Nicole Campos

Nicole is the lead community manager at Loot Crate, and a member of the social media team since 2014. Her interests include (but are not limited to) science fiction, British comedy, ass-kicking female superheroes, mid century modern design, awesomely bad movies, 80's ska, Matt Murdock (♥), Battlestar Galactica '03 (The one true show!), all the tea in the world, and Sriracha on everything. (Except maybe ice cream. But if you can make a compelling argument, she'll listen...)

Author's Posts

Comics

April 12th, 2019 When it was announced this week that Disney+ was working on a Hawkeye series featuring Jeremy Renner, to many fans it came as no surprise that the name which started trending on social wasn't "Clint Barton" but "Kate Bishop"... In 2012, Marvel Comics launched Hawkeye, written by Matt Fraction and drawn by David Aja. The new title...
Friday Five

April 5th, 2019 When you say the word "showdown," the first thing that might spring to mind is a brawl. But the truth is, some of the best showdowns of all time don't involve the throwing of a single punch. Our April theme is SHOWDOWN, and while there have certainly been a number of memorable fight scenes in our favorite franchises over the years, we...
GIF Crate

April 5th, 2019 There isn't much that we love of a retro-arcade nature more than Pac-Man, he of the "waka-waka!" (Not to be confused with Fozzie Bear's "wocka-wocka!" – it's a subtle difference.) Over the years, Ol' Pac has evolved from his original 8-bit form to take on life as a Saturday morning cartoon, a canned pasta treat, a breakfast cereal and...
Friday Five

March 29th, 2019 Of all our favorite 80's flicks, few are as quintessentially L.A. (specifically, L.A.'s San Fernando Valley) as The Karate Kid. But how much of it was actually shot in the Valley?! As it turns out, a heck of a lot!: Director John G. Avildsen's location crew managed to capture just the right settings for most of the key moments in Daniel...
Exclusives

March 28th, 2019 Join us as we do our best to ensure that you are fully EDUCRATED, via our YouTube channel! Educrated is a show that dives into some of the franchises we love and would love to share with you.  Through fun facts, trivia, and employee interaction, today we’ll show you why we Kaiju even begin to tell you how much we love Godzilla! ...
Lists & Things

March 25th, 2019 Spring has sprung, Looters! There's a super bloom across the West, temps are still thawing out across the Midwest...and just about everyone is itching to get out into the balmier weather. How about we spar a little, eh?! Our April SHOWDOWN-themed Spotify playlist, curated by our own Dawn Banks, features some hit songs, terrific scores,...
Friday Five

March 22nd, 2019 If you’re a real movie nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!… Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”, celebrating...
Features

March 19th, 2019 Spring is about to be sprung, Looters... and we know, you can't wait to shake off the winter chill and enjoy some nice weathre. But just in case there's still a rainy day or two, we’ve got more recs for you that are available from the most popular streaming services – sometimes, they even intersect with the franchises we...
Friday Five

March 15th, 2019 Hey, fans of Netflix's Lost In Space! You're undoubtedly aware that the show is a remake of a classic 60's scifi series, but do you know the long and storied history of the creator of that original show, the legendary Irwin Allen? Yep, when the space family Robinson saga hit the airwaves in 1965, it was not the first of the televisuals...
Exclusives

March 14th, 2019 Join us as we do our best to ensure that you are fully EDUCRATED, via our YouTube channel! Educrated is a show that dives into some of the franchises we love and would love to share with you.  Through fun facts, trivia, and employee interaction, today we’ll show you why Loot Crate is as deeply nerdy as you're gonna get about...
Comics

March 8th, 2019 Captain Marvel is finally in theaters this weekend! And if you suddenly find yourself as much of a fan of Carol Danvers as many of us have been for years now, you might want to dig in deeper. While Danvers has been a figure in Marvel Comics lore since the late 1960s, primarily a very long spell as Ms. Marvel (the moniker now held by the...
Lists & Things

March 1st, 2019 It's nearly spring, Looters! As we slowly shuffle, shivering, out of winter, we're getting ready for finer weather with dreams of launching right up past the stratosphere... Our March COSMIC-themed Spotify playlist, curated by our own Dawn Banks, features some hit songs, terrific scores, and other tracks that inspired us thinking of...
Exclusives

February 28th, 2019 Join us as we do our best to ensure that you are fully EDUCRATED, via our YouTube channel! Educrated is a show that dives into some of the franchises we love and would love to share with you.  Through fun facts, trivia, and employee interaction, today we’ll show you why Loot Crate is beyond hyped for all things Captain Marvel! ...
Exclusives

February 27th, 2019 There are a multitude of elements that make Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings one of the most celebrated film trilogies of all time. Howard Shore's soaring score is near the top of the list. Over the course of four decades, the Academy Award-winning Canadian composer has garnered a well-earned reputation as one of the big-screen...
Exclusives

February 25th, 2019 So you want to learn game development, huh?  Luckily for budding developers out there today, some online courses provide terrific resources direct from experts in the field. Take GameDev.tv for instance... GameDev.tv was created by best-selling Udemy instructor Ben Tristem to help anyone learn how to develop, design, and sell indie...
Friday Five

February 22nd, 2019 If you’re a real movie nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!… Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”, celebrating...
GIF Crate

February 20th, 2019 It's nearly here, #CarolCorps! In less than three weeks, the Captain Marvel movie finally hits theatres! It's been a very long wait for fans of Carol Danvers, Air Force bad-ass and cosmic Avenger, for her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to arrive, and we are thrilled to have her featured across Loot Crate's COSMIC themed...
Friday Five

February 15th, 2019 This month across our crate lines, we've celebrated some of our favorite franchises that involve characters who make spectacular TRANSFORMATIONs. Of course, we're never able to get all of our faves into the crate... There are so many terrific metamorphoses of awesome characters, that span incredibly diverse genres – anime, fantasy,...
DIY

February 11th, 2019 It's that time of the year when we especially love to share the love with you, Looters – and here's a blast from the past to give you ideas for treats to share with your loved ones! Back in 2016, we were so inspired by the creativity of our Looters using the D20 Ice Mold in our "Fantasy" themed crate that we shot this little DIY video...
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