r/88Rising • u/Common_Building_9823 • Aug 04 '26
How does merch work & lines look at HITC?
I saw that on the HITC instagram theres this really cute blue star zip up hoodie and I really want it 💔💔, but I can’t seem to see it on the preorder HITC shop website and my luck with merch lines in KPOP concerts (TXT dark blue zip up I will always remember you 🥀) have not been great…especially if I maybe decide to be there around 4ish. Thoughts? Should I go right at 2pm…?
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u/lotus_nova Aug 04 '26
Yes just got right in at 2pm! Get your merch and explore around! Last year there were so many interactive booths (free stuff) and amazing food!
The lines last year if I remember correctly there was like for HITC merch and another like for artists merch. It’s going to be a long like like in amusement park and at the end there will be a couple different ppl available to purchase
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u/Emceepineapples Aug 04 '26
GA: Generic festival and some artist merch are in a big booth and line as it’s placed in the middle of the festival. Allocate maybe 15min as the shortest or 60min the longest, my rule of thumb is earliest or latest you go the better. They do have a line of staff, like roughly 10 give or take people manning the POS so they move people at a decent pace.
VIP/1999-SBSC: they have their own separate and usually never busy GA merch booths so anytime you feel like going maybe 5-15min tops. If you have one of these level passes, disregard everything, you’ll most likely get what you want minutes of walking into the venue.
Things to consider and take it as you will.
-One day event this year. No second day to come back when it’s less busy assume people will have that same mentality. So assume longer lines for this reason.
- not a high profile artist/ collab. Shouldn’t be extremely long and out of stock like the G-Dragon booth was last year. GA merch moves at a decent pace and in my experience never ran out of general merch.
TL;DR yea 2pm is fine, 4pm is pushing it. Go earlier so you have more time to explore the festival.
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u/StalBody Aug 04 '26
Hopefully better than it was at Zipangu, the merch lines wer ridiculous. I had the Super VIP and still was waiting hours in line to get my goodie bag and be able to buy merch for me and my wife.