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American Flag Qee: A Bipartisan Toy
If you haven’t made up your mind between the Barack Obama action figure and the Sarah Palin action figure, you’re what’s called a “swinger.” While you’re doing your research, Toy2R is releasing a bipartisan 2.5-inch USA Flag Bear Qee just in time for the upcoming elections. Wear it as a keychain to show support or [...]
Continue reading...Liz McGrath and Her Lucky Pig
Monday, October 6, 2008
The amazing and ever talented artist Liz McGrath is heading over to Spain, to the land of jamon to show off her own kind of pig, The Lucky Pig (above) that is. This piece is the centerpiece of her upcoming show in Barcelona called Tears of the Crocodile at the Iquapop Gallery there. Her whimsical, [...]
Continue reading...Elfdoll and Charles Stephan’s Alice Cherry Blossom Qee Revealed!
Friday, October 3, 2008
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.
Continue reading...MCA Megabox Qees Now Available
Thursday, September 25, 2008
I’m stoked that it’s becoming easier to find Toy2r’s Qee these days. After a bunch of blogging about MCA’s Hong Kong Megabox show and tribute Qee, the figures are now available via MCA’s webstore. You can order a 3.5-inch MegaBoxee Qee ($15 shipped in the US) or a 1.5-inch MegaBoxee Qee mobile phone strap [...]
Continue reading...Coop Site New and Improved
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Out with the old, in with the new. Kustom Kulture god Coop has just relaunched his website. He’s had the Coopstuff.com up and running since 1998. So after ten years, it was about time for a wee bit of a clean up and rejuvenation. With the relaunch this week, there is oodles more to explore, [...]
Continue reading...Snuggle Up In a Qee Sleeping Bag
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I’ve got an addendum to yesterday’s post on Qee messenger bags, shopping totes, duffels and backpacks: Qee sleeping bags. Although the expression “sleeping bag” perhaps joyfully brings you back to a camping trip or childhood party, unless you are about 10 inches tall, this slice of fabric won’t accommodate you. If you’re a frequent reader [...]
Continue reading...Qee Messenger and Duffel Bags
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Qee 4 All just dropped word of a fashion collab between Toy2R and Chart It, a new UK-based desktop gadget and novelty item retailer. Toy2R has a full line of apparel and hats preparing to drop but currently has a line of QEE Courier Bags, QEE Backpacks, QEE Shopper Bags and QEE Duffel Bags [...]
Continue reading...Kozik Redrum Qee Series Extension
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Frank Kozik and Toy2R are dropping an extension of the RedRum Qee Bear series at the end of the month via “one very lucky retailer (TBA).” In the meantime (and for a premium…), you can get the whole lot of 20 (ten Jack eyes/10 regular eyes) at SignedByKozik for $175 here. Note from the pic [...]
Continue reading...MCA MegaBox Qee and Customs
Monday, September 8, 2008
MCA is back from a whirlwind event at MegaBox in Hong Kong. The show saw the painting of 90 customs over a period of two days, the release of Simian Nation and an exclusive limited edition MegaBoxee Qee. Customers with MegaBox purchases of HK$800 or more (with two printed receipts) are eligible for either a [...]
Continue reading...Toy2R x Target Qee
Monday, September 8, 2008
Whether you like corporations or not, you have to acknowledge that Target (or should I say, tar-JAY?) is much cooler than its closest competition. From Devo to Domo, Target is courting a hipper shopping contingent. Sunny shops there for orange soda and I am partial to their Top Wire stenobooks. People seem divided on the [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Qee
Thursday, August 21, 2008
How cool is this? Microsoft is offering a 2.5-inch Qee to folks in Taiwan who take a quiz on their Forefront product. The first 1000 people with correct answers get this Microsoft Forefront Qee. In America, all Microsoft offers you is a headache. I actually attempted to take the quiz using a mixture of [...]
Continue reading...Barcelona Qee by Pepa Reverter
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
From designer Pepa Reverter and Toy2r comes this unique set of three Qee expressing the love and passion of Barcelona, Spain. Pepa speaks several languages and works in many media, including: painting, sculpture, photography, design, video production, illustration. She says: “We live n a high-speed, ever-changing present, in which more things are happening all the [...]
Continue reading...Kozik 8″ Qee: Nightfighter Versions
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Taipei Toy Festival was months ago, but the exclusives are still out there. Not too long ago, I got my hands on Frank Kozik’s GID Anarchy Potamus. Vinyl Fallout announced that they have two Kozik exclusives from TTF: 8″ Qee Fritz Bear Nighfighter Version and 8″ Qee Ivan Cat Nightfighter Version. Each 8″ Qee was [...]
Continue reading...MCA x Toy2R Show in Hong Kong
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Good news for MCA and Qee fans in the Hong Kong area. He’ll be doing a show with Toy2R at the end of August. He’s doing up a 60-inch Elder Ape Qee (above right) in a red and yellow colorway for the event. There’s also a 36-inch Elder Ape (above left). I always dig [...]
Continue reading...Clutter Dunny For Series 5
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
As Hana mentioned in her post on Dunny Series 5, one of my favorite magazines, Clutter, has a Dunny in the upcoming series from Kidrobot. Clutter co-founder Maz indicates via their blog that it’s been almost 3 years since they were asked to contribute a design to a Dunny series. So that gives you [...]
Continue reading...LUISAVIAROMA Qee Series
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Since 1930, Florence Italy’s LUISAVIAROMA has been a premier retailer focused on serving the unique needs of the luxury market. Their clean and modern website features clothing, shoes and accessories from the latest runway collections of the most important fashion designers. I’m not all that hip to fashion, but even I can recognize names like [...]
Continue reading...Lego Celebrates 30 Years of the Mini Figure
Friday, August 8, 2008
Kids need bells and whistles these days. Actually, kids would scoff at bells and whistles (and yo-yos and Atari and..) these days. But for those of us born in the 1970s, we didn’t need a hyper-articulated $300 Bertie the Pipebomb to make us happy; we had Legos. It’s now been 30 years since Lego launched its [...]
Continue reading...New Qee-Wear T-Shirts From Toy2R Style Collection
Friday, August 8, 2008
In a world of mini-figure saturation, Toy2R continues to kill it with cool artist Qee figures, charity auctions and sweet apparel. This post concerns the last item: a series of new T-shirts for the Qee Style Collection. In the past, the Tee2R store had some issues, so I can only hope they are resolved [...]
Continue reading...Toy2R’s Bart Simpson Customized Qee Auction for Red Cross
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Now back from a globe-trotting exhibition, The wait is over. Toy2R has unveiled most of the 10-inch Bart Simpson Qee customs on the Toy2R forums. But if you’ve got ADD, anticipatory anxiety, high blood pressure, something in the oven or a slow Internet connection, you’ll feel like you’re still waiting (for the pages to load; [...]
Continue reading...Baby Qee Gives Birth
Friday, July 25, 2008
Here is a sweet and shapely customization: Moist Productions‘ Mama and Baby Yolkel Modified 3″ Egg Qee. The Mama Qee features a union-suit-esque trapdoor in the back, which gives way to reveal the yolk-like Baby Qee. A Baby Qee within a Baby Qee. Somebody give this guy a contract for originality and clean lines. [...]
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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