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Star-Lord Invades The New Mixtape Loot Crate This May
If you've bought yourself a Loot Crate or ten, then you know the deal is that each crate is packed full of items from across the pop-culture universe, all within a specific theme  And in May's monthly Loot Crate, the theme is "Mixtape."  So what exactly does that mean?  Will we be getting an audiotape[...]
TMNT NECA Loot Crate Figures For Year Two Revealed, Orders Up Now
Revealed today and now up for order is the first TMNT Loot Crate for 2021, a movie box that features a new figure for Danny Pennington from the 1990 film Additional crates will follow this year, one for games that looks like an Armaggon figure, the third will be from Mirage and teases a Mutant[...]
Unboxing The Deadpool Club Merc Loot Crate Box
Bleeding Cool has received a Deadpool Loot Crate "Club Merc" – and you know what that means, a very Deadpool unboxing, courtesy of the cheese knife I had to hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JevZp0Cu-AVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing the Deadpool #ClubMerc LootCrate 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JevZp0Cu-A) A shirt, a bag, a tumble, a pin and a plush toy[...]
Unboxing Shortbox - September 2020
Created by cartoonist and commentator Zainab Akhtar, they regularly publish a curated selection of commissioned small press comic books from a variety of creators and then package and deliver them with a print, a sticker and some sweets/candy in a manner that looks a lot like Loot Crate subscription boxes but isn't. Shortbox YouTube screencap. The twelfth Shortbox[...]
Obscure Comics: Street Fighter Hyper Looting Crate
There are comic book series almost every comic fan knows, there are comic book characters that most everyone knows, there are specific comic books most every comic reader knows, and then there are the more obscure issues that slip through the cracks.  What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that[...]
Unboxing Billy Tucci's Hokusai Justice League in Loot Crate's Squad
This Loot Crate came speedily compared to the other But again they got the wrong size shirt – possibly a blessing giving its nature and the reaction that some may have regarding it Still if anyone with a larger shirt who wants a Medium fancies doing a swap, let me know… I mean I've lost[...]
Split-Price Combined Chart Sees Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy Beat Justice League, Puts Batman and DCeased Back in the Top Ten, for October 2019 Orders
Loot Crate, after going through bankruptcy and a buyout courtesy of NECA, is doing its best to rebuild its reputation Late crates are being delivered it seems, new product is joining them, the new investment seems to be turning things around, to the surprise of many who had written Loot Crate off And more people[...]
Loot Crate Bought By NECA, Changes Name to The Loot Company
Bleeding Cool has been covering the bankruptcy of Loot Crate, the monthly subscription geek create that ruled the roost but whose recent days have been plagued with disappointment. It spawned many competitors, even a few that are still surviving But as their competition went bust or ceased business, the market leader Loot Crate seemed to have[...]
The Bankruptcy Of Loot Crate
Loot Crate was the monthly subscription service that launched an industry amongst the geek demographic, upturned the comic book industry, doubled the sales of Marvel's Star Wars comic to over a million, made Bravest Warriors from Boom the second best-selling comic in one month with over half a million made Escape From New York/Little China[...]
Finally, the April 2019 Loot Crate Unboxing – But Where's My Aquaman Coin???
But a new Loot Crate popped through the door and went to an instant video unboxing Apparently it was the April 2019 Loot Crate, with the Showdown title, promising Avengers, Godzilla and Aquaman And while the Avengers and Godzilla delivered, with a couple of random pieces from the warehouse, there was no sign of the[...]
What's in the Box?!: Loot Crate Boxes For January/February 2019
So if you're a regular reader who checks out our subscription box reviews, you may have noticed we haven't done anything with Loot Crate in a hot minute There have been some problems with shipments being delayed and paused and waiting for things to be organized on their end So over the next couple months,[...]
What's in the Box?! – Loot Tees – January 2019
We've talked about how in the past we've had issues getting our shipments for review from Loot Crate We finally got our Loot Tees shipment for January 2019, but it didn't arrive until late February Hopefully, our shipments get resolved, but for now, let's take a look at the shirt from January as we got[...]
Review: Star Trek Mission Crate #3 — Voyager Edition
One of the best surprises we got recently was the arrival of the Star Trek Mission Crate from Loot Crate, this one being the third in the line It's been kinda hard to nail down the frequency of this particular box, it seems to come by once every four months Which is fine, it's one[...]
What's In The Box?!: Loot Crate DX – December 2018
Still playing catchup to the late shipping that we're totally blaming on USPS this past holiday, we're catching up on subscription boxes from Loot Crate this weekend This time we have the Loot Crate DX box for December 2018, which arrived a couple weeks into January The November box blew us away and set a[...]
What's In The Box?!: Loot Crate DX – November 2018
We're playing catchup with all of the Loot Crate boxes that shipped late this weekend, and we're starting things off with the November Loot Crate DX The theme for November was Laboratory, with a few nifty things inside to fit the theme But how does the box hold up as far as gear? We cracked it[...]
What's In The Box?!: Loot Crate DX – October 2018
We're still playing a little bit of catch-up with Loot Crate as we got sent a number of subscription boxes from them at the end of December 2018 So while these reviews are technically late, it has a little more to do with the company shipping them out at later dates than us being lazy[...]
What's in the Box?! – Loot Tees – November 2018
So, it appears the shipping saga for Loot Crate is still with them, as we only received out Loot Tees shipment for November about a week ago This time around we got a little nod from Marvel as we were sent this grey Agents of Shield t-shirt! Specifically, this one is from the Academy of[...]
What's in the Box?!: Loot Gaming – November 2018
Loot Crate did a fine job on bringing back some awesomeness to Loot Gaming's gear But, it's a few shades shy of being great, which could have been corrected through a couple of minor decisions We're not hating on this month's box, but it could have been much better We're looking forward to seeing what[...]
What's in the Box?! – Loot Tees – October 2018
The latest subscription box from Loot Tees came in just under the wire, as Loot Crate shipped our October t-shirt to us on Halloween This time around we got ourselves a rather interesting find as they sent us a green shirt for Jumanji To be more specific, it's for the 1995 film starring Robin Williams, not[...]
What's In The Box?!: Loot Crate DX – September 2018
While some of Loot Crate's boxes have returned to normal shipping times, there are still some coming in late, like the September Loot Crate DX box Not a complete bummer as we got it a couple weeks ago, but still waiting to get them in the month they arrive is a little trying We cracked open[...]
What's in the Box?! – Loot Tees – September 2018
As we mentioned earlier today, it appears Loot Crate are slowly getting their orders back on time, as the last day of September we got our Loot Tees for the month This time around we got another movie tie-in with a Venom shirt This is a pretty awesome design that takes me back to the[...]
What's in the Box?!: Loot Gaming – September 2018
So it appears Loot Crate are slowly but surely getting back to getting their box shipments back on time, which is awesome Let's crack this open and see what we've got. First off, we'll start with the pin, which is a recreation of Metal Sonic I really like the design on this and the enamel they[...]
What's In The Box?!: Loot Crate DX – August 2018
The folks at Loot Crate have been having a few shipping issues as of late, but before September ended, we finally received our Loot Crate DX box for August This month's theme was "Mayhem", which we immediately got from the front of the box with the Joker line, "I'm an agent of chaos." But is[...]
Boldly Going: We Review the Second Star Trek Mission Crate
We originally assumed these would become a monthly box like the rest of Loot Crate's services, but for some reason, the timing is off on these and we got this one five months after the first box was released And as you can see, USPS didn't care too much about the contents inside Let's see[...]