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The Designer Toy Awards are very excited to announce a brand new and fun initiative: Toy of the Year Silent Auctions! In support of the 3rd Annual Designer Toy Awards, the DTAs were lucky enough to have more than half of the finalists in the Toy of the Year category donate a single copy of their nominated release to be put up for silent auction! Many of these toys are now completely sold out and very hard to find! In addition, there are even a couple of extra rare and...

This year's Designer Toy Awards will have an added component of fun, thanks to our partnership with SideKick Lab: a trading cards series!

With 177 base cards revealing most of the finalists in the 3rd Annual Designer Toy Awards, there are also 27 variant cards as well as signature cards and Golden Ticket Redemption Cards! What sort of Golden Tickets are available? Everything from original art to one-off Designer Toy editions, prints to hand-painted custom figures, and even a complete trading card subset pack!

Each pack will cost $5...

The Designer Toy Awards is pleased to announce the first exclusive in our  line-up for 2013, "Wiggle Friends", a limited edition screen print by the lovely Tara McPherson!This screen print is limited to only 100 pieces and has been printed with Glow in the Dark and Metallic inks! Measuring 18"x24", each print comes hand-signed and numbered by McPherson.

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While most of the Winners are selected by the DTA Board Members / Judging Panel, there are five categories — Best Blog, Best Collection, Best Toy Store, Best Online Toy Store, and Fan Favorite...