[General Discussion] Buyer's Guide to Anime/Manga/Etc. (plus SALES updates)

Do you have any recommendations out of that list?

I'm getting the rest of Heat Guy J because I started on that series a while back but the rest of the DVDs have been out of stores for the longest time. Also, I'm finishing up my Lain and Paranoia Agent collections.

There's just too much to choose from otherwise.

I'm thinking the best value would be 4-DVD series (so, 20 bucks). Once you get up to 7/8-DVD series, that becomes about 35/40 dollars, which is still a deal, but more along the lines of how much anime is at Best Buy.

EDIT:

Okay, this is what I've got (25 selected):

Akira DVD (Hyb) Deluxe Edition
Armitage III: Polymatrix/Dual Matrix DVD Set
Bottle Fairy DVD 1 (Hyb): Spring & Summer
Bottle Fairy DVD 2 (Hyb): Autumn & Winter
Fafner DVD 1 (Hyb): Arcadian Project + Artbox (Limited)
" 2
" 3
" 4
" 5
" 6
" 7
Haibane Renmei DVD 1 (Hyb): New Feather
" 2
" 3
" 4
Heat Guy J DVD 1 (Hyb): Super Android w/Artbox (LIMITED EDITION) (for the box)
" 4
" 5
" 6
" 7
Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 3 (Hyb): Deus - Geneon Signature Series
Lain, Serial Experiments DVD 4 (Hyb): Reset - Geneon Signature Series
Paranoia Agent DVD 2 (Hyb): True Believers
" 3
" 4

This is a great deal!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, I tell ya one thing, they're taking a bit of time to charge me / ship. I haven't gotten anything past the order confirmation e-mail.

Here's hoping everything's going smoothly.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

I've heard that they tend to take a while to ship out orders from these special promotions, which can make sense. Considering the bulk of people are ordering in packages of 10 or 25 DVDs, I imagine it takes a while to get everything ready... The thing that confused me was that they didn't even seem to have the DVDs on hand. If you go to RightStuf's page and click on 'where's my stuff' at the top, you can check the status of your order. Curiously, only the rarest item on my list (the ROD TV v7 + box + figurine) is listed as "order has been received" -- everything else is listed as "on order from manufacturer."

RightStuf is a reputable company, anyway, so I'm not worried about not receiving the products. Besides, it was an absolute steal no matter what you got. I'd be okay with waiting a few weeks.

Ack, I just checked that.

Just about half are "reserved for your order," the other half are "on order from manufacturer."

Weird, considering they had so many in stock (when I first ordered back on June 6th). They must have had a lot more people buying even in the first few days to liquidate so much stock. Unless of course, they had that many "in stock," just not sitting in their regular warehouse. Who knows.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by chato

I just got an e-mail from them saying they shipped it. Woohoo!. Did anyone get theirs yet?

I'm still waiting on:
pd11568 Akira DVD (Hyb) Deluxe Edition
pd12531 Fafner DVD 2 (Hyb): Ultimate Sacrifice
pd12532 Fafner DVD 3 (Hyb): Human Force

Ack, when will they finally get these discs in? They said they had hundreds in stock on June 6th when I ordered it. [/whine]

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

13 days after I placed my order, all of them are still on order or reserved.

[/more whine]

Well, from what I can see, you want the "reserved for your order" status. That just means they have it in stock and are waiting for the other items until they ship.

I was speaking idiomatically.