Retail Price: 790 Yen
Total Tickets: 80
Released Date: 5 Nov 2022
Ichiban Kuji: Selectable prizes for non-blinds small prizes. Double chance included if your country carries this Kuji.
Series Sequel: 7th QQ Kuji, Forth in 2022
I am surprised that QQ actually has 4 sets just this year, I think they have been quite popular these days, the theme sounds interesting, so I am curious to see what they have for us this time round!
Prize A/B/C/D/E (2 pieces each)
Top Prize Appearance: 5th for all
Design: 5
Distribution: 5 x 2 pieces each. You get what you pull, each character will be indicated in the tickets.
Prize Rating:
I believe if you play a QQ Kuji you expect to pull one of these amazing figures! Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba and Isuki are in their traditional outfit, these costumes look great, each of them has the same color but if you look closely they have a unique costume which I find very interesting. Figures are 18cm tall and you probably will want your favorite sister or all 5 of them! 2 pieces to go around, so enough for 2 person to get a set each.
Prize F/G/H/I/J (3 pieces each)
Design: 5
Distribution: 5 x 2 pieces each. You get what you pull, each character will be indicated in the tickets.
Prize Rating:
Next we have Framed Illustration Board. What is so cool about this prize is that the art piece is in a 15cm photo frame with laminated cover and you can make it stand to display them! Very unique prize and sort of a consolation prize if you didn’t pull any figures, I mean if you don’t like the art or you want to use the photo frame it is removable!
Prize K (25 pieces)
Design: 5
Distribution: 5 x 5 pieces each. Blind box.
Prize Rating:
Next we move into the small prize we have art board. They are the ones we commonly see if other Kuji set, thick board with nice design, no complains here, just felt for a prize with so many tickets they should have more designs.
Prize L (30 pieces)
Design: 5
Distribution: 5 x 6 pieces each.
Prize Rating:
Lastly we have the rubber charm, very common so not surprised. The designs are really nice, they look adorable, but the problem is that there are only 5 designs and we have 30 tickets for this prize, almost half of the set are these and we don’t get more designs or characters… For those who wants to play a lot of tickets do be cautious, you have a chance to pull multiple of such prizes and end up with repeated designs.
Last Prize / Double Chance
Prize Rating:
A little better last prize this time round with Tapestry. The art feature all the sisters together which looks great. The tapestry is A2 is size, so very big and you can keep it for easier storage. You can look for a 5- buyout or 12- with at least 1 figure inside!
This is a double chance prize so you can check if you won it first before buying out a set if you have played a few tickets before!
Grading
Big Prize
Small Prize
Last Prize
Variety of Prize
Odds of big prizes
Value for Money
Collector’s Value
Overall: C+
Conclusion
I feel a little disappointed at this set not for the wrong reason, but without mini figures and exciting prize or even more designs for the small prizes, the prizes can felt repetitive while you are on your way to get the top figures. The ticket cost are not cheap so I do expect a little better prizes for that. I just feel like the appeal for this set isn’t as great as some of the past few sets, hope things can get better next time.
Odds
Let’s calculate your odds to get the following with one ticket from a fresh board!
Chance to get a figure prize (A to E): 10 / 80 = 12.5%, slightly higher than average
Recommendation
3 tickets for a chance at a figure.
Collectibles?
The Real Deal: Depending if you like the design for this series or you just want to keep the character you like, the figures are definitely one of the nice things to have but it will be a problem getting all 5 so do hunt for them only if you really like them.
Nice to have: The framed illustration board are great, I mean if you are lucky enough to pull the character you like then good for you! It’s a good prize and usable as well, so no harm getting it. The Tapestry is cool too, I mean you get all 5 designs in one A2 paper so you are definitely not shortchanged.
Collect only if you don’t already have: Again the figures are nice but collect if you are particularly fond of this set’s outfit or you didn’t get any past figures and you want to start from this set.
Skippable: The charms and art board are not important things to collect, maybe just get your favorite sister’s design and move on.
Image credits:
https://bpnavi.jp/s/kuji/pc/medias/show_by_key/5Hanayome7
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