City of Amnesia

Ok, one of the things that I would like to make seen is the lack of Merchandise for Big O. So what I have done is made a list of items wich if you don't have, maybe startled that they are even existant. And note, this is for a regular collector, because If you already got a copy of Both seasons of Big O in Region One, the international box would be worthless. But diffrent people have diffrent tastes.

Figures
-Bandai 7 inch Big-O with Roger and Dorothy
-Bandai 7 inch Big Duo with Roger and Angel
-Bandai 8 inch Big-O model kit with Roger
-Coin Figures Big O, Big Duo, Roger, Dorothy, Norman. Swartzwald, Dorothy 1, Griffin
-Bandai 6 inch series Big-O, Big Duo, and Archetype (I would love to have the prototypes)
-Bandai 12 inch Talking Big-O (again, the prototypes)
-Banpresto Exclusive SD Big-O
-Maxfactory Big O
-Maxfactory Big Duo
-Max Factory Big Fau
-UNKOWN Dorothy with Cat form "Missing Cat" model
-Unkown Griffin model
-SD Big-O keychain

DVD
-Big-o season one DVD set
-Big-O season two DVD set

Books
-Vol. One Big-O manga Collection
-Vol. Two Big-O manga Collection
-Vol. Three Big O manga Collection
-Vol. Four Big-O manga Collection
-Vol. Five Big-O manga Colletion
-Vol. Six Big O manga Collection
-Vol. One Big-O Lost Memory
-Vol. Two Big-O Lost Memory
-Paradigm Noise, A Novel
-And that Official Guide to Big-O with the screenplay for Episode 26

If I have left out any essential Items, please list them. :)

Looks like you caught most everything, but for the love of God fix the fact that you have the exact same poll up three times.
War.

Looks like you got 'em all. There's a few other fanmade garage kits floating around, like a big Dorothy doll one that a good deal of the old PFCer's had for some reason. I haven't actually seen that one online yet other than as pictures. There's also a really big Big O that's floating around Rinkya that the owners can't unload, mostly because they're asking for too damn much. Were the Max Factory Models every released? I know they never made it here to America, but they may have been released in Japan in limited quantities. I'd kill for some of those prototypes though.

Now the important question is... what sort of sites still sell these or have them for auction?

In particular...
-Vol. Six Big O manga Collection
-Vol. One Big-O Lost Memory
-Vol. Two Big-O Lost Memory

I've got Vol 1-5 of the manga, and I've been searching everywhere for the last volume, and regardless of it being in Japanese I NEED the Lost Memory set :P Savebigo.com used to have a link to a site that would sell them (well the manga and DVDs, not sure about Lost Memory)... but I can't remember what that site was :-/

I never read any of the manga, but I heard it was really good. I also heard it made sense.

Ebay if your lucky and persistently search. I watch Rinkya too for nifty stuff, but I have yet to actually use it to buy anything. It might be worth checking out the USA version of Yahoo Auction, which is what Rinkya runs off the japanese version of, but meh.

As for that site, I don't really recommend them. On one hand, yeah, they have a stock of everything Big O. At least as far as DVDs and manga. On the other, I ordered the manga set off of them. Mind you, it was around christ-mass season, but it was still a month or so off. It still took at least a month for me to recieve the set though. And their recompense? A dinky little Naturo poster that was barely larger than a magazine page. I've never seen Naturo and don't really care to. You probably better off looking for another importer.

Edit: Scratch that about the Yahoo Auctions America, it looks like they're closing down their operations.

Thanks for the Feedback. Ok, two thing I would like to point out on is that...

A. I HAVE RECENTLY E-MAILED MAX FACTORY AND EXCEPT FOR A FET TECHNICAL DIFICULTIES, THEY WILL START PRODUCTION SOON AND
B. I AN AT THIS MOMENT TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE PROTOTYPES OF THE BIG-O FIGURES FROM TOYFAIR 2003 MADE BY BANDAI. I
    HAVE E-MAILED BANDAI AND THE OFFICIAL TOY FAIR WEBSITE, BUT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A WEEK. SO NOW, BIG DUO-PHONE CALLS.

If anyone has other infomation, please let the board know. As you can tell, I am a die-hard fan. The fact I am a die hard is that I was considered uncool by the Gundam comunity so, Big- came to my help three years ago.   ;)

http://www.amazon.com/Big-O/dp/159116219X/ref=pd_bbs_11/105-5659456-0483629?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185492579&sr=8-11 (http://www.amazon.com/Big-O/dp/159116219X/ref=pd_bbs_11/105-5659456-0483629?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185492579&sr=8-11)

Is this the manga you're looking for?

