Wednesday, May 21, 2014

LootCrate April & May

So i wasn't going to blog about my Lootcrate since it seemed, Everyone on YouTube seemed to do an "unboxing" video.  So rather than video, I snapped pics of my loot as I opened them. I'll Start with April since it was the most recent one, then move on to May.

For those that Don't know what the loot crate looks like.  
It's a really nice black box, mine will be a new stand for my monitor after this.

TA-DA!!  the Loot!!

1st up is this thing. according to the E-zine (click here) that goes with the loot Crate it's an
Adventure Time collectible Tin with a random Figure inside.  I don't plan on opening this, and I have NO Clue what Adventure time is.  












 Next up is the first awesome thing in the Box (and the reason I gave Lootcrate a 2nd Try).  "Minecraft Hangers"  Another random item inside the Package. I got the Zombie :)  as long as it's not Steve I'm good. There was apparently 10 to collect.  Now i need to find out if some place in Shreveport sells them.





SWEET!!!  It's Small but useful and has a long time memory of childhood fondness attached.  Of course instead of a Sword it's the Lootcrate logo Link is holding over his head. I think i can forgive them for that.  Just this time.

EPIC WIN!! This by far the Best Item in the box. 
A T-shirt of Link from the Legend of Zelda Game Series.


The FriendZone Soundtrack.  Ok...so no idea what that is, 
but apparently it's a YouTube Show on the Polaris Channel.
The music is techno/80's - 90's gaming music.  Not bad really.

Up in the right corner is the May LootCrate badge.


So the sheet on the left is stickers of the folks at the Polaris YouTube channel.  The middle is a sheet with two temp tats of Markiplier's Pink Mustache (A YouTuber).  The Final Sheet is another YouTuber called Captain Sparklez.  Don't know any of them, so these to me are..meh.

That's it for all the stuff in the May Lootcrate.  I give it a 4 Star Rating. 

Now for the April Lootcrate  "DRAGONS"

There's a reason Ii didn't initially do a Blog on the April Lootcrate.  I was very...VERY disappointing in it. 

I was told this is Saya Stark, Obviously from Game of Thrones.
Meh...I was hoping it was one of the Dragons.
Impressed??  No not really...It's not a DRAGON.
Anyone a fan of this Character?



This is Obviously "The Nord" from the Elder Scrolls series. 
More specifically this one is for the Elder Scrolls Online.
Was i impressed?  
NOPE! Again..It's Not a DRAGON!!!
 I had seen a few YouTube vids of this guy, so I chose NOT to open him.
He's still in his Black Packaging waiting for me to find him a good home. 



This i can accept.  It's a 20 sided Die, granted it's a LARGE 20 sided Die. 
I play D&D and these are necessary, especially if you are playing a Dragon.  
Not exactly a Dragon, but not a total fail.


Not much to say on these other than they were Yummy, but i've had better.

This is nice, I like this one. It's a Screen cleaner for your smart phone, and you can stick it to the back of your smart phone so you have it as a decoration.  Also, It has a Dragon on it!!  

Why would ANYONE want to be a DragonSlayer!?  They are the most wonderful creature in exsistance!  OK  a few hundred Cows or sheep might be lost, but They are DRAGONS  they eat alot!! Still, this was a win compared to the Dorky Game of Thrones Figure ( IMO )

Lastly a real 20 sided Die and the Loot crate Badge. 

This Box was a 2 Stars at best. the Dice, dog chain, screen cleaner, and Jerky are the ONLY things worth having in a "DRAGON" themed crate.  A NORD?  come on really!?  I would of Rather had a Small 1 inch tall Pewter Figure of a Dragon, a bobble head Dragon, or even some collectible art cards of DRAGONS,  than the random GOT figure and Nord Figure!! If your are going to have a Dragon Theme, at Least have DRAGONS not "Things Associated with Dragons" 






Saturday, May 17, 2014

Repurposed old books!

So today My Roommate and I  set up a booth at a local Craft fair.  It’s always nice, and we see such neat things. So many items are unique and different.  The foods are also unique and diverse.  I wish I could touch on all the vendors , but there were 40 there and I’m not going to be able to make it through them all.  So I picked, one, and an AWESOME one and that!

Junk Town Revival, run by  Brett & Leigh Chamerlain. They get old hardback books (I’m talking MANY MANY  years old.) and turn them into Journals to be written in.  They even leave some of the pages, if they can be salvaged,  from the original book in them.  They had All kinds at the fair and even had some with OLD OLD photographs, They were the most UNIQUE and interesting Things to see.  I picked up two of them I was so impressed with these. I can only Show the pic of one, since the other is a gift for Fathers day!!

The Cover

1st Page/Explanation

A section to show one side is the Journal, and the other pages from the original book.



So, interested?   Then Please Visit www.junktownrevival.com 
and tell them Adrianne send you J