Nerd Block: April 2014

 Just for the record, I got the April 2014 Nerd Block a long time ago. I think I got it in the second or third week of April, and life, on my end started to get crazy, and I never got to post about. I took these pictures, when I got the box, but since then the box, itself has vanished and been thrown out, so I'm not even sure I can calculate or estimate a price on most of these items since I don't know what some of them are. 

Nerd Block is a subscription box that sends "nerdy" themed items from Canada for about $20.00 per month. I got Nerd Block for about four months, and a lot of the items in it, I had no idea what fandoms they came from, which makes me think that I'm less of a nerd than I thought.

Nerd Block also has Nerd Block Jr, which is cheaper, and has more fandoms that little kids may know such as My Little Pony and Star Wars, and is about $14.00. I actually like Nerd Block Jr then Nerd Block, and there's an option for girl's or boy's boxes. 

This was the first glance into my box.

Every Nerd Block box comes with a unique tee-shirt. This was April's tee-shirt. I actually like it. It's a nice color. Blue matches my eyes, and it's the type of shirt I'd see and want, but probably wouldn't buy for myself. The tee shirt is probably worth about $10.00 because that's how much shirts for for on sites such as Tee Fury, where I spend way too much money because they always have Doctor Who themed tee-shirts :x

I have no idea what the Bravest Warriors are or who Beth Tezukka is. It reminds me of the animation of Adventure Time, which is a show I cannot stand. I googled her, and sure enough, it is by the same creators of Adventure time. It says this about her:

• Beth Tezuka : The female member of the Bravest Warriors. Her weapon animal is a cat which can form into a cat o' nine tails with cat heads. In the episode "Hamster Priest" it's discovered that Beth's father, Ralph Waldo Pickle Chip's dimension hopping machine is directly linked with Beth's brainwaves.

I don't have an opinion of the brainwave part, but as a self-proclaimed crazy cat lady, I can appreciate her weapon animal. 

Lego Transformers, pretty cool.

These will make very nice additions to our D&D games, or if I ever build the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts castle that I have, the transformers can invade Hogwarts and it will be bad-ass.

I have never seen Alien. My fiance stole this from the box, and brought it to his high school, where he teachers, to sit at his desk. So he thought this was pretty cool. 

I don't even know what this is. It's a cross between Jar Jar Binks in drag or Roger from American Dad in drag.

A tiny Captain America: The Winter Soldier skateboard toy.

This is what I don't understand about Nerd Block. CA:TWS was a HUGE ASS MOVIE in April, and all I get is a tiny little skateboard? I feel like they're not in tune with what's "cool" for whatever month it is. They should've sent like a Marvel bobble head as the big price item to go with the movie that came out that month instead of sending me a stupid rabbit in drag or somebody from a TV show I don't even watch. 

Anyhow, that was April's Nerd Block. I wasn't a big fan. The tee-shirt was cool and the transformers were pretty cool... My fiance liked the Alien figure... But overall, NOT IMPRESSED. 

I'm really not that impressed with the last three boxes I got [although the first one I ever got with the My Little Pony and Iron Man bobble head was legit]. I don't know if I will renew this subscription when I am working and making money again. I wish Nerd Block was slightly more personalized, or into more popular fandoms. 

I will, however, probably renew Nerd Block Jr because with the items I don't want for myself, I have an adorable little girl, who's the daughter of a friend, who loves them.

But, I need to be able to work and make money first :P

Anyhow, off to the doctor today, hoping for good news :)