I think the thing with Loot Crate is that a lot of people are turning away from it because you can usually find the "exclusive" stuff online for super cheap, or just check your local thrift shop or dollar store. I'm serious on that last one. Remember the Terminator head replica? Saw like 20 of them at a Dollar General one time, Loot Crate logo and everything, for like $5 a piece. Not even just that, either. A lot of other mystery subscription boxes popped up that offer more stuff or less items that are actually super cool and you can see love and care went into them and it's not just a corporate shill.
I have the Batman Q-Fig. I got t at a local discount supermarket (in the UK) for £5. Then I got the Hulk one from eBay for £1 / £4 including delivery. They currently sit on my desk between my two computer screens.
Either way, I find them obnoxious and immersion-breaking. An instant reminder that you're not just playing a video game, but you're playing a video game that's main purpose of existence is to milk money from weak-willed people.
I would say games where no immersion exists it doesn't matter much, though I'd still prefer to just work toward whatever skin I wanted via playtime or score.
That poster should have been in the actual Fallout crate. They gave freaking cheap sunglasses and blank note booklets in the last Fallout crate. The best item is the freaking pin.
In the 19th century people would have called it a bric-a-brac. Rich people would call it an objet d'art. Yep, definitely not an overpriced toy that's no fun to play with and looks boring on a display case.
no no Stu the flash one hasn't been printed upside down Stuart, Stuart I dont know if you realise but the flash coaster isn't printed upside down, I think that you may have to turn it (but dont take my word for it). Anyway, it hasn't been printed upside down stuar
"Hey, would you like to spend your money on items you may not need or like? Would you like to receive them in a shoebox? Then Lootcrate is for you!" "That doesn't sound like a good deal at all..." "Oh, look! That youtuber just opened one! Is that a collectible funko-pop?! An oversized t-shirt?! A figure from this new tv show no one cares about?!" "Shut up and take my money!"
I tried watching the expanse and it's one of those shows where if you zone out for any amount of time you're suddenly completely lost and missed most the plot.
Ashens! You should know that the plastic Expanse spaceship is pretty much the first actual piece of merch that we’ve been able to get out of the series. Even though they’re about to release the third season. I’m betting they spent all the money on that - I thought the box was a bit light too. Still bought it for the ship though.
The expanse is definitely worth watching - really good sci-fi show with remarkably nice CGI and special effects. It's based on an equally enjoyable series of books which I have just recently started reading.
I get the Halo one because I like halo and being disappointed by halo themed gubbins. The line of figures is quite nice, although like everything, have been feeling cheaper and cheaper
+EvilLobsterKing Yeah boxes themed around a single franchise makes more sense. At least if you get a 15 year old pen and some cheap chinese knockoff lego it'll be of something you like.
Great video as always. £24 for that Loot Crate box? Step up your game Loot Crate! Also, I need more weird food boxes. I like those. Make it happen please and thank you.
I'm rewatching the entire channel for the second time and I saw that I had liked this video when I came back to it (although realistically, I like almost all of them). Then, I was waiting to find the moment that prompted me to do that and I think it was the line "some comments are quite worrying". True that.
The Expanse is a series of like 7 or 8 novels and novellas that are loosely attached to the same universe as The Martian, and season 3 of the TV adaptation is about to come out in a month or two.
I haven't seen the show The Expanse but it's based on a series of books. Only read the first one, Leviathan Wakes but it was pretty good. An interesting blend of action-packed sci-fi and hardboiled detective mystery with a dash of cosmic body horror. It's nothing ground breaking but recommended if you want something fairly fast-paced and entertaining.
The expanse is a really good show in my opinion, I forget who produces it but the first two seasons are free with Amazon prime and I think they are making a third season that will release later this year.
The Expanse is an excellent series of books of which the first book has been quite faithfully done in to a first series called The Expanse. Its really very good.
