Toy2R Archive
books
Toy Art 2.0 is now available! This coffee table art book is a four-pound love letter to the spirit of community and power of accessible art. From cover to
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vinyl
Just as the UK’s Dudebox announces the creation of its US store, Toy2R, Hong Kong’s longtime purveyors of designer toys, announce the closure of theirs: While the Qeevolution continues,
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vinyl
Longstanding New York designer toy shop, Tenacious Toys, and outstanding Los Angeles toy designer, Scott Tolleson, have combined forces to usher a black sheep through the dark void
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conventions
This past July, I drove down to San Diego from the Bay Area for Comic-Con 2011. It was hell on my lower back but great for my trunk.
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vinyl
The only company whose setup made even less sense than MINDstyle’s presence at Comic-Con was Toy2R‘s sad little metal rack of a shared booth. I’ve seen peoples’ garages
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interviews
Every once in a while, you run into artists who see things a bit differently. The Dadaists found art in the ordinary; the Surrealists juxtaposed the unexpected… Well,
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vinyl
The designer toy scene was born in the mid-late 1990s in Hong Kong (Michael Lau), Japan (Bounty Hunter), the UK (James Jarvis) and the USA (Kaws). A culture
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vinyl
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up
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vinyl
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
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