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MCA x Toy2R Show in Hong Kong
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...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...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...Molly Qee Series 2 from Toy2r
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Hot on the tails of the Mollympics series, Toy2r follows up its successful Molly Qee series 1 with this brand new Molly Qee series 2. This time, Kennyswork has created six new designs, all based around the theme of music. The Molly Qee series is sold blind-boxed with trademark oversize crowns. Related posts Toy2R Qee Forums Now [...]
Continue reading...Qee DIY Value Packs Simplify Customization
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Toy2r is killing it with their DIY ranges and innovation right now. News of the day is that they’ve now re-engineered an 8-inch DIY Qee from the inside out. Lots of customizers have struggled with toys they wished would come down with a quick and temporary case of leprosy (see Removing Heads and Arms Without [...]
Continue reading...2.5-inch DIY Qee Assortments
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
I’ve been eagerly anticipating these 2.5-inch DIY Qee since April. All the basic shapes are represented: BearBearQ, KitCatQ, DoGgQ, ToyerQ BunneeQ, MonQ and PiggeQ. The standard DIY figure is white, but packed among the blind-boxes (each case has 30 figures) are clear, G.I.D. and “a few rare variants that you gotta find to believe.” Also [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 4
Friday, July 4, 2008
Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. Related posts Super7 SDCC 08 Exclusives San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives [...]
Continue reading...Paris Tout P’tits Commemorative Qees
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Remember the Paris Tout P’tits x Colette x Toy2r Charity Auction? Toy2r got such an outstanding reaction to this event that they’re releasing commemorative Qees. There will be a 2.5-inch regular Qee and a 1.5-inch zipper-pull, both featuring the Paris Tout P’tits branding (on front of Qee and back of zipper-pull). Artists involved in the [...]
Continue reading...Gama-Go Yeti and 30-inch Wood Deathbot at SDCC 08
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The SDCC ‘08 news keeps coming, and this time it’s two from Gama-Go. First up, the eagerly-awaited 2.5-inch Gama-Go mascot x Toy2r Yeti Qee. Maybe it’s because he’s a Yeti, but somehow he seems bigger than a 2.5-inch Qee. You can see a sample of the Yeti at the Diamond Booth at SDCC ‘08. [...]
Continue reading...Toy2r Presents New Baby Qee Series
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Toy2r has six new 3.5-inch Baby Qees coming down the pipes. The most exciting development is a new sculpt, which, just like Ganesh, has an elephant head. Now for the bad news. I RARELY have any criticism for Toy2r. Their Qee platform was my gateway toy into this genre, they give to charity, [...]
Continue reading...Toy2R DIY 10-inch Bart Simpson Qee Auction
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Project has just completed the Art Exhibition World Wide Tour. Now is your chance to own these one-of-a-kind original Bart Simpson Qee. Toy2R will be holding the 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Auction on the Toy2R Forum featuring more than 90 Customized 10″ DIY Bart Simpson Qee by artists [...]
Continue reading...What If Your Local Mall Looked Like This?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Toy2R has collaborated with MegaBox to showcase an impressive DIY Qee exhibition, with more than 80 Customized D.I.Y. Qees by artists and designers from across the globe. The exhibit also features several 60″ Qee include the infamous Bart Simpson Qee and a huge DOINK (one of my all-time favorites). Megabox is a revolutionary shopping, dining [...]
Continue reading...China Artist Series 1 Qees
Thursday, June 19, 2008
This August, the eyes of the world will be on China. The Bejing Oylmpic Summer Games start on August 8th. But, you know, we aren’t particularly interested in the competition for the gold in sports like volleyball, weightlifting and archery, we’re more interested in this set of China Artist Qee Collaborations. This August, Toy2R will [...]
Continue reading...Simpsons Mania Strikes Again With Bart Series 2 and SDCC Qee Exclusives
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
When you’re doing your back to school shopping, here’s an item you’ll want to include: the second series of Bart Simpson Qee scheduled for release in August. Series 2 features Bart in 12 new outfits from various episodes, including early episode versions that have never been recreated in any form. Bart Series 2 is available for [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 1
Friday, June 13, 2008
Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. Designer toys are always among the highlights of [...]
Continue reading...Friday the 13th Halloween Qee Teaser
Friday, June 13, 2008
Toy2r’s Raymond Choy just dropped this teaser for the 2008 Halloween Qee on the Toy2r forums. Looks like a standard 2.5 ” bear-head Qee, but they’re keeping a lid on the paint job. [Update: Just got a pic of the figure from Qee 4 All. Nothing standard about this bear. I'm digging the cutouts!] [...]
Continue reading...Paris Tout P’tits X Colette X Toy2R Art Toy Charity Auction
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Toy2R is sponsoring a 16-inch DIY Qee exhibition and auction at Colette to benefit Paris Tout P’tits. Founded in 1992, Paris Tout P’tits’ mission is to provide for the needs of children born into poverty. Colette will hold a public exhibit of the customized Qee from June 9th to 14th. On June 17th [...]
Continue reading...Kozik’s Pink Potamus
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Hippos are cute animals. If you don’t believe me, take a look at this baby hippo. Isn’t that the cutest thing you’ve seen today? That’s why I’m super-excited about Kozik’s Potamus line by Toy2R. Of course it has the signature Kozik scruff and cigarette. Is that a little tooth I see? I love that added [...]
Continue reading...PiLi 2.5-inch Qee Series
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
In today’s society, traditional cultural arts are treated like antiquated fads, which fade in popularity over time. However, PiLi Puppet Theatre in Taiwan has surpassed this stereotype gaining world popularity and success by evolving throughout the years, yet keeping old cultural traditions alive. According to Dr. Robin Ruizendaal, director of the Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum: [...]
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