'That Statue is Not Gonna Be Safe' — Capcom Is Making a Life-Sized Leon Kennedy Sculpture for Resident Evil’s 30th Anniversary, and of Course the Internet Is Being Totally Normal About It

Leon Kennedy is coming to the real world… Well, sort of. Capcom is preparing for Resident Evil’s 30th anniversary exhibition in Shibuya, and to celebrate, it’s commissioning a life-sized statue of the beloved horror series’ poster boy, Leon S. Kennedy. Kennedy will join the oodles of other life-sized Capcom character statues that decorate the company’s corporate offices and physical stores, alongside icons like Street Fighter’s Ryu charging up a hadouken and an adorable Palico from Monster Hunter Wilds. As you can imagine, Resi fans are already going wild at the possibility of seeing Leon in the flesh (so to speak), and the posts that have resulted from Capcom’s announcement are… interesting, to say the least. “I’m about to pull off a heist that they’re going to write about in textbooks for decades to come,” one player joked on X. (We get the feeling they weren’t actually joking, though.) “That Leon statue is NOT going to be safe,” another remarked. “You’re gonna need all the ‘Do Not Touch’ signs,” yet another warned. I’m about to pull off a heist that they’re going to write about in textbooks for decades to come https://t.co/HYlezcrrvc The Resident Evil 30th Anniversary Exhibition