Today at lunch, Neriah brought up the new sensation that's been sweeping the internet via youtube and other video websites...unboxing. I'm not too new to this “unboxing” trend, hell I've even done one before where I documented my unboxing of Street Fighter 4 when it came out. Now you may or may not know exactly what unboxing is, so allow me to explain. What essentially happens is that someone opens up a product and literally unboxes it while giving a play by play review of everything that comes with the said product. This can happen with a number of items like “collector’s edition” video game packages, trading card packs, electronic gizmos, pretty much anything and everything. I like to think of it as watching someone open up a gift, and immediately taking that gift out of it’s box and using item and telling me about all of the great things about it.
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“Here you go Jimmy, here’s your birthday present.”
“Oh thanks Mike…*unwraps present*….Ahh, sweet. Star Wars trilogy on blu-ray! Ahh man! Dude, so good man *begins ripping off plastic wrap*!!!! Dude I’ve heard that there’s a couple deleted scenes in this version that’s never been any other version. *opens box* I mean the DVD collectors edition came with a lot of extra foota *grabs 1 of the 3 blu-ray cases* – OHHH look at that art man. No seriously look at this…is that bad ass or what!? *holds up for me to view* Let’s look at the special features…dude we gotta watch this…”
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If I were to describe unboxing in one word it would be…delightful. It’s totally awesome to hear how excited someone is to enjoy their goodies. I can’t get enough of the introductions to the unboxing too “Hello, this is Tyler Preston…also known as DarkPaladin183, and I’m about to open up a package I got from UPS…lets do it. *opens box up* Well, there’s some shrink wrap in here with the packaging…”
Seriously, who can’t help but laugh and enjoy the experience with them!? They’re so happy and so excited! And then the flurry of random facts and information about the item…the origin, how much they bought it for, the special features that come with it, detailed explanations of why it’s so bad ass, it’s like they could go on and on as to why it’s so great. Watching DVD unboxing is absolutely hilarious to me. The obligatory opening of the DVD case is always funny to me “annnd here’s what the disc art looks like.” And shortly afterwards, all the special features are mentioned.
Anyways, Neriah and I made a joke about how we were going to create a youtube page dedicated to unboxing, but with a bit of a spin on it. Not so much unboxing awesome gadgets or anything great, but more or less unboxing things a bit LESS exciting. Things like groceries, trash cans, unboxing “Christmas edition” where we open up our presents and just explain everything and anything about the item…Unboxing a HUMAN of all things!...shit like that.
It was a nice little laugh. If you’re ever interested in getting something new but a bit skeptical of it, check out the unboxing of it on youtube. God knows it’s there, and you’ll get a good representation of what you can expect…or maybe at least a smiley feel good feeling for the person who’s doing the unboxing ^_^
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