Welcome, Guest
It seems you're not logged in
You can do that Here
Or Register
91.8 The Fan




Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 01-13-2010, 11:35 AM   #1
CantStrafeRight
Newbie
 
CantStrafeRight's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 19

Rep Power: 0
CantStrafeRight is meh
Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Most of my anime DVDs are individual volumes rather than boxsets, because although they take up more shelf space, I've usually found them to be cheaper because people don't want them once the boxsets are out.
______________________


CantStrafeRight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 11:50 AM   #2
Kanashimi

Moe Maid
 
Kanashimi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 2,857

Rep Power: 667
Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND! Kanashimi is OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND!
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Most of my anime now are single volumes, but buying in bulk is always better for my wallet. So I'd like to buy boxsets more often.
______________________



Kanashimi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 12:39 PM   #3
victorious0702
Fan
 
victorious0702's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 81

Rep Power: 0
victorious0702 is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

If i can wait ill do boxset if its something epic ill do single volumes because they come with bonus stuff at times.
______________________

victorious0702 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 01:08 PM   #4
Kate

*Insert User Title Here*
 
Kate's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Sylvarant
Posts: 462

Rep Power: 173
Kate will become famous soon enough
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I buy both. It saves a lot of money if you just buy the boxset, though.
______________________
Need something new. Until then, Oshawott disguised as Piplup!


Kate is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 01:16 PM   #5
bemused_Bohemian

Fanatic
 
bemused_Bohemian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: not too far from Moral Oral (central MO, USA)
Posts: 85

Rep Power: 0
bemused_Bohemian is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Depends. Certain vendors hold sales 4x/yr and discounted box sets are less pricey than interval released DVD at time of series intro into our hot little mits. I like quality production as much as the next person but I will let price be a determiner if series is re-released: original set collector price versus "anime legends" newbie price. I will buy individual DVD when available if multi-dvd series is OOP; though time-consuming sometimes it's less costly to shop the electronic venues (ebay, Amazon, etc) and slowly assemble the set versus capitulate and pay commoditized collector price (which, once opened for viewing, is no longer "worth" what you paid for it).
bemused_Bohemian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 02:35 PM   #6
TheGreatMoof
Newbie
 
TheGreatMoof's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 32

Rep Power: 0
TheGreatMoof is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

It really depends. Box-sets are nice for older shows or for saving money, but some newer releases I'll just get individual discs rather than wait for a box. For instance, I got all of Higurashi, Code Geass and Haruhi as individual discs but I've got Evangelion: Platinum, Infinite Ryvius and Escaflowne in big glorious boxes.
______________________
brb, gotta put Descartes before the horse.

TheGreatMoof is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 04:00 PM   #7
dbull620
Demon Slayer
 
dbull620's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 75

Rep Power: 168
dbull620 is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I always get box sets to save money. Sure is hard to wait for boxsets to come out sometimes though...
______________________


dbull620 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2010, 04:03 PM   #8
Oni
Banhammer'd
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: NSW, Australia
Posts: 564

Rep Power: 0
Oni has much to be proud of Oni has much to be proud of Oni has much to be proud of
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Boxsets, due to them saving shelf space.
______________________


Oni is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 09:53 AM   #9
chefofdeath
Fan
 
chefofdeath's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South San Francisco CA
Posts: 156

Rep Power: 0
chefofdeath is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

but sometimes box sets cost more than singles but i would rather get box sets
______________________


chefofdeath is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 10:01 AM   #10
christmas4477

Smugleaf
 
christmas4477's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: The Interwebz
Posts: 287

Rep Power: 184
christmas4477 is a splendid one to behold christmas4477 is a splendid one to behold
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I've got mostly boxsets, but I do have a few series that I got as volumes, because they never made a boxset. Funimation seems to love the boxsets now.
______________________

christmas4477 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2010, 01:13 AM   #11
G U R U
Fan
 
G U R U's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 75

Rep Power: 168
G U R U is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Depends. Sometimes the singles are cheaper and sometimes the boxsets are cheaper so whatever is cheapest is what I get XD I could really care less about all the little junk they throw in the special edition sets most of the time. Postcards and the like are useless.
______________________


