I've always preordered my Rocket Punch albums, and as excited as I was for Rocket Punch's "color collection" continuation, I hadn't gotten around to preordering Yellow Punch. When Woollim first dropped teasers on March 21st, 2022 for Kwon Eun Bi's second mini album Color, I was completely floored at the underwater shots. Woollim dropped album details on March 21st at 3PM KST, right when preorders opened. To my surprise, Ktown4u's preorders also opened then, along with a video call event!
This is the first time that Woollim has used Ktown4u to offer a video call event. I was really excited since I trust Ktown4u in correctly sending out orders in a timely manner, that the fanclub discount price applies to Ktown4u's video call event, and that I can order other items along with my Color albums.
I placed my order for one Yellow Punch album, and Ktown4u was still offering the first press poster and preorder benefit accordion book, so I selected one of each as well. For Color, I used the fanclub link to order one set at the discounted price which does apply to the video call event. Color does have 2 first press posters, which I opted for, along with 2 preorder benefit stands, which weren't listed as an option on Ktown's listings (for the regular album and for the video call albums). The video call event also includes 1 random preorder benefit photocard per album out of 4, which I opted for as well.
During checkout, they ask if you would like to participate in the video call event, along with your full name as stated on your passport, birth date, phone number, channel (this is a drop down of possible apps), and channel ID.
I didn't realize it, but even though Color was released on April 4th, the product listing marks the in-stock date as April 11th. My package shipped on April 13th KST and arrived on April 14th PT. My order was wrapped up securely in several layers of bubblewrap inside a cardboard box.
Pictured above included in my package where the 2 random Ktown4u pob Color photocards inside their own clear resealable sleeves and then inside a ziplock bag, followed by the Yellow Punch pob accordion book in a clear resealable bag, the 2 Color albums, Yellow Punch, followed by the 2 Color folded posters.
To my disappointment, my package didn't include Rocket Punch's poster nor Eun Bi's preorder benefit stands. I checked the product listing for Yellow Punch and posters are still available. As for Color, there is still no option for the stands (not even one that says out of stock), but Ktown's unboxing video does show the stands included as external benefits with the albums...
Here are the 2 random Ktown4u pob photocards I got out of 4.
Here is the backside of the pob photocards. These cards have a glossy finish.
At first I was super excited that Woollim was finally working with Ktown4u to hold video call events, but now I'm much more hesitant since preorder benefits are of course important to me. But I'll try not to think about it this time, and will just enjoy the albums and gorgeous photoshoots^^
