One trend this year was booth sharing. Though the number of booths selling indie toys wasn't large, many booths featured toys by more than one maker, so the total number of toy makers represented was pretty decent. This year, though, I noticed the absence of Japanese toy makers. Some of their toys were present (especially at the Kaiju Monster, Lulubell, and Clutter booths), but unlike with previous years, I didn't see any makers manning the booths.
However, there were quite a lot of vinyl, resin, and plush toys by Western makers who were there in person. Some, including Joe Merrill (Splurrt) and James Groman, manned different booths at set times to release their toys.
Here are pics of the indie toy booths, alphabetized by booth name:
481 Universe
More after the jump:
Art Whino
Live painting |
Clutter
Lots of Ron English toys |
Cubo
Cool new Dunny series |
Imagination Asylum
Kaiju Monster
Sweet Blobpus custom |
Massive Bob Conge work |
Lulubell
Got Chianti? |
Price check on aisle 8, please. |
Upcoming new head for Rotten Rex |
Rotten Rex mini |
Mishka
Monster Factory
Monster Island
Awesome painted Nerd One toys |
Cool zine with lots of mini interviews |
My Plastic Heart
Odd Fauna
Suburban Vinyl
Tenacious Collective
Tokidoki
Toy Tokyo
The lines for this booth were epic. |
I hope you enjoyed the virtual tour. Thanks for reading!
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