They've been saying that over and over again since the beginning of time. Maybe they canceled the line, but are too polite to shatter our hopes and dreams? Not to be negative, I'm totally all over it if they do come out, but it's easy to become jaded after a time.

I read the manga and have the last volume, the sixth one, and yeah its pretty good in its own right. I think the anime is better but one of the advantages of the manga is that its short so it doesn't feel like a Season Two rushjob, it deals more with the people dealing with their lives in Paradigm City rather than the religious undertones of the city and philosophical aspects.

Oh, and Angel is a much more developed character in the manga as well. Needed R.D. though, that's one of the very few knocks I have against it.
Peace.

I find this deliciously ironic seeing as the only volume of the manga I have is the last one.

I think the SBO linked site was like steel comix or something.

I love you.

*SOLD*

...now...just gotta find Lost Memories 1+2... grr why did they have to stop that series short?! :'(

I only read a little of the manga, so meh. I'm going to try and finish Real Bout High School and Ikki Tousen first.
War.

Acualy, it was in all intensions that Lost Memories to just two  volumes (and not including not being translated into english!). Lost memories was a 2-part arch that took place between the last two Big-O mangas  Vol. 5 and Vol. 6. So basicaly, we can make our own Lost Memories, because we can predict what happened between the two volumes, and It would make some good fan fiction.

So, any more questions. You can ask me almost ANY BIG-O Question and I would pass. I am a Big-O Freak (no pun intended).

Where's the unintended pun?

Anyway, I'll look into it, but I've searched and searched and every bookstore in town is out of Real Bout High School volume 7. So, I'm simply going to have to order it sometime. Hiyo, internet! Away!
War.

Big-O freak sound like Big Ole Freak. ;D

And now, tommarow, I will call Bandai and Toy Fair about the records and Background for the Prototype figures by Bandai from 2003. EVERYONE, POST A COMMENT IF YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR THE INFO I WILL BE UNCOVERING.`

"There is but one truth. If you advert your eyes from it, you will remain nothing more than a puppet."
                                                                             -S

I will uncover that truth, and then maybe make a Youtube video if by some fat chance I find out that I can own the prototypes,

Yeah, good luck with that, even if the prototype toys still exist.

Don't companies usually destroy prototypes or give them to the toy creators after lines of toys begin distribution?
War.

Ok, so, I can't contact the people till Wed. So time to awnser some questions...


Well, being a Japan-holic, I love one thing just as much as Big-O. Godzilla. And belive it or not, many companies don't destroy the prototypes. Infact, if any of you are Godzilla fans, go to Clubtokyo.org. The people there have collected lots of prototypes for the Trendmaster Toys. And if Bandai does the same thing the Trendmaster company doses... :)

Great thread!  I don't know how comprehensive you wanted to get with this list but there are also the original DVD releases which came with about 4 eps. per disk (The Big O Vols. 1-4 and The Big O II Vols. 1-4).  I remember the old days of waiting impatiently for each volume of season one to be released so I could watch the eps. I missed on Toonami.  I never missed an episode of season two though  ;D

This page has some info on model kits that were supposedly released and a picture of the Griffon model: http://www.benchcomics.com/casual/week004/

I am one of those so fortunate as to own the Dorothy garage kit that was mentioned earlier in the thread.  In case you wanted to know more about them they were created by a little-known artist in Japan.  He sold a few kits on his personal website for a while but it was a very limited number.  Several members from the SaveBigO forums  convinced him to dust of the mold and make a limited second run release or the kit available to those who reserved one and put down the cash (it was something like $50-$80).  That's how I managed to get one   :)

First, I would like to say welcome to the forum, Nicodemus. And yes, I was well aware about the separate DVD that you mentioned. And it is sad. Wile we were sure that we would have atleast one piece of Big-O merchandise comming out, us fans who are part of the forum have ben uncertaint of anything!LOL. And you are lucky, to have that Dorothy figure. But is it official merchandise, and if you want to get rid of it, you know who to give it to  :) :) :).

Second, thanks for the link. I have been looking for that site everywhere. And I did two years ago someone who sold a copy on a private website. But I rather settled down for Bandai's Figure with Dorothy and Roger. Thanks again. Don't be a stranger :).

Thank you for the warm welcome  ;D I certainly plan to stick around for a while.  I don't think that there are any other Big O devoted forums left anymore , sadly.  :(    

Also for your list:

CDs:
Season 1 OST
Season 2 OST
Opening Theme/Now And Forever single minidisc
"Walking Together On The Yellow Brick Road" CD

Also, I don't believe that the Max Factory figures ever made it to production, or at least onto American shores. This old threat from PCF covered that frustration quite well: http://www.paradigm-city.com/forums/thread.php?threadid=11283&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=1
It's a shame too, those are some nice looking figures  :'(

Ok, Godzilla comes back to play here. In 2002, Bandai America introcuced us Gozilla fans figures of Godzilla '54, Mothra '92, King Ghidorah '01 and Burning Godzilla. And well, I had to wait four years just for Bandai America to release the king Ghidorah figure and we are still waiting for that Mothra figure. I have learned patience. And if you relly want thiese figures, you would wait too. I wasn't being negative, but it just sounds cool. But beleve you me, sooner or Later the fans of Big Fau, the last of the original three Bigs, will start to want and their wanting will be more massive than all the rallies against Wal-Mart buying up property. And atleast-prototypes :) :) :). I always find a way. You just got to talk to the right people with the infomation. And thanks for the link of the old forum, I thought the photos lost forever. Especialy since there is an interview with the figure's creator along with front and back views of Fau and Big-O in diffrent posses. But Big-Duo is left out :'( :'( :'( :'(!

I've got  big o plushie that i bought at a con a year ago, made by Bandai. When i get a digital camera i'll post it up here.

Okay, Fido, calm down.

I thought you were housebroken.
War.

Ok, ok. But wile we wait for those photos, who's got the sepret skinny comics they made before putting them into thick Volumes? I got most of them.

Yeah, like "Vegeta" said. Please tone it down and don't spam like this.

Whoa, if you can't wait then google it, if you can buy it at a con it's probably available more so on the internets.

Wait, I did some research and here is a link to some dorothy plushes THAT ARE NOT SOLD OUT. BUY ONE NOW!!!

http://www.setsunakou.com/ufo/bigo.html

WANT! And will buy!

 :-/Just don't buy them too fast. I want to get one also!!!!1 >:( :'(

ARRRGGGHHH! It's not working for me! Maybe cus i live in australia and don't have US coinage on my card. It say try again within 24hrs!

You should be able to find an intermediary online. It's not too difficult if I understand it right.
War.

Duo Enthusiast: Please do not double-post on purpose.

Sorry. If you can, send me a copy of the policy. [Big Duo]

He said don't double post. The rest of the policy is common sense.

1. Avoid excessive swearing.
2. Pr0n and hentai are not to be uploaded.
3. Double posting is very bad.
4. Attacking other users is not acceptable.
5. Racist or similarly bigoted "hate speech" will not be tolerated.


Edit: No one is allowed to talk smack about Dragon Ball Z up to the Freeza Saga (after is fair game) or Sonic the Hedgehog (commonly known as SatAM).
Did I cover it, Finale?
War.

Nicely. I haven't composed/put up standardized rules because 1) no one's been doing much that's offensive, and 2) I'm just real lazy about it.

Also, smacktalking about DBZ and SatAM is perfectly fine.

WHAT?! You are too soft, my friend. It will get you sent to the next dimension someday...
War.

Well, Uncle Duo has another present for you guys to fight over. Enjoy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BIG-O-DUO-ANGEL-ROGER-SMITH-BANDAI_W0QQitemZ260144998028QQihZ016QQcategoryZ348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i got almost the whole big o list of item lol. the only places you can get any bigo items anymore is at ebay animenation and amozon. but if you want the manga or anime go to a books a million. and i have to lost memory books, just not the origanil covers.

Ok, due to people wanting the comics so bad and some of thrm may not have ebay accounts, here is where you can get all the comics that made it to America at a discount price!

http://www.steelecomics.com/bigospecial.php

ALL SALES OF THIS PRODUCT BENIFITS SAVEBIGO.COM !

Save Big-O is dead and I'm pretty sure it's been that way for quite a while now.

Yeah, they're dead. They're pretty much as dead as they've ever been. Also, I'd rather just get one set of the DVDs and be done with it.
War.

I friggin know there dead. But it is still nice to post it though. He might just give the site back up.

War.

Fine. But atleast you guesed the only thing that come equal to big o with me...star trek!!!!

Maybe we should give them a reson to revive the whole shebang, like all of us post at the same time or email the webmaster like hell so that they think they there are people out there that actually WANT to help the big O cause.

Already been tried. Insanely unlikely to happen.

Really? Wow, now i'm tempted to donate a $100 just to see if anything happens...

Oh the donation thing hasn't been tried, but I'm pretty sure savebigos's strategy was to bombard Cartoon Network and Sunrise with letters asking for more Big O.

