Interesting/Unusual Packaging
 

So, I just saw this:

http://www.maniadb.com/album.asp?a=130791

Looks like the album was packaged in some kind of plastic bag with a liquid inside to complete the theme of "underwater". Wow! :thud

Any unusual packaging methods you guys have seen?

LOL. That's kinda tacky....*water pouch punctures during shipping/handling* There goes that $20 you paid for the album....

omg thats so cool!!! actually alot of korean packagings are awesome!! the japanese should learn from them since their cd's are always more expensive but you still get just a cd case :grumpy

the cd's i have with unusual packaging:
DBSK - mirotic
lee Jung Hyun - Avaholic
Lee Hyori - Hyorish
DBSK - "O" Jung Ban Hap

I know Ami suzuki 3rd album Infinity eighteen vol.2
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SUZUKI-AMI-JA...item588439722d

Pretty much all Korean albums nowadays have interesting packaging. China does too. It's really cool but sometimes it can be a bit too much...just a regular cd case is nice :yes That water one is amazing though

One of favorite packaging is Ami Suzuki's Don't Need to say Goodbye. She was one of the first artists to do the unusual packaging. I quickly took a few pics..

Hmm Gazettes DIM album was interesting. I have the DVD versions so I dunno if the regular CD one is the same. Behold! Haha I actually took a video for it. Laame. It's better than me failing at explaining it. xD

Also the cover and back cover of the lyrics booklet were actually a bumpy texture.

Mr. Goto : I dunno if Ami's single dont need to say good bye has unusual package. I thought only Infinity eighteen vol 2.

thanks for those picts. it looks very nice. now that I think unusual package is more interesting
hopefully ayu does one in someday

I guess it's the way to get people to buy the album and not download it.

this one is great and lovely! :luv2

hope kuu or ayu do something like this someday.. =/

off the top of my head, the only unusual packaging I know (that everyone knows) is kumi's 3 splash, one of the cds came in some weird pouch thing. and G-dragon's Heartbreaker is fronted with a positive cast of his face. like this

Ugh that Heartbreaker CD looks so creepy.

OMG. :shakehead

I didn't know it looked like that! I'd only seen 2D versions of the cover and I wondered why it was so ugly. It's SO COOL like that though! haha I want it now.

@hearted Do you mind if I ask what's unusual about the way the DBSK albums you have are packaged? I plan on purchasing some soon-- so I'd like to know. :)

^want me to take some pics :P

Do you see the box for G-Dragon's album on the bottom right of the picture? The box for MIROTIC looks like that. It has the cover at the bottom and the album/photobook behind. It's so gorgeous!

I think Kpop has really crossed the line of being just tacky tacky tacky. Honestly, if you need to release every CD with some kind of "cool" gimmick than the music itself probably isnt something that people would buy normally....I dunno....Kpop packaging seems a bit contrived to me

the g-dragon case is the bestttt. XD
people filled it with water and froze it to have a "g=dragon ice face" lol~~

Well, I think that's really awesome. I love creative stuff like that! Definitely gives you more incentive to buy the physical copy rather than just download it.

The water thing is awesome!
And Avaholic also.
And I agree, it's a good way to make people buy your physical CD and not only to download it. I prefer good and creative packages.

The Korean industry is falling apart and piracy is insanely high, so I guess they need to have something special about their releases to make people buy them physically instead of downloading them for free instead. :yes

^yeah im also so excited when i get kpop cds! i consider it as an extra special gift :love

neme: ISNT IT FRIKKIN AMAZING OMG :thud i was so shocked when i got it!!!! the cd is gorgeous as well :luv2

btw amorphose i made pics for ya of "O" :D
http://img263.imageshack.us/i/dsc09977.jpg/http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6/dsc09979o.jpghttp://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9215/dsc09979.jpg

:luv2

WOW! Which version is that? I NEED IT. :dead2

^lol XD its the repackaged version, dunno if its C or D though,,, here's the link: http://www.yesasia.com/global/dong-b...0-en/info.html

It's so cool! I love how K-pop is so cheap. :dead2

I think it's awesome that kpop comes in special packages. if everything just came in boring old jewel case then why not buy it all digitally?

I think tae yang's HOT album is packaged kind of cool. it's a metal round tin.
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2416/covercad.jpg

atleast I think it's a tin. not sure. I saw pics of it somewhere and it looked metally, like the top came off.

I hope Ayu could do the same thing too. But I hope the price are still the same as the packaging looks so expensive.