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Something about celebrating the craftsmanship behind the scenes and the magic of collaboration between production house and artist?

New category for 2018! Best Production Sculpt!!

For 2018, we are excited to add a brand new category "Best Production Sculpt!"

This new category will recognize a singularly outstanding sculpt for a production toy. This award celebrates a sculpt that exemplifies the creative act of transforming an artists vision into a 3-dimensional object.

Requirements:
• Release must be a brand new Designer Toy, or a significantly modified version of a previous release, that was debuted last year.
• Release must have been produced in qty's greater than 50 pieces.
• Release can be produced in any material...

Nominations OPEN for the 8th Annual Designer Toy Awards!

We have officially launched the nomination period for the 8th annual awards!

Running from now until March 12th (6pm EST), nominations can be submitted by clicking "Create Nomination". (You will need to be logged into your account, or create one).

This year's awards will accept nominations for releases, artists, and companies, that were active from January 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2017.

So Get Nominating…

Only nominated items can be considered for the awards. If you...

Morgan Spurlock to host The 7th Annual Designer Toy Awards!!

We are super excited to announce that The 7th Annual Designer Toy Awards (DTAs), fueled by Lagunitas Brewing Company, will be hosted by Academy Award-nominated writer, director, producer and obsessive toy collector Morgan Spurlock!!

“I’m honored to emcee this year’s Designer Toy Awards,” said Spurlock. “I’ve spent my career putting a spotlight on various cultures and subcultures around the world, with the art toy community one of the most textured and fascinating - and one I have supreme pleasure in being part of.”

Not only that, we are also excited to announce a new...