I subscribed shortly after the show, although if I did it at the show, I would have gotten a Guardians of the Galaxy POP! Vinyl figure (although Groot was all gone by the time I was there). The package came promptly on the 15th of the month, I guess since I live in Toronto I basically get it on the day of.
The total price of the box including shipping was just a little over $30, so I was expecting some goodies in this box. Upon opening the box, I was greeted with a Guardians of the Galaxy T-shirt with a mixtape graphic. I knew the shirt would be GOTG specific, but was hoping it would be Groot-related (I AM GROOT). The quality of the shirt is sort of cheap, it feels really thin, but whatever. Other stuff included a Marvel Megabloks blind pack (which I already have the whole set of), a STD plushy, a scribblenaut unmasked blind pack figure, a stress reliever in the shape of a brain (with 1 year anniversary for Nerd Block printed on it), and a papercraft TMNT set.
So what is my opinion on this type of service (specifically Nerd Block)?
It's not worth it. I could think of many other ways to spend my $30 that I would enjoy much more. Hell I could have gotten the Figuarts Android 18 for $30 recently on Amazon.ca. I get the surprise of not knowing what you are getting is part of the excitement, and oh ya it was for me as well. But the feeling after that I basically paid $30 for a bunch of random junk just sucks. So I promptly canceled my subscription afterwards.
Oh ya, here's a picture of the scribblenaut figure that I got...the quality is so bad it's funny lol!
As neat as some of the stuff is in some of these monthly boxes I dont think any of them are worth the price.To me a lot of the stuff that comes in these boxes looks like stuff thats not selling well at retail so they stuff it in a box and send it to people at a slight mark up.
ReplyDeleteLOL that's exactly what I thought when I opened the box! It's just filled with a bunch of random junk that no one wants lol!
DeleteI think the Horror Block ones are better than the standard Nerd Block and i have not seen anything on the Jr. Block to make a call on it yet.
ReplyDeleteI think with the money spent per box, I could have hand selected several items I want instead of having random stuff lol
DeleteWow I feel you bro. I guess some will say many of the cost will go into postage. LOL I think changing the word from Nerd to Noob would be more appropriate. That being said, the word Nerd is never a good word when used it on a person. It's an obvious trap. Hehehe
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