Which most probably won't work cus they're probably used to it (i sent on in a year ago).
I though they wanted to hire a dump truck full of tomatoes and drop them outside the Sunrise HQ or something. Now that would work!

I wouldn't describe SaveBigO as completely dead. More like in a coma. Stuck in limbo between life and death. If there was any fatal flaw to their strategy it was that they were too focused on Cartoon Network as the target for their campaign. This might've been a good idea right after the end of the second season, but it's pretty clear that Cartoon Network is no longer interested and even makes fun of those who push them for it. Maybe Targeting Sunrise or Bandai or someone if we could get enough of a show of hands might have more of an effect.

You're right about that, Ember, but there were two more huge problems with their strategy.  Number one, the owners of the site let their success go to their heads.  During the time when I used to go there, I saw that most of their time was spent on spamming about their site and boosting their stats instead of getting the word out about Big-O itself and coming up with new ideas.  When I visit a site to get a season 3, I don't care how many posts are on their forums or how many hits they had last week or what new features were added to their software, I care about, you know, SEASON 3.  They even had a contest to see how many people they could get on the forums at once to inflate their record.  WTF?!  Talk about not having their priorities straight.  Maybe they made money off ads or something, I dunno.

Number two, they tried to do WAY more than they should have.  Instead of just having news and information about how people could help with the campaign, the site was bloated with unnecessary stuff like forums, MP3 downloads, some kind of Big-O dictionary or something, and who knows what else.  The end result was cluttered and confusing, and like I said before, it took away time that could have been spent on the campaign.  Some guy on PCF (don't remember who, but I'll try to find the link) had a "Save Reboot" site that had a nice, streamlined approach with not much else beyond news and links.  That's what SBO should have been.  Much more effective and less confusing in my opinion.

But yeah, SBO is kinda dead now, so let it rest in peace.  We don't need to beg the webmasters to bring it back or bribe them, that's just lame.  If we want a site to brainstorm about season 3, why doesn't someone start a new site/blog about it?  Who says it HAS to be SBO or nothing?  I'm thinking it's a little late to do anything about Big-O, but hey, if someone can start a new site to get the season 3 gears turning again, I'm all for it.

What about we have a Ressurect Big O thread as an alternative.

I agree, does anyone have any objections?

Galatea: No objections... I fully support the creation of a Ressurect Big O thread, so fire away.

However, it appears that this thread has started drifting off the topic, so if no one minds, and before anyone calls us on it, I'll steer it back again, and see you guys over on the bring back Big O thread... 8)


OK, granted it's merchandise that's only partially Big O, but how about
Super Robot Wars/Super Robot Taisen "Destiny" for the GameBoy Advance (somehow "Destiny" fits here):

As quoted from Wikipedia.org:

Unfortunately, it hasn't been translated into English yet, but you get to pilot a megadeus. How about that? ;D


.The Final Negotiator.


P.S. Readerman: I don't know if it's necessarily too late. I saw a YouTube Big O post dated
      September 13, 2007 (see my YouTube thread), and it's not alone. If only Cartoon Network and
      Sunrise realized there are still many Big O fans...

There aren't any plans to localize Super Robot Wars? And that's, like, the only professional game (series?) with Big O and Roger Smith. Why does Japan get all the fun stuff...?

According to that fascinating web resource out there, wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Robot_Wars#Games_In_English), only the 4 following games have been translated:

Super Robot Wars (GB, translated by Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation)
Super Robot Wars 3 (SNES, translated by Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation)
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (GBA, translated by Atlus USA)
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 (GBA, translated by Atlus USA)

However, if this letter campaign gets going, I wonder if we could ask Cartoon Network or Mr. Konaka, to suggest either "SRW Destiny" be translated, or Big O get's it's own game. At least add a megadeus profile to Mech Warrior or something... ;D

Sometimes I ask myself the same question... That's not to say the classic American toys are lame (like Star Wars, Atari, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, Slinky, Silly Putty. Merlin, NERF, GI Joe, Tyco/AFX racing), or that there aren't a few standouts in the new American toys (Robotix, Micro Machines), but the Japanese did come up with:

Micro RC cars
Modern Console Game Systems
Gobots
Transformers
Power-Trons
Lots of other cool little toys...

That's not to say the American toy industry is dead, but they need to re-focus on cool, original stuff, and not always movie merchandising... :)

.The Final Negotiator.

 ;D

Just two Original Generation titles, though? Eh, thanks for looking it up.

I couldn't find anything about The Big O in that Wiki article, but I'll keep looking over it.