ECC Elite Creature Collectibles Sallasenien by Akihito

Description

Sallasenien by AKIHITO :
Akihito Ikeda is a uniquely talented character designer and sculptor. He has done spectacular works at KNB, ADI, and Legacy Effects since 2002. He has worked on many great movies, including Transformers, Alien vs. Predator, Alice in Wonderland, Terminator 4, Pacific Rim, and World War Z. The Queen Alien in Alien vs. Predator was designed and sculpted by AKIHITO.

“When I was just starting out in the industry, there was a legendary sculptor in Japan named Mr. Yusuke Takayanagi. I still vividly remember how shocked I was at the design sense of his work “Sallasenien,” which was published in Creature Core by the late Mr. Yasushi Nirasawa. I admired him, and now, nearly 30 years after I started working in the same industry, I wanted to revive a new “Sallasenien,” incorporating my own style into the work. The back story is that the original piece was broken before it was molded, and I learned that no one had a copy of it with a high quality of perfection, which gave me the impetus to re-create it.

“I hope that the late Mr. Nirasawa and Mr. Takayanagi would be pleased with this work. I would also like to thank Kimiko Nichisawa for granting me the copyright to this work.”

Specifications:
Approximately 27.2 inches in height
Approximately 13.1 inches in width
Approximately 12.6 inches in depth
Attractive, themed display base.
Each Certificate of Authenticity is signed by Akihito.