Cat Reviews: Korea Box - EXO Box July 2017

Annyeong Friends and fellow EXO-Ls!  Since my last K-Pop subscription box success, I've been in search of another, even better K-Pop subscription box, but one filled with EXO goodies, and today I am back to review what I've found!

This time, I bring you, KoreaBox!  KoreaBox, like the BiBimBoxKorea that I reviewed last time, is a monthly box that costs you $29.99 a month.  It's filled with 2-5 items unique to whatever group you chose, and of course I chose EXO, but they have boxes for many of the other groups like BTS, Monsta X, TWICE, SHINee, etc., as well as a K-Drama box (prices vary), K-Beauty box (prices vary), and K-Snack box (prices vary).  The box comes with a group or your bias's "blanket" as one of the items.  It ships free from Korea to wherever you are and you can cancel anytime.  The process of ordering KoreaBox is fairly simple; for the K-Pop box, I chose EXO, then chose Chanyeol's "blanket" (you'll see what I put that in quotes later), and then finished my order by setting up my PayPal auto-pay service, and the order is done!

Before we get into what was in the box, I wanted to mention that I thought communication from KoreaBox is really great.  They emailed me soon after I placed my order to confirm it, then a few days later, I received another email asking about if I would prefer the newer "Ko Ko Bop themed" blanket or just to stick with the "For Life themed" blanket that was featured on the site.  I chose the Ko Ko Bop themed one because it is newer, even though For Life is my favorite EXO album...  They promptly replied thank you and I got another email later confirming shipment, which included photos of my actual box so I knew what to be expecting in the mail.  Canceling was also super easy, but I'll talk more about that towards the end, and for now, let's get into the box!

So the box came like this, exactly like the photo I was emailed in the shipping confirmation.  It was a lot smaller than I expected because it supposedly had a blanket inside.  It can fairly quickly, I ordered it on July 18th and received it on August 2nd.  Sorry I didn't take photos of me actually unboxing it, I was too excited, but at the very top of the box there was a KoreaBox newsletter all about the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics (yay for Suhorang!!).  Right below that there was a small letter wrapped around a sheet mask.  The letter is a super cute, personalize, handwritten letter from KoreaBox, and the sheet mask was an extra little welcome gift - both nice touches in my opinion.

As for the EXO stuff that came in the box, this was it.

It came with the "blanket" and a little pillow looking keychain.  Neither of which are official EXO merch, which was expected, especially since I know SM is pretty strict with vendors selling non-official merch of featuring their artists (it's inevitable though).  I was most excited about the blanket, because I was really looking forward to cuddling up with a blanket with my boyfriend's cute face on it, but I was super disappointed to see that it isn't really a blanket, maybe a blanket for babies???  It's a little bit longer than the official EXO posters I have.  You can see it's size in relation to my twin sized bed... kinda disappointing, right?  

You can also see that on the label on the packet in came in says it's supposed to be a "large sized blanket" but uhm are we making blankets for ants now??  It's also a really thin suede (faux suede I assume) material so like that's not really blanket material right?  Do I have the concept of blankets incorrect?  Despite the disappointing size of the blanket, I do really like the Chanyeol image that's featured on it, but because I like him.

As for the pillow keychain, it was also kind of a miss for me because as you can see below, the images on it are kind of hard to see and it seems sort of impractical, but it is a cute idea.  I honestly don't think I'll be putting it on my bag or anything.

I did cancel my subscription because I honestly just wasn't impressed by what was in the box.  It was very easy to cancel; on the website it tells you to send them an email to cancel, but I just cancelled my recurring payments plan on PayPal and then about a day later, KoreaBox sent me an email confirming my cancellation.  And even though I cancelled it, KoreaBox scored really high for customer service in my books, but in the end it is actually about what's in the box in my opinion. That being said, I do appreciate what did come in the box because it was two items I definitely wouldn't have purchased myself outside of this.

Overall, I would give KoreaBox a good 3.5 out of 5 stars.  It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't enough to make me want more.  I think the service and the thought that comes with each box is outstanding which is what would make me consider purchasing another box in the future.  Maybe NCT?  Maybe another EXO??  We'll see about that.  I definitely would not say that you don't get your money's worth, nor would I say that you shouldn't purchase a KoreaBox.  I know I was a little harsh, but I do want to give you my most honest opinion.  My only piece of advice is don't have high expectations for what could come in your box because you could end up like me: disappointed.  But like I said, this may not be an end for me and KoreaBox, I may very well come back at a later time!

And that is all for my KoreaBox review!  I do have another BiBimBoxKorea coming soon - it's an EXO one this time - and I'll definitely be reviewing it and maybe even comparing this KoreaBox and the BiBimBox.  Please check out KoreaBox and give them a try yourself, don't let my indifferent opinion about my experience keep you from trying something pretty cool, you might have a better experience!

As always, thanks so much for reading!

With Love,
Caitlyn <3

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