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As much as I love my most beloved hobby there is one aspect of it that makes me want to buy a rifle and climb a clock tower. I think you all (don’t) know what I am talking about. Yes the loathsome LE releases of boxed sets or first volumes with extras. I have a anime shopping list longer than Santa’s and instead of buying the titles I want the most every month I find myself forced to prioritise the LE releases because I fear that if I wait I wont be able to find them anywhere. I rather only use Ebay in case of emergencies and since I live outside of Europe I only have a limited source for anime purchases.
That in it self would be fine and dandy but as I have found out is that these so called Limited Edition releases are not always labelled as being limited leading me to think that they are safe until they suddenly disappear. When I look at the titles in the wish list of my favourite online dealer I see very few titles with the words Limited Edition in them. But there are plenty of perfect or complete or collectors editions and some of these are actually limited edition.
I was thinking this could be a thread to list all the currently available releases that are in danger of going extinct some time in the future so the people who want them can be warned. You could also just voice your discontent at the whole LE phenomenon in anime but it wouldn’t accomplish much unless you send copy to the ones producing them.
Anywaste, I recently discovered that the following titles are actually LE and will disappear soon:
Zeta Gundam Set
Giant Robo V.1 With Box
Geneshaft Complete Collection
Love Hina Complete Collection
Banner of the Stars Complete Collection
Ghost In The Shell: SAC The Limited Editions Volumes (That one is pretty obvious)
Fullmetal Alchemist Starter Set (Not released yet actually)
R.O.D: TV V.1 With Collector's Box
Samurai Champloo V.1 With Collector's Box
And countless more that will leave me broke for moths to come.
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