Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

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Re: Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:14 pm

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Re: Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:38 pm

Maybe it's my local area but I never see anyone talked about DBkai. When I was getting a job interview for Target, they told me that kids buy Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Transformers the most at the store. I guess most people in my area don't know about it because it's not on normal cable.
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Re: Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

Post by Gonstead » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:26 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:Maybe it's my local area but I never see anyone talked about DBkai. When I was getting a job interview for Target, they told me that kids buy Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Transformers the most at the store. I guess most people in my area don't know about it because it's not on normal cable.
Or maybe because there is no Kai merchandise for kids to buy in the US?
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Re: Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

Post by funrush » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:39 am

Super Saiyan Prime wrote:So of course Bandai America capitalized on this new found interest in the younger generation by releasing a wide range of action figures!

Actually no, there was nothing on toy shelves during Kai's broadcast. A huge missed opportunity.
This is pretty much exactly what happened too.

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Re: Did DB Kai Succeed in reeling in children?

Post by Cure Dragon 255 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:13 pm

Bandai America is too in love with Ben 10 to care about DBZKai.

Damn that Ben 10.

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