My BTS Global Official Fanclub ARMY Membership Merch Box #16 arrived last month, which is officially my last Merch Box.
The BTS Global Official Fanclub added a Merch Pack Membership option in 2020, which included 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 was ₩175,000 rather than the regular ₩25,000, but each merch box included exclusive membership items that you couldn't get anywhere else. However, this program has officially been discontinued, with renewals and new registrations being suspended as of July 4, 2024. This means that only those who signed up for or renewed the Merch Pack Membership before this announcement (January to May 2024) will be able to receive Merch Boxes #17, #18, #19, and #20. It is unclear whether BigHit is revamping this membership option or getting rid of a second membership option altogether. As of right now, only the regular Membership is available for new registrations and renewals.
BigHit only allows membership renewals up to 60 days before or 30 days after the expiration date (e.g. the anniversary of your registration date), so those whose membership renewal period is after July 2024 (and the earliest membership registration possible was in August 2020 — which is when I signed up) are unable to renew the Merch Pack Membership. Basically, this means that those of us who joined this membership option at the very beginning will not be able to get the final four Merch Boxes. And as a BTS merch collector, I am greatly annoyed that I will not be able to finish my collection of these solo member boxes.
The body of the mood lamp, made of ceramic, features the same visual style as RM's Indigo album. It comes with a white pleated lamp shade (which I think is made with a polyethylene hybrid material as it's flexible but feels plastic) that requires a bit of self-assembly. (I just could not figure out how to flip this lamp shade over the inner wire with the paper instructions that were included in the box — before I realized it came with a QR code for an assembly video, which proved to be essential.) It requires a Type-C cable and adapter as they are not included. I originally didn't think I'd have much use for this mood lamp but it has somehow replaced my original bedside lamp. As it is a mood lamp, the light is very dim so I don't recommend reading a book with it, but it provides just enough light to be able to see where you're going in a dark room. (This comes especially in handy if you need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I imagine it would also be a very good night light for those who need it.)
Lastly, we have the obligatory photocard — of course, Merch Box #16 comes with RM'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, "The desert," so put together in order with the photo frames from the previous four Merch Boxes, the sentence currently says, "When we're together, even the desert..." 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. BUT I'LL NEVER KNOW HOW THE SENTENCE WILL END BECAUSE I CAN'T GET THE LAST FOUR BOXES. (Can you tell I'm still a little bitter about this?)
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