Unboxing: BTS Global Official Fanclub ARMY Membership — Merch Box #14

My BTS Global Official Fanclub ARMY Membership Merch Box #14 arrived last week!

The BTS Global Official Fanclub added a Merch Pack Membership option in 2020, which includes four different merch boxes during the one-year membership period (e.g. one merch box per annual quarter) on top of the regular Membership perks. The price of the Merch Pack Membership is ₩175,000 ($150 USD) rather than the regular ₩25,000 ($23 USD). Shipping costs are not included, so the price can end up doubling (or more, depending on where you live) because Weverse Shop uses DHL (which also means there will be duties and taxes upon arrival). However, each merch box includes exclusive membership items that you cannot get anywhere else or at any other time, so you'll have to see if this is worth the value for yourself. For ARMY who are interested, the Merch Pack Membership can be purchased at any time through Weverse Shop. 

  BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — FACE Outer Box

BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — FACE Outer Box

The theme for Merch Box #14 is Jimin's FACE album. Originally, I thought the merch boxes for the next two renewal periods would be focusing on the individual members by military enlistment order, but Jimin's box being released right after J-Hope's has thrown this theory out the window. (It would've been Suga's, which is actually the focus for Merch Box #15.) Merch Box #14 is comprised of two main components: a phone stand and a wireless charger. These items are designed in the same silver theme as Jimin's FACE album.

BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — FACE Phone Stand

BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — FACE Wireless Charger

BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — FACE Wireless Charger

The phone stand is made of a thick, sturdy plastic with rubber feet on the bottom to prevent slip. It's designed so that your phone won't slide out of the holder. (I have bought BT21 phone holders that are adorable but the piece at the front was so short that it didn't even hold my phone.) Note that this holder will fit phones with thin phone cases only. If you have those thick "ultra-protection" cases (e.g. Otterbox or Casetify) on your phone, you'll have to take it off to fit in this holder. As for the wireless charger, it should work with all devices that are set up for wireless charging. However, the charger lights up quite brightly when it is charging a device, and it does not turn off until your device is finished charging. If you sleep in darkness, this might be quite distracting (I know because I woke up several times due to its brightness), so I recommend using this charger during non-sleeping hours, or outside of the bedroom.

BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #14 — Jimin Photocard + Photo Frame
BTS Global Official Fanclub — Merch Box #12, #13, and #14 Photo Frames

Lastly, we have the obligatory photocard — of course, Merch Box #14 comes with Jimin's — and a purple plastic photocard frame that looks like a little book. Each of the individual member Merch Boxes should include the same kind of photocard frame with a different word on the back. On the back of this frame is the word, "Together," so put together in order with the photo frames from Merch Box #12 and #13, the sentence currently says, "When we're together." Once all seven members' boxes are received, these frames will be a complete series of "books," and then we should also get the complete message on the back of the frames.

I love this "form-meets-function" era of the BTS Merch Boxes. There hasn't been a single thing in the individual member boxes that I haven't used (or am still currently using). The boxes for this membership period have definitely been worth it for me, even with the exorbitant shipping prices.