Musical Midnight Sun: Golden Child Y MD Review

Golden Child's Y has been continuing his musical career, this time as the lead in "Midnight Sun" from May to June 2022. This production is run by Meta Theater, which allows for online streaming as well as MD friendly for international ordering.

On May 19th, Meta Theater tweeted that merchandise would be sold starting on May 25th at 2PM KST via Ticket Link, which has a global site. I visited the product page on Ticket Link here right when preordering opened, however for the first few days it kept erroring out. I thought this was a sign that I didn't need this merchandise, especially with Golden Child's US tour looming. But with Korean fans already receiving their items and showing them on Twitter, I caved in for the school themed merch. The listing page also stated that shipping will begin on May 30th in sequential purchase order. I checked again on May 31st (half hoping that Y's goods would be sold out, but everything was still in stock) and was able to order! 

Products (by musical actor/actress):

• Taeyang Highschool Package - 20,000KRW
• Tin Box Package - 13,000KRW
• Incense Stick Holder Package - 15,000KRW
• Badge - 10,000KRW

Since I knew I would already be paying ridiculous shipping fees, I decided to buy all 4 items that are directly associated with Y. (It was a bit tempting that Eunbi is in this musical and has MD too, but I had to refrain).

This product listing is within Ticket Link's musical tab. There is an order limit of 3 per item. I chose the 4 items above, making sure to have selected Y's version for all of them, and then continued with placing my order. The subtotal was 58,000₩ and shipping was 59,300₩, for a total of 117,300₩. There were no issues with paying using an international credit card. The one thing that caught me off-guard was that the Ticket Delivery stated "Pick-up at venue" while Venue stated "Not Applicable". I was worried if they had actually expected me to pick this up at a venue, especially when the MD listing page was under musicals.

I didn't receive any notification or indication of when my package would ship, so I was very surprised when my package arrived on June 15th! It was delivered via EMS (USPS) and unfortunately came with a large hope at the corner.

Luckily all 4 items were safely inside my package.

Each of the 4 items came in its own bubblewrap bag, with the excess of the bag wrapped around the product and then securely taped.

Here are the items!

Taeyang Highschool Package

The Taeyang Highschool Package comes in a really cutely sized matte cardstock box with dimensions 6.125" by 4.5" by 1".

There is a clear piece of tape securing the flap. Removing that and opening the flap reveals a sheet of ID photos. This photo sheet is slightly bigger than the box so it curled a bit at the top and bottom.

Underneath the ID photo sheet are a badge, ID card, and 2 notebooks.

Here are all of the contents of this package! It comes with Y's ID photo sheet, Y's school ID, the school's badge inside a PVC pouch, and 2 matte notebooks, one of Haram and one of Haena. The notebooks have blank pages inside.

Here are the backsides of the contents. The ID photo sheet is printed on matte Fujifilm photo paper. The school ID card is made of thick plastic like a real ID card, and the backside has both the school logo and a QR code that takes you to https://www.2022midnightsun.com/fhda682gkjl5 and asks for your passcode. The badge has a butterfly clutch fastener. And the 2 notebooks has the same quote printed on the back cover.

Tin Box Package

The tin box package came with the 5 photocard set on top of the tin box and inside a clear sleeve. Here are the photocard images.

The sticker label on the tin box matches the backside of the photocards. The photocards have a glossy finish.

Incense Stick Holder Package

The incense stick holder package comes in a PVC zip lock pouch with a "Midnight Sun" sticker.

The incense holder is in the shape of a surfboard and is made of plastic with a small hole at the end to hold incense. There is a clear plastic layer on top of the surfboard that you can peel off. The surfboard is about 9.125" by 2.8125" by 0.1875".

 The set also comes with 2 glossy photocards.

The backside of the incense holder is white while the backsides of the photocards match the tin box package.

Badge

This metal badge comes pinned to a piece of cardstock with Y's photo and inside a clear resealable bag. I wasn't interested in the badge especially when it doesn't really represent Y, but since I'm already paying ridiculous shipping, I figured I should tack this onto my order^^ The badge is about 1" by 1.5".

The badge has 2 butterfly clutch fasteners to secure it. The back of the cardstock also has a quote along with the dates and venue of this production's run.

I know I could've definitely done without this merchandise, but I'm really happy to have it! I especially love the school ID card, and I am actually planning on using the tin box to securely store my Polaroids while travelling for Golden Child's US tour^^ And I see that Meta Theater is also selling an OST + Photobook package, but I decided to pass on that...

Kwon Eun Bi: COLOR Woollim Mall Merch Review

IZ*ONE's leader Kwon Eunbi made her first solo comeback with second mini album Color on April 4th, 2022. On April 13th at 12:05PM KST, Woollim Mall tweeted the official MD for this era with list of  products on order starting April 14th 2PM KST.

Kwon Eun Bi 2nd Mini Album [COLOR] Official MD:

• NO.927 FRAGRANCE / 39,000₩ / $33.03 USD
• PHOTO SET / 15,000₩ / $12.71 USD
• PREMIUM PICTURE FRAME (AUTOGRAPH & MESSAGE) / 65,000₩ / $55.06 USD

The product pages for both the fragrance and photo set state that ordering is until the item is sold out, whereas the product page of the premium photo states that ordering is until April 18th 11:59PM KST. The product pages also state that shipping begins on April 22nd for the fragrance and photo set, and May for the picture frame.

Woollim Mall also announced on their website a Polaroid event running until April 18th 11:59PM KST for all purchasers of the picture frame to be entered in a lottery for one of ten signed Polaroids.

