Redesigned for 2008, this DIY Value Pack from Toy2r gives you everything you need to start customizing. Each set includes a blank white 8″ DIY Qee figure and three 12ml tubes of acrylic paint (brush not included). Pre-orders for Bears, Bunees, Cats, Dogs, Monkeys, Pigees and Toyers are up at your favorite online toystores [...]

Teasers for the Tee2R shirts have been circulating for a while, but at long last we’ve got a (mostly) full-fledged website. Available shirts include 4 designs from Toy2R, 6 by TeaKing and 2 each from Jaime Hayon, Rolito and Touma. The site does beg a few questions: How much? Are sizes available besides XL? And [...]

Artist Mark Mothersbaugh and his bandmates, DEVO, have already been given the toy treatment once (by NECA, see above left). But when it comes to an unauthorized trademark infringement by American Idol and McDonalds, DEVO are “through being cool.”
Via Clubdevo.com:
McDonald’s fast food restaurants are offering a series of American Idol TV show themed toys [...]

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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Opening 4/25 and running through 5/11 is the World of Imagination custom toy show at APW gallery. The exhibition can be found at 195 Chrystie Street, Suite 200, New York, NY (across from My Plastic Heart). Artist receptions happen on 4/25 from 7-9 PM and 4/26 from 2-5 PM. Posted on the Kidrobot forums as [...]

SKWAK first came to my attention through Le French Dunny series. His characters, The Maniacs, are drawn from his daily experiences, but he renders them more absurd by exaggerating excesses like power, wealth and celebrity. So it’s fitting that SKWAK has partnered with Nike to make a T-shirt for charity. Proceeds from the “I Love [...]

Introducing a new ToyCyte feature: BEYOND TOYS. In this series, we’ll explore the outer reaches of the designer toy lifestyle. We’ll actually (shudder) go beyond toys to bring you some of the must-haves from your favorite artists. If platform-style designer toys are but a template on which the chosen few can wield their paintbrushes and [...]

After the closing of Qeester, fans have been hungry for a forum for all things Qee. Raymond Choy and co. have now launched the official Toy2R Forums to fill this void. The forums have Qee history, the latest product announcements, DIY assistance, and possibly the best part: a direct pipeline to some of the best [...]

Voltaire is best known as a good-humored gothic (bet you thought that was an oxymoron) folk singer/songwriter out of New York City. Based on a mutual admiration of each other’s work, he and Toy2r’s Raymond Choy put out Voltaire’s character, Deady: The Malevolent Teddy as a Qee. Other 2″, 8″ and baby Qee, Trexi and [...]