3 Arrested for Stealing DBZ Vending Machine

The Mamoyama police station in the central Japanese prefecture of Shiga has arrested a man and two teenagers on October 22 on suspicion of stealing Dragon Ball anime figures — and the vending machine holding the figures. According to the police investigation, Tatsuya Chiyo, a 21-year-old concrete construction worker from Shiga's Rittō City, and two 16-year-old high school boys from the same city took a vending machine
from outside a used bookstore in Mamoyama on July 7. Inside the machine were about 20 figures that sold for 200 yen (about US$2) each. The vending machine itself is worth about 14,000 yen (US$140).

via Anime New Network

I can't even imagine a Dragonball Z vending machine theft would be considered newsworthy in the U.S. I bet they snagged it for the toys too...

Massive Collection

Check out the guy's Dragon Ball Z collection at 7:08 in this video. His name is Bong Alcantra, and he is a super fan, no doubt about it.

DBZ @ Dallas Toy Fair

My friend was attending the Dallas Toy Fair earlier this week, and he managed to grab some flicks and video from Bandai's DBZ booth.

Goku Tribute - Toy Soldiers

I guess this video has been around for a hot second, but I just stumbled upon it the other day. I think it's a great mash up. Eminem's "Toy Soldiers" meets Goku.

Update 10/29 - Looks like they removed the video. I'm guessing that the AMV world now has to deal with copyright issues too.

Dragonball Movie Trailer - December Premier?

Dragonball Legends is reporting the following:

FOX has recently informed me that they are shooting for the trailer to be released 12/12/2008. This isn’t 100% just yet, this is only what their planned release date is

The Collectors

This video is too cool. It's for a new online toy store called Rotofugi.com. This is for all my collectors out there.

Bandai Dragonball Z Toys - Fall 2008

Commercial for Bandai's new Dragonball Z Power Booster Figures

Dragonball Movie Trailer - Update

DB Legends is reporting that the trailer that was floating around the Internet since last week, is in fact not a trailer at all. Many fans will be relieved, and excited to learn that Fox is saying that the official trailer is in the works, and should look even better.

Daizenshuu EX Podcast #0148

The good people over at Daizenshuu EX released a new podcast this past week.

Authoritative and as informative as ever, it focuses on last week's controversial release of the supposed Dragonball movie trailer. Check out the podcast here.

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