I've always planned on ordering Eunbi's albums just to get a variety of music into my collection, but when Color teasers first dropped, I was completely floored with the underwater photoshoot. Followed by Woollim releasing perfume for the first time (I'm excluding the Lovey Dovey collab and Golden Child Bomin's endorsement of My Dahlia fabric mists), I immediately wanted Eunbi's premium picture frame and fragrance, and then I thought that I might as well tack on the photo set to the order. (And I was again tempted with Eunbi's Secret Doors concert merch, especially her lightstick, key necklace, and new perfume...but stopped myself to focus on Golden Child's upcoming tour...).

As expected, I am still blacklisted from ordering from Woollim Mall, and am so grateful to my friend for helping me with locking in my order! I'm even more grateful because I noticed that the perfume sold out when I checked during the early morning of April 15th KST.

Both the fragrance and the photo set are pretty straightforward in how to order. But for the picture frame, this is quite customizable. You need to choose the picture to be signed (out of six photos from the various photoshoots from Color), another picture (which I have no idea what the purpose of this is, but again it's from the same selection of six photos), and whether or not you actually want the sign. With my undying love for the underwater shoot and my fear of Everline messing up my order, I chose the same underwater photo for both options. Even on the international site, all of the dropdown instructions are in Korean. And I didn't actually notice this until after my package arrived and I began blogging about this, but on the Korean site, there is another customizable field to add text of up to ten characters; I'm assuming that only on the Korean site you can get a customizable message. This text field isn't available on the international site.

I received my UPS tracking number on June 7th PT and my packaged arrived on June 10th PT!

I was surprised at just how big the package is! It came in a sturdy cardboard box with usual Everline disclaimer stating to take an unboxing video in case of missing or damaged products.

Opening up the cardboard flaps reveals several layers of bubblewrap at the top filling up some empty space.

Removing the layers of bubblewrap reveals a bubblewrap bag containing the fragrance (which was tightly wrapped and taped up in additional bubblewrap) and photo set. At the bottom is another cardboard box with the picture frame.

Here are all 3 products together (I forgot to take the picture before opening up the picture frame...).

NO.927 FRAGRANCE

Here is Woollim's first fragrance! It comes with 2 photocards packaged inside a clear resealable bag.

Here are both photocards. They have a glossy finish.

And here is the backside.

The cardboard box packaging is simple. There is a matte sticker label sealing the box, along with the holographic Woollim seal on the side.

The back of the box has details in Korean.

I didn't want to break the label, so I opened the box from the bottom. At the top is a cutout for the lid of the perfume bottle.

Here are the box and perfume bottle. Both have the label with text "No. 927" (Eunbi's birthdate), "MUSK GREEN FLORAL FRAGRANCE", "THE 2ND MINI ALBUM COLOR", "DATE: 04/04/2022" (album release date), "DEAR: RUBI", and "FROM: SILVER RAIN". I really like the connection with dedicating this to Eunbi's fandom^^

The perfume bottle is quite simple. It is a glass bottle with a plastic lid.

There is more info in Korean on a sticker on the bottom of the bottle.

The dispenser is like a typical spray bottle. Going off of the product page, this bottle contains 50 ml. The top note is "green fruity (leaf green / peach)", the middle note is "fresh floral (lily / rose / orchid / jasmine)", and the base note is "musk". The scent is very light and refreshing.

PHOTO SET

The photo set comes inside a luxurious velvety paper envelope, and then inside a clear resealable bag.

The backside of the packaging has the product sticker along with the holographic Woollim seal.

The envelope flap is unsealed so it is easy to take out the photos.

Here is the order that the photos were in. There are 10 photos, all with a glossy finish and about 4" by 6".

The backside of these photos have "FUJIFILM" printed across them.

Here are all of the photos! I'm lowkey sad that the underwater photoshoot didn't make the cut, but nonetheless all of these photos are absolutely gorgeous, especially the blue ones.

PREMIUM PICTURE FRAME

The picture frame comes packaged securely in a cardboard box. The product sticker with the holographic Woollim seal is on the front of the box.

Opening up this box reveals the flimsy photo in a bubblewrap envelope at the top.

Underneath is the signed premium photo with four Styrofoam wedges to protect the photo. I was really pleasantly surprised at this item; I didn't realize how huge it is, and am super relieved that the quality is really nice without being fragile. I was a bit disappointed that there was no message with the autograph which is misleading with the item's name on the product page, but it is what it is.

I'm still not entirely sure what these items are. The one of the left is like a glossy transparency film, with the backside being opaque white. The right is made of aluminum and contains Eunbi's autograph. Unfortunately despite the product being "AUTOGRAPH & MESSAGE", mine only came with an autograph as the international site didn't have an option to include a message. Both of these posters are 12" by 18".

This metal poster is quite thick, and attached is a frame that you can use to hang on a wall. The poster is about 0.125" while the frame is about 0.25" thick.

Here is a closer look at the backside of the metal poster. There is a lip within this frame so that it can rest on a metal picture hanger.

For now I have this leaning against the wall next to my other signed poster (from Golden Child's ontact fan meeting in November 2020^^), but I would like to display my Eunbi merch somehow, because this photo is too iconic not to display!

Overall, as I waited weeks for this package to arrive, I had started to regret ordering Eunbi merch (especially when this MD was released before Golden Child's US tour was announced). But after I received my package, I'm really happy with all the items! I'm content with the scent of the fragrance, the photo set surprisingly was a nice addition to highlighting Eunbi's other shoots from this era, and I fell in love once again with this gorgeous underwater photo. And as cute as Eunbi's Secret Doors concert MD was, I'm relieved that I had self control and didn't order. I'll be content with the Eunbi merch that I have currently^^