Thursday, June 23, 2011

Designer Toys Awards 2011 Community Choice: toybot studios Personal Picks:

Designer Toy Awards 2011

Designer Toy Awards Community Choice is now open for YOUR VOTES...! REGISTER HERE and cast your votes. The following are my personal picks. Click on the pictures to VOTE..!

Artist of the Year: Very tough choice. Ashley Wood, Bwana Spoons, Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez, Brent Nolasco, KAWS, Mark Nagata, and many others deserve your serious consideration. But I have to give it to Paul Kaiju. I've been a fan since his first show at Super 7 over 5 years ago. His customs were some of the earliest toys to turn me onto this scene.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Best Online Toy Store: My vote goes to Lulubell. With a steady stream of Japanese toys from our favorite designers, they have the best pipeline. Amazing customer service from Amy the Toy Temptress. Our man Luke is constantly searching for new artists and toys in Japan to satiate the beast within.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Best Toy Store: Rotofugi and Super 7 get very high marks, but when I think about that childhood sensation of walking into a toy store, Toy Tokyo does the best to recreate that feeling. This place is a real toy store.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Best Collection: In terms of sheer volume, you cannot deny Gino Joukar's collection. But Carl Kent Smith's is literally all killer and no filler. Almost every single toy in his collection brings tears to the die-hard.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Best Toy from a Comic: Very close second goes to 3A Tomorrow Queen. Especially the Chinese New Years version. Yowza. But i'm a huge fan of Ben Seto and his comic "Usagi Jane and the Skull Bunnies". The plushie Skull Bunny is a great toy and true to the comic.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Most Influential Event: SDCC is really probably the most influential event, but still my vote goes to the amazing Love Movement show curated by Jeremy Brautman. It was a magical show. One of the best of the year. Great art, customs, music, rapping. Wonderful.
Designer Toy Awards 2011

Purposely omitted: Fan Favorite and Best DIY Platform

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