When I was a kid I had an inordinate amount of nightmares and one day my dad got me a present: the nearby video store was selling some of its cardboard poster things they'd put throughout the store to promote new movies coming out on rental and he got me a Robocop 3 one so I had Alex Murphy standing guard behind my bed, and one night I had a particularly bad string of repeated nightmares about a black shadowy blob of something that would paralyze me while I'm in bed and then proceed to hurt me until I woke up, and at long last in the final nightmare Robocop walked out of his poster and onto my bed and then beat the living shit out of the blob monster thing with his fists alone. Since then I had much less nightmares than I'd used to. It's weird but I can totally see that batman led light having the same purpose for some other scared kid. You need to know there's a hero that keeps you safe from harm, be it your dad or a cyborg or a man who lost his parents and wants to keep this from happening to other kids in the city.
So on that batman light. It says on the box in the contents section "batteries(not included)" if they aren't included then why are they in the contents section?
I fell asleep in the theater during attack of the clones. When did they bang? I read this one fanfic that involved Yoda being their child due to a demon fetus implant during the pod race. "You will be. You will be, grandpa" It really makes the story more interesting when every character is another character's relative\dad\grandpa\son Kinda like inbred redneck Star Wars Fun fact trivia: in the 19th century the term "making love" actually meant proposing to a woman.
The expanse is one of the best sc fi TV shows, its based on the books and takes place in a universe with no faster than light travel, so all the action takes place in the solar system. I highly recommend it. Its on the UK Netflix.
oh that spaceship surely lights up? its screwed together, apparently.. and the flames from the thruster just seem like they're made for lighting up from the inside...
The Expanse is pretty good i think, it's not the easiest thing to watch so i have been told by a couple of friends but once you get into to it i think peeps will enjoy it.
Ashens i dunno if you're a subscriber or they send you boxes but...you MUST get February Geek Gear box..you know your statement "all killer no filler"..that exactly what is is/was and boy howdy the items inside are useful AND interesting...just letting you know..oh...and there's a retro "vibe" to some items (for those wondering the Box Ashens reviews here is the January XL box)
Every loot crate starts with "we've got a t-shirt and oh, not much else".
and ends with, "have we missed something?"
In the middle, inflatable crowns!
@Eduardo Merrick You're not an Ashens fan...
I think “A t-shirt and not much else” is lootcrate’s official slogan
a tshirt and a few shit things... and ugly bubblehead-in-a-box. Genius!
Get that on a T Shirt.
Makes a point about the gun not working...
Shows the instructions after...
Hasn't actually built it correctly.
Well done Dr. A
Dr A.?
It's "ya boii Ashens," to you.
petrichor Ya boii gotz a Ph.D in Psychology. He doesn't talk about it much.
reminds me of that helicopter from advent, except he didn’t check the instructions
"Yo it's yo boy Ashens"
An Excellent Intro.
PCbassist Just need a 3D intro with a bit of dubstep to finish off with.
yeah, thats a crossover i never expected.
It's shame he didn't remind up to "like comment and subscribe" at the end, because clearly most people will have forgotten to do that now.
I think the thing with Loot Crate is that a lot of people are turning away from it because you can usually find the "exclusive" stuff online for super cheap, or just check your local thrift shop or dollar store. I'm serious on that last one. Remember the Terminator head replica? Saw like 20 of them at a Dollar General one time, Loot Crate logo and everything, for like $5 a piece.
Not even just that, either. A lot of other mystery subscription boxes popped up that offer more stuff or less items that are actually super cool and you can see love and care went into them and it's not just a corporate shill.
I have the Batman Q-Fig. I got t at a local discount supermarket (in the UK) for £5.
Then I got the Hulk one from eBay for £1 / £4 including delivery.
They currently sit on my desk between my two computer screens.
I like The Expanse.
It is indeed a good thing.
Way better than The Shrinkage.
About as good as The Static.
Meh. It's ok. It's more space-bladerunner than star trek. It's worth a peek but be prepared to be snarky about all the things left unresolved.
But what is it?
What's better, books or the show?
The Expanse is indeed a lovely scifi. One of my more favorable ones, even.
it's unusually good. highly recommended.
“I should catch up with that, next thing you know you’re dead of old age” 😂
Turns out loot boxes are garbage whether in or out of game.
This comment is underrated.
Unless you can get them free, and even then.
Either way, I find them obnoxious and immersion-breaking. An instant reminder that you're not just playing a video game, but you're playing a video game that's main purpose of existence is to milk money from weak-willed people.
