Square Enix has sent out the first official photos of their next two Star Wars Play Arts Variant Figures. Back in December, we saw the amazing looking Play Arts Variant Darth Vader, and now he is getting two new allies. Redesigned versions of Boba Fett and a Stormtrooper are joining the party, and we have new pics and some info to check out.
The Boba Fett will include interchangeable hands, a heavy blast, a pistol, knives, flamethrower effect, jetpack effects and a figure stand. The Stormtrooper will come with interchangeable hands, a heavy blaster, a blaster pistol, a pistol effect piece and a figure stand. Each is priced at 12,000 Yen (about $100 USD) and are scheduled for release in July.
See the pics by reading on.
Play Arts Kai Star Wars Variant Darth Vader


So WANT!!!!
Better pre-order this before price hike.
Oh f*ck, not another may release please!! This month will kill me .. & my wallet!!
Anyways, this fig looks absolutely smashing, I just can't pass on it!!
Awesome Looking Play Arts Variant Star Wars Boba Fett and Stormtrooper - The Toyark - News


Awesome, can't wait.
The re-imagined Boba Fett maintains just enough of the classic design, while also featuring what we've come to expect form Japanese anime/manga regarding body armor (seamless function & form). Fett represents some real eye-candy! Wow!
I came.
Fett and the Stormtrooper look neat but Vader looks too much like Batman. I like the wavy looking blade though.
Thank god Japan didn't make Star Wars first.
Whoa!! BEST-BOBA-FETT-EVER!! Just amazing!!
Not too sure about the Stormtrooper, it looks too different from the original, almost like it's another character. But it looks great nonetheless....
Not too sure about the Stormtrooper, it looks too different from the original, almost like it's another character. But it looks great nonetheless....
I love these designs. The style just clicks with me.
But not enough to make me forget that I'm over Star Wars. If I was still the Boba Fett fan boy I once was, I'd so be all over this...Now, I'm ok with just looking at pics.
The helmet being so small immediately makes the Stormtrooper look off.
stormtroopers were in really good movies, clone troopers were in an awesome tv show.
i'm not very into star wars forums and such, is there a divide between stormtrooper and clone trooper fans?
i absolutely love the look of this thing.. so much so that i might actually get it.
stormtroopers were in really good movies, clone troopers were in an awesome tv show.
i'm not very into star wars forums and such, is there a divide between stormtrooper and clone trooper fans?
i absolutely love the look of this thing.. so much so that i might actually get it.
Love em but the fragility of PAK figures is an instant turn off.
Wow, they both look great!
Just one word: DROOL!!!
they're okay. i'm finding the HALOization of those classic ralph mcquarrie designs to be a bit gaudy and overdone but then again I'm not much of a modern video game player. i do think the blurred lightsaber looks cool as hell though..
I like my classic characters to be classic. I am not in the slightest a fan of the look of these, much too stylized for my tastes. I am glad they exist though, as there are plenty of options in every price range for the classic looks. I suppose these will fit in nicely in various collections around the globe.
I wouldn't feel threatened by these figures even if I was an enthusiastic fan of Star Wars (which I'm not - more of a Trekkie). Many of the people remarking about the featured designs being cool have no intention of buying these figs, myself included. Were I a Star Wars traditionalist, I might be more concerned about the influence of the upcoming movies than any potential debasement brought about by the success of these figures. Even then, I would eventually acquiesce to the fact that film interpretations and sensibilities are bound to change with time.
Hell, I'm still getting used to Black Widow using guns rather than her Widow's Bite (a feature that is only now making its debut in this upcoming Avengers movie). Guns vs super-villains is a laughable scenario to me and my sensibilities - any super-hero, or villain for that matter, that fears or needs guns doesn't rate in my book. I bring this up only to illustrate how a traditionalist stance on superheroes doesn't quite line up with the change occurring in today's target audience (vigilantes have been all the rage for some time now, and near-powerless heroes have also seen a huge boost in popularity). After some two-score years of fandom of comics/sci-fi/fantasy/animation/horror I've come to the realization that it's easier (and more enjoyable) to celebrate the interests I have in common with younger/newer fans than be that curmudgeonly dude in the corner folding his arms and muttering to himself about how shit just ain't the same anymore...
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