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Vigilante024
Joined: 11 Jul 2003
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Location: back. but not really.
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:08 pm
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thats a shame. I thought the collections were good and for a very good price too.
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Balboa369
Joined: 28 Dec 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:47 pm
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Didn't they do this with the Gundam Movie collection not too long ago? Whats up?
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Mad_Triad
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:05 pm
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Maybe they realised nobody was buying the collection sets since already everybody had bought the individual DVDs. I mean if people liked the series they would have gone out and bought it already right? You don't even get all the nice extras in the collection sets as you do with most art boxes - that’s one of my main reason why I didn't buy the Witch Hunter Robin collection box.
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Kazuki-san
Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:14 pm
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The reason they are no longer producing them, is because they were meant to be sellers for the holidays from the beginning. Obviously, those are over now, and so will these good deals, except I was lucky enough to pick up a couple of these last month.
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darkchibi07
Joined: 15 Oct 2003
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:17 pm
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Dammit! I knew I should have bought Fancy Lala.
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rpb3000
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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Location: Middle of Nowhere, OH, USA
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:08 pm
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Grr, I wanted the Love Hina collection. Teach me to wait :-p
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penguintruth
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
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Location: Penguinopolis
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:14 pm
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I'm glad I've already got my Ronin Warriors collection.
Nostalgia-riffic.
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Vigilante024
Joined: 11 Jul 2003
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Location: back. but not really.
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:23 pm
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Mad_Triad wrote: | You don't even get all the nice extras in the collection sets as you do with most art boxes - that’s one of my main reason why I didn't buy the Witch Hunter Robin collection box. |
the nice thing about some of the collections were that they were major space savers though which was good if you're like me and short on room for new anime
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kusanagi-sama
Joined: 22 Aug 2004
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Location: Wichita Falls, TX
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:35 pm
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rpb3000 wrote: | Grr, I wanted the Love Hina collection. Teach me to wait :-p |
Same with me. Buy.com still has it, for $127 though. Oh well, at least there's still the regular DVD's.
Overstock.com is the cheapest, but they only do parcel post that takes 10-20 days... for as cheap as they are, this is too slow.
DeepDiscountDVD, even if it is more expensive, I can buy as much as I want and 2-3 day shipping will still be $6.95
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Mid-Boss
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:47 pm
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rpb3000 wrote: | Grr, I wanted the Love Hina collection. Teach me to wait :-p |
I waited too, but they still have some out and I got it ordered a couple days ago for about $112.
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AnimeHeretic
Joined: 10 Jul 2003
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:43 pm
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I was planning on waiting for the compilations of several series. Better than spending $20-30/dics for 6-8 discs.
Of course, maybe they want to discourage people from doing that...
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slickwataris
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: Carol Stream, Illinois
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:46 pm
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I wanted to see Love Hina too but I don't really want to spend the money. They probably still have it at Best Buy or wherever. Did they say anything about the Escaflowne? Because I have been meaning to get that for years.
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Gamelore
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:02 pm
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I knew about this back in November when Deep Discount DVD removed Banner of the Stars II Collection and Betterman from its site during the 20% off sale.
After several phone calls to DDD, totally denying that they took it down in error, I contacted Bandai. Via email, Bandai confirmed that these collections were out of print LESS THAN 1 MONTH INTO PRODUCTION.
I picked up collections for Betterman, Banner of the Stars I, and II over the past couple months through various means. (BTW, why all the low ratings for Betterman? Nothing spectacular, but not bad at all! I particularly liked the explicit scientific explanations for everything.)
Since hearing the other 4 sets that are out of print, I went ahead and ordered Geneshaft too, since I had it on my wishlist. I'd get Love Hina, but it is unreasonably expensive, so I will just wait for that collection on Blu-Ray.
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MeggieMay
Joined: 08 Jun 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:15 pm
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I had wanted to buy the Geneshaft collection as well but it has been virtually out of print since it came out. Plus none of the collections ever graced the store shelves in my area (I stumbled over a Gundam UC boxset on a shopping trip the Sunday before Xmas and was able to pick it up but that was it) .
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Kazuki-san
Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:27 pm
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MeggieMay wrote: | I had wanted to buy the Geneshaft collection as well but it has been virtually out of print since it came out. |
Ahh that sucks. All the Best Buys around here had at least one or two copies of it and I picked one up. Apparently it's still in stock at BB.com although the price has gone up. If they still have some, I'm sure some of the other internet stores do as well.
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