Taxonomy term | Designer Vinyl Toys & Art Culture | Clutter Magazine | Category | Qee

This morning we heard of the sad news that Toy2r USA will be ceasing its operations as of August 2012. The press release reads:  "Thank you for your support from the past few years. While the Qeevolution continues, it is with deep regret that Toy2R USA will not continue its voyage with the Hong Kong company and will be ending operations in August 2012. The decision for closure has been a logistical and unavoidable reasons. Toy2R USA will be will no longer provide further support (sales, marketing, etc) for the Hong Kong office."

We'd like to introduce to you new girl on the block, the Scottish artist Lisa Rae Hansen. Lisa's pretty new to the Art Toy world, but she has been participating in custom shows in the last year. Like a lot of artists, her work isn't based exclusively in toys but in character driven art. Today, however, we're going to talk about her Heavy Metal Qee, Iron Maiden Plus Special Guest MegaSeth.

Das mo gave us a sneak peak of his first Qee custom . It will be on display June 6th at the Chrom Gallery in Bochum, Germany. The show is called "The Toy2R BuneeQ Show" and  das mo will be showing his Qee along side of Luke Chueh and VISEone. Here is a glimpse of das mo's Bunee Qee.  

Toy2r has just announced the opening of a new collaboration with Choicee - "The Qee x Choicee Arty Shop". Located in Taipei's hip ATT4FUN shopping center (on the 4th floor), fans will be able to find the latest Qee releases, plus exclusives like Choicee x Qee iPhone, iPad and Samsung 2 cases, as well as apparel.  The store looks very high end concept, and if i was in Taipei I'd certainly be stopping by to check it out!  

Josh Mayhem has just added another soldier to the ranks of The Askew Rangers custom toy series "Capt. Havoc w/ Playsam Battlecruiser", for the Playsam 500 Group Charity Show!  His custom Playsam Streamliner includes an awesome custom removable 2.5" Cat Qee, 3 working spring loaded Super7 Super Shogun Missiles and a refillable butane rocket propulsion system.

It’s been nearly 2 years in the making, but it’s finally here. 30 UK Artists and Designers have taken the 8” blank DIY platform toy “Qee”, and used it to express what “Heavy Metal” means to them. The finished pieces are ready and will be displayed for 1 week at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London. The show starts on the 12th of April and runs through till the 19th. Go and take a look at these amazing creations. To go with the show HMQ Mastermind/Organiser & Curator Dan Perry has produced a 64 page book.

Take a look at Jon-Paul Kaiser’s latest Qee project with Toy2R PANDAIMYO, the Samurai Panda.  This Qee stands 5” tall and is said to be availabe this summer at your favorite Designer Vinyl toy stores. Each will retail $28 each.

I love Toy2r, but I find Toy2r's latest release a little confusing and the press release hilarious. They have taken their "platform" Qee and added spikes (and drips) to take "DIY to the next level".

For long-time fans of Frank Kozik's work, you might have a vague recollection of the "Nervous Cosmonaut" Bear Qee he designed for the Donna Karan New York World tour in 2005. Extremely limited and much saught after, Kozik and Toy2r are giving fans a chance to own a modern redesign of this piece; except, this time, it will be as an imposing 36" tall figure.

Thanks to a post over at the Tenacious Toys Blog, we have our first glance at the upcoming fourth series of the Domo Qee blind box series, which is set for release in late April. The two-inch figurines, which are produced by Toy2R and distributed by Dark Horse, come in 15 distinct designs and sell for $8.99 a pop.