Should I feel bad that I like lootboxes ? Like the overwatch ones, which only give you optical stuff. Not stuff with Stats and such.
I would say games where no immersion exists it doesn't matter much, though I'd still prefer to just work toward whatever skin I wanted via playtime or score.
Bring back the 80s and 90s boxes, they're literally the only good ones that exist
I think they stopped doing the boxes, which sucks because those nostalgia crates were fucking fantastic
I see a little silhouetto of a Batman
Harley Quinn, Harley Quinn will you do the fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, Scarecrow oh your frightening me!
Potato
Potato
*Insert Jared Leto clapping GIF here*
That expanse ship would be amazing if it didn’t have the fucking Lootcrate logo smack in the middle of the whole thing.
It would be better if it didn’t exist
it would of been better if it wasn't actually manufactured
Better if it wasn’t even thought if
joseph linden better if no one even thought about thinking about making it
That was Abernathy Farm in the Fo4 poster.
That poster should have been in the actual Fallout crate. They gave freaking cheap sunglasses and blank note booklets in the last Fallout crate. The best item is the freaking pin.
“Hope you’re not one o’ those synths... here to spy on me.”
I bet that license for Black Panther was horribly expensive, hence the sparse items
*ADULT COLLECTABLE*
*NOT A TOY*
In the 19th century people would have called it a bric-a-brac.
Rich people would call it an objet d'art.
Yep, definitely not an overpriced toy that's no fun to play with and looks boring on a display case.
@@KPater-mf4je PDSA charity shops still call them bric a brac
Adult collectable: for internal use only
no no Stu the flash one hasn't been printed upside down Stuart, Stuart I dont know if you realise but the flash coaster isn't printed upside down, I think that you may have to turn it (but dont take my word for it). Anyway, it hasn't been printed upside down stuar
Paint the expanse ship red and its red dwarf lol
"Hey, would you like to spend your money on items you may not need or like? Would you like to receive them in a shoebox? Then Lootcrate is for you!"
"That doesn't sound like a good deal at all..."
"Oh, look! That youtuber just opened one! Is that a collectible funko-pop?! An oversized t-shirt?! A figure from this new tv show no one cares about?!"
"Shut up and take my money!"
I tried watching the expanse and it's one of those shows where if you zone out for any amount of time you're suddenly completely lost and missed most the plot.
That's what happens when you smoke weed. Choose life
SKS Studios Toronto I don't smoke I just have ADHD
+Silver Nova Try the books it's based on, they are great.
So it's The Wire in space?
+Pedro Benoliel More like _A Song of Ice and Fire_ (or _Game of Thrones,_ for people who've only seen the show) in space.
Ashens! You should know that the plastic Expanse spaceship is pretty much the first actual piece of merch that we’ve been able to get out of the series. Even though they’re about to release the third season. I’m betting they spent all the money on that - I thought the box was a bit light too. Still bought it for the ship though.
The expanse is definitely worth watching - really good sci-fi show with remarkably nice CGI and special effects. It's based on an equally enjoyable series of books which I have just recently started reading.
I never in my entire life expected to see Ashens reference Asmongold in his intro. This has made my year and we're only 3 months in
Got to love all the tat and junk you get.
I think since they came out with the Lootcrate DX box they decided to dial back on the standard box to draw people towards the DX box.
EisMann wouldn't be surprised, though i think there's more to it
twas nice to see the return of the sound machine. bet the pop stations and grass masks are jealous!
I'm baffled as to who pays for these random boxes of crap full of stuff no-one would buy if they saw it in a shop.
Exclusively RUclips reviewers and complete and utter geeks. Of course, I repeat myself.
I think most youtube reviewers get them for free tbh.
I get the Halo one because I like halo and being disappointed by halo themed gubbins. The line of figures is quite nice, although like everything, have been feeling cheaper and cheaper
+EvilLobsterKing Yeah boxes themed around a single franchise makes more sense. At least if you get a 15 year old pen and some cheap chinese knockoff lego it'll be of something you like.
Great video as always. £24 for that Loot Crate box? Step up your game Loot Crate! Also, I need more weird food boxes. I like those. Make it happen please and thank you.
