Kanye West x Takashi Murakami Aluminum Bear Sculpture

Currently on display at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in Paris, is this Kanye West x Takashi Murakami aluminium sculpture (above-left) featuring the bear mascot - who by now is synonymous with Kanye (seen in-action with his "Good Morning" music video circa 2007). Altho I've always wondered why a perfectly adorable character-form was not made into a three-dimensional toy/figurine (or did I miss