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9:15 PM on 11.11.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Silent Stage

Silent Stage Gallery came to DesignerCon with a lot of the same stuff they had at San Diego Comic Con. Thankfully, that also meant Angry Woebots at the booth along with his merchandise. Beyond customs from Woebots like a Pand...

Brian Szabelski

8:00 PM on 11.11.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Bean Pot Toiz

Coming all the way from San Antonio, Texas, were Bean Pot Toiz, and with them came a ton of customs from artists based in Texas and the southern U.S. Bryan Collins, Jason Chalker, Halo Seraphim, Denise Vasquez, Sleepy Da...

Brian Szabelski

7:30 PM on 11.11.2012

DesignerCon 2012: JFury

When looking at the customs from JFury's DesignerCon booth, you get the idea he has a theme he likes to work with. Something about clowns. Or zombies. Or zombie clowns. Regardless, JFury's style seems to mix urban graffiti wi...

Brian Szabelski

3:00 PM on 11.11.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Sawdust Bear

Sawdust Bear's booth at DesignerCon was a colorful world of bizarre creatures set against a backdrop of wooden displays (no sawdust, though). The artist behind Sawdust Bear, Shing Yin Khor, was in attendance and very fun to t...

Natalie Kipper



DesignerCon 2012: Flat Bonnie photo
DesignerCon 2012: Flat Bonnie
by Natalie Kipper


9:30 PM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Vaud Villain Toys

At first glance, the Vaud Villain Toys booth might seem like any other toy retailer's set-up. But it was also the place where you could find Vaud Villain's Nick Bane and his two handmade pieces: the resin Bi-Polar Molar and t...

Brian Szabelski

8:30 PM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: FrankenFactory

At the FrankenFactory DesignerCon booth, you could find yourself lost in a forest full of Designer Toy Award-winning Wolfgirls. Okay, maybe not a literal forest, but hey, there were a lot of different Wolfgirl variants on dis...

Brian Szabelski

7:30 PM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: BLACKGARD

BLACKGARD rolled into DesignerCon with some familiar faces in tow. Of course, there's the newest character, Gumbo, with each clear colorway a one-of-a-kind figure. Also at the booth were one-off colorways of the Grey Guardian...

Brian Szabelski

6:30 PM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Galaxy Monkey and Vanessa Ramirez

Galaxy Monkeys arrived at DesignerCon with a few angry-looking sofubi monekys in spacesuits. The colored Monkeynaut was a DCon exclusive piece, but they also had limited numbers of the black and glow-in-the-dark version avail...

Brian Szabelski

2:00 PM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: Tyler Poncho

The toys of Tyler Poncho are a spectacular mix of kooky and cute. I had previously seen some of the plushes made by Kaeti, the artist behind the brand, online and was drawn to their unique designs. Seeing them up close a...

Natalie Kipper

2:00 AM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: 3D Retro

At the 3D Retro booth at DesignerCon, we saw many things, including: A wild Buff Monster! He was signing at the booth and in some of our shots, as you can see. Lifesize Benny the Dreamer and Bellicose Bunny statues! As far a...

Brian Szabelski

1:00 AM on 11.08.2012

DesignerCon 2012: BAIT

BAIT's DesignerCon booth was more or less a showing off of all the different things they sell, but it was also the DCon home for ESC-Toy this year. The big piece on display (and for sale) was the Little Spiker Spitfire, the t...

Brian Szabelski