Nominations Open for the 3rd Annual Designer Toy Awards
Starting May 1st until May 15th, nominations for the 3rd Annual Designer Toy Awards will be accepting open nominations in a variety of categories from both professionals and for the public. Voting has yet to begin, and there are some changes to the awards structure, so read on:
(1) Eligibility period for nominees will be completely year based: if it came out in 2012, then it can be nominated for these 3rd Annual DTAs.
(2) The awards are launched with a select list of nominees already entered, but nominations are still open for input.
(3) Fan Favorite and Best Collection start with no nominees in them, so it is up to you to nominate in them.
(4) Best Toy from a Comic and Best Licensed Product have been merged into one category called Best Media Tie-in, which encompasses any production piece derived from any mass media release — movie, tv show, comic book, novel, whatever.
(5) The scope of the Best Self-produced category has been refined and expanded by converting it into Best Resin, which is a nice counterpart to the new Best Vinyl category.
(6) And then there is Toy of the Year, which will no longer have nominees entered directly into it. All the finalists in Toy of the Year will be the highest publicly voted upon nominees within the following categories: Best 1/6th Scale, Best Collaboration, Best Media Tie-In, Best Mini Series, Best Plush, Best Resin, Best Sofubi, Best Vinyl, and Outstanding Production. Basically, if it is a toy and it gets tons of love from the public, then it will be a finalist for Toy of the Year!
(NOTE: All bullet-points posted above are partially based on text from the Awards Organizers - read here). Nominations Are Now Open via http://designertoyawards.com.
(1) Eligibility period for nominees will be completely year based: if it came out in 2012, then it can be nominated for these 3rd Annual DTAs.
(2) The awards are launched with a select list of nominees already entered, but nominations are still open for input.
(3) Fan Favorite and Best Collection start with no nominees in them, so it is up to you to nominate in them.
(4) Best Toy from a Comic and Best Licensed Product have been merged into one category called Best Media Tie-in, which encompasses any production piece derived from any mass media release — movie, tv show, comic book, novel, whatever.
(5) The scope of the Best Self-produced category has been refined and expanded by converting it into Best Resin, which is a nice counterpart to the new Best Vinyl category.
(6) And then there is Toy of the Year, which will no longer have nominees entered directly into it. All the finalists in Toy of the Year will be the highest publicly voted upon nominees within the following categories: Best 1/6th Scale, Best Collaboration, Best Media Tie-In, Best Mini Series, Best Plush, Best Resin, Best Sofubi, Best Vinyl, and Outstanding Production. Basically, if it is a toy and it gets tons of love from the public, then it will be a finalist for Toy of the Year!
(NOTE: All bullet-points posted above are partially based on text from the Awards Organizers - read here). Nominations Are Now Open via http://designertoyawards.com.
"We encourage you to head on over to the Designer Toy Awards website, review the current list of nominees, and answer our Call For Entries by adding anyone or anything from 2012 that is worthy and isn't already included! Remember: You can nominate yourself and your releases, it is perfectly acceptable." ~Clutter.
