Unboxing You Win or You Die - Illumicrate July 2023
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- This was actually a really greta box from Illumicrate! I loved all of the items and the new additions to the book. So glad I didn't skip this box, because I almost did.
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you could use the tea cups for sauces/dips or little snacks like dried fruits/pretzels, things like that, specially if you’re entertaining
Glad you loved this box. You could maybe use the tea cups for mini succulents?
Great idea, I'm going to repot some of my little cacti :)
If you see any errors, no you don't!! Also sorry if I'm super late replying to comments I have ELEVEN HOURS to get on my flight and I haven't packed or got my passport or anything and I haven't even planned anything for anything or how I'm getting anywhere so...yeah enjoy the video
Love this box 😍 after skipping 4 months in a row, I’m so glad this book appealed to me. The items were really unique and I love that IC actually gives us bookish designs. I like the book too, simplistic but I love the original cover so I’m happy 🥰
Yes I love that it's so bookish!
I really enjoyed the items in this box! I thought they were either useful or very fun. The book I was a teensy bit disappointed on mainly just the end pages and edges were just so so for me. The patterned end papers do probably look more sophisticated and adult, but I enjoy the character or world art more! The naked hardback was sooo nice though. The texture and color of it!!!
I finished this book last night and LOVED it! The writing is so gorgeous! I was disappointed in this edition though, they could've done a lot more personally
I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed the book! Some character art would have been lovely on the underside of the dust jacket
I would have really loved the "guess the character" game. The art seems to be wonderful ❤
I just got my box 2 days ago and the items were all so beautiful! My bf opens them with me and he was even buzzed about them.
I always box mine back up for husband to open and he liked this too!
You can use the tea cups for mini plants 💚
Love plants :)
tea cups - small planters, sauces/dips/soups, pretty rocks
Sauces is such a good suggestion I didn't even think of it!
I’m using my tea cups as tiny flowerpots
I got the book only and I'm just in love with the creamy naked cover color and design. :)
You could also use the tea cups as planters for sukkulents or a cactus ^^
I really liked the edition and I am so excited about the book! sounds amazing
I skipped this box, and honestly I’m not mad 😅 I think the only item that really would’ve been up my alley was the card game. I also wasn’t too big a fan of the costumizations either, so I’m kinda glad I skipped. But it’s so fun watching you rave about a box 🎉
Always good when you make a good skip decision!
I would use the cups as a planter for succulents...like Hen and Chicks
Yeah I've found some cute plants for them :)
I also love this box! It’s great! Looking forward to read the book
I love watching your videos. They are so calm❤
Glad you like them!
I keep bread twist ties in a cup like that - don’t know if that’s a thing in the uk- but as a planter would work tooo
I know what you mean, thats a handy idea!
I love the book! I’ve read it already and it was so good! But was so disappointed by this edition. I was excited since I loved the book but this didn’t feel special.
I really like the naked hardcover, but I was quite disappointed by the edges & the endpapers. The edges just feel like they wouldn't stand out if I saw them on a shelf at all & I was hoping that the endpapers would have some character art :/
@@isi__1 - I agree the hardcover is very pretty but I wanted really cool edges and character art on the endpapers too.
You could always use the cups for storage in your bathroom/office/bedroom. I do that a lot. Hair clips/bands, cotton swabs or pads, pens, loose coins...my cupboards are full of cute mugs and glasses, so when I get ones I love the design of, I usually turn them into holders of stuff. :) I really like that towel. There isn't a ton of Hunger Games items out there and that's a shame.
They are the prefect size for snacks in the afternoon :) Or you can use it in the bathroom to hold things like cotton pads etc.
You're right about snack bowls!
I also got this for the hunger games item LOL I am sooo using it for a tapestry
It's so beautiful!
That is the best towel I’ve ever seen 😭 also I hope you do vlog going to Berlin!
Ok so I didn't vlog but for good reason because i got so sick!
Does Fairyloot get full Orbit redesigns? I thought they just get color changes or foiling on the dustjacket.
eg:
Emily Wilde
One Dark Window
The Stardust Thief
Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Foxglove King
A Dowry of Blood
City of Dusk
Another D&D nerd, yessss!!! I’m in three campaigns 😅 that bag would definitely be great for dice!
Ha yes I'm even a warhammer nerd....
Another wonderful video! Enjoy your trip to Berlin. You can do a reading and travelling vlog if you want. Otherwise, it is fine. No worries.
I've used the teacups as snack/sweet pots for when I'm reading or writing. Loved this box but wasn't a fan of the book cover as I didn't like the original
Cups can be used as dessert cups. And I think Illumicrate should do booster packs for the card game. Pretty book!
Absolutey with you on the booster pack idea!
Use the teacups as an ice cream bowls
Thats a cute idea!
Use the mugs as the jars for Fairyloot and illumicrate books, a mug each and each pick equals a vlog
You’re welcome for endless content tips
A positive Illumicrate review, who are you?! 😉 Thank you!
I love the pouch too, I put my Serpent & Dove tarot cards in it. I thought I would love the card game but I only know like 3 characters and the rest I kind of recognise so I think I’d be pretty useless playing it honestly lol 😅
I’m really excited about the book, it sounds great but my only ick is the colour of the spine, I really don’t like it 😂 looks weird on my Illumicrate shelves because they’re all so ..not dull 🙈
Yeah it's definitely not a bookshelf standout!
The little cups you could put a 🌵 in them.
I have been absolutely loving the illumicrate items since they reduced the items to four better quality ones. Wish Fairyloots items were as good quality. Been hating their items lately. So repetitive and not great quality
I am here for playing this game
Good you're the only person I could play it with
This is a box one should get if one has a subscription. I enjoy the Hunger Games towel, tea cups (don't know the fandom) and the character cards. I don't hate or love the book synopsis, but overall the book is disappointing. I am not impressed with a dust jacket that only has gold foiling as the change (it reminds me of Bright and the Pale, Fairyloot edition, whose story disappointed me), nor the endpaper artwork, which just makes me think of carpet patterns. The hardcover design underneath is much better, until you get to the the book spine. For me, the only words that should be on a bookspine should be the title, or even the author name. And there is no dust jacket art? What a shame.
This box was weird to me. I like the towel, cups are pretty but possibly useless for me... card game and pouch are interesting but ill never use it. I didn't like the book seeing pics online, but im person I do really like it!! I might still sell it, just because of the sequels I need to fund 🙈
Mine was signed in black pen, love the red!!
I can't stand this box. I was so disappointed especially as the boxes shipped late. The book was a let down also just I can't see what made this book special.
The book was good but made me want to stop the items
That's me with Fairyloot!