2010 Taipei Toy Festival (Part 3: Toys)

On to the main event: the toys at the 2010 TTF! Are you ready to vinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyl! Sorry, after spending hours sorting and posting images, my brain feels like Mankind and Mr. Socko took a liking to my gullet...

Pics in alphabetical order. Click on each image to see it's full size.

8 Style:
TTF Kinnikuman exclusives:
Amanda Visell's Seahorse + rider. Black colorway - Paradise exclusive:

Danke Schoen:
Devilrobots:
Eric So:
Hot Toys:
Husky:
Kennyswork:
Mimobot:
Mutineer Jun:
RC Work:
Rockin Jelly Bean (most of the booth was for display only):
Secret Base:
SB Rebel Inks (1 Blue Chrome, 9 GID, and 9 Rootbeers were sold - all sold out quickly):
Shon Side (Cap Duck):
Ultraman (this thing is really cool - the figures in the head spin around, and there are lights strung around the fatherbot):
William Tsang:
Winson Ma:
Wonderfulman:
Other booths and interesting odds and ends:
Whew, that was a POST. But that's not all! Click here for Part 4: Exhibitions.

2010 Taipei Toy Festival (Part 2: Guests)

This year's TTF featured guests from Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, North America, and beyond. Though there were perhaps fewer designers in attendance than in previous years, it was still a nice mix of toy makers, graphic designers, fine artists, comic artists, mixed media artists, and mix and match permutations of all of the above.

Amanda Visell spent several seconds saying hello during the "stand on the stage and say hi" event and several hours (over the course of the TTF) signing, drawing, and chatting with fans.
Rocking Jelly Bean made his debut trip to Taiwan to meet, greet, and pose with non-masked attendees.
My good buddy Morry hung out with the 8 Style crew. No Ban Ban exclusives this year, unfortunately. (But he did tell me there's a new Ban Ban head sculpt coming soon <-- scoop!) William Tsang of Brothersfree. One of my favorite folks.
Kenny Wong of Brothersfree. Also a good bloke and more and more popular with his line of Molly toys.
One of the legends of Japanese manga, the co-creator of Kinnikuman, made the trip to Taipei to sign posters, comics, and toys for fans.
A-tui (Push), one of this year's poster designers and key guests:
Touma:That's just a sampling of the talented folks who traveled to Taipei for the 2010 TTF. (Say that fast 10 times!) I know, I know...you want the toys. Done and done! Click here for Part 3: Toys.

2010 Taipei Toy Festival (Part 1: Intro)

It's July, and that means it's toy show time! The summer season of marquee shows kicks off this year in Taipei, with the 2010 Taipei Toy Festival. The show featured a bit of everything for everyone: toys, art, clothing, exhibitions, guest appearances, and thousands of rabid toy freaks storming the halls to feed the insatiable hunger.

There's so much to cover that I'm dividing the 2010 TTF report into a few parts, starting with this intro post.
Once again, the event was held at the Huashan Creative Park, in downtown Taipei. As I'll report in Part...um 5 or 6, the venue has really come to life over the last year. It's probably the perfect place for such a large show, and fortunately the air con demons have been exorcised so there was cool air flooding the halls.

Intrepid collectors lined up in the wee hours for a chance to get in first:

Exhibitor map:

Here are some shots from Saturday, when the crowds came out in full force!
Click here for Part 2: Guests