While the items are a lot nicer than what you would find in your generic nerdy subscription service (thank god there is no KLK Pop Vinyl) I’m still not convinced the 5 items are really worth almost 35 dollars. The towel features a large monochrome image of Mako doing her Ryuko impression with the single red strand of hair in color.Īt 29 dollars per box and 35 after shipping, the Omakase box is really expensive.
The other item I was most excited for in the box is the large Mako bath towel. I’m not much of a scarf wearer but I really love this and will probably use it to wrap my camera in my bag. The scarf itself is gigantic, maybe 6ft long and features Senketsu’s eye in one corner. One of the two items I bought the box exclusively for is the Senketsu scarf. It’s subtle enough that you could use it and no one would know what it is unless they watched the show. The sweatband is just a standard white wrist band with the 3 star uniform logo printed on it. It’s neat but I will probably never open it. It’s neat, but I’m old enough and/or my clothing/baggage is expensive enough that I don’t want to poke holes in them. The Guts pin is just your standard tiny little button pin. I’m also a huge fan of Sushio’s art style and the manga does not follow his awesome style. I’m generally not a fan of manga adaptations, and KLK features very animated characters that probably don’t translate into comic form too well. While nicely made, this is actually one of the things I was least interested in. The hard cover KLK manga is a limited first volume featuring gorgeous gold foil. The art card is actually really nice and shows off most of the major characters from the series. Included are a Senketsu scarf, Mako bath towel, Guts pin, Mittsuboshi (3 star) wrist sweatband and a hard cover edition of the Kill la Kill manga distributed by Udon Entertainment. Inside are 5 Kill la Kill related items and a card with KLK artwork and a description of all the items on the back. I do like the simple design and color of the box, and the inside features a cute pattern reminiscent of the Murakami LV pattern. The box took about a week to arrive, and I believe they are actually shipped from Europe, accounting for the majority of the time. The only reason I subscribed to this particular box was due exclusively to my love for Kill la Kill.
The majority of the boxes all seem to contain a bunch of random crap stores couldn’t give away if they wanted to, a Funko Pop and T-shirt I would never wear. I’ll be upfront and state that I am not particularly fond of the subscription box concept. Viewster itself seems to be a Swiss company that runs an online streaming service similar to Hulu featuring original content and some licensed Anime. At 35 dollars after shipping (29+6), the boxes are quite a bit more than subscriptions like Loot Crate and Nerd Block but Omakase box also claims to have a value of over $60. The Omakase Box from Viewster seems to be a new bimonthly subscription service at a more premium price focusing on specific anime series’ for each box instead of a random merchandise each month. The subscription box market seems to have exploded in recent years, with boxes available for pretty much everything you can think of.
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