Alter-Ego the June 2017 Loot Wear just landed on my doorstep, bulging with of Spider-man goodness and, oh yes, some things from other franchises as well.
The first item I pulled out was the Spider-Man beach towel cinch bag, a large white towel with the Daily Bugle headline on the top and Spider-man pictures on the top and bottom. It’s a lot of fun and very practical. Note: According to the booklet, this is the “loot for her” piece in the envelope. While I have no quarrel at all with the item–as I think I’ve made clear, I love it, I’m not really sure what makes it “for her.” Do men not use beach towels?
Then there is a Spider-Man baseball T-shirt. It’s fun, and I love the School of Science and Technology logo on the front. The downside of this shirt is that it is very square, making it the sort of T-shirt I’ll only ever wear around the house when I don’t expect anyone to come.
The logo makes the shirt
The Spider-man socks are better. They’re a long black pair with Spider-Man’s face on them. They’re Men’s 6-12 which, sadly, makes them just a little too big for me, but I have been known to wear big socks in the service of geekdom before.
The second pair of socks is a super-colorful Jay & Silent Bob montage. No one but no one will fail to notice someone wearing these.
My goal in life has always been to own matching underwear and socks
The underwear matches, full of electric purple, bright green, and eye-popping red, with assorted characters posed against the backgrounds. It’s almost a pity that the non-superhero types have to wear this as underwear because it is both eye-catching and sock-matching.
Then there is a dark blue Transformer’s shirt. I love artist Marc D’alfonso’s design here, with the contrasting halves forming a recognizable Transformer while also showing the faces from the first generation Optimus Prime and Megatron. Unlike the Spider-Man T-shirt, it is longer than it is wide, making it wearable around town. And I will say, I have had some good comments and conversations because of wearing Loot Crate shirts.
Overall, this more than delivers on the promised Spider-Man content with good quality items in he “everyone else” category. It’s definitely up there on the Loot Wear list of good things.
