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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:33 am Reply with quote
I recently checked Rightstuf's New/Changed items and saw that they had a new Grenadier (Samurai Deeper Kyo also) box set and it's called a lite box and is about $8 cheaper than the Eco-box. What exactly is a lite box? Should I just get the Eco-box or the Premium box and are they nicely done (sturdy)?

Also, the last and only DVD I've bought from Media Blasters (Futari Ecchi) came in the flimsiest box I've seen, worse than Funi thinpaks, and I'm curious to know if all MB boxes are like that.
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Labbes



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:31 am Reply with quote
I think the lite boxes are like ADV/Sentai Filmworks new releases, meaning a usual amaray case with X DVDs in it.

Hayate Kurogane from AoD forums wrote:
It's a multi-disc keepcase that's the exact same size as a regular single disc keepcase, but can hold up to 6 discs. Other collections that have utilized this keepcase include, but are not limited to, such releases as the Berserk remastered collection (as mentioned by WTK already), the first Gundam Seed Destiny collection, the Overman King Gainer collection, and the Tide-Line Blue collection.
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seattlescotsman



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:05 pm Reply with quote
Hmm... sorry, i'm still a little confused. So do these "litebox" sets include an actual box that the DVD case(s) go in, or is this just a brick case that's the width of a normal DVD case (like the Mahoromatic collections)?
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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:53 pm Reply with quote
So you're saying it's pretty much a miniature version of the stack packs, right? The size of a single volume, but with multiple disks. I'll just get the Eco-box or Premium box instead, if that really is the case.
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Labbes



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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 7:01 am Reply with quote
You can find pics in this thread over at AoD's forums.
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The King of Harts



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PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 2:41 am Reply with quote
Labbes wrote:
You can find pics in this thread over at AoD's forums.


Ah yes that helped, thanks a lot. It definitely looks shelf friendly, but I'll pass on it because I just don't fancy the whole overlaping/stacking of DVD's.

It'd probably be a good idea to have a sticky here that has examples (with pictures) of the different kinds of art boxes because they're so many and I don't know what half of them are.
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