Monday, July 21, 2014

Loot Crate July 2014 Subscription Box Review - "Villains"

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Loot Crate is a monthly geek and gamer subscription box, and for less than $20 a month, you can get 6-8 geek and gamer items (valuing $40+ in retail price), varying from t-shirts, snacks, toys, and more!


July LootCrate Box

Cost: $19.37 (per month)
Ships to: Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, U.K., and the U.S.

Ships via: USPS (It took me about 4 business days)

Let's move onto the box, shall we?


This month's theme is "Villains." According to the book: "...we curated what we believe to be a legendary homage to the baddies that everyone loves to hate. Though some of us actually just plain love the bad guys, the villains, the scoundrels. And why not? Fictional characters on the other side of the hero coin typically have the most complex and interesting backstories, sidekicks and tactics."

First look

Here are the items inside the box:

July 2014 booklet


Deadpool Socks (Value $4.50?): YAY! DEADPOOL LONG SOCKS! There's just one down side to this...

Joki Villain T Shirt (Value $15.00?): A combination of Loki and the Joker. At first glance, I assumed it was the Joker, because of his face, not until I looked at the booklet.


Harley Quinn and Joker Posters (Value $5.00?): The posters are AWESOME. The Joker one is pretty frightening, but I LOVE the Harley Quinn's one.

Exclusive Rocket Raccoon Comic (Value $3.99): It's an exclusive Guardians of the Galaxy comic! Included, there is a code, to redeem infinite marvel comics (digital)! Rocket is sure wanted in the comic...



Necessary Evil DVD (Value $5.99): This is a documentary of villains of the DC Universe. I don't know if I will open this, since you can basically find any audio on the internet.

Darth Vader Key Chain (Value $5.36) : Yes! Death Vader definitely needed to be in this box. One of the two that is not Marvel or DC related.

Bowser Magnet 3x3 (Value $2.00?): Another that is not related to Marvel or DC. I really needed another magnet! All my magnets on my fridge were taken away by my relative! D:

July 2014 Button (Value $1.00?)

Overall: I got my $40 worth of items! I really enjoy the posters and magnet, and I'll definitely be wearing the JOKI T shirt.


And have one final look of the inside!


What do you think of July's Loot Crate? If you would like to join, click here! Or use the code, "VILLAINS" to save 10% off your first box!

Saturday, July 5, 2014

OishiiBox July 2014 Subscription Box Review

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OishiiBox is a monthly Asian snack subscription box. You get a variety of snack goodies from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and else where! A great thing about this box is that a portion of each purchase goes to UNICEF!



Cost: $12.00 (You can only buy monthly boxes manually for now)
Ships to: U.S.
Ships via: USPS (It took me 4-5 business days). OishiiBox is shipped and delivered within the first two weeks of the month.
Let's move onto the box, shall we?
Most of the chocolate items and Pocky were melted when I received them. :(

First look
First look

This eraser must be a bonus item. It's so cute!


Here are the items inside the box:
*Hopefully I matched most of the items with the correct names!

Otsumami 10 Sen Baked Rice Crackers: There are a variety of pieces here. The fish pieces sort of threw off the flavor of the others, but I enjoyed these.


Lotte Waffle: These are excellent. It has this vanilla-like taste to it. Maybe chocolate/nutella would be good with this!

Super Soda: The Super Soda candy is sour, but I enjoyed it.

White Rabbit Creamy Candy: I definitely enjoyed these milk candy. The only down part to it was that it would get stuck on your teeth.

Chocolate Panda Biscuits: There is white chocolate and chocolate on the biscuits. I just wished there was more than four pieces.


Umaibou Vegetable Salad: This is my FAVORITE. At first, I hesitated to eat, because it had a fishy smell, but when I ate it. Wow. I need to find these at a Japanese market. These remind me of Cheese Doodles.

Strawberry Pocky: Yeahh POCKY! I would love to try other flavors other than strawberry and chocolate. (But most of the other Pocky flavors are usually expensive)

Kameda Kakinotane Wasabi Snack: I'm not a big fan of wasabi, so I gave this to my relative. I did try one piece though. Even though I ate one piece, you could taste the wasabi.
Lotte Koala's March: This is similar to the Meiji Hello Panda Chocolate snacks. I'm glad I got a bag of this, because a box of Koala's March is pretty expensive compared to a box of Hello Panda.

Strawberry Kit Kat: Meh. The Kit Kat is good, but this flavor... it was alright. The strawberry flavor was too sweet. I enjoyed the Strawberry Pocky better.


Matcha Green Tea Kit Kat: I prefer this than the crunch one.


Matcha Green Tea Crunch: This piece was really small. The matcha green tea flavor was a bit more stronger than the kit kat version.

Fusen Melon Gum: I remember enjoying this gum when I was younger. I also enjoyed the orange and strawberry flavor.
Lotte Choco Pie: This was the worst one out of all the snacks. It tasted dry and flaky, I had to throw this out after a bite.

Baby Cookie Snack: Another snack I thought was alright. There's not really much flavor in this, but my relative enjoyed this.
Overall:

I enjoyed most of these snacks this month. Do I think this is worth $12? I'm not sure. I've never tried 2-3 of these items, and I can find almost all of these snacks in Asian markets around my area.

If you've subscribed to OishiiBox, what are your opinions? Which snacks were your favorite?