Retail Price: 700 Yen
Total Tickets: 40
Released Date: 12 November 2022
Ichiban Kuji: Selectable prizes for non-blinds small prizes. Double chance included if your country carries this Kuji.
Series Sequel: 6th Gunpla Kuji set! 2nd in 2022!
Wow for the rarest time, this is the few Kuji set that has only 40 tickets! So it should be easier to pull some of the prizes and also easier to get a buyout, we shall see later. Anyway this Kuji mainly focuses on the new anime which is the Witch from Mercury, so it’s unlike the usual Gunpla Kuji we get every year, without further ado, let’s get to the prizes!
Prize A (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut
Prize Rating:
Since we know this Kuji is mainly focused on the anime, it’s no surprised that we are getting Suletta Mercury for the top prize! She looks gorgeous here, the figure stands at 20cm tall, and it’s the only figure in the set so it’s pretty much the drawing point to buy tickets. Fans of the anime will want to get their hands on this!
Prize B (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut
Prize Rating:
Okay normally I won’t grade Acrylic stand that high, but this time round you can see the effort made for this. This prize consist of 2 Acrylic Stands, one for Gundam Aerial (15cm) and one for Suletta and Miorine (10cm). You can display the Gundam only if you are not a fans of the pilots and vice versa, it’s also a rare prize in the set, so nothing bad upon pulling it.
Prize C (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut
Prize Rating:
I think you can see the pattern for the Acrylic Stand prize here. This prize we have Guel and Guel’s Dilanza, the size are 10cm and 15cm respectively too.
Prize D (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut
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Next we have Elan and Gundam Pharact, 10cm and 15cm respectively too. I think the idea is great to have 2 pieces of Acrylic stand, moreover for a 40 tickets they could have given worse item for your top prize, so no complains thus far.
Prize E (1 piece)
Top Prize Appearance: Debut
Prize Rating:
Last top prize we have Shadidiq and Michaelis, 10cm and 15cm as well. I think you probably would want to keep your favorite or aim for all 4 of them. I really hope in the future they would have given us the figures for each of the characters or even the Gundam!
Prize F (12 pieces)
Design: 7
Distribution: 5 x 2 pieces each. 2 x 1 piece each. Blind packs.
Prize Rating:
So if you are unable to pull the top prizes, these smaller acrylic stand would be a good consolation prize. I just think maybe making the main 5 characters a design here again seem repetitive, although they have different pose, but on the other hand you can switch the pilots given in the top prize to the ones here since they are only 7cm tall so it does make your Gundam look way bigger.
Prize G (10 pieces)
Design: 10
Distribution: 10 x 1 piece each.
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Next we have rubber charm and they look great here. We have all the main characters and some side characters for the design. What is so good about these is that there are only 10 pieces of charm in the set and 10 designs! So each piece is unique to the set! But thankfully they are not blinded so it’s not hard for collection, maybe not all 10 but do lookout for availability before playing.
Prize H (13 pieces)
Design: 12
Distribution: 1 x 2 pieces. 11 x 1 piece each.
Prize Rating:
Lastly we have a set of folder and sticker, so the usual 2 for 1 prize. The design feature the 7 characters in the acrylic stand and also 5 design of scenes in the anime which looks really good. They even have past anime design! Definitely appealing and also a lot of design and most of them are unique in the set.
Last Prize / Double Chance
Prize Rating:
Well if you really like the B prize and you couldn’t pull it, you can consider a buyout where you also get Gundam Aerial, Suletta and Miorine. Just that this time round all of them are in one piece of Acrylic Stand and it stands at 18cm, taller than the others! For a Kuji with only 40 tickers, things could be way worst, but this is not bad at all. You can look for a 4- buyout or 10- with Figure or 14- with Figure and 1 other Acrylic Stand left.
This is also a double chance prize, so check your luck first before buying out!
Grading
Big Prize
Small Prize
Last Prize
Variety of Prize
Odds of big prizes
Value for Money
Collector’s Value
Overall: B-
Conclusion
An average Kuji, I mean it’s not bad just maybe everyone would have preferred a figure than Acrylic Stand, but hey for 40 tickets set they manage to make the set really nice and at least the prizes are rare in some way, so you won’t feel too bad playing. Looking forward to seeing more figures in the future.
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): 5 / 40 = 12.5%, slightly higher than average
Recommendation
3 tickets for a chance at the figure or at least an Acrylic Stand or look for a good buyout with Prize A!
Collectibles?
The Real Deal: For starter, you can collect Suletta Figure, you can keep this piece first so you don’t have to worry about future set.
Nice to have: Any big Acrylic Stand. If you are a fan of any of the Acrylic Stand, do look for them or trade for them, they are really nice and it’s rare to see a prize that have 2 separated Acrylic stand! If you want you can also get the corresponding character from the smaller acrylic stand.
Collect only if you don’t already have: NA
Skippable: The charms and folder set are nice, but just focus on the design you want, collecting them all is tedious, you probably have to buy 80% of the tickets, and they don’t feel like a collectible.
Image credits:
https://bpnavi.jp/s/kuji/pc/medias/show_by_key/g-witch
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