For many years, MegaHouse and Bandai have been my “go-to” companies when it comes to fulfilling my needs for anime figures and collectibles. But to my surprise and delight, a new challenger has arrived that is quickly stealing my heart (and my dollars!) with their amazing Naruto Shippuden products. Last week they debuted the excellent Madara Uchiha DXTra figure, but this week they’ve upped the ante ever further with the amazing Tsume Naruto Itachi Uchiha HQS (High Quality Statue) that’s now available for pre-order!

May 2014 was the official Naruto month of Tsume Art, and has included a number of announcements for upcoming Naruto Shippuden XTra figures such as the highly-anticipated Shikamaru Nara, Madra Uchiha, and Hatake Kakashi. But as impressive as those pieces are, none of them absolutely blew my mind in the way that their last announcement of Naruto month does: the first-ever Uchiha Itachi statue to be produced by any company!

While I was aware of the fact that Tsume Art produced Naruto HQS (High Quality Statues), none of the ones that they’ve released up until now have struck me as something that I absolutely could not live without (although that Haruno Sakura HQS sure did come close).

However, as soon as I saw this new Tsume Itachi Uchiha HQS statue, I knew that I needed it in my life.

To say that this statue of the Edo Tensei Itachi Uchiha using the Susanoo technique looks phenomenal would be an understatement. This is hands-down the best-looking Naruto collectible I’ve ever seen of any kind, from any company. The Susano’o itself has been created using a variety of orange and yellow tones of translucent materials and looks incredible. This is easily the best use of translucent resin that I have ever seen!

The Itachi Uchiha portion of the statue depicts Itachi in his reanimated Edo Tensei state, complete with “cracked” face. This statue is specifically based off Itachi’s appearance during his climactic battle with Kabuto Yakushi.

I was initially a bit surprised to see that Tsume Art had chosen this look for Itachi over an Akatsuki cloaked Itachi Uchiha, but then I remembered that we never see Itachi utilizing the Susanoo in the Naruto anime and manga until he’s already lost the Akatsuki cloak.

My personal preference still would have been for a non-zombie Itachi, but there’s no denying that he looks fantastic in his dynamic, leaping pose!

You’ll have to clear quite a bit of space on your shelf if you want this Itachi Susano’o statue, though–it’s going to be a humongous 52cm tall–that’s over 20″ high!

The Tsume Art Itachi Uchiha Statue is due to be released in early 2015, and is limited to just 800 pieces being produced. Given the insane popularity of Uchiha Itachi and the fact that this is easily the most amazing collectible ever made of that character, I would expect this piece to be a fast sell-out, even at the hefty price of 339 €!

If you missed the pre-order for the Itachi Uchiha statue on Tsume, you’re in luck–U.S. retailer BigBadToyStore has just opened up pre-orders for the limited stock of the statue that they’ve been allocated! These are going to go quickly, so lock one in now if you want it.

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Naruto fans–sound off! Is this Tsume Susanoo Itachi Uchiha statue the most incredible Naruto collectible that you’ve ever seen? Are you on-board for this piece, despite the lofty price-point?