YES!!!!!
You know I said I’d stop fangirling? Well, I lied. I’m back with another post.
I pre-ordered the fan pack as soon as it was available (if I’d waited I wouldn’t have had the money to pay for it). It arrived the on Monday, the official release date and came packaged in a sturdy cardboard container.
It contains
- · a comprehensive magazine edited by Ville Valo and covering everything to do with the new album,
- · two double-sided posters (although one of them might be for pre-orders only – it has the names of everyone who ordered before the 2nd of April printed on it), one A1 sized and the other full door length
- a drawstring bag (again pre-orders only?),
- · for 1000 lucky people, signed cards (I didn’t get one of those *sigh*),
- · a code to download five bonus tracks from DXX records.’
At £14.99 I’d say that was a bargain. Even if you take out the stuff that’s for pre-orders only that still leaves a thick magazine, an album, several bonus songs to download, and a very large double-sided poster. At a quick estimate, let’s say the album costs £10 on its own, the poster, 3 or 4 quid, the magazine is at least £4, plus the downloadable tracks? £2 or £3? So about £20 in total? If you could get any of the extras on their own, which I don’t think you can, that’s good value for money. Now the only decision is, do I hang the posters up, or keep them safe in the packaging?
So, purely from a monetary viewpoint, the fan-pack/collector’s pack is worth it. From a fan’s point of view, the insights into the band, the album and everything that goes with it, the magazine is a treasure house of information. So yes, definitely worth the money if you like HIM.
Bye,
Rose
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