April 21st, 2020Rad, you're here! Hope you've all been staying safe and keeping yourself entertained (inside). Music has been a LIFE SAVER for me, and I was so stoked for May's theme for Loot Crate, Loot Crate DX, and Loot Wear: '80s! This playlist is right up my alley, and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do.
Of course, couldn't lead with...
May 9th, 2019You might be wondering why I think Big Trouble in Little China is on a short list of my favorite movies of all time. My long answer is because it's visually impressive, funny, action-packed, and overall just a damn good time. The short answer? It's all in the reflexes.
Kidding aside, I really do have John Carpenter's Big Trouble in...
April 29th, 2019The toys of the 80's were all over the dang map, thus we have Manic Monday where we relive some of our childhood. If you recall the cartoon that came in between Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2, you know all about The Real Ghostbusters. Remember the toys though?
There's a heap-ton of commercials that we used to enjoy as kids and heck, we...
November 26th, 2018There's something so pure about the cartoons we grew up with. Sure, they were made to get us hype so our parents would get us the toys based on them, but still! When it comes to innovative fun toys based on cartoon series, well, Transformers won out.
Back in the 80's, there was no shortage of toys based on cartoon series that we...
March 9th, 2018It's time to take a trip back to the 1980s! Sure, maybe we haven’t perfected the art of time travel (yet), but we do have the next best thing: VR. Who would you be in this totally tubular decade, or at least, a virtual simulation of it? Take this quiz to unlock your ‘80s avatar!
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March 8th, 2018March's crate theme is PLAYBACK, so this month Loot Crate Studios is playing back this classic 80's public access show gem: "FUTURE GAMES NOW!" hosted by Vance Silverfox, featuring the most BRAIN-MELTING games before they hit the shelves!
We're thrilled to be back with a brand-new theme video, and we shot this in old school cable style...
February 27th, 2018We're so hyped about this month's PLAYBACK theme that it's taking over our entertainment, top to bottom! From collecting vintage TV clips to filling our Spotify lists with happy memories...
In the past week we've shared a curation of fun Saturday Morning memories, as well as our monthly Spotify Theme Playlist which for March's...
February 21st, 2018Though I am a cord cutter, and I enjoy the heck out of my streaming services, I personally haven't quite made the leap toward working YouTube content into my regular TV consumption. Which isn't to say that I don't enjoy digging through YouTube obssessively for a completely different reason...
By far my favorite pastime on YouTube is...
October 26th, 2017Finally getting Justice League in theaters is a moment that many superhero fans have been waiting for a very long time. Some of us, longer than others...
Comics fans who came to love DC's lineup of heroes through the pages they read as kids have many jumping-off points to reference; as the television age progressed, many small children...
May 15th, 2017If you grew up in the 80's or 90's, you've seen adventure genre staple The Goonies. It's as classic as they come. While its wisecracking characters, thrilling action sequences, and memorable one-liners are the heart of the movie, it also does a fantastic job of showcasing the wonders and horrors of 80's fashion!
That's...
April 18th, 2017So many elements of Stranger Things' first season captured the time period of the early 1980's in a way that spoke to a whole generation of fans. And the music - not only the score, but the song choices - was an indelible part of that.
Clearly we're anticipating more of the excitement, the chills, the incredible storytelling of Stranger...
