DBZ TRADING CARDS AND OTHER STUFF

There’s a lot of stuff out there for DBZ and the other shows, like Digimon. I like the battle figures and cards best. We went to a couple of the comic stores and one of the guys there was like the comic book store guy in the Simpsons. But mostly the guys there were pretty nice.

—Willy

Hey, what would a television show be without a bunch of stuff to buy? It would be just a television show, right? I mean, if you can’t put on your (name your favorite show) pajamas and drink out of your (name your favorite show) sippy straw and eat from your (name your favorite show) lunchbox with pictures of your favorite heroes drawn into your bologna with hot mustard, then what’s the point of even turning on the TV? Just this morning I trimmed my old-man nose hairs with a turbocharged, water-cooled, all-aluminum, patented high-speed clipper with a picture of my favorite superheroes on it. So, yes, there is a ton of Dragonball Z stuff out there—but they haven’t released a nose-hair clipper yet. I’m still waiting for that one.

You can get Dragonball Z trading cards; Dragonball Z action battle figures; Dragonball Z comic books (American versions of manga) and even the Dragonball and Dragonball Z videotapes or DVDs.

Right now there are three major trading card sets available. The first DBZ set offers sixty cards packed in jackets of nine standard cards and one holographic card. So, each pack gives you one holo.

The second DBZ set is an eighty-six-card collection with nine cards to the pack, plus one metallic card.

The third DBZ set is another eighty-six-card collection that also comes in nine-packs with a metallic card. However, this set also includes “rare” clear chaser cards.

All these sets come with Japanese artwork and English writing.

However, there are also a lot of Japanese version cards out there for DBZ. Remember, the show and manga were huge hits in Japan—and around the world—so, if you go looking for DBZ stuff at your local hobby store or comic shop, there’s no telling what you might find.