ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Elfdoll and Charles Stephan’s Alice Cherry Blossom Qee Revealed!

Holland’s renowned pig artist, Charles Stephan, Korea’s ball-jointed dollmakers, Elfdoll, and China’s collectible culture kings, Toy2R, have produced a collaboration of international implications with this month's line of Alice Cherry Blossom Qees. The Qee figure was retooled to create a brand new head that is incredibly faithful to the original Alice Cherry Blossom. And there's something special for the Qee body too--check out the new tail in the turnaround above. Toy2R sent me these pics that show the process of turning Alice Cherry Blossom from a $290 5.5-inch ball Elfdoll to an affordable 2.5-inch collectible Qee series.

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Alice Cherry Blossom 4th Edition

With the 4th edition of Alice Cherry Blossom, The Cherry Blossom Babies, there will be not only one, but two babies: male (Ian) and female (Hope). If you collect them, you might like to know that these are the siblings of Alice and Billie. (Why am I suddenly remembering 80s TV commercials for The Sylvanian [...]

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Attention all Goths: Alice Cherry Blossom Songwriting Contest

What if you paraphrased a pop song and sang “A-C-B, easy as 1-2-3?” Maybe you’d have the start of your entry into the Alice Cherry Blossom Songwriting Contest. Elfdoll Inc. and Charles Stephan thought it would be nice if ACB could have her very own special song (music and lyrics), and they’ve gone and made a [...]

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Charles Stephan Puts the Sty Back in Style

Holland’s renowned pig artist, Charles Stephan, Korea’s high-end, ball-jointed Elfdoll and China’s platform proprietors, Toy2r, are doing a collab of international implications with the forthcoming line of Alice Cherry Blossom Qees. “Global Alice” will drop in a variety of skin tones, a normal Qee body and a specially designed pig’s head. Stay tuned for availability.

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