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g1immer's Super Duper Analysis on "Is it Worth it?" Collection series Part 5: Crate Crash - Coasters For Part 5, we take a look at the $10 three pack of Crate coasters included in the Crash Crate. As you can see from the above image, the coasters are bright colors and stand out, especially on my black coffee table. They are also very big and could easily hold a large McDonald's cup. I will talk more in-depth about the size late. You know the drill, I will also conclude today's post explaining if I think they are worth the price point listed on the packaging strip done by numskull's marketing team no doubtingly.  Let's talk about the material these three coasters are made of. As soon as you touch one, you will know exactly what what the material is - it is rubber! Sorry, I guess you can't touch them if you haven't gotten your hands on a Crash Crate yet. The rubber is flexible and sticks nicely to firm surfaces. I've never had a c...

g1immer's Super Duper Analysis on "Is it Worth it?" Collection series Part 4: Crate Crash - Mug The most expensive item in the Crash Crate - the Crash Bandicoot Mug, is the next item for us to discuss. The mug is probably my favorite item of the box, mostly due to its size and usability for me. I'm a mug hog! Maybe one day I will share all my tacky video-game related mugs to you all, like my Tales of Xilia ones, my Animal Crossing ones or my Pokemon ones... Let's get right into it then. The Crash Bandicoot mug is black on the outside and silver on the inside. It is made of stainless steel, which is much different from all my other mugs, made of porcelain. I appreciate the use of a different material to make the mug really stand out. I did some quick research to see two factors that would play into the company making a tin one versus a porcelain one. Also, what would the target audience enjoy more? 1. Which material is cheaper to manufacture?...

g1immer's Super Duper Analysis on "Is it Worth it?" Collection series Part 2: Crate Crash - Packaging Strip Today's discussion is on a piece of paper. A long piece of paper. This is going to get exciting! What is important about this piece of paper is that it is the heart of marketing. A team of people at numbskull had to design this strip and probably get permission every step of the way from Activision about, mind me, their vision for the eye-catcher of their product. This strip that wraps around the Crash Crate ( see my analysis on the box here ) loot box may be more important than the products inside. Without the advertisement right on the box, some passerby customers might have no idea what they are glancing at. The packaging strip should be called the marketing strip, as it also gives customers a taste of what is inside and how much the items are worth. Alright, let's get right to it. The strip's first image is of the iconic Crash Ba...

I picked up the Crash Bandicoot Loot Box at Best Buy today! If you know me (learn from my streams -  g1immer's twitch channel ), I love love love my 90's nostalgia. I also love material things - especially ones involving my love for 90's nostalgia! Well, I was browsing twitter the other day and what popped up at me was this:  A Numskull Crash Bandicoot Loot Box . I''m usually not a fan of lot boxes, but what was cool about this one was: 1. It's from Numskull who I follow on twitter! They make so many cool products based on Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot that I've never picked u before. They also do free re-tweet contests (not sure if anyone ever wins 'cause I never see a "winners" tweet but hey). 2. Gotta love that Crash Bandicoot... 3. This loot box SHOWS you what you get, so you aren't blindly spending your money on it. I'm a huge Crash Bandicoot fan and I love that Activision is turning their game into a h...