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Play Arts Kai

Revision as of 19:43, 4 March 2010 by khwikia>Phylarion (→‎Series Two Figures: The Sephiroth figure only has 1 wing as per KH1, whereas KH2 he has 3 wings!)
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Sora's figure from the first edition of the Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Figures.

The Play Arts Figures are a set of officially-licensed action figures for Kingdom Hearts, and are part of Square-Enix's much larger Play Arts Figures set. So far, four official sets based on Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II have been released.

Main Series

Series One Figures

Each figure is fully articulated and comes with one or two props related to the game, especially weapons. The figures were released as follows:

In addition, four special edition figures of Sora were released, one for each of his Drive Forms.

A fifth special edition figure from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, was released later:

Series Two Figures

This set features three characters in the first Kingdom Hearts style. They are as follows:

  • 1. Sora in his Halloween Town outfit, with the Pumpkinhead Keyblade.
  • 2. Cloud Strife in his first outfit from Olympus Coliseum with the bandaged Buster Sword.
  • 3. Sephiroth in outfit from Olympus Coliseum, with his Masamune.

Series Three Figures

This series features characters in their original Kingdom Hearts designs; the released figures are as follows:

  • 1. Sora in his standard outfit from the first game, with Kingdom Key.
  • 2. Riku in his standard outfit from the first game, with Soul Eater.
  • 3. King Mickey in his organization cloak, with Kingdom Key D.

Series Four Figures

This set has been revealed at Tokyo Expo in France. This set has gone back to featuring Kingdom Hearts II style characters. The only two (now painted) characters revealed are:

Play Arts Arms

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The Keyblades featured in the Play Arts Arms collection. Clockwise from the top: Oblivion, Wishing Lamp, Ultima Weapon (KHII version), Ultima Weapon (KH version). Center: Oathkeeper.

In August 2008, a set of five extra Keyblades, called Play Arts Arms were released to go with the existing Play Arts Figures or to display separately. The collection includes: