Alexa Penavega Quarterly Subscription Box Review #AVQ01

So glad I cancelled the last minute as this box is LAME. Seems like no thought was put into this box. Glad Quarterly is making changes and discontinuing unpopular boxes which puts pressure on curators to include much desired items. Can’t wait for your box Liz as well as Eva Schrivo’s.

I can buy unique picture frames, prints, and candy at Walgreens for around $25.

The Fotobit frames are a very clever idea but agreed that otherwise everything seems most suitable for a fan. It reminds me a little of the Coco Quarterly Box and the “kiss print”.

If this box is targeted to her fan base (teens and twenty-somethings), then $50 is a LOTof money, and frankly a few frames and prints/candy that you can get cheaply at your local drugstore make this box a serious dud.

My 15 1/2 year old son wanted me to subscribe to this box because he loved her in Spy Kids and thinks she is hot. Quarterly did release 2 spoilers – the autographed picture and the Skittles. I can see him using the picture certificate and frames for himself or as a gift, eating the Skittles (his favorite), and hanging up her picture. I think it was smart that Quarterly released the 2 spoilers that might generate the most complaints. It’s nice that she included a frame for her autographed picture and a certificate for 12 pictures to be developed which is more than enough for the frames. Instagram is popular. I do think there is a possibility that Quarterly may be dropping her box because it is still marked sold out which seems to be what they do before choosing to keeping a new box.

This box has no appeal to me as a mom in her 40s which is fine because I doubt I am the demographic for this box. I can see it being a hit with her fan base and it appeals to my teenage son. However, he is not the one buying sub boxes.

Not for me. I never post anything to Instagram, I only follow people to enter contests. (I don’t even have a smart phone and had to use an Android emulator just to be able to sign up for the account.) It is nice that she included the free prints, though. Not really excited about candy I can buy at Target or the dollar store.

I think I am just really out of touch with which celebrities are popular these days and why they’re popular. I don’t follow entertainment news, don’t watch much TV, and rarely go to the movies. So I am probably not the target audience for this type of box, anyway. Ah, well. Of the Quarterly boxes I’ve seen unboxed as of yet, Bianca Jade’s is probably the most in tune with my interests.