ThreeA will be exhibiting at the first-ever Shanghai Toy Show (4.5 – 4.7) alongside ThreeZero in booth C18. Ashley Wood and company have some fun things planned for the show including one announced release (so-far). Back in February, 3A announced that the DDV2 Square would be released at the show. It’s since been revealed that the official name is DDV2 DIY Track Square and is part of Canvas Series Number 1. It will be available at the show for CN¥ 600.00 and $110 at Bambaland on April 5th. And if you’re wondering, yes, the tracks on the figure are movable/articulated.
This updated branding is interesting in part because it’s an indication that 3A is positioning the Track Square as a platform. It’s even more interesting coupled with the news that ThreeA has shown what appear to be custom DIY Track Squares from seven guest artists for a special STS project. Huang-Jia Wei, Kelvin Sau, Kenny Wong, Shimizu Eiichi, Shimoguchi Tomohiro, Steven Choi and Zao Dao will each be signing at the 3A booth in half-hour sessions. At least one of the artists has mentioned that his figure will be available for sale at the convention-–presumably as a one-off custom. This begs two questions, will some of these additional artist designs be released as production figures at some point ? And, will we see a blank DIY Track Square.