*sees the time*
*Sees a new Ashens vid pop up*
Eh, sleep is overrated.
Shade, the Raven Witch SAME
Shade, the Raven Witch sleep? What’s that?
dito. ;)
Sleep? Never heard of it. Is it edible?
awww look at that poor baby boy who put away his sleep for 20 minutes
pathehic
Barely finished binge watching the Expanse and now this. The protomolecule is real.
I'm rewatching the entire channel for the second time and I saw that I had liked this video when I came back to it (although realistically, I like almost all of them). Then, I was waiting to find the moment that prompted me to do that and I think it was the line "some comments are quite worrying". True that.
I really want more of the 80's and 90's boxes
The Expanse is a series of like 7 or 8 novels and novellas that are loosely attached to the same universe as The Martian, and season 3 of the TV adaptation is about to come out in a month or two.
I haven't seen the show The Expanse but it's based on a series of books. Only read the first one, Leviathan Wakes but it was pretty good. An interesting blend of action-packed sci-fi and hardboiled detective mystery with a dash of cosmic body horror. It's nothing ground breaking but recommended if you want something fairly fast-paced and entertaining.
That batman light cut scared the bejeezus out of me, thanks Stuart
it saddens me that people don't know The Expanse
It’s fine, the protomolecule will get them.
GridCube have you read the books? They are superb.
i've read all 7 of them so far, waiting for the 8th and 9th :D
Pretty tight poster/roll/let go move there, high octane action this time.
That ending scream though! :D
No channel is greater than yours, Lord Ashen
The expanse was based on a series of books. The TV series and books are fantastic.
The expanse is a really good show in my opinion, I forget who produces it but the first two seasons are free with Amazon prime and I think they are making a third season that will release later this year.
The Defective Meme Netflix for us in the UK, unless prime video have it now as well?
Rohan Charlesworth it's on prime, (in the US not sure about UK but most likely) that's where I've been watching it.
Yeah it's Netflix in the UK
Robot Jox was amazing! I would watch it whenever it came on TBS. Honestly, it was one of the pillars of my love of mecha.
Do you also greet people with a thumbs up fist bump now?
Please don't make me choose between ya boy Guzma and ya boy Ashens.
Guzshens. Reviews terrible Golisopod merchandise.
「Big Ol' Bear」 sorry ashens but Pokemon moon was my shit.
Ooh, I really love the Expanse and would love that model.
Loot crate: "Ashens has started to like our pins, we must do something to stop that!"
And once he calls them complete shite and is actually pissed off at them we send an entire box of them to him.
Definitely watch The Expanse. Watch out for Adam Savage’s (Mythbusters and Tested) cameo.
The Expanse is an excellent series of books of which the first book has been quite faithfully done in to a first series called The Expanse. Its really very good.
Hey Stuart ashen where did you get that sound machine?
I would like to get one myself.
Ashens is a RUclips God
In da kleen vageen
Mr Kush Modz hail the almighty ashens
The Expanse is a series (2 seasons so far) on Netflix and is awesome :)
Based on a series of books.
Ashens dident you get those exact playing cards from the special edition game boxes series
When I was a kid I had an inordinate amount of nightmares and one day my dad got me a present: the nearby video store was selling some of its cardboard poster things they'd put throughout the store to promote new movies coming out on rental and he got me a Robocop 3 one so I had Alex Murphy standing guard behind my bed, and one night I had a particularly bad string of repeated nightmares about a black shadowy blob of something that would paralyze me while I'm in bed and then proceed to hurt me until I woke up, and at long last in the final nightmare Robocop walked out of his poster and onto my bed and then beat the living shit out of the blob monster thing with his fists alone. Since then I had much less nightmares than I'd used to.
It's weird but I can totally see that batman led light having the same purpose for some other scared kid. You need to know there's a hero that keeps you safe from harm, be it your dad or a cyborg or a man who lost his parents and wants to keep this from happening to other kids in the city.
Really good job recognizing Mr. Miracle straight off. 10 points!
I dig that stationary case, always envied kids at school with those.
I miss the nostalgia boxes!
Top quality content once again!
Along with top quality shite!
Keep it up!
I have an unhealthy obsession with this mans personality.
okay that batman hero light actually looks genuinely good.
dunno about the build quality but man it looks nice.
