Yesterday I showed you all what was in my Walmart Beauty box. Today I'm going to show you the contents of my Loot Crate. Loot Crate costs $13.37 plus shipping from California. With Loot Crate, it's safe to assume you'll receive a commemorative button and a booklet showing you the products inside, so I won't bother to mention them.
This month's candy: A single packet of Pop Rocks. Delicious. I ate the entire packet of these immediately.
One Tribble. This item is selling on E-bay for about $5 shipped right now, but that may change. These are pretty cute, I might keep it or I might regift it. Who knows?
One Aliens Reaction figure. I would definitely have never bought this of my own accord, as I have never seen this movie, and I have mixed feelings about these simple vintage style action figures. They're kind of cool, but I do not collect them. I will either sell this or regift it. These are selling for around $10 shipped on E-bay right now.
One Han Solo in carbonite mini poster, selling on E-bay for $4 shipped right now. I gave it to my niece right away.
One Funko Mystery Mini of Malcolm Reynolds. These are pretty cute. Selling on E-bay right now for about $10 shipped.
This is one of the coolest items in the box, Firefly bank heist money. These are pretty cool for cosplay. Median e-bay cost is around $6.00 shipped.
Also included was a code for a Halo comic, and a Star Wars magnet.
Is this the $40 value advertised? At e-bay value, you'd be pretty close to that trying to buy all this stuff, but I almost certainly wouldn't do it. I would probably buy the Tribble at that E-bay price, because it's cute and it'd make a good Christmas gift for someone, or I could cosplay a classic Trek character in the future. The firefly money is neat, I definitely would pay about $6 to have that in my cosplay closet. And in this box, that's about it for me on value. I liked the pop rocks, and it was really fun to get this in the mail.
I enjoyed subscribing to this box, but I think I'm going to cancel for next month, the theme for which is "Fear." I've already sent them an e-mail concerning my cancellation. They're saying next month there will be a T-shirt, but that will do me no good if I don't like the theme. Sometimes I like horror movies, but that theme isn't as exciting for me as a science fiction, TV, or comic book theme. I may come back to them later if they release some convincing advertising for a future theme. Instead, I'm going to subscribe to the SuperKawaiiPop Kawaii box next month, which promises a bento box, chopsticks, and either a Rement or a Popin' Cookin' set plus more cute stuff for $20 shipped. I've been thinking about buying a bento box and some other random Japanese stuff lately, so it'll be interesting to see if what they ship me is to my taste. I've enjoyed watching other people's unboxing videos from this company, so hopefully I'll get some cool stuff. After I try that one, I may try another box. Who knows?
Mystery boxes are fun, but I think this month's Loot Crate really illustrates the point that when you buy a subscription box, you're betting against your own ability to shop for items you want at a low price. Sure, the stuff I got is worth more than $20, but I would only actually buy about $10 worth of this stuff of my own accord, and the rest of it will have to go. The Wal-Mart Beauty Box kind of surprised me, because they actually sent me stuff that (for the most part) I will use. So far, i'm still enjoying this experiment, and I hope you're enjoying it with me.
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