G U R U is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2010, 04:17 PM   #12
Shin_No_Kokoro
Fan
 
Shin_No_Kokoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kamakura Period
Posts: 97

Rep Power: 168
Shin_No_Kokoro is on a distinguished road
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Usually box sets since they come with figure or other fun stuff collectibles
______________________

Shin_No_Kokoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-18-2010, 04:50 AM   #13
Elc1247

DJ Elcu-desujya
 
Elc1247's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: CA, USA
Posts: 127

Rep Power: 0
Elc1247 is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

box sets are the way to go for me, since i hate missing volumes, plus, its much cheaper for the box set, you just loose out a bit on overall content, but that missed content is only physical.
I only buy cheap boxsets of series i love or have heard amazing things about, i just recently bought a boxset of the first 3 seasons of The Slayers for $50USD. my first and most treasured box set is Outlaw Star, followed closely by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
______________________
Catch Dr. Elc's Anime Symposium 2-6pm PST Sat, Sun

 

Tokyo Bambi -The Pillows

Elc1247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-22-2010, 05:10 AM   #14
fightbait
Newbie
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Blaine, MN
Posts: 11

Rep Power: 0
fightbait is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I tend to prefer the box sets because they're cheaper and take up less shelf space. I especially love the way they've been packaging boxes lately--thinpaks, multiple discs in one DVD box, etc.


fightbait is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-22-2010, 10:51 AM   #15
ace8489

The Mod Squad
 
ace8489's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ohio
Posts: 180

Rep Power: 170
ace8489 will become famous soon enough
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I buy whatever I can get my hands on at the time but I perfer to buy the boxset over individual DVDs
______________________
This world is made of love&peace



ace8489 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-2010, 05:53 PM   #16
Sheep
Newbie
 
Sheep's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 22

Rep Power: 0
Sheep is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

It really depends on the series for me

I own the volume release boxset of Pani Poni Dash! (ADV copy) which contains all 6 volumes with the extras retained at the first release (ADV notes, interviews with the cast, ect)

I own volume 1 of Hayate the Combat butler! (waiting for Bandai to lower the price before I buy more)

Everything else is in half season / full season box sets.
______________________

Sheep is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-01-2010, 07:27 PM   #17
Tempest Wind

Seki Tomokazu Fangirl
 
Tempest Wind's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 83

Rep Power: 167
Tempest Wind is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

The vast majority of my anime collection is box sets. The only problem is that you don't get those fun extras, like the side notes in Excel Saga, or the bonus episode in .hack//SIGN.

Then again, I own all of Ruroni Kenshin on VHS, so.....
Tempest Wind is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2010, 05:32 PM   #18
machetecat
Newbie
 
machetecat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Long ago and far away... a mystery
Posts: 11

Rep Power: 0
machetecat is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

Depends on the show. I like collector stuff and artboxes, so if the singles are sold with one of those, I'll go with that. I'm also impatient, so if I like a series a lot, I'll collect the singles as they come out.

However, if a certain show is particularly long or if it seems like an "eh" title, I'll wait for the boxset. Though with the way companies are selling their shows nowadays, it seems like the way of the singles are dying.
______________________

machetecat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-17-2010, 07:45 AM   #19
Mollybibbles

Tombé, Pas de bourée, Glissade, JETÉ!!
 
Mollybibbles's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Chi-Town, IL
Posts: 405

Rep Power: 171
Mollybibbles is on a distinguished road
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I can't afford box sets or individual volumes. Though I'm saving my spending money for the Princess Tutu box set. Back when the VHS was still cool I would buy the pokemon episodes on tape.
______________________

Mollybibbles is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-17-2010, 09:35 AM   #20
TehScribbles
Duel Wields Staplers
 
TehScribbles's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NH
Posts: 78

Rep Power: 0
TehScribbles is meh
Re: Do you buy your anime DVDs as boxsets or volumes?

I try to get box sets, since I hate having only a few volumes mismatching.
______________________


TehScribbles is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:20 AM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.