Loot Crate, Brah

My sister blew my mind on Saturday by introducing me to this concept.  Have random new toys delivered to your house once a month.  It started like this.

My Sister (in a girly voice): Hey, do you want this Terminator skull collectable?  I got it in my monthly Loot Crate and I don't want it.

Me (in a manly James Earl Jones voice):  Terminator rocks, brah.  I'll take it.

Okay, the actual "conversation" happened in a FB message and I don't really sound like Darth Vader, but that's the gist of it.  I was like, What's Loot Crate?

Loot Crate is a monthly subscription that sends a box of cool stuff to your door.  You can go on their website and check out the past crates.  This is the September Crate.

I used September as an example because it looked the coolest.  But most of the months looked pretty cool and not too lame.  (I guess every month can't have a Malcolm Reynolds figurine.)  Cost of the subscription is $19.99 which includes shipping/handling.  Seems like a reasonable price to give it a try.

Then my sister added a plot twist.  She wants me to get a Nerd Block subscription so we can swap stuff.  Nerd Block doesn't have a "past crate" page to view old merchandise so I had to turn to ebay.  This Cowboy Bebop bandana is from their Ani-May box.

So Nerd Block has some cool stuff too.  I really like the bandana (and I'll probably buy it second hand off ebay).  But I kind of like what I've seen from Loot Crate a little better overall.  To loot or not to loot?  To Nerd or not to nerd?