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Comic Book, Disney, LEGO, Movie, Toys

Infinity War Fever Heating Up Here!!!

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Loot Crate Infinity Gauntlet

I am an affiliate of Loot Crate and as such receive money if you make a purchase using my links.

I cannot wait for tomorrow morning when I get to finally see Avengers Infinity War. This movie with 10 years worth of backstory is the biggest one that Marvel Studios has ever told and already the reviews are coming in as spectacular. earlier this week a bunch of my friends like Tessa from Mama’s Geeky and James from The Rock Father went out to California to attend the red PURPLE Carpet premiere of Avengers Infinity War. They have each also posted SPOILER FREE reviews of the movie and they are excellent reviews. Just give their blogs a click to go right to those reviews.

What have I been doing to stave off the sever case of FOMO that I am having at seeing my friends frolic with the cast of this amazing movie? I have been building LEGO sets. I have also been making a few videos. the first video is actually an unboxing of the latest Loot Crate that arrived just in time for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. You can see what I am talking about in the video below.

I am an Affiliate for Loot Crate and you can order Loot Crate through my link and use the promo code BENSPARK for a discount. http://bit.ly/BenSparkLootCrate

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Comic Book, Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys

Unboxing the X-Men Themed LootCrate Marvel Gear + Goods Box

X-Men themed Marvel Gear and Goods Box from LootCrate
Photo-A-Day #4740

Getting back into the LootCate unboxing game has been a lot of fun. I am so excited to be unboxing the Marvel Gear + Goods boxes again and this month’s box has some great stuff from the X-Men. Please remember that I receive these boxes for free for review purposes and also because I am an affiliate. You can purchase your own LootCrate subscriptions through me for a discount if you use the promo code BENSPARK at checkout. My opinions of the items inside the crate are entirely my own and they appear in the video. below.

My favorite items from the box are the Baseball Jersey and the Demon Bear pin. The water bottle is great, too, but I have a ton of those.

I am an Affiliate for Loot Crate and you can order Loot Crate through my link and use the promo code BENSPARK for a discount. http://bit.ly/BenSparkLootCrate

Photo-A-Day, Toys

How Do I Keep Getting Behind?

More to do again
Photo-A-Day #4738

It is a rhetorical question that I ask myself almost every week. How do I keep getting behind? I get all caught up on the videos, photos and promotions that I blog about each week only to turn around and see that I still have a bunch of things that haven’t been published, written about or recorded. Of course, we just spent a weekend away and that always gets me behind on things. Then more things get delivered that I had forgotten about. I try and keep a zeroed out inbox, or at least I just keep in the emails from things that I haven’t finished yet. Everything else or replied to and archived and gone so that I can focus. The thing is, I’m finding it harder to focus. There is just so much happening that it means that some things get pushed off by a day or a week. Then I have posts that require help from the kids and we only have Wednesdays and Mondays to accomplish that. I keep working on a schedule and it keeps getting blown out of the water.

Well, I will get everything done, in time.

Photo-A-Day

Getting Back into the Unboxing Groove

Back at it Unboxings
Photo-A-Day #4709

Over four years ago I started seeing a bunch of people making video game videos on YouTube. I thought that I needed to become part of a multi-channel network in order to do so and I made a dumb decision. I joined one, for five years. Yeah, for five years this network was supposed to help me improve my YouTube channel but rather they only took a hefty cut of my earnings. Did they promote me in any way? No. Was there much help at all? Not really. I made a very dumb decision and I learned from that.

Recently YouTube took monetization away from many small time creators who did not have at least 4000 hours of view time and 1000 subscribers. And it was because of these changes that I was dropped from the multi-channel network despite qualifying to continue to be monetized by YouTube.

Well, that is GREAT news to me! I had been counting the days until I would be free from that network. Now I am and I’m starting to produce some more.

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys, Vlog

After 3 Month Stay of Execution, My Last Loot Crate Unboxing

Loot Crate Pin Collection
Photo-A-Day #4489

Three months ago I was let go from the Loot Crate Influencers Program. I had been receiving free Loot Crates since the very first one. I love Loot Crate and being a part of the community promoting the subscription service has been incredible. When I was let go I was given a promo code for a percentage off the subscription service. I couldn’t afford a whole year so I did a 3 -month stint. I really wanted the items from the Guardians Crate and then the Alter Ego Crate had some awesome stuff in it. Sadly this last crate only had one thing that I was really excited about and that was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt. It was one of my best shirts from Loot Crate but the rest of the box, including the box was given away to people at work.

It has been a really nice run and I have enjoyed the crates. there have been things that just weren’t for me but for the most part I could enjoy at least one or two things from each crate.

I sent a message to the co-founder tonight thanking him for making me an influencer for so long. I let him know that I am a lifelong fan of the service and will surely talk to anyone about it. I am still an affiliate and you can get a discount using my code BENSPARK through my link which is https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX

And now, my last Loot Crate Unboxing.

Comic Book, Disney, Movie, Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys, Transformers, Vlog

Unboxing June 2017 Loot Crate: ALTER EGO

Loot Crate June 2017 Alter Ego
Photo-A-Day #4454

I truly love unboxing Loot Crate every month. Now that I’ve been let go from the influencer program and I am paying for the crates myself I am glad to see that this month’s crate contained pretty much 100% things that I love. Inside were the items seen above from Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, DC comics and of course.. Transformers. I love the Optimus Prime T-shirt.

Next month will be my last month with Loot Crate. I paid for a 3 month program and am not re-upping. I’ve got to cut back somewhere and while I love these fun knick-knacks and exclusive cool stuff, I’m out of room for it. I’m going to stick with one thing and keep that, trying to focus more. That being said, I do still love Loot Crate and if you are interested in it please use my affiliate link and promo code. it helps me out big time. Who knows if I actually start making sales they might reinstate me. I am an Affiliate for Loot Crate and you can order Loot Crate through my link and use the promo code BENSPARK for a discount. https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX

Comic Book, Disney, Movie, Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys, Vlog

My First Non-Influencer Loot Crate Unboxing Guardians May 2017 Crate

Loot Crate Guardians
Photo-A-Day #4425

I bought this Loot Crate, this is the first one that I have purchased in four years. I had been an influencer up until last month. It was a great gig. I started promoting Loot Crate when the company came on the scene. In that time they have grown into a tremendous company with several different crates. I always had a core crate sent to me for free to unbox and promote. The thing is, I didn’t change with the times. I did not switch from promotion to selling. I guess I kept thinking of Loot Crate as this small operation that needed people like me to promote it. But it exploded and there are tons of people doing unboxings and bringing in sales. I do not do that as well. I have an affiliate link https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX and a promo code that saves you on your purchases. That is BENSPARK at Checkout.

I wanted the Q-Fig of Rocket and Groot from this Crate so I bought a 3 month subscription.

This month’s crate was pretty sweet. It had items from Guardians of the Galaxy, Destiny, Star Wars and The Goonies, plus the pin was Avatar the Last Airbender. Here is the full unboxing.

Photo-A-Day, Vlog

4 Years With Loot Crate… Over

No More Loot Crate
Photo-A-Day #4409

I made this video, not out of bitterness or anger or spite. I’ve been extremely fortunate to have been able to review Loot Crate boxes for the past 4 years for free. I was one of the first people to ever review the crates to promote this newly formed company that wanted to grow. Loot Crate did grow. It grew and grew into an extremely popular company that has several different crates shipping out every month. I’ve been able to review Loot Crate, Loot Wear, Marvel Gear + Goods, and more.

I found out the other day that I won’t be receiving any more Loot Crates for free. My audience isn’t converting to sales very well and therefore it isn’t worth it to the company to send me Loot Crate for free to review if there isn’t anything for them in return. I completely understand this. It makes sense. It is also my fault. For the past four years I had the mindset of promotion and not sales. I simply told people about the great crates and didn’t try and sell people on signing up.

Sure, I have a discount code and some affiliate links. I add this to each of my videos:

I am an Affiliate for Loot Crate and you can order Loot Crate through my link and use the promo code BENSPARK for a discount. https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX

But that did not translate into sales because I had the mindset of promotion, not sales.

Loot Crate is something that I have enjoyed being a part of and I hope it is something that continues to grow and do well. I wish Matt and Chris and the rest of the team continued success with their company. If I ever get asked back I will be certain to not only promote by sell as this is a company I believe in and want to see succeed.

This mean that this is the end of me doing Loot Crate Unboxings? Yes and No. I will no longer be doing sponsored unboxings, however I purchased a 3 month subscription and will do some of my own unboxings with crates I purchased. I couldn’t miss out on the Guardians themed crate that is coming this month. It has items from these properties:

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
STAR WARS
DESTINY
GOONIES

I wasn’t missing the Rocket and Groot statue that is in the crate.

Comic Book, Movie, Photo-A-Day, Review, Television, Toys, Vlog

April Loot Crate #Unboxing – Investigate

Jessica Jones Q-Fig
Photo-A-Day #4396

I receive a Loot Crate Box every month for free. I have gotten one ever since the very first one. I love the company and the cool things that they do. I am an Affiliate for Loot Crate and you can order Loot Crate through my link and use the promo code BENSPARK for a discount. https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX

This month’s Loot Crate had the theme Investigate with items from Batman, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things and X-Files. I don’t want to reveal everything to you before you watch the video so please watch the unboxing video. Afterwards,
I’ll give you more of my impressions.

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Comic Book, Movie, Review, Toys, Vlog

Unboxing the Loot Crate Marvel Gear + Goods Weapon X Crate

Marvel Gear and Goods Weapon X Crate

Each month I receive and review the Loot Crate Marvel Gear + Goods Crate to review, use and promote. I am also an affiliate of Loot Crate and you can receive a discount when using my discount code of BENSPARK. Please use my link https://benspark.com/LootCrateDX when ordering.

The Marvel Gear + Goods crate has been an exciting crate to receive each month. The themes are fun and the gear has been great. I like the items that I received in the last crate very much. The plates with Marvel’s top science minds has been a staple in our home since we opened the crate. Now with this new crate I am looking forward to using the canvas water bottle, head lamp and the Wolverine key holder. The go-bag looks like it will be useful to take things with me as well.

You can see an image of everything that is part of the crate below. Continue reading Unboxing the Loot Crate Marvel Gear + Goods Weapon X Crate →