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duckroll · May 12, 2015

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201505/12078448.html
http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/69043/
http://www.1999.co.jp/10326338

Name: DC Comics Variant Play Arts Kai Designed by Tetsuya Nomura BATMAN
Price: 24800yen
Release Date: July 2015
Figure Specs: W317mm x D176mm x H306mm / 670g
Package Specs: W400mm x D130mm x H300mm / 1237g

LiK · May 12, 2015

that price is idiotic

CaviarMeths · May 12, 2015

Yikes...

glaurung · May 12, 2015

LiK said:
that price is idiotic

I don't mind the price, I just find the figure to be rather ugly. It's an overdesigned mess. I mean, that head for example. Eugh.

Nibel · May 12, 2015

With squishable wings I hope

Kenzodielocke · May 12, 2015

Is the bulge squishable ?

Snkfanatic · May 12, 2015

Just don't buy it and put it in a glass case. I hear it's not good for your social standing.

redblack85 · May 12, 2015

250$?? ahahaha

Triggerhappytel · May 12, 2015

Ha ha; I never realised they were releasing this - I thought the original design was just a mock up! It's such a mess.

Renekton · May 12, 2015

Suits modern day Batman - a lore-bloated prep-god with an answer for everything.

HowZatOZ · May 12, 2015

I've got two of Arts Kai's figurines on pre-order, the Western Batman and Bobba Fett but they are actually really well designed and only $99 AUD. This just looks like a mishmash of final fantasy and batman but not in a good way.

Johndoey · May 12, 2015

Aww shucks I was hoping they'd lost the concepts so I never had to see this monstrosity.

Ombala · May 12, 2015

Thats not Batman thats Bahamut from FFVIII

John Bender · May 12, 2015

That ugly concept artwork thingy from a few months ago?
lol
Buttugly!

glaurung · May 12, 2015

Ombala said:
Thats not Batman thats Bahamut from FFVIII

I think you might be on to something here.

ShogunDarius · May 12, 2015

looks like a humanized bahamut

ForsakenLotus · May 12, 2015

They are going crazy now. I felt kind of bad when I bought some $130 figures. $200 plus, whew...

I almost bought Bahamut for $250.

LiK · May 12, 2015

glaurung said:
I think you might be on to something here.

I have that and it's pretty excellent.

Einbroch · May 12, 2015

That price.

Fantastapotamus · May 12, 2015

God that thing looks awful

SgtCobra · May 12, 2015

Nibel said:
With squishable wings I hope

You will feel ashamed of your words and deeds.

galvenize · May 12, 2015

That's not a human leg.

Manu · May 12, 2015

Ombala said:
Thats not Batman thats Bahamut from FFVIII

I thought we all agreed on Bathamut.

I dig the design though. Better than this:

glaurung · May 12, 2015

LiK said:
I have that and it's pretty excellent.

Yeah but you did not buy it in a box labeled "Batman" now did you.

Replicant · May 12, 2015

$250?! Even Saint Seiya Myth Cloth EX won't cost that much!

HowZatOZ · May 12, 2015

Ombala said:
Thats not Batman thats Bahamut from FFVIII

glaurung said:
I think you might be on to something here.

Well it is designed by Tetsuya. I think that's the problem with it though, they just mashed Batmand and Bahumt's design together without being creative in the process.

Kyoufu · May 12, 2015

Will they release Nomura's Catwoman design too? Because that one legitimately looks great.

HazySaiyan · May 12, 2015

Paying $250 for a PAK is absolutely insane. They're simply not worth that much.

Never mind how ugly and overdesigned the thing is.

duckroll · May 12, 2015

Kyoufu said:
Will they release Nomura's Catwoman design too? Because that one legitimately looks great.

Yes, later on. This is the first in the series. Unless they've cancelled plans, they'll probably also reveal the Joker design at SDCC.

pachuco · May 12, 2015

LiK said:
that price is idiotic

日本へようこぞ！

This is the country who perfected the $40 to $50 CD price point.

A small consumer pool (Japan), made even smaller (Otaku stuff), and then even smaller than that (Japanese people who collect American comic book goods) makes these prices logical.

Hagi · May 12, 2015

Think it looks pretty cool, shame about the ridiculous price though. I'd buy his version of Catwoman if it ever came out.

Tizoc · May 12, 2015

So Bahamut man.

Ombala · May 12, 2015

Manu said:
I thought we all agreed on Bathamut.

I dig the design though. Better than this:

Bathamut lol excellent

LiK · May 12, 2015

glaurung said:
Yeah but you did not buy it in a box labeled "Batman" now did you.

it also wasn't $250

pachuco said:
日本へようこぞ！

This is the country who perfected the $40 to $50 CD price point.

A small consumer pool (Japan), made even smaller (Otaku stuff), and then even smaller than that (Japanese people who collect American comic book goods) makes these prices logical.

you don't need to lecture me about overpriced Japanese merch. it makes no difference here. P-A figures used to be $50-60. now they're like $100+ each and quality has actually gone down.

duckroll · May 12, 2015

pachuco said:
日本へようこぞ！

This is the country who perfected the $40 to $50 CD price point.

A small consumer pool (Japan), made even smaller (Otaku stuff), and then even smaller than that (Japanese people who collect American comic book goods) makes these prices logical.

This isn't really a normal price for Play Arts Kai at all. The figures are usually less than half this price. At 250 bucks, this figure is more in line with Square Enix's top range Sculpture Arts figures which range from $200-$500+.

sixteen-bit · May 12, 2015

PAK figures are trash quality and overpriced. Never mind the design, lmao.

epmode · May 12, 2015

$250 for a monument to the worst of modern Square Enix. Sign me up!

Dylan Sexbang · May 12, 2015

That's horrifying. I have a Play Arts MGR Raiden, and I wouldn't pick up another play arts figure anytime soon. Especially not... That thing.

Jawmuncher · May 12, 2015

LiK said:
that price is idiotic

Sums it up.

Acquiescence · May 12, 2015

Now you can make your shelf look twenty times busier.

Triggerhappytel · May 12, 2015

glaurung said:
I think you might be on to something here.

Y'see, I think that looks pretty cool. But this Batman is just overdesigned and fucking ugly.

NotLiquid · May 12, 2015

The design that represents everything wrong with Square Enix, now for that premium Tetsuya Nomura pricing

Rezae · May 12, 2015

The design was hideous the first time I saw it, that hasn't changed. That busy art-style of basically overdoing everything to the extreme has got to go.

kmax · May 12, 2015

MaulerX · May 12, 2015

Like some others, I don't mind the price. I don't mind paying that kind of money on something nice that I can display in my house and spark conversations with guests. That being said, this is not Batman. Not a particularly good design either. Pass.

inky · May 12, 2015

Ashler · May 12, 2015

That's... not batman.

kewlmyc · May 12, 2015

That price is stupid.

Piers · May 12, 2015

"It's simple: we kill the bank account."

Velurian · May 12, 2015

Well thats ugly. Whatever it is.

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