So on that batman light. It says on the box in the contents section "batteries(not included)" if they aren't included then why are they in the contents section?
I personally really enjoyed The Expanse, and yes, it's a Netflix series (but does not primarily air on Netflix)
Saying that the dialogue to Pacific Rim was worse than the love scene from Attack of the Clones is REALLY pushing it!
I fell asleep in the theater during attack of the clones. When did they bang? I read this one fanfic that involved Yoda being their child due to a demon fetus implant during the pod race.
"You will be. You will be, grandpa"
It really makes the story more interesting when every character is another character's relative\dad\grandpa\son
Kinda like inbred redneck Star Wars
Fun fact trivia: in the 19th century the term "making love" actually meant proposing to a woman.
Love this series.
The expanse is one of the best sc fi TV shows, its based on the books and takes place in a universe with no faster than light travel, so all the action takes place in the solar system. I highly recommend it. Its on the UK Netflix.
Thomas Hulks so... this universe?
They have colonized mars and the asteroid belt
Robot jox. What a movie
djcactus You should also see 'Crash and Burn' if you liked RJ.
I've really been enjoying the Sequelisers podcast. It's Framptastic!
Diamond Select figures like that usually go for about 20$-25$ in the US.
for that price I would want a heck of a lot more that's outrageous !
The Expanse is indeed a show
The Shrinkage is Indeed a No-Show.
This makes me so happy .
I love Batman, but I can't say I'm very fond of things that light up.
triumphant return of my favourite character, sound machine!!!
That pen was for the Clone Wars cartoon show, which is surprisingly good.
That's strange, Dorbz are Funko products, not the company listed on the bottom of Riddeler's box.
Bloody hell are we still doing these?
I love these so much
I love a good portable lamp post
Stuart, The Expanse is the best SciFi series to come along in the last 20 years. Watch it.
nightbirdds That’s a stretch. I couldn’t get past the first couple episodes.
Will you be going to MCM Birmingham comic con this month?
You absolutely HAVE to watch The Expanse! Best sci-fi show in years! 2 complete seasons thus far.
blimey, can't be long left for the old loot crate now
What do you mean? There is no channel better than this one.
Love learning the slightly different words in England than the u.s by watching you
Ah, Robot Jox. One of my favorites :)
ChozoSR388 You should see 'Crash and Burn for more robot-y goodness.
Zac Hawkins Thanks for the recommendation; I'll have to look it up! :)
WE WANT LUDICROUS FOOD REVIEWS THOSE ARE HILARIOUS!
SIRUS IE especially the ones that are 4 million years out of date..
The Expanse is among the best sci-fi made in modern times (IMHO), absolutely got hooked on it.
The Expanse is a blade runner esque view on colonising the solar system. It’s actually rather good!
oh that spaceship surely lights up? its screwed together, apparently.. and the flames from the thruster just seem like they're made for lighting up from the inside...
RIP Street sharks. Gone but not forgotten.
T2 - Trainspotting is, in my opinion, a love letter to fans of the first one. Quite the Nostalgia Trip, loved it, you should see it. :)
The expanse is amazing you should watch it
The Expanse is a pretty cool sci-fi thriller tv show, you should check it out.
Is that 80s & 90s toy box still going?
yeah, it's that time of year again
The Expanse is pretty good i think, it's not the easiest thing to watch so i have been told by a couple of friends but once you get into to it i think peeps will enjoy it.
"Yo, it's ya boi Ashens"
Can't wait for the Rise and Fall of Loot Crate Documentary.
Rocinante...so is The Expanse the TV adaptation of Cyngus X-1?
I never thought i would hear Ashens say "Yo its yo boy"
Ashens i dunno if you're a subscriber or they send you boxes but...you MUST get February Geek Gear box..you know your statement "all killer no filler"..that exactly what is is/was
and boy howdy the items inside are useful AND interesting...just letting you know..oh...and there's a retro "vibe" to some items
(for those wondering the Box Ashens reviews here is the January XL box)
My Rocinante sailed by night on her final flight...
If you have any interest in sci-fi at all you owe it to yourself to watch The Expanse. It's amazing.
Are we still doing these?