Luckypack reservations started really early last year, so I’m going to start the list today, even though it’s still November!

Lucky Packs, or “Fukubukuro” (sometimes called “Lucky Bags”, “Happy Bags”, “Happy Packs”, “Happy Sets” or sometimes “Special Sets”) are blind bags of clearance merchandise that you can buy from Japanese stores at the end of the year. It’s believed that keeping old things into the new year is bad luck, so to get rid of all of last year’s clearance that didn’t sell in winter clearance sales, shops will put it in these blind bags and then sell them at a huge discount. It’s a great way to get a lot of brand new stuff for very cheap… as long as you like and fit into pretty much everything a brand makes. Be aware though; you will not get the best selling, most perfect item from the brand of your dreams. If they had a dud item this season, chances are that’s what you are going to get.

It’s become a little like “black friday” in the United States where some stores that don’t have great things to put on sale (maybe they just don’t have a lot of clearance) will often stock a limited number of a specific item just for these sales. In these cases, they usually call them “Special Sets”, instead of “Lucky Packs”. These bags can contain either all items that were made just for these sets, or a mix of special items and clearance. Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Angelic Pretty both design new prints for their new years special sets. While Metamorphose is known to use leftover material to make skirts and dresses in simple patterns.

The list got super long last year, so I’m including a quick-jump list. Brands in the quick jump list which do NOT have links, had lucky packs last year, but have not yet posted lucky pack info for this year.

Japanese Brands

ALGONQUINS | Alice and The Pirates | Angelic Pretty | Baby the Stars Shine Bright | Enchantlic Enchantilly | Grimoire | Innocent World |  Listen Flavor | Liz Lisa | Marble | Metamorphose | Midas | Milklim | Pooh-Chan (the cat) | Putumayo | S · D | Swan Kiss | TOXIC STAR | Wrouge

Outside of Japan

Tour New Souls | SouffleSong

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Japanese Brands

ALGONQUINS

pending

Alice and The Pirates [source]

Madame Blanche’s Magnificent Store SET –  ￥17,280
☆ SHOP reservation period: 12/9 (Friday) 17 am to 12/12 (month) each store closed at the time
☆ mail order-only shopping cart reservation period: 12/9 (Friday) 17 am to 12/12 (Mon) 11:00

Two colorways have been shown; red and navy blue.

Angelic Pretty [Source]

December 1st – Tokyo Shop
December 3rd – All others

Wonder Toy JSK Set -￥17,280 

 

Contains a blouse, headbow, OTKs and JSK
3 Colors: Pink, Sax, Black

• Wonder Toy ??? JSK
• Wonder Toy Blouse
• Wonder Toy ?? Headbow
• Wonder Toy OTKs

Wonder Toy Special Set – ￥32,400 

 

Contains a headbow, socks, JSK and coat.
3 Colors: Pink, Sax, Black

• Wonder Toy Coat
• Wonder Toy ?? JSK
• Wonder Toy Blouse
• Wonder Toy ?? Headbow
• Wonder Toy OTKs

Dreamy Fairy JSK Set ￥12,960 

Contains a headbow, blouse, JSK and socks.
4 colors: pink, lavender, red, black

• Dreamy Fairy JSK
• Dreamy Fairy Blouse
• Dreamy Fairy Headbow
• Dreamy Fairy OTKs

Baby the Stars Shine Bright [source]

Little rabbit’s Sparkly Droplet Rendezvous SET – ￥17,280
☆ SHOP reservation period: 12/9 (Friday) 17 am to 12/12 (month) each store closed at the time
☆ mail order-only shopping cart reservation period: 12/9 (Friday) 17 am to 12/12 (Mon) 11:00

 

Two colorways have been shown, pink and mint.

Bust: 80cm-113cm
Waist: 71cm-102cm

Enchantlic Enchantilly

December 9th 21:00 (9pm)

2017 Happy Lucky Bag – Payment by paypal – ¥ 22,680

Shipping is within Japan only, so use Tenso if you want it. There is a listing for bank transfer payment as well, but most people are going to want to use paypal if they are overseas.

it says 6 items, though it sounds like it’s really an OP and socks? Maybe there are 4 tiny things? not 100% sure on this one. You can pick “Red” (light colors) or Black (black). The banner is a hint about the print inside. Fully shirred OP.  Value of 30,000 yen (this is what makes me question if the 6 items is correct).

Length: 100cm (BNP ~)
bust: ~ about 100cm
West: to about 90cm
skirt length: about 63cm

Innocent World

December 1st – 5pm Japan time

2017 Special Happy Pack  – ¥ 30,000

Image is just a sample of what the contents might be, however, in the past some people have gotten the sample contents or close to it. So if you do not like the sample contents, it’s best to skip it.

Your choice, M or L size.

2017 Special Happy Pack  – ¥ 50,000

No preview yet, but it’s your choice, M or L size.

2017 Special Happy Pack  – ¥ 80,000

No preview yet, but it’s your choice, M or L size.

  

Grimoire

pending 

Listen Flavor [Source]

Available now

LISTEN FLAVOR / 2017 Happy Pack “10000 yen pack” – ¥ 10,800

Contents

• T-shirt × 1
• BIG Ron T × 1 (pictured)
• design cut × 1
• skirts, fleece Parker or trainer × 1

22,500 yen value

LISTEN FLAVOR / 2017 Happy Pack “8000 yen pack” – ¥ 8,640

Contents

• T-shirt × 1
• BIG Ron T × 1 (pictured)
• Printed cutsew × 2
• Fleece Parka or trainer × 1

22,500 yen value

Liz Lisa [source]

December 16th, 19:00

10,000 Yen Pack

Everyone gets the pictured tote bag, and it’s a pack of 4 items.

30,000 Yen Pack

Collaboration with Sanrio’s My Melody. Everyone gets the hard suitcase pictured, and 7 items.

Marble

Available Now

MARBLE / 19 Anniversary total coordination pack – ¥ 20,520

This is actually from the spring and is still in stock, make of that what you will. You can pick your type and size.

Each pack has three pieces of clothing, plus accessories like mini hats and headdresses to make a total of 19 pieces.

• [Gothic] Size: M / L
• [ Alt-based] size: M / L
• [Lolita] size: M only

Metamorphose [Source]

Harajuku shop is already selling them, other shops and online pending

Apple Holic Ribbon JSK Set – ¥ 20,000   

Set includes 4 pieces: a JSK, socks, blouse and hat

Apple Holic OP Set – ¥ 18,000 

Set includes 4 pieces: OP, socks, bloomers and ribbon combs

Apple Holic Side Frill JSK Set – ¥ 20,000 

Set includes 4 pieces: a JSK, socks, blouse and ribbon.

Fun-Fun JSK Set (おたのしみＪＳＫ) – ¥ 20,000 

Sample set shown; sets will be made from random fabric left over from older series.

Midas

pending

Milklim

Available Now

milklim Special Coordination pack – ¥ 8,640

Your choice of three color options:

• Black × Lavender
• Lavender × Light Pink
• Light Pink × Yellow

Two piece set; I believe you get one of each of the shirt dress and the fur trimmed dress?

milklim / spring coordination 3-piece pack – ¥ 10,800

 

This was actually put out in the spring, but is still in stock, so make of that what you will. There is a blouse with a moon/star print, a miniskirt and a plastic ring. You can pick the colors.

 

Pooh-Chan (the cat)

Kera Limited Bag (large) – ¥ 5,400
Available Now

You can pick the “Kera” or “Cute” set. It’s not immediately clear if you get everything in the set photo or if it’s a random lucky pack; you do get 6 pieces valued at 14000 yen though.

Kera Limited Bag (small) – ¥ 3,240
Available Now

You can pick the “Kera” or “Cute” set. It’s not immediately clear if you get everything in the set photo or if it’s a random lucky pack; you do get 5 pieces though.

Putumayo

pending

S · D

Available Now

S · D / “KERA limited” Christmas bags – ¥ 10,800

Non-woven fabric tote containing items like jacket, skirt, cutsew, neck warmer, arm warmer. Includes a novelty towel.

45,000 yen value

Swan Kiss

Available Now

Outside of Japan

Tour New Souls

pending

Note: I am unfamiliar with this brand and can not vouch for it, but as always, I don’t include anything in these roundups unless I see something in their shop that appears to be of a high enough quality that I would be willing to purchase it (either for myself or a friend).

SouffleSong

pending

 

 

Note: I’ve never purchased from this brand, but they are well established and many people do purchase from them.