‘Get Animated’ with Bugs Bunny and Tweety from Pat Lee (9.20)

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The Get Animated series of figures from ToyQube, Soap Studio and Warner Brothers brings together popular artists to re-imagine classic WB cartoon characters.  To date, the popular project has announced and revealed toys from six Hong Kong-based artists: Eric So, Kenny Wong, Pat Lee, Chino Lam, Pucky & Tik Ka. It turns out that what’s been shown so far is about half of what’s planned with ToyQube set tounveil the USA artist roster in October!

So far the figures have only been available as pre-orders in Asia from Soap Studios. Now, ToyQube is starting to take pre-orders for USA collectors. First up from ToyQube are a pair of figures from Pat Lee, best known for his comic book work for both DC and Marvel.  Both his Bugs Bunny (13”, $179.99)  and Tweety (9”, $169.99) vinyl + pvc toys feature highly-stylized dissected/cut-away designs that create an irregular mosaic by mixing bits of  each character’s iconic appearance with anatomic details.

Bugs features a wild, dynamic design blending the traditional gray+white with vivid, fleshy pink.  From his mismatched eyes to his bulging heart and curious leg shackles, the toy offers surprises and unexpected details.

Pat Lee’s Tweety design just might out do his Bugs, no easy feat.  Here Tweety is recast as a force to be reckoned with.  A stylized Sylvester lurches out from his brain, perhaps in an attempt to flee the enraged canary with his angry violet eyes and almost mech-like power.  The patches of gray, fibrous anatomical details lends Tweety a futuristic, mechanically menacing appearance.

ToyQube will offer pre-orders of the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Get Animated vinyl figures from Pat Lee starting on Thursday (9.20) at 9 AM PDT from the TQ web shop.  Tweety is expected in December, while Bugs Bunny is due to ship in late January 2019