[news | merch] official(?) box-sets of woh/shl merch

[acricketsong]

Edited to Add 12-Jun: There is some question regarding the authenticity of the official status of the merch. If there is anyone who can read Mandarin well, would you mind taking a look at the links?

A user recently posted an unboxing video of the box-set, which was then shared on Twitter here. [Note: the original video was likely on Weibo (analogous to Facebook / Instagram), which restricts posts to users, hence the repost to Twitter.]

Edited to Add 10-Jun: I mixed up two box-sets! The one with the concept art and stuff (in the twitter unboxing) is a separate box-set, found here. This box-set includes official(?) concept art, a book of poetry references used in the script, and official(?) promo art.

A separate box-set includes WKX’s fan, WKX’s hairpin, bookmarks, postcards, acrylic standee, and wallet. It all looks gorgeous, but at the moment, I can’t comment on the quality of any of it.











The source of the photos is Taobao, a "consumer-to-consumer (C2C) retail by providing a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open online stores that mainly cater to consumers in Chinese-speaking regions (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) and abroad." (Wikipedia)

This article explains how to make a purchase on Taobao as an international consumer.

If anyone has more details, please feel free to add in the comments, and I’ll edit my post accordingly!

Comments

[sabriel]

I saw this earlier and was tempted, but I wasn't entirely sure if this was authorized merch.

[acricketsong]

I can’t read Mandarin unfortunately, so I’m relying entirely on translations from a friend, who confirmed it was official. I understand the hesitation, though.

I’ll see if I can Tweet Youku’s international account for confirmation there.

[sabriel]

The concept art box is the one I'm really interested in. One of the pictures SAY they're produced by Youku and that they are official merch, but anyone can say that.(My Chinese is just good enough for this.) And you can no longer order from that Taobao page (it's a subsidiary of Taobao? Like their version of kickstarter).

[acricketsong]

Is Taobao & associated companies that unregulated that you can just say official without any consequences? That sounds really bad for creative industries over there. I did Tweet Youku, and I’ll add a note in regarding authenticity.

[sabriel]

I have no clue other than that it's...complicated. Though I think they are getting much better at it, but Taobao & associated companies are BIG.

Thanks~