Secret Fresh + Quiccs | The Killa in Manila

11.04.2019 – The success of the “Manila Killa” show gives you the perspective that hard work pays off at the same time staying humble and being true to who you are from the start. The recipe to a successful street artist like Quiccs can attest of that and the long process was almost five years in the making. Quiccs Maquez has made it and had put the country in the map taking the next level as an international toy designer and building the Bullet Punk brand to its prominence is not a small feat. But teamwork behind the man and the TEQ63 is no one-man show that can be seen to yesterday’s first solo art show that he already made it.

Year of the Pig | Molang, the Happy Rabbit

02.08.2019 – Chinese New Year was celebrated three days ago and it is the “Year of the Pig” for in 2019. In case you’re in Manila the celebration was felt throughout Binondo during that day as Chinese lanterns and other ornaments adored the aesthetics of the area. This also shows how the Filipino-Chinese community embraced this culture and the rest of the world. There has been much Chinese New Year merchandise that is thematic with the “Year of the Pig” for 2019. But the Lotteria Burger Laboratory in South Korea takes their freebie toy to a whole new level of collectability with Molang, the Happy Rabbit.

NYCC 2018 Exclusive | McNano TEQ63

12.28.2018 – Quiccs a local artist in the Philippines known for his concept that inspired from his appreciation for hip hop music, Gundams, and just being true blue Filipino. He has been synonymous with his creation of his signature character TEQ63 that debuted almost five years ago. The first Designer Art Toy he produced was made from resin and it was an immediate hit. This year alone Quiccs collaborated with well-known brands and other artists. He was present in the recent DesignerCon and toy events in Bangkok that has been a haven for Toy Art. He launched his most recent art toy the Nano TEQ63 collaboration with Martian Toys that is manufactured by Devil Toys from Hong Kong launching the standard colorways, but this one was for NYCC 2018.

Toy Art PH | 5 Creatives at Toy Festival 2018

12.16.2018 – While the rest of the hobby community trooped to SM Megamall’s Megatrade Hall in another part of the city a new gathering has begun. This is the Toy Art PH: Toy Festival 2018, a different kind of ‘toy’ related event not to be confused by the usual toy festivals that happens annually in the country. Designer Toy Art is not your conventional toy gathering where you buy action figures and other properties. But an event about toy sculptures much like the Art Fairs that has been widely visited by the mainstream populace. This is not a toy event for children but it caters to everyone who appreciates a different form of art.

When Art Toy Meets Spider-Verse

12.14.2018 – The new Happy Meal toys for the month December 2018 in the Australia and the Philippines is promoting the release of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”, which is one of the best feature-length animated films to come out in 2018 that is breaking new grounds with the concept. Integrating and breaking traditional animation style has greatly changed with how you appreciate them now that it’s now possible to produce superhero films in the live action medium. This is also the same way how McDonald’s trying to find ways making their toys relevant to this generation of video games.