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Title: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: Mengels7 on January 25, 2012, 12:05:20 am: http://www.yesasia.com/us/valkyria-chronicles-blu-ray-box-blu-ray-first-press-limited-edition/1023976014-0-0-0-en/image-gallery.html

Several sites. All $400+. I don't get it and can't find anything on it other than where to pirate it. Any idea guys?
Title: Re: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: SEGA_Portuguese on January 25, 2012, 12:57:47 am: The price of blu-ray in Japan is usually 80$ for 2 episodes. Not only for VC, but for all animes.
Title: Re: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: MadeManG74 on January 25, 2012, 01:32:50 am: First Press of the BRD might no longer be in print and may have become a collector's item. It happens a lot with this sort of thing. A Punisher hardcover I wanted to get regularly sells for about $300 or more because it's out of print. The others all sell for about $50.
Title: Re: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: SEGA_Portuguese on January 25, 2012, 07:58:57 am: Quote from: MadeManG74 on January 25, 2012, 01:32:50 am
First Press of the BRD might no longer be in print and may have become a collector's item. It happens a lot with this sort of thing. A Punisher hardcover I wanted to get regularly sells for about $300 or more because it's out of print. The others all sell for about $50.

No dude, its like i said, every blue ray anime in Japan has this price.

Check out the price for this random anime i choose from play asia:
http://www.play-asia.com/Project_Blue_Chikyu_Sos_Bluray_Box/paOS-13-71-a7-49-en-70-4dvu.html
Title: Re: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: Mengels7 on January 25, 2012, 10:52:46 am: You're right. That's nuts. Why is it like that? Why would anyone pay so much for a cartoon? It's not like it's worth hundreds more over the DVDs.
Title: Re: Can Someone Explain the Valkyria Chronicles Blu-Ray Price?
Post by: SOUP on January 25, 2012, 11:00:50 am: Otaku will pay crazy amounts of money for all sorts of anime related stuff. I mean, how much do those statuettes go for? Crazy prices.