I am Mog Anarchy, and I like to play games. Whether they are old, new, retro, modern, online, offline, console, computer, critically acclaimed or notoriously bad. Here on my blog, I rant about, review, trash talk, praise and generally talk about all of my favourite and least-favourite games. I also write my own guides on how to accomplish tricky tasks, show off my creative endeavors and challenge myself with crazy in-game tasks. I also have a bunch of gaming merchandise which I am glad to show off. So drop me a comment, I love hearing your questions, criticisms, comments and general gaming discussions. :)
Guess what I've got to unbox this time? :) I believe it was around August 2015 that these toys were in McDonald's in the UK - I wanted to go to my local one and order 8 Happy Meals, a mix and match of hamburgers and chicken nuggets - ask if I could have one of each toy - then have a banquet with Shelly and Ash. But sadly it wasn't meant to be. Instead I found a complete set of the toys on eBay for a fraction of what the actual Happy Meals would have cost - and I didn't have to consume a vast amount of calories in the process. So as part of this set, we had a Yoshi, a Luigi, a Princess Peach and four different Mario toys. There was also a Mario hat style visor which I stupidly forgot to include in my unboxing video. D'oh. Regardless, I had a lot of fun unboxing this set of toys and having a play around with them: Here's some pictures of the Happy Meal box:
We all like to save money. If we can buy things for cheaper, that ultimatley means we can buy MORE things. :) That's why I've started this new blog feature - BARGAIN GAMING, or Gaming on a Budget. I'm going to trawl discount shops, car boot sales, charity shops, online sites and anywhere else I can snap up a gaming bargain. Whether it's for consoles, games, peripherals, clothing or merchandise - I like to save money too, and I'm going to show you how. So, I had some cash in my purse while I was in town and decided to look around some of the UK's leading DISCOUNT SHOPS. Discount shops meaning, anywhere that sells things in bulk, or food products that are soon to expire, or packaging written in another language - or whatever they managed to buy for cheap from a warehouse. The shops at my disposal were: - Poundland - Poundworld - Bargain Buys - 99p Stores - Home Bargains - B&M (And just a side-note - B&M stands for "BARGAINS & MORE", not Bargain MADNESS. "Bargains AND Madness" makes no damn sense! Educate yourselves!) My purchases ended up coming from Poundworld and Bargain Buys - but I'm not writing the other shops off yet - sometimes they have random one-off things in - it's all about patience. So, how much did ALL OF THIS cost me?
As you can see, we have got:
- a Super Mario Yoshi figurine
- a Pac-Man & the Ghostly Adventures figurine
- a big Om Nom from Cut the Rope plush
- a pack of Cut the Rope Nommies
- a Skylanders wash mitt
- a Minecraft "Secrets & Cheats" guide book
- and a Princess Peach K'Nex Mario Kart 7 set
Prices I found online for these things were:
- £3-£6 for the Yoshi figurine; I have also seen them in game shops for around £3.50
- £2.50-£7 for the Pac-Man figurine
- £6-£8 for the Om Nom plush
- £3-£6 for a pack of Cut the Rope Nommies
- £2 for the Skylanders wash mitt, which also seemed to be available in a £7 gift set with some shower gel
- £5 for the unofficial Minecraft book, bear in mind, it's unofficial
- £12-£16 for the Princess Peach K'Nex set
But how much did I pay?
£10.TEN POUNDS. For ALL OF IT.
The Princess Peach set was £5, everything else was £1 each.
Want to see me show it all off and waffle on about stuff? Here's a video:
While mooching for Christmas presents in the clothing chain store known as Primark - I spotted something by the tills. These little shelves are usually full of lip balms, socks, sweets and other crap - but this time I found THIS: A Super Mario Bros. LUCKY BAG!
Lucky bags, if you were not aware are a childhood staple, a plastic bag filled with sweets, cheap toys, pencils/crayons, colouring/puzzle books and other miscellaneous crap - usually costing around £1 or £2. This one, being an officially liscened Nintendo product was £2.50 - probably a tad too expensive for what it actually is. Inside I found: - a colouring/puzzle book (stay tuned for more on that) - sweets, in the form of a pink lollipop and three packs of powdery fizzy things - foamy papercraft stand-ups of Mario, Luigi and Yoshi - what I presume is a tile-matching game - potentially a game of Mario-themed snap - a little pencil - and a sticker sheet Here's a video unboxing, or un-bagging of this bizarre little collection of items:
This is my first monthly Arcade Block. :) For a fee of $20 CANADIAN per month, Arcade Block will send you a lovely box of gaming merchandise, including a T-shirt. Shipping costs vary, depending on where you live, and larger T-shirt sizes cost a few $ extra - overall, my boxes including shipping, work out at about £24. I can also confirm, this box was shipped on the 25th of November and arrived at my house on the 5th of December - 10 days shipping from Canada to the UK, not too bad.
Now how RANDOM is this? LIP BALMS branded with Nintendo characters!
I actually made a video review of these months ago and because I can't remember a single thing I said about them, you can suffer through listening to my wank British accent instead of reading my beautifully constructed prose. :P
