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Lazuright
 Posts: 54 Location: Leominster, MA. |
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Well, I’m looking for box sets to buy and I see three that peek my interest. There’s the .hack/SIGN, Witch hunter Robin, and S-Cry-ED box sets. These are not like a normal box. They have these unusaul outer covers. Example, Witch hunter Robin’s is a book kinda thing then the box set is inside. It comes with anime pins and every disc. The same goes for .hack/SIGN, cover, pins, etc. S-Cry-Ed instead of pins has a dog tag. All three are $149.99
Here’s the thing. Are they worth buying? Or should I just buy the first vol. With box then get the other vol.’s? |
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Steventheeunuch
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That'd honestly depend. The complete boxsets are limited edition, and Bandai discontinued production of them at the end of last year. If you can find a second-hand kinda place, you can usually find volumes for a fairly decent price, but thats not always how it goes.
The boxsets are probably your safest bet. |
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Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11509 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Well, for .hack//SIGN, you can either buy the Limited Edition boxset that was released back in October or do what I did and pay near $300 to buy each individual Limited Edition volume that are now becoming more and more difficult to find.
Same goes for WHR. I didn't pay nearly as much though since the only Limited Edition thing there is outside the box set is the LE Vol.1, which I got on eBay for about $60. I'm not sure if Deep Discount DVD has any left, but here are the links for them (haven't seen S-Cry-ED, so I can't recommend it): .hack//SIGN Complete Collection -- $89.99 Witch Hunter Robin Complete Collection -- $89.99 |
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Actually Steven, the ones they stopped producing were just Banner of the Stars ,Ronin Warriors, Betterman, Love Hina, Geneshaft, Tsukikage Ran: Carried by the Wind and the Fancy Lala Complete/Perfect Collections which they only were releasing for the holidays.
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kamiboy
 Posts: 570 Location: CA |
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Jesus, I hate these Limited Edition crap so much I could murder the people who came up with it!! I swear if.... (Ok, deep breathes. Remember what the doctors said. Count down from ten slowly. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Ahhhhh that’s better.) Well anywaste, I want to buy Witch Hunter Robin and initially I was going to wait and get it sometime in the future but now with this Limited Edition business it looks like I will have to get it now (bastards!). Both the boxset and the LE box + Vol. 1 look sweet. So which one is better or which one would you get if the price were of no concern. |
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Advent_Nebula
Posts: 932 Location: Colorado |
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s-CRY-ed is the best of all three series, it has an x-men like story and a hell of a good amout of action.
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11509 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Well actually, I didn't even know if the .hack//SIGN and WHR boxes were Limited Edition until I read:
I didn't see a statement like that one for //SIGN, but looking at the "Product Availability," it looks like they're out of stock for now.
Personally, I like the LE Vol.1 more. I've seen the box set on store shelves and it looks super flimsy. It's supposed to be in a book-like casing, and I thought it would've been awesome had it been like the R.O.D. the TV case, but when I saw it and actually picked it up, it just felt like a waste to have. Now, I've only seen it once so I don't really remember what the inside was like, but I can tell you that the outer cover was just a soft piece of cardboard; about the quality of those space fillers that usually are in other LE boxes, but not hard like the Geneon ones, I mean the really thin ones that just bend from gravity if you hold it from the edge of the paper. Here's a pic: 
Looks nice, I know, but it's really not that straight when you look at it up close. I'm at school right now, but I'll try to take some pictures of my LE box at home and post them. And doing some math, if you were to buy volumes 2-6 at Deep Discount DVD for $17.99 a piece with free shipping, the total would be $89.95. That's about the price of the box set, but if you buy the LE Vol.1 you not only get the box and DVD, but also the first OST, a nifty T-shirt, and a shot glass (which I have no use for  ).
But of course, you live in Denmark, so most of the pricing calculations probably mean squat  .
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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I have the boxset and it's really nothing special. I mean, the outer "book" casing looks kinds cool, but it is flimsy, doesn't sit well on a shelf, and.. well... it doesn't do a very good job of holding the actual DVD pack inside of it. When I first unwrapped it the box dropped right out of the bottom of the case, and DVDs went crashing everywhere. |
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kamiboy
Posts: 570 Location: CA |
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Thanks a lot Kazuki-san & Tony K. that about clears it up for me. I'm gonna start a new thread just for discussing current LE releases that are in danger of extinction.
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TranceLimit174
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I'm with Advent Nebula. sCRYed is by far the best out of those 3 mentioned. All of the action is backed up by a solid story that really pulls you in, especially if you like the theme of rivalry. Its very character driven and despite the way it comes off initially it doesn't turn into a "villian of the day/week" show.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7995 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Hmm...tough choice indeed. I personally liked all three shows, but I'd have to say S-CRY-ed as well. I've got the Volume 1/artboxes for both it and Witch Hunter Robin. I think they look a lot better than those limited edition collections, they just don't look like they'd fit as nicely on my shelves.
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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Actually Witch Hunter is the best out of the 3 if you're looking for something with more depth. Scryed was really well done too and is more suitable to the action fanboys. Both title would be in my top 15 anime of all time. DBZ --> Naruto --> Scryed Rahxephon --> Wolf's Rain --> Witch Hunter Robin I think WHR LE DVD1 +Box is 25 at Right stuff. Comes with Shotglass, 2 mini cell, a TV, and a soundtrack. Bandai knows how to add extra to thire LE (thus increasing the MSRP) Last edited by darkhunter on Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:39 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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I actually managed to pick up 2 of the First Limited Edition Box (The Octagon Box) for $20 each (after the 50% off sale) at Gamestop recently. Save one, ransack the other (well, the box was damaged anyway, so no loss). |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11509 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Well shoot, that's no fair. All the Gamestops I've been to around here in Texas don't seem to have squat worth of anime except for DB/Z/GT and Yu-gi-oh...  .
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Kyo Kyo
 Posts: 27 Location: At Home Probably watching Fruits Basket....LoL |
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Hey if you wanna know some good anime to watch i would say go with:
Fruits Basket Hellsing Naruto Golden Boy Tenchi Muyo Tenchi Universe Tenchi in Tokyo And Shamin King oh yeah and One Peice |
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