I have a friend who has subscribed to the Loot Crate. He is a good friend who is smart.
He’s more likely to self-identify as a “geek” or as a “gamer” than I am. He gets excited over upcoming games and movies. He loves all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. He’s excited for the new Star Wars films. He recommended I watch the “WarCraft” movie. Every year, he watches all the console manufacturers’ E3 presentations (I suspect that he stays up late into the night to watch them live, although I’ve no proof of this), and acts disappointed the following day that not only did I not watch them, I also didn’t read the gaming news sites to learn what was revealed. (I also have a different friend who does exactly this same thing, but with the big Apple events)
And he subscribes to the Loot Crate. Which so far as I can tell, mostly contains plastic movie/game-licensed toys which are marketed to exactly that demographic, and I don’t really understand the appeal, despite being in the games industry myself and playing my share of them. Just personally, I can’t understand why anybody would want the clutter. But he likes it.
The vibrator/spork thing is an inexplicably Dr. Who-branded Spork stuck onto the end of a replica Sonic Screwdriver, which I believe lights up and makes noises. I know this because… well… this friend gets the Loot Crates. And tends to excitedly show them off, and then act baffled that I’m not as giddy over them as he is.
Sometimes I feel like I must be getting old. (Even though he’s at least a decade older than me! 
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