Retail Price: 750 Yen
Total Tickets: 80
Released Date: 28 Sep 2022
Online Ichiban Kuji: Selectable prizes for non-blinds small prizes. Double chance included only for Japanese address. Kuji available only online in their official webstore.
Series Sequel: 24th My Hero Academia Kuji, sixth in 2022
Wow we have another Hero Academia Kuji but this time round this exclusive Kuji covers only the Villains! Yes it’s the first set where no heroes are present! Feels fresh and this is also a surprise as they only told us about this Kuji early this year! Let’s see what they have for us!
Prize A (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 2nd
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So to kick things off, we have the leader of the Villain Academia which is Shigaraki himself. This figure looks creepy as it should and it comes with a little base for him to stand as well. The figure this time is Masterlise so expect very good quality figure as well! 22cm tall and an essential figure so nothing bad!
Prize B (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 2nd
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Following next is Dabi and you can see the roster down the line that they are featuring the main villains for the anime. He looks great too, no effect bad this time round, but when you are good looking Masterlise figure, no effects needed. Figure stands 25cm tall, tallest in the set.
Prize C (3 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: 2nd
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Great to see a lady in the set, Toga is also a popular villain and she looks great too. What I am surprised about this is that they are giving 3 pieces of this figure! Wow how generous is Bandai! This makes it easier to pull compared to the others and also good collectors and also fans who only wants this figure, plenty to go around! Masterlise as well and 21cm tall.
Prize D (2 pieces)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut!
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Lastly we have Twice, and it’s not surprising to have a debuting villain since there are so many of them in the anime but only 3 has been featured thus far before this set! He looks great here and if you are getting him I assume you would want all 4 villains! What I am shocked is that he is no a rare piece! 2 pieces as well, so you won’t have a hard time aiming for either characters! Masterlise as well and 24cm tall.
Prize E (20 pieces)
Design: 8
Distribution: 4 x 3 pieces each. 4 x 2 pieces each. Blind box.
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Kicking things off in the small prize section we have cups. This design series has been released before but they featured the heroes instead, so fitting for this theme they feature the main villains instead! If you have collected the previous cups you might want to collect this as well. If not, using this as a drinking cups works too, each one looks great with a unique villain as well as a team design.
Prize F (25 pieces)
Design: 9
Distribution: 7 x 3 pieces each. 2 x 2 pieces each. Blind packs.
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Again I am not a fan of towels, but this time round, I am seeing the towels being a back to back continuation of previous series! We have the heroes design, the class 1A design, now the villains’ design make your long towel collection so much more valuable! The towel features name, birthday and quirk of the character, similar to past designs. Sad thing is that this time round it’s blind packs, so you will be given a random towel instead of choosing, but if you buy a lot of tickets you should be able to get all the designs!
Prize G (26 pieces)
Design: 12
Distribution: 2 x 3 pieces each. 12 x 2 pieces each. Blind box.
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Lastly we have charms to close off the set. The charms features all the villains we have seen thus far and a villain academia logo. This design theme is new, but nice too so no harm getting. I mean this is arguably the worse thing you can get from this set and it’s not even that bad!
Last Prize / Double Chance
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Well if you are unable to pull Prize C Toga, how about going for a buyout! She faces on the other side for this figure and gives a very maniacal facial expression, nothing bad, can be a good substitute for Prize C or you can get this in addition! You can look for a 9- buyout or 15- with at least 1 other figure inside!
You will also be able to win this via double chance!
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Overall: A-
Conclusion
Having an exclusive Kuji but filled with very good figures that are collectibles and also small prizes that are appealing and adds value to existing collection makes this set one of the better ones we had this year! It’s a pity it’s an online exclusive so you won’t see it in retail store, but at least that makes your prizes valuable since it’s harder to get, so nothing bad for pulling some of 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 D): 9 / 80 = 11.25%, slightly higher than average
Recommendation
3 tickets for a chance at a figure or look for a good buyout if you are collecting the Villains!
Collectibles? : If you have been collecting the Masterlise for the heroes, you will need A to D! The towels and cups too if you have collected similar design from past set. No harm keeping the figures as they are not likely to release any of the villains Masterlise in the future!
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