What the Last One Prize Actually Is
The Last One Prize (ラストワン賞, rasuto wan shō) is an exclusive item awarded to whoever pulls the final ticket from a specific shop's Ichiban Kuji lot. Every Bandai Spirits lot includes exactly one Last One Prize, and it is awarded automatically — the cashier hands it over alongside whatever tier the final ticket pulled.
The defining feature of the Last One Prize is that it is almost always a Tier A figure in a special colorway, alternate finish, or unique pose not available anywhere else in that lot. Common variations:
- Color-shifted statues — the Tier A figure rendered in metallic, transparent, monochrome, or pearl-finish paint
- Alternate-pose sculpts — the same character with a different action pose or accessory configuration
- Effect-part variants — Tier A statue with bonus effect pieces (energy auras, slash effects) not included with the standard Tier A
Because the Last One Prize is tied to a specific shop's specific lot — not a global series-wide pool — every retail location with that kuji series will eventually award one Last One Prize to one customer. Multiply that across ~10,000 Lawson convenience stores nationwide and the Last One isn't ultra-rare in absolute numbers, but it's heavily geography-locked: only one buyer at each physical shop ever wins it.
Resale Economics
Last One Prizes consistently command 5–20× the ticket price on the secondary market. The reason is simple: the Last One Prize is, by design, never available at retail. Anyone who wants the alternate-colour Tier A figure must either pull the final ticket of a specific shop's lot or buy from someone who did.
Typical secondary market behaviour, observed on Mercari Japan and Yahoo! Auctions Japan listings:
| Series Tier | Standard Tier A Resale | Last One Prize Resale | Last One Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Piece (top tier) | ¥6,000 – ¥10,000 | ¥18,000 – ¥40,000 | ~3–4× |
| Demon Slayer | ¥5,000 – ¥9,000 | ¥15,000 – ¥30,000 | ~3× |
| Dragon Ball (Masterlise) | ¥7,000 – ¥12,000 | ¥20,000 – ¥50,000 | ~3–4× |
| JoJo (Stand sculpts) | ¥5,000 – ¥8,000 | ¥15,000 – ¥35,000 | ~3–5× |
| Niche IPs | ¥3,000 – ¥5,000 | ¥8,000 – ¥15,000 | ~2–3× |
The premium narrows for niche IPs because Last One demand tracks IP popularity. A One Piece Last One in 2025 will appreciate faster than a smaller-IP Last One because the buyer pool is larger.
Hunting Strategy
Two patterns dominate the Last One hunting community:
The Counter Watch
Counter watchers monitor the displayed remaining-ticket count at participating shops. The strategy:
- Identify shops with a kuji series releasing — Lawson Now or the Bandai Spirits site lists shop-by-shop allocations.
- Wait. The first wave of buyers depletes the most attractive tiers (A, B, C) within 24–48 hours of release for hot IPs.
- Visit when the counter shows roughly 5–10 tickets remaining. Each ticket purchase increases your odds of pulling the final one and winning the Last One.
- If the lot has 8 remaining tickets, buying 4 gives you exactly 50% odds of being the Last One winner. Buying all 8 guarantees it but costs ¥5,440–¥7,840 in tickets.
The Lot Buy
Some shops will sell entire remaining stock when a lot is near depletion to clear shelf space. A 12-ticket remainder might be offered as a single ¥8,160 lot purchase. This is a deterministic Last One acquisition — you take every remaining ticket, including the last one.
Specialist resellers like HypeKuji and certain Mandarake locations also sell pre-pulled Last One Prizes directly. These sit at the top of the secondary market price ladder.
Notable Last One Prizes
A non-exhaustive list of Last One Prizes that produced unusually strong secondary market reactions:
- One Piece Memories Vol. 4 (Luffy) — clear-blue colorway of the standard Tier A Luffy. Resold at ¥35,000–¥45,000 in late 2024.
- Demon Slayer Infinity Train (Rengoku) — flame-effect alternate of the Tier A Rengoku. The defining Demon Slayer Last One of the franchise to date.
- Dragon Ball EX Mystical Adventure (Goku) — Masterlise Goku in metallic gold. Listed at ¥50,000+ for months after release.
- Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory (Gojo) — alternate-pose Gojo with Limitless effect parts. Drove the Hidden Inventory series' overall premium pricing.
Last One Prize vs Double Chance Campaign
Bandai Spirits sometimes runs Double Chance campaigns alongside major kuji series. Double Chance prizes are awarded by mailing in used tickets — collect 5 or 10 used tickets, mail them to Bandai Spirits, and you're entered into a drawing for a separate exclusive prize.
Two key distinctions from the Last One:
- Double Chance prizes are awarded by random drawing, not guaranteed by ticket position
- Double Chance is a global series-wide pool (one or a handful of winners across all participating shops nationwide), not per-shop
This makes Double Chance prizes substantially rarer than Last One Prizes — a Double Chance figure might have only 50–200 total recipients across Japan, while a Last One has one per participating shop.