Retail Price: 650 Yen
Total Tickets: 66
Released Date: 5 Jul 2022
Ichiban Kuji: Selectable prizes for non-blinds small prizes. Double chance included if your country carries this Kuji.
Series Sequel: 17th Sumikko Gurashi Kuji. First in 2022!
Sumikko are back! They are featured in a lot of different Kuji, but Ichiban still has one of the better quality prizes, with their cost being slightly pricier! The theme is here a bird’s theme, feels fresh, so let’s see what they have for us!
Prize A (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 12th
Prize Rating:
I believe Shirokuma appears almost in every set! He dons a pink bird costume, which looks adorable! 2 to go around so you will have a chance to get him!
Prize B (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: 9th
Prize Rating:
Penguin is really an underrated character, he appears the least amongst everyone of them and probably the least popular, but he is cute nonetheless! He is the rare piece in the set so will have it’s value!
Prize C (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 13th
Prize Rating:
Next we have Neko and by far one of the nicest costume in the set! She looks adorable here and I believe most of the fans want to get their hands on this plush!
Prize D (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 15th
Prize Rating:
Mr popular Tokage looks cute as always, he is always the piece everyone wants and this time round his costumes look good too so won’t be surprised if everyone wants this piece too! All plush are 28cm long so definitely huggable!
Prize E (2 pieces)
Prize Rating:
We are not done with the big prizes! Next we have a hand bag that has the theme design on it! It’s 40cm long so you can definitely keep all your essentials inside! It’s a good looking bag and the usable top prizes here, so nothing bad for pulling it!
Prize F (18 pieces)
Design: 5
Distribution: Tokage and Penguin x 3 pieces. The other 3 x 4 piece each.
Prize Rating:
Wow we are at the small prize section but it doesn’t feel anything small! The pouch are so cute! Each character has it’s own design with it’s distinct color knot! It’s 15cm long, can keep your phone or some lotions or small essentials, looks good to carry it out too!
Prize G (21 pieces)
Design: 2 long, 2 small
Distribution: 1 x 5 pieces. 4 x 4 pieces each.
Prize Rating:
Next are towels, and although I am not the biggest fan of towels, I think the design is fantastic, it really feels like a good prize and a good art to appreciate, so wouldn’t be sad if I do pull this!
Prize H (18 pieces)
Design: 5
Distribution: Tokage and Penguin x 3 pieces. The other 3 x 4 piece each.
Prize Rating:
Wow the small prizes are really good this time round! Lastly we have mugs which features all 5 characters as the design! They all look great, each has their own color and their buddies as well. Usable and durable, definitely worth your ticket cost!
Last Prize / Double Chance
Top Prize Rating: 10th
Prize Rating:
For Tokage fans, you can only for a buyout to get this plush! It’s also an adorable plush as he comes with Ebi! You can look for a 8- buyout or 14- with at least 1 other plush!
He is also a double chance prize! So if you don’t want to buy out, you can join double chance first after getting a few tickets to see if you won!
Grading
Big Prize
Small Prize
Last Prize
Variety of Prize
Odds of big prizes
Value for Money
Collector’s Value
Overall: B+
Conclusion
Another above average Kuji for Sumikko! The small prizes are great, the plush are adorable so really, no harm in playing a few tickets if you really fancy them!
Odds
Let’s calculate your odds to get the following with one ticket from a fresh board!
Chance to get a top prize (A to F): 9 / 66 = 13.6%, slightly above average.
Recommendation
3 tickets for a chance at a top prize!
Collectibles? : If you like a character, just aim for the plush or if you like the them, you can aim to collect the whole set of plush. For casual collector, the pouch and mugs is a good set to collect!
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