When I was growing up and Voltron was on TV there was no Cable TV, or if there was we did not have it at that time. So we had the channels that were available through the antenna or rabbit ears on the TV. Yes, I can recall a time when I had a TV there you had to turn a dial to change the channel and had to adjust the antenna to get your favorite channels. I also remember a time when different towns got different channels. This was the case with Fox 25 and Channel 64. I forget which one had Voltron but it was not the one that we got. It was the one that my cousins had and I only saw Voltron when I would go to their house.
So, while I never got into Voltron I knew about it and enjoyed what I saw. It also means that I’m pretty excited for this new series. I’m also excited for the voice cast, especially Josh Keaton. I’ve enjoyed him in so much like Transformers Prime and he’s the voice of Spyro from Skylanders.
I’m a couple of days late on this one. I received my Loot Crate for January on the 20th and haven’t had a chance to thoroughly explore it. It was full of some very cool retro items.
The big item inside was an exclusive Voltron T-Shirt. This blueprint looking shirt with the Lion Voltron on it is exclusive to Loot Crate members. There was also a Retro Arcade Skinny Tie from Black Tie Geek. It has space invaders on it. I love little toys and figures and this time around was a 10-Doh! figure. I didn’t get the rare gold one but I did get a Dr. Who one. Each of these figures looks like an old NES cartridge but has arms and legs. They even have the NES Zapper to hold. I would have LOVED to get the Fire Hunt one which was a take on Firefly and Duck Hunt. Very cool.
The crate also contained a very special Loot Crate variant cover of the new Star Wars comic book from Marvel. It features Han and Chewy smuggling some special crates across the galaxy.
Also included was a cool little book. It is the Comic Note Book. This is a tiny blank comic book. with stencils for word balloons. This was from the Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild. I think I may pick up another one of these for Eva. She likes to draw.
The box was once again super cool. This time the box was a Nintendo Entertainment System and part of the mini magazine pops out to make a controller. I love it.
