Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide

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Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 19, 2013 20:18:04 GMT -6 Capsule x Nike likes this

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BANDAI 2003 SUPER BATTLE COLLECTION RE-RELEASE VISUAL GUIDE

In 2003, Bandai re-issued a large chunk of the Super Battle Collection figures with all new Paint jobs featuring heavy shading that was in line with toy trends of that era. These figures also featured all new packaging and would do away with the Volume number system from the original release.

Note: Although featured on the back of the packages, the GT Pan and Goku 2 pack , to our knowledge, was not actually released in this line. Several of the packages have been found with factory affixed stickers saying "sold out" over these figures on the box art. However, the VOL. 00 Son Goku Perfect Version was released in this line , although not being shown as part of the line up. Lastly it should be noted that although the box backs feature the yellow hair versions of the older figures, all the releases were the gold hair version.

Son Goku Perfect Version
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Son Goku
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This line: None.

Super Saiyan Son Goku
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Super Saiyan Gotenks
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Trunks and Gill
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Super Saiyan Son Goku (child)
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku (child)
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Super Saiyan Trunks
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Vegeta and Baby
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Goten and Trunks
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Baby Vegeta
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Uub
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Baby Ultimate Version
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

Super Android 17
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Saiyan Goku 4

Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Saiyan Vegeta 4
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Super Saiyan Gogeta 4
Release: 2003
Known Variants Within This Line: None.

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Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 20, 2013 13:08:17 GMT -6

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You learn something new every day. I had no idea what the story was on these figures. I think these are the first SBC's I had as a kid. Caps do you know if they released these in Mexico? When I was in elementary school I would pay my hispanic friends to buy me DBZ figures from Mexico when they would go to see family and I remember getting Baby Vegeta among others but never saw him (or any of the GT figures) here in the US.

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Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 20, 2013 15:41:28 GMT -6

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The plastic inserts look weird with that egg-carton texture. I don't remember regular SBC having that. I remember when these came out, a lot of us were mad they didn't rerelease the first 10 volumes entirely and Ultimate Gohan. Plus the shading is a bit... well... weird.

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SupremeKai Rank: Cooler's Squadron Watching you poop! Posts: 1,091	Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 20, 2013 22:49:03 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SupremeKai on Sept 20, 2013 22:49:03 GMT -6 Yup, yup. These Chinese re-releases are utter garbage! Nowhere near the quality of the original Japanese or Irwin releases.
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Sept 20, 2013 22:49:03 GMT -6 SupremeKai said:

Yup, yup. These Chinese re-releases are utter garbage! Nowhere near the quality of the original Japanese or Irwin releases.

You are aware , that other than the first run of 92 SBC's... All of the proceeding SBC figures, be they bandai, Irwin, mattel, or these.... Were ALL produced in china right? Using the same molds? Other than the somewhat overly shaded paintjobs, these are the EXACT same figures when stood side by side with an original. No decrease in quality in terms of materials used.
So technically anything past the original 8 japan manufactured figures, everything is "Chinese garbage". Be aware these were sold IN Japan, as well as other countries.

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Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 20, 2013 23:29:36 GMT -6

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Sept 20, 2013 23:10:26 GMT -6 Capsule x Nike said:

Sept 20, 2013 22:49:03 GMT -6 SupremeKai said:

Yup, yup. These Chinese re-releases are utter garbage! Nowhere near the quality of the original Japanese or Irwin releases.

You are aware , that other than the first run of 92 SBC's... All of the proceeding SBC figures, be they bandai, Irwin, mattel, or these.... Were ALL produced in china right? Using the same molds? Other than the somewhat overly shaded paintjobs, these are the EXACT same figures when stood side by side with an original. No decrease in quality in terms of materials used.
So technically anything past the original 8 japan manufactured figures, everything is "Chinese garbage". Be aware these were sold IN Japan, as well as other countries.

Really? I knew that all of the 92 re-releases were made in Japan, so I thought the initial releases were also made in Japan. Quite a few of my figures have that stamped or stickered on their backs, others inside their accessory pieces. So, that would make them from the 8 1992 re-releases you described, yes? Also, the 3 movie 7 3-pack figures also have those too.

Yep, just checked stamped 92. My bad!

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Bandai 2003 Super Battle Collection Re-release Visual Guide Sept 21, 2013 0:42:57 GMT -6

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Sept 20, 2013 23:29:36 GMT -6 SupremeKai said:

Sept 20, 2013 23:10:26 GMT -6 Capsule x Nike said:

You are aware , that other than the first run of 92 SBC's... All of the proceeding SBC figures, be they bandai, Irwin, mattel, or these.... Were ALL produced in china right? Using the same molds? Other than the somewhat overly shaded paintjobs, these are the EXACT same figures when stood side by side with an original. No decrease in quality in terms of materials used.
So technically anything past the original 8 japan manufactured figures, everything is "Chinese garbage". Be aware these were sold IN Japan, as well as other countries.

Really? I knew that all of the 92 re-releases were made in Japan, so I thought the initial releases were also made in Japan. Quite a few of my figures have that stamped or stickered on their backs, others inside their accessory pieces. So, that would make them from the 8 1992 re-releases you described, yes? Also, the 3 movie 7 3-pack figures also have those too.

Yep, just checked stamped 92. My bad!

your movie 3 pack vegeta and goku should have stickers inside their armor / shirts saying 92 japan. The original japan releases of the first 8 should have this as well, except trunks. This information was printed on his sticker sheet. Beyond those 11 figures I just mentioned... The re-released volumes 1 through 10 will have china stickers. All figures volumes # 11 and up will have china actually stamped on them somewhere. Only the first 10 volumes used the sticker method. Irwin, mattel, etc re-releases all just have china stamps I believe.

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