Re: KINGDOM HEARTS III BRING ARTS Sora figure releasing June 2017!

Huh, that's a lot of details. I like it, although I prooooooooobably won't get it.

Re: KINGDOM HEARTS III BRING ARTS Sora figure releasing June 2017!

I........ want this one as well.
Bring it over to Germany! D: It looks so goddamn awesome

Re: KINGDOM HEARTS III BRING ARTS Sora figure releasing June 2017!

Really nicely detailed as usual... but I wouldn't get it even if I had money to spare honestly.

Gee, I didn't know Sora was such a hands-on kind of guy.

I miss Sora's iconic Kingdom Key, but I guess we all change as we grow older. He must have donated his old keys to GoodWar.

Also, for a prototype this is really good. I don't see them making too many changes.

This isn't the prototype. This is the completed retail version. The prototype is the one linked in the article from Tokyo Game Show.

oh. ha. i knew that of course. just testing you silly spockanort.

He looks REALLY good painted! $61 is a little pricey, as figures of this size are usually around $40 or $50, but I am fine with that and it's at least a LOT cheaper than the standard Play Arts Kai. Plus his smaller size makes him easier to display and he will probably look well along side my figmas (and future S.H. Figuarts figures I may or may not buy). Gonna have to look into pre-ordering him!

Also, can we just talk about how much nicer his stand looks when compared to the awful and clunky PAK base? That is how it SHOULD be for all of Squares figures. A base that is styled after the game the character comes from with a simple claw stand to hold them in place (like the S.H. Figuarts).

Dang this makes me kind of sort of regret buying PAK Sora. Guess Bring arts will be new. That price is comparably niccce.

Oh and here is another pre order link
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-027749&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dkingdom+hearts%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

Dannggggggg, that pricetag though! Anyone think the blurb on the back of the box will be different and give us more information than the last box?

Added more images, updated the old ones, added links to Amiami and Amazon JP and they do ship internationally!

Ohhhh, that's a great stand for the figure.

You just know Sora wants to eat the cake.

If that isn't good marketing I don't know what is.

But the figure looks pretty nice. Seems to be a great cheaper alternative to a PAK.

Man this is pretty good quality for a smaller figure and lower price point than a PAK. Nice to see them start producing figures at that price point, cause oh man PAKs get pricey.




....Didn't stop me from preordering Black Coat Roxas though.

Glad I didn't buy the bigger version thennn. Do you think they'll bring all the figures to this line?

(I wish they sold figures that were pre-posed with no joints, would probably look nicer. It's why I haven't bought any)

I imagine that will largely depend on how well this Sora sells. If it sells well enough, we're sure to see more in the future.

I wish this as well. The exposed joints aren't very appealing.

It's a shame they don't have more figures like this Banpresto line of Dragon Ball figures. Found this Bardock a few months ago and HAD to buy it.


Maybe in the future we'll see something like this for KH.

The old Formation Arts line and the Static Arts line are all pre-posed figures with no joints.

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This Static Arts figures (and the upcoming KH2 Riku Static Arts) are upcoming figures.

Oh man, I forgot about those old Formation Arts. Some looked really good, too. Wonder if I can find any for a decent price still.

Fair warning, the first 2 sets are heavily counterfeited for decent prices on sites like eBay.

Set 1: KH1 Sora, Donald, Jack Skellington, Maleficent, Heartless, Hades
Set 2: Kairi, Goofy, Cloud, Jafar, Oogie Boogie, Ansem

Sets 3-6 though are more reasonable, also because they're newer.

Except quite honestly all of those are ugly af. The static arts coming soon are nice but hardly the same quality detail you'd get from another Japanese figure company with the same prices. Even Banpresto could do better and their stuff is hardly as expensive.

(I mean I already have the static arts Sora preordered but still, let's be real about SE's actual quality)

To each their own :)

I agree that the old Static Arts are frankly lackluster (especially compared to some outstanding FF Static Arts), but the complete Formation Arts line is 1 of my favorite pieces in my collection. No, they're not perfect (what is?), but their detail that's able to capture so much about a character and a world in 1 figure is remarkable.

They're not figures you want to put up against a wall because they have details 360 degrees around. Such as Genie behind and beneath Jafar, Wyvern behind the heartless, Maleficent Dragon behind Maleficent, the Twilight Town sunset behind Roxas, among so many other great figures and details.

I did preorder one of the new static one. It's Sora standing on a star and looks better than that starburst one above.


If they keep making things like this, I will be a very happy camper. AQUA WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL. But I digress

They should do a new line of Formation Arts.

I can give quite a number of examples of perfection:



This is a $140 PCV figure. It is an excellent piece of work due to the sheer amount of detail that was put into it. It has to be put together, but that is most of the fun anyways. The character looks exactly like the artwork from the game they are from, and each part of the figure represents something from the game. For the cost and size, it is well worth the value.



This is a $50 figma. While it doesn't have the same level of detail work that any PAK or the the figma line is fantastic at hiding the joints on their figures while still giving you a good range of movement for poses. Not to mention the characters practically look like they were ripped right out of their respective series. Every detail is hand-painted, and figma have a great weight to them so they don't feel cheap.

For a static figure that is cheap but beautiful, even you said it yourself that SE has put better work into their Final Fantasy products. The upcoming Regis bust is amazingly sculpted. The previous Lightning bust was also stunning and captured her character very well. So why do the past KH static figures fail to hit the mark? Why are almost all of SE's action figures outside of armored figures so clunky with too-obvious ball joints when we know it is possible to cleverly hide them? Why do they over articulate them rather than try to capture the essence of the characters as they are in their games?

So many companies out there manage to do it with great prices in the process.