What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

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What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by SSJ3_Zack » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:50 pm

I'm curious, how much were they originally? Because now I see them going for £100+ a lot of the time.

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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by RocktheDragon » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:55 pm

Would like to be reminded as well. I remember someone mentioning that upon release they'd MSRP in the U.S. for about 80 dollars but on Amazon or in a store like Best Buy it'd usually be around 30-40 dollars with lots of clearance sales on them. No idea about the UK situation though.
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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by VegettoEX » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:58 pm

The Japanese Dragon Boxes or FUNimation's Dragon Boxes?

The former all had different prices due to the different episode counts and such. DBZ 1 & 2 were ¥100,000 each, DB was ¥105,000, DBGT was ¥52,500, and The Movies was ¥52,500.

FUNimation's Dragon Boxes were initially set for $79.98 MSRP each, but that dropped real fast down to $59.98 after the second one, I believe.
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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by JEFFMAN219 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:56 pm

VegettoEX wrote:The Japanese Dragon Boxes or FUNimation's Dragon Boxes?

The former all had different prices due to the different episode counts and such. DBZ 1 & 2 were ¥100,000 each, DB was ¥105,000, DBGT was ¥52,500, and The Movies was ¥52,500.

FUNimation's Dragon Boxes were initially set for $79.98 MSRP each, but that dropped real fast down to $59.98 after the second one, I believe.
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Post by SSJ3_Zack » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:36 pm

VegettoEX wrote:The Japanese Dragon Boxes or FUNimation's Dragon Boxes?
The former all had different prices due to the different episode counts and such. DBZ 1 & 2 were ¥100,000 each, DB was ¥105,000, DBGT was ¥52,500, and The Movies was ¥52,500.
FUNimation's Dragon Boxes were initially set for $79.98 MSRP each, but that dropped real fast down to $59.98 after the second one, I believe.
I was a bit too vague on my question :lol:, I meant Funimation's DragonBox set. Wow I can't believe they were that cheap once . Thank you for the answer! :).

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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:38 pm

Actually, they were often cheaper than that. While that was the MSRP, there were a few times retailers like RightStuf and Amazon priced them at $30-$40 when they first came out, if you were lucky. I was lucky. :lol:
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:44 pm

SSJ3_Zack wrote:I was a bit too vague on my question :lol:, I meant Funimation's DragonBox set. Wow I can't believe they were that cheap once . Thank you for the answer! :).
I remember back when they first came out that sellers on Amazon.co.uk sold it at £26-£30 each and that was an awesome deal you had going on.

Sure am glad I got them all because I was inclined to give up collecting them but I hate incomplete collections. :P
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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by El Diabeetus » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:47 pm

I got all of them for about 30-60 dollars. Varied between each box. I got Box 2 back when Amazon had a deal for 30 bucks. So, really, really happy about that.

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Post by Gaffer Tape » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:56 pm

I'm so glad I kept track of this. I paid $286.93 for my Dragon Box collection as they were coming out. That averages out to be $40.99 per box.
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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:28 am

Other than box 7, I paid about $25-30 a box.
And $100 for box 7 "bought it later"

I still only paid $280 for all 7.

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Post by SSJ3_Zack » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:25 am

I would love to collect the Dragonboxes but the prices they go for is too much I'm willing to shell out for.

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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by Gokuden » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:02 am

I don't know about original, but up until 12 months or so (or when I joined, and a long while after that), you could still get them from walmart.com for 29.99, or even 35.99 depending.
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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by Landcross » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:24 am

I'm pretty sure I paid 45 bucks at Best Buy for DB2.

I sold it for 255 dollars. Yeah, I sold it. I needed some extra cash and if I only own those Namek episodes cropped, so be it. I kept the first box, however. :oops:

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Re: What were the DragonBoxes' original Retail prices?

Post by cpuguy18 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:07 am

they where $60.

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