Remember when I told you about Geek Crate? I was excited to hear about this venture to bring cool geek products right to my door each month. Apparently, they weren’t the only ones in South Africa with the idea of replicating Loot Crate locally – Dark Carnival also does it, but at a higher price point (I am still unsure if it’s also at a higher quality point as a result). Now, I’m feeling a bit more confident about supporting Geek Crate.
Geek Crate will be shipping its first crate in September. That’s next month! Plus, the website has gotten a bit of a redesign and doesn’t look quite as awful. It will still need some work to have that slick and sexy design we’ve all come to expect from the interwebz, but it’s coming along nicely. Once more people sign up, I’ll bet that they continue to improve upon things.
I still have no idea what’s going to be inside, but I’m really curious to find out. You can obviously still sign up, and creating an account doesn’t mean that you have to pay money yet. However, please use my awesome referral link when you do so – I want your precious points!
I’m not expecting miracles, especially not in the first box, but here’s what I’d like to see in the Geek Crate:
- Rad T-shirts
- Random comics, particularly if they’re singles instead of installments in a larger franchise. Or first issues in an indie series I haven’t read yet
- Figurines
- Those plastic analogue stick covers for my PS4 controller
- Those silly decal stickers to make my PS4 controller light bar look like something else
- Pins/buttons
- Plushies
I’m probably missing out on a ton of stuff I’d like to receive, but that’s what I’m thinking at this point. What would make you happy to find when you open your first (and second and third) Geek Crate?
Last Updated: August 13, 2015
Marius Nell
August 13, 2015 at 15:03
a monthly shirt will be great. dont forget some geeky mugs!
Her Highness the Hipster
August 13, 2015 at 15:08
YES! can never have enough vessels for my hot liquids.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 13, 2015 at 15:12
O_o
Geoffrey Tim
August 13, 2015 at 15:26
Yeah, that face you just pulled.
RinceThis
August 13, 2015 at 15:32
0_O
Lord Chaos
August 13, 2015 at 15:32
O please, like that bothers you…
Ranting Raptor
August 13, 2015 at 17:58
Mugs re the bestest!!!!
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:05
Now when they say XXL…..
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 13, 2015 at 15:05
RINCE’S SEVERED HEAD!
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:07
XD
RinceThis
August 13, 2015 at 15:32
Ha! Like you could handle that!
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:34
Like they can find a crate big enough? O_o
RinceThis
August 13, 2015 at 15:34
Exactly! Wait…
Brady miaau
August 14, 2015 at 07:30
perhaps better than, say, receiving your own severed head in the mail?
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:13
Signed up so your points are on the way, but R900 is a bit tough to come by. this time of the month. Would be nice if we could sign up for one month as a tester
Naudran
August 13, 2015 at 15:46
I totally misread their R300/pm logo as “just R300”. Yeah R900 is a bit hefty, especially since we don’t really know what the quality of products are yet. I agree that a 1 month tester would have been nice.
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:52
I mean I’m excited by the prospect and all. But payday is very far off. Hopefully Zoe gets one and shares with us what’s inside. Apparently she’s paid the most 😛
Naudran
August 13, 2015 at 21:07
Just made a suggestion on the site and received this reply from them:
“Thank you for your feedback. We are waiting for approval from the banks to accept cards and charge them monthly, but currently we can only accept EFT’s and since most people have very busy lives we would not want them to forget and not receive their long awaited crate. Keep an eye on our social media, as we will announce the monthly online payment option as soon as we get approval from the bank.”
Hammersteyn
August 14, 2015 at 08:08
NICE! Cheers buddy!
Pariah
August 13, 2015 at 15:49
Yeah a month to month would be WAY better. Coughing up R900 is just too much. Sorry. Even when we know what’s in it and if the quality is great, it’s just too much in one go to justify getting them.
Hammersteyn
August 13, 2015 at 15:50
Plus, you get XXL and you get XXL…
HvR
August 14, 2015 at 07:21
XXL and “Hey ho let me and Gavin go camping…”
DragonSpirit009
August 13, 2015 at 15:27
I really want to sign up but I’m always broke.
Would love to see what people get if the box arrives!!
RinceThis
August 13, 2015 at 15:33
I’m still trying to figure out why only half the circles in their ‘How does it work’ graph are clickable 0_O