…And The Winners for 2013 Designer Toy Awards Are...
UPDATED: And the results for the 2013 Designer Toy Awards are here - with this year's event hosted again by the profanity-ladden SUCKLORD, and a livestream of this event was viewable here (for which i missed the start of, darn timezone differences ;p), and the winners are ...
BEST BLOG: SpankyStokes
BEST COLLECTION: Selim Varol
BEST ONLINE TOY STORE: Rotofugi
BEST TOY STORE: Toy Art Gallery
FAN FAVOURITE: Gummi Bear Anatomy by Jason Freeny x Fame Master Toys
CLOSED (PANEL/JUDGES) VOTE:
BEST VINYL: "Target" by Luke Chueh x Munky King (pic above)
BEST RESIN: "Bad Apple" by GOIN x Mighty Jaxx
BEST PLUSH: "Rishikesh George" by Felt Mistress
BEST MEDIA TIE-IN: "Astro Boy" by KAWS & Original Fake
BEST MINI SERIES" "OMFG" by October Toys
BEST DIY PLATFORM: "Fonzo" from Gary Ham x FreakStore
BEST 1/6 SCALE: Hot Toys' "The Joker" from "The Dark Knight
BEST SOFUBI: "Wooper Looper" from Gary Ham
BEST COLLABORATION: "Trouble Boys" by Ferg x Brandt Peters
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION: "The Rise of Pain in Dreams" by coarse
BREAK-THOUGH ARTIST: doubleparlour
BEST CUSTOMIZER: Huck Gee (pic below)
BRAND OF THE YEAR: Medicom Toy
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Frank Kozik
TOY OF THE YEAR: "Pierced" by Parra x Kidrobot
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ALL AROUND!!!
Hall of Fame inductees:
Kid Hunter by Bounty Hunter
Gardener by Michael Lau
Martin by James Jarvis & Silas
KAWS Companion by KAWS & Bounty Hunter
Finkshit by Takeshit