Designer Toy Awards 2019 (June 1/2019)

The 9th annual DESIGNER TOY AWARDS happens the night of June 1st, held in tandem with Five Points Festival 2019 on the weekend of June 1st-2nd, 2019.

Sean Leonard of @thecottoncandymachine returns to host the show (doors open at 7pm, presentations begin 8pm-ish). Sean hosted the very first Designer Toy Awards way back in 2011, where I remembered him announcing TOYSREVIL as the Winner for "Best Blog", and would be nice to hear him call my name again tho!

Along with invited guest presenters, you might also want to keep connected to the event Insta @designertoyawards for updates,


And while both Public and (closed) Panel Voting had since ended, I've attempted to showcase Finalists in different categories HERE on TOYSREVIL (and missing out TONS more, I know), and cannot wait to see who scores that trophy! I guess I'll find out when I awake later Sunday morning - which should be about the time of Saturday night, in U.S. time!

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Voting might have ended, but here's a look at the Finalists for "Best Production Sculpt" in the 2019 #DesignerToyAwards #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2HMN50m - with originators tagged in image (*I might be missing the original sculptor tho, so do let me know if I'm missing anyone, thanks!) The Winners of the 9th annual #DTA will be announced circa #FivePointsFestival on Saturday, June 1st. All #DTA2019 coverage on #TOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2Yzx4Sl

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Voting might have ended, but here's a look at the Finalists for "Best Non-Licensed" in the 2019 #DesignerToyAwards #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2MaJsGY. The Winners of the 9th annual #DTA will be announced circa #FivePointsFestival on Saturday, June 1st. All #DTA2019 coverage on #TOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2Yzx4Sl

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Voting might have ended, but here's a look at the Finalists for "Best Mini Series" in the 2019 #DesignerToyAwards #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2W849YM. The Winners of the 9th annual #DTA will be announced circa #FivePointsFestival on Saturday, June 1st. All #DTA2019 coverage on #TOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2Yzx4Sl

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Voting might have ended, but here's a look at the Finalists for "Break-through Artist" (of the Year) in the 2019 #DesignerToyAwards #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2wvXWq5. The Winners of the 9th annual #DTA will be announced circa #FivePointsFestival on Saturday, June 1st. All #DTA2019 coverage on #TOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2Yzx4Sl

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