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Play Arts

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Play Arts were a set of officially-licensed action figures for Kingdom Hearts, made between Square Enix and Japanese figure company Kotobukiya, and are part of Square-Enix's much larger Play Arts line. The Play Arts line ended in 2010 after Square Enix ended the contact with Kotobukiya and switch over to a new revamp line of figures; Play Arts Kai.

List of Released Figures

Series One Figures

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

Five special edition figures of Sora were released, one for each of his Drive Forms.

Series Two Figures

This set features two characters in the first Kingdom Hearts style and one from Kingdom Hearts II style. They are as follows:

  • 1. Sora in his standard outfit from the first game, with Kingdom Key. Initial released in December 2008.
  • 2. Riku in his standard outfit from the first game, with Soul Eater. Initial released in December 2008.
  • 3. King Mickey in his organization cloak, with Kingdom Key D. Initial released in December 2008.

Series Three Figures

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

  • 1. Sora in his Halloween Town outfit, with the Pumpkinhead Keyblade. Initial released in April 2009.
  • 2. Cloud Strife in his first outfit from Olympus Coliseum with the bandaged Buster Sword. Initial released in April 2009.
  • 3. Sephiroth in outfit from Olympus Coliseum, with his Masamune. Initial released in April 2009.

Series Four Figures

The characters in this set include:

  • 1. Sora in his Christmas Town outfit from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, with the Decisive Pumpkin Keyblade. Initial released in April 2010.
  • 2. King Mickey in his standard outfit from Kingdom Hearts II, with Kingdom Key D. Initial released in April 2010.
  • 3. Jack Skellington and Zero from Kingdom Hearts II Initial released in April 2010.

Play Arts Arms

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:

See also