrote:Dragon ball GT SS 5 Super Super God Goku. What? You did not know that Goku becomes a God? Ok its not in the anime, but this is what most fans think of the future of Dragon Ball.
In other Ebay news. If anyone here has $1,400 lying around that they absolutely don't know what to do with they can say that their most recent purchase was both Japanese Dragon Boxes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DRAGON-BALL-Z-Japan ... 4156773896

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Post by Bura » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:00 am

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Bought it off someone for only € 8 :D

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Post by Mike » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:39 pm

Raithos wrote:
Mike wrote:Just received these HSCF figures and a Super Size Goku:

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I've been searching for series 03 of the HSCF for a decent price for quite a while and I'm super excited to finally have the final form Freeza figure.

-Mike
Damn Mike excellent haul on those HSCF, how much did those cost you?

The clear series was about $40 or $10 a figure and series 3 was about $30 or $7.50 a figure.

-Mike

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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Scarz » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:51 pm

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Dragonball Bulma Charavignette Figure from Atamaii.

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Post by Namekjin » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:36 pm

kei17 wrote:
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Man, every time I see that image from DragonBall Z 3, I always laugh to myself cause I picture Vegeta eating an imaginary hot dog. I mean, look at that! :lol:
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Post by TheLegendary117 » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:45 pm

Scarz wrote:Image

Dragonball Bulma Charavignette Figure from Atamaii.
i love Atamaii, they are located in Omaha, which is 10 minutes away for me, so when I order something, I can just go and pick it up! :mrgreen:
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Re: What's your most recent Dragonball purchase?

Post by Raithos » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:30 pm

Mike wrote:
Raithos wrote:
Mike wrote:Just received these HSCF figures and a Super Size Goku:

snip*

I've been searching for series 03 of the HSCF for a decent price for quite a while and I'm super excited to finally have the final form Freeza figure.

-Mike
Damn Mike excellent haul on those HSCF, how much did those cost you?

The clear series was about $40 or $10 a figure and series 3 was about $30 or $7.50 a figure.

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