November 5th marked the 6th and biggest year of DesignerCon, the world’s premier designer toy (and related ephemera) extravaganza. For 7 hours, artists and toy collectors converged on
The Designer Toy Awards were an attempt to “celebrate the creativity, innovation and artistic excellence of the Art Toy market”. Say what you will about how it actually went
As I said back in 2009, “Wondercon isn’t about toys.” It’s about comics, superheroes, Star Wars, extreme nerdiness in a variety of flavors, people in costumes I usually
An interesting conversation popped up over the last several days on the Skullbrain forum. The crux of the debate centered on Dril One‘s choice to customize a Secret
Saturday night saw the debut of Super7‘s first group custom toys show at it’s new Haight Street location. The show, 1-Offs, was comprised of custom paint jobs on
On Saturday night, after over a year in the making, several months of dedication, 22 days of fundraising and a 48-hour gallery transformation, LOVE MOVEMENT opened in San
“The world’s first and leading toy art gallery,” suitably named Toy Art Gallery, had a stall at DesignerCon. Here’s where the line between toys and art and sculptures
It’s been almost two months since San Diego Comic-Con 2010, and my love affair with Ron English‘s Telegrinnies is still going strong. In fact, I’ve set plans in