And The Winners for the 2017 DESIGNER TOY AWARDS Are…


The results for the 2017 Designer Toy Awards are IN, and thanks to MadHattersReviews.com (who were in attendance at the May 19th pre-Five Points Festival event-night) we have the results!

Listed below are the winners for Fan Voted Categories (last blogged), followed by the Judging/Closed Panel voted categories … and Congratulations all around! For both WINNERS and All Finalists! :)

Artist of the Year (Fan Choice): Juan Muniz!

HOLLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you @designertoyawards fan choice ARTIST OF THE MUTHAFIKN YEAR!!!!!!

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Custom Of The Year (Fan Choice): "BFU BabyTEQ ARMOR" by QUICCS!

Toy of the Year (Fan Choice): MAGURO by MAME MOYASHI!

#MaguroSenpai currently available in Singapore via #OzzoCollection (walk-in purchase only) #toylife

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Best Blog (Fan Choice): The Toy Chronicle!

Best Toy Store (Fan Choice): Play House from Thailand!

Best Online Toy Store (Fan Choice): Rotofugi!

And the following are Winners of the Designer Toy Awards (Panel Voted Categories):

Best Licensed Product: “THE IRON GIANT” from Mondo

Best Mini Series: GOLD LIFE by HUCK GEE x MIGHTY JAXX!

Best DYI Platform: THE BLANK by HUCK GEE!

Best Non-Plastic: OMEN FADE WOOD by coarse!


Brand of the Year: MIGHTY JAXX!


Lifetime Achievement: MEDICOM!

Best Non-Licensed (non-plastic): “DARTH TRUMP”

Whaaaaat?! We Won! Wow!!!šŸ˜Æ⚡️šŸ˜€ Thank you so much to the @designertoyawards and @cluttermagazine!!! This is such a huge honor! ✌️... And now a word from @specialedtoys ・・・ Holy crap. Even though it should read "Best Non-Licensed" our Darth Trump figure actually won us a @designertoyawards! šŸ˜¦ Fuck Disneyland, I'm going to take a nap! šŸ˜› Seriously though this is pretty fucking surreal. Huge thanks to my buddy Jonathan of @timebandits for making this terrible figure with me (we fucking did it!), my brother @moctoys for absolutely killing the artwork, The Dov & @sarahjomarks for allowing us to have the figure at the DKE Toys booth at last year's NYCC and for being the biggest supporter of all us bootleggers in this scene, @toddaction for the perfect paint application and @turtlemilkstudios for the amazing sculpt!!! ❤️❤️❤️ And of course to all the awesome peeps at @cluttermagazine, the judges behind the @designertoyawards, @cluttermaz and all you lovely, beautiful collectors and fans, you (guys and girls) complete me. šŸ˜˜šŸ˜› End cheesy fucking rant. Sorry and thank you for your time. šŸ¤“ *thanks again @toywhodestroyedtheworld for letting me know first šŸ‘ŠšŸ¼#specialedtoys #timebandits #moctoys #cluttermagazine #designertoys #designertoyawards2017 #wefuckingwon #thechecksareinthemail #seriouslytho #darthtrump #trumpwars #bootlegtoys #bootlegart #bootlegger #qualitysoldseperately #theoriginalsince1983

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Custom of the Year: “LUKA TAPISTREE” by GARY HAM!

Best Resin of the Year: THE ASTRONAUT by ALEX PARDEE x TOYQUBE!

Best Sofubi: BAKE KUJIRA by CANDIE BOLTON x TOY ART GALLERY!

Best Vinyl & Plastic: DO NOT DISTURB by coarse

Break Through Artist:
CANDIE BOLTON!

Hