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Play Arts Kai

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Play Arts Kai 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, five official sets based on Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance have been released. Series One through Four were originally release under the "Play Arts Figures" name.

Main Series

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 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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, and has recently been released in America. The characters in this set include:

Series Five Figures

Starting with Series Five, the figure was moved under the Play Arts Kai line. This set was revealed during Jump Festa 2013 in Japan. The Tron: Legacy Version were released in June 2013 and the Dream Drop Distance version were released in January 2014. The characters in this set include:

  • 1. Sora in his Dream Drop Distance outfit from Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, with the Kingdom Key, Sweet Dreams, and the Dream Drop Distance version of the Ultima Weapon Keyblades.
  • 2. Riku in his Dream Drop Distance outfit from Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, with the Way to the Dawn and Divewing Keyblades.
  • 3. Sora in his Tron: Legacy Version outfit from Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, with a palette swap of the Ultima Weapon from The Grid.
  • 4. Riku in his Tron: Legacy Version outfit from Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, with a palette swap of the End of Pain from The Grid.

Series Six Figures

  • 1. Sora in his standard Kingdom Hearts II attire with Kingdom Key and Kairi's good luck charm.
  • 2. Roxas in his Simulated Twilight Town outfit with Oathkeeper, Oblivion, and sea-salt ice cream.

Series Seven Figures

  • 1. Riku, in his Kingdom Hearts II attire, with Way to the Dawn.
  • 2. Sora, in his Halloween Town outfit, with Kingdom Key, Decisive Pumpkin, as well as the masks Sora gains while utilizing either Valor, Wisdom, Final, Master or Limit Form while in Halloween Town.
  • 3. Sora, in Final Form, with Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

Series Eight Figures

  • 1. Sora, in his Kingdom Hearts III outfit, with an unknown Keyblade and its respective double bow gun Keyblade transformation.
  • 2. Aqua, in her standard attire from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, with Rainfell and Master's Defender.
  • 3. Roxas, in his standard black coat, with Oathkeeper and Oblivion.
  • 4. Sora, in his Kingdom Hearts III Guardian Form outfit, with an unknown weapon depicting parts that recall the world of the Olympus Coliseum.

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: