To kick off the American toy event (the first big one of the year), Square Enix MD chose to highlight their product lineup with a license that caters to the American comic book fans taste: Enter the all new Variant Play Arts Kai (tentative) DC Universe series

This new subline is described as a redesign of existing Play Arts Kai releases into something new & it looks like a lot of parts from past releases (like Metal Gear Solid & Arkham City) were remolded to create these Square Enix stylized version of DC superheroes. The line consits of Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash & Batgirl. Release dates, full accessories (& possibly the addition of Superman or Catwoman?) to be announced.






Other debuting Play Arts Kai:

(Though initially leaked by Hideo Kojima on Twitter) MGS1's Liquid Snake & MGS2's Raiden


Capcom's Leon & Helena from Resident Evil 6


Also from Capcom, the 4th volume for Street Fighter IV featuring Ken & Sakura




Other unreleased (but previously known) products on exhibit were:

Advent Children: Vincent, Yuffie & Rufus


Kingdom Hearts 3D, Final Fantasy TA Kai minis volume 3 & volume 4


The Dark Knight Trilogy & Arkham City


EA titles, Dead Space 3 & Medal of Honor


Halo 4


Tekken Tag 2, Metal Gear Rising & Zetman







Surprisingly absent were the recently teased Final Fantasy X Play Arts Kai Tidus & Yuna; as well as the Warrior of Light, Zidane & Ace TA Kai minis. SQEX explains that these were postponed & are still in early development.

Another expected product that wasn't shown was the Man of Steel Superman Play Arts Kai, still having the cardboard placeholder on display:




Fans that may feel left out (other Final Fantasies, Mass Effect or whatever other title you were hoping to be revealed/continued) may not have to wait for an event like Comic Con or TGS for the next product reveal though. We now know that we can rely on Mad Dog to post photos on social media outlets & has even expressed his desire to use their Artnia museum to showcase unreleased prototypes as well so keep an eye out

That's an impressive post that I didn't make!

C'maaan