Just when you thought there’s no need for any more large scale statues featuring face ripping space monsters, XM Studios goes out of their way to prove everyone wrong. Revealed today, XM Studios one third scale Alien Hive Warrior can now be pre-ordered. 
Now, this is one seriously feature packed brute and here’s what the manufacturer has to declare about this sizeable offering, “XM Studios is excited to present Alien Hive-Warrior! An original take on the Xenomorph, XM worked closely with Simon lee aka Spiderzero (world-renowned sculptor, concept designer and character artist) to co-create the concept design of Alien Hive-Warrior. Drawing inspiration from the original creation, this Alien concept brings to life the dark elegance, biomechanical flow and visceral quality of the Xenomorph. The Alien Hive-Warrior emerges from the Hive, enveloped at the base by a pulsing hive entrance pregnant with various stages of the Xenomorph lifecycle – Eggs in stages of ripeness, freshly hatched Facehuggers crawling with single minded focus. It moves steady and silent, displaying an alien flow and dynamism to its movement.”
This cold cast porcelain “premium collectible statue features” a pair of interchangeable heads with one boasting the classic transparent dome shape over the skull and another featuring a ridged/textured head with protruding tongue. What’s more, this item is no slouch. This large piece mounted on a base surrounded by a clutch of Alien eggs, being swarmed by multiple facehuggers is a whopping 78cm tall and weighs in at 20 kg. As a final attraction, the paint application allows eggs on the base to glow faintly in the dark. Which is simply great because I really love glow in the dark stuff.
Availability appears to be limited to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Price is SG$2299 (US$1728) and does not include shipping or customs fees or any other import tariffs. Not too bad, considering what is on offer here. Unfortunately, you may have to be prepared to import one from the other side of the planet via a third party retailer if you want one as US, UK and Australia exist outside the licence shipping zone.
-Windebieste.
