Last Saturday night during New York Comic-Con 2012, the 2nd Annual Designer Toy Awards ceremony presented by Clutter Magazine took place at Providence NYC. While The Blot wasn’t able to attend, it sounds like it was a really great event celebrating everything that’s great about the world of designer art toys. Before we get to the list of winners, I just wanted to say once again what an honor it was to be a finalist for the 2nd straight year in the Best Blog category! There are some really amazing websites out there and to be considered in their company is really a thrill. Thanks to everyone out there who has read TheBlotSays.com in the past year, voted for me in the DTAs or followed me on Twitter! Your support is greatly appreciated!!! And now on to the winners…
2012 Designer Toy Awards Winners
Best Licensed Product: Android by Andrew Bell
Best Blog: Spanky Stokes
Best Online Toy Store: Rotofugi
Best Plush Design: Nosellots - Lyle Bean by Scott Tolleson
Best Toy from a Comic: Deady: Big in Japan by Voltaire
Best Collection: Sara Harvey
Best Self-Produced: Ice Scream Man by Brutherford
Best Collaboration: Wish Come True by Friends With You x Hello Kitty
Best DIY Platform: Munny by Kidrobot
Outstanding Production:
Nightmade Bed Monster by Amanda Visell & Itoken Park
Best Mini Series: Outlandish Mini Figure Guys (OMFG) by October Toys
Best Sofubi: Debris Japan by RESTORE
Best Toy Store: Rotofugi
Best 1/6th Scale: Crazy Children King by Michael Lau
Best Customizer: J★RYU
Fan Favorite: WolfGirl by Shea Brittain
Break-Through Artist: L'amour Supreme
Brand of the Year: Kidrobot
Artist of the Year: Chauskoskis
Toy of the Year: Lilitu by Tara McPherson & Kidrobot
Lifetime Achievement Award: Israel "Lev" Levarek, owner of Toy Tokyo