Veteran Silent Hill series character designer Masahiro Ito announced via his Twitter account the upcoming release of a Sakura head 1/6 Scale Statue, the terrifying cherry blossom-covered antagonist featured in SILENT HILL: The Short Message.
Produced by Gecco and officially licensed by Konami, the statue is priced at JPY54,780 (or roughly $361), and was “thoroughly supervised by Masahiro Ito, the game’s concept artist.” According to its pre-order page, it is “the first produced statue piece for the next generation of SILENT HILL fans.”
Gecco スタチュー化で SH/サクラヘッド背面が露わになったけど、こんなのコスプレする人現れるんだろうか？
コスプレなんて無理なデザインにしたつもりだけど（笑As to the back design of Sakura Head, it’s quite difficult to believe that someone will cosplay it from SH: short message. lol https://t.co/luFMfQMlUX
— 伊藤暢達/Masahiro Ito (@adsk4) April 4, 2024
The statue perfectly replicates the in-game character, showcasing its signature cherry blossom-adorned limbs, which are sculpted with stunningly intricate detail.
The base is made in the image of the abandoned apartment building the game takes place in and is detailed with sticky notes with curse words scattered on the fence and floor.
Specs:
- PRICE: JPY54,780
- SPEC: Prepainted statue
- MATERIAL: Polystone/Polyurethane
- SIZE: Approximately 410 mm (1/6 scale)
- RELEASE: September ~ November 2024
- SCULPT: Shinya Yamaoka
- PAINT: Katsushige Akeyama (-accent-)
- CATEGORY: STATUE
Gecco has released several incredible Silent Hill statues in the past, including a SH2 Maria statue, a Red Pyramid Thing statue, and statues of Heather Mason and Robbie the Rabbit from SH3.
The Sakura head statue is scheduled to be released between September and November of 2024. Pre-orders are due by June 4, 2024, and a non-refundable deposit of ¥10000.00 ($66) is required.
For more info and to pre-order the Sakura head 1/6 Scale statue, you can visit Gecco’s official site here.
You can also pre-order the statue via BigBadToyStore here. It’s price is $459.99 and is estimated to arrive in April 2025.
