June 11th, 2018SPOILER ALERT: This Q&A includes details around BOOM Studios' Kong on the Planet of the Apes, as well as an item in the upcoming COLOSSAL Loot Crate DX. If you don’t want to be spoiled, bookmark this page and come back later; otherwise, proceed!...
In the past several years, one of the most fruitful franchises for crossover...
May 31st, 2018We’re not just going big, we're getting downright COLOSSAL with a celebration of franchises that put the "huge" in "HUGE-MONGOUS." (Wait, what do you mean that's not a word?) Get ready to stomp and groove to these tunes from your faves in this month’s crates!…
Our June COLOSSAL-themed Spotify playlist, curated by our own Dawn...
May 29th, 2018Having taken family vacations to Orlando, Florida basically every year until I moved... to Orlando, I have had my fair share of trips to Universal Studios Park. Let me tell you, a lot has changed since my first visit and we've lost quite a few icons in favor of new, hip attractions.
I'm gonna be real-- I miss them a lot. From Jaws to...
May 25th, 2018This month, Loot Crate is going COLOSSAL with an epic celebration of some of our favorite larger-than-life characters! Are you a killer kaiju or a 100-foot high marshmallow man? Take this quiz to find out which colossal creature you are!
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March 13th, 2017In March, there are tons of great titles available to stream – some of which sync great with the franchises we are spotlighting this month! It’s our latest roundup to compliment your loot when it arrives. Go wild with PRIMAL, and some fun picks for this month!:
Wolverine
If you are still hankering for some "snikt"...
March 10th, 2017Today's the day that the mighty Kong returns to the big screen! We at Loot Crate are beyond stoked to check out Kong: Skull Island, and we were equally thrilled to sit down with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts for this interview. Check out what he had to say about this ultimate monster mash!
Also, be sure to go back through our series...
March 6th, 2017An extraordinary display of attack behavior.
Before dawn, I was awoken by the ungodly cries of a gigantic buffalo-like creature coming under attack from the Psychovulture.
It is clear to me now that the psychoactive effects induce a state of mania in the creature. As a flock of the Psychovultures swarmed upon this huge, docile...
March 4th, 2017We’re taking a short rest. Even as I survey the land, for every new life form we encounter, I feel like the land is surveying us. Almost as if everything is evaluating, sizing us up—friend or foe, hunter or hunted.
I spotted more of the winged creatures overhead, circling parts of the island. Every now and then, they dive down...
March 2nd, 2017The apex primate isn’t the only creature here. Skull Island is a completely isolated biome—an ecosystem containing forces of nature unlike anything else found on earth.
Some of the deadliest beasts came from the sky.
Airborne predators, dive-bombing their prey with unbridled ferocity. For all the terror they inspire, I am still...
February 28th, 2017Skull Island. I have dreamed of seeing this place with my own eyes since I first began researching the myth. Now that I am breathing its air, witnessing its wonders, and facing its terrors, I guess it’s true what they say: “Be careful what you wish for.”
We had just begun surveying the island when a massive creature—a...
February 24th, 2017For some reason, humanity has long been obsessed with apes. They’ve invaded pop culture over the years to the point where actually putting together the nominees for this list took longer than writing it. But here they are: the top five fictional apes!
King Kong
Of course we start with the king. The eighth wonder of...
