Here is the second and final part of my unboxing review for Golden Child's first online concert NOW official merchandise. I previously blogged about purchasing this merch from Everline here, and gave an intro and blogged about the wrist band & photocard, mug, pin button set, book pouch set, and postcard set(+mask) here. Below I'll blog about the puzzle, t-shirt, bandana, and behind book & photocard.
Puzzle
The box looks so official...I can't really explain it, but like a set you'd find in a hobby shop, and it seems like more dedication was needed to create this product compared to the others.
Here are all the contents of the puzzle: 500 puzzle pieces inside a ziplock bag, a folded poster, a bag of epoxy resin, and a spreading tool.
There are some random combinations within the concert merchandise, such as postcards and masks, but this puzzle and poster concert does make sense to me, especially since the poster is the same image as the puzzle. Also this poster image is the same as the puzzle, whereas the image on the box is slightly different; you can tell by where the text sits in comparison to the various pink shades in the background.
Ever since quarantine, I've really gotten into puzzles and usually tackle 1000 piece European paintings. So for a puzzle to be one of the concert goods, I was especially excited for this item! Here I'll give my pros and cons about this puzzle in comparison with puzzles manufactured by puzzle companies:
- +: The pieces come in a reusable ziplock bag, which is much more organized when putting the puzzle away.
- +: There were no crumbs within the bag. A lot of puzzles I've opened have little cardboard particles that made me sneeze a lot, but the puzzle pieces here were all very clean of excess debris.
- +: All the pieces were separated already. I've had many puzzles where pieces were already stuck together (both correct and incorrect pieces), and one where two pieces were stuck together because it wasn't cut thoroughly. But all the pieces here were very clean cut.
- +: This set comes with epoxy and a spreading tool! I've never seen these inclusions before, and the price of this puzzle is about average to the puzzles I've gotten (again ignoring the ridiculous Eline shipping fee). There are no instructions for using these, but luckily when Golden Child unboxed their concert merchandise, they explained the use of these!
- +: There is a good variety of puzzle piece shapes, making this puzzle fun. This is more of a personal opinion, but I just get really bored if all the pieces are the same shape, because then you can't use the shape as a hint for what type of piece belongs where.
- +: When you put 2 pieces together, you know that they fit perfectly and that it's correct.
- -: My only negative point is that the pieces don't stick well together. So if I pieced together Jangjun and wanted to move those 10 pieces next to Joochan, I couldn't hold Jangjun steadily. I'd have to take Jangjun apart, maybe 2 pieces at a time.
While there is a variety of puzzle piece shapes, majority of them are this one. It made it a bit challenging, especially after finishing the text and the boys, but nonetheless it was a challenge and fun to complete. And the background looks quite difficult and at first I lost motivation to complete it, but it's interesting once you see the slight nuances in the shade and detail.
T-Shirt
The t-shirt came in a clear resealable bag, folded to display the image on the chest. This is a really create screenshot of Golden Child's "One (Lucid Dream)" music video, and is nice that it doesn't exactly scream "Kpop" so I'd feel comfortable wearing this anywhere.
I didn't have much expectation for this item, mostly because I'd only wear it on special occasions to best preserve it. But it far exceeded my expectations and then some! It's 100% cotton but it's really thick and soft inside, and is like a thin sweater! I was really pleasantly surprised on the quality of the material.
The shirt is one size, and is quite large and boxy. I'm 5'4" and 105lb, and this is how the shirt fits on me. It's long enough to be a mini dress and quite roomy.
Here you can see how big the dimensions are: 1 is where my shoulder is, and 2 is where the shoulder seam on the tee is.
Here is how the bandana looks like. It uses the new logo. It was entertaining seeing the members of Golden Child demonstrating many ways to wear the bandana during their Vlive while presales were happening! And during the encore of the concert, the members wore their bandanas different ways too to demonstrate the versatility. I don't really have the confidence to wear a bandana, so I'll probably end up tying it around a bag or something.
The backside doesn't have a design and as you can see, the fabric is rather thin and there are a few loose strands. The bandana is about 23" by 23".
The behind book came in a shrinkwrap while the photocard came separately in a resealable clear bag. The cover is very simple, with most of the text in black and "NOW" in a metallic red.
The new logo is on the back cover, also in the red metallic. The product label sticker is on the shrinkwrap.
The book is really high quality! It is a hardcover, layflat book so you can see all the pages without loosing any of the image in the spine. The black text is glossy while the red is metallic, and they're all embossed. It is about 7.75" by 10.5" by 0.56" and contains 110 pages.
The behind book is broken up into 3 sections: the white outfit shoot, the hanbok shoot, and the pink shoot. This white outfit shoot contains 12 pages; it begins with 2 pages per member containing 3 photos, and it's in age order starting with Daeyeol.
When the concert poster was first released, I wasn't really into the concept. But now looking more closely at the details of the shoot, it's pretty cool! I really like seeing the TV monitors and trying to identify the scenes and music videos of each one. Also wow Jangjun looks really good with this shade!
There are also 2 group photos at the end of this section. All group photos within this book are 2-page spreads.
It's nice how all of the photos in this book are quite big and high quality, though at times there is still wasted space like this.
The next section contains 20 pages, all from the hanbok shoot. The photos again are in age order starting with Daeyeol; each member has 4 pages, and 1 photo per page. This is definitely my most favorite shoot out of the 3! Unfortunately there are no group photos from this shoot.
I am just speechless; Jaehyun's photos are so beautiful! This is definitely one of my top favorite looks on him!
Donghyun fits this look so well, along with his facial expression!
The last section contains 22 pages from the pink photoshoot. It begins with 4 pages per member, including 3 photos and 1 printed message.
This photoshoot is really growing on me! I especially love how the denim jackets are each personalized with the member's name.
At the end of this section are 2 group photos. This photo is just so cute! It's also the same image used for the group photocard that came with the wristband.
Here is the photocard set that came with the behind book. These images are closeup shots from the behind book.
The backsides of the photocards match the printed messages in the behind book and included the members' printed autographs. The photocards have a glossy finish, like the photocard that came with the wristband.
Overall, I really like the variety of merchandise sold for NOW. It has a great mix of practical items and paper goods (ie. postcards), and oddly enough some items contain both (ie. postcard and mask set, wrist band and photocard, book pouch set with postcards, puzzle with poster). While preordering, I was most excited about the puzzle and behind book, but after opening everything, I'm still most excited about the puzzle and behind book (though honestly that ugly streak on the front cover made me deterred at first), and am most pleasantly surprised by the t-shirt!
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