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Found: Fruits Basket vols 1-23 Box Set

filed under , 17 June 2009, 21:15; byline — Matt Blind

Found:
No images yet. Few details forthcoming to date. But listed everywhere as

Fruits Basket — The Complete Series Box and More!

isbn 9781427816955
List Price: $149.99, but none of us is going to pay that much, Amazon has it currently listed for under $100 and between the sale price and memberships and special offers and coupons, no matter what your retailer of choice, everyone should be able to buy this for less than a c-note. ~$4.35 a volume or less.

So if you haven’t read Fruits Basket yet (which while unlikely is possible) (or if you read it by borrowing it from the library — which is a lot more credible now that I think of it — and wanted to own a set) here’s your opportunity to pick up the series for a song, with some unnamed-but-exclamation-point-emphasized extras, and likely, a container to keep it all in. Should be a nice counterweight to my Naruto Shadow Box.

At time of posting it’s scheduled to street on 29 September; given their recent track record I’ll only believe a Tokyopop release date two weeks after it’s actually been delivered.

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  1. You are awesome for making me aware of this.

    Comment by Chrissy — 18 June 2009, 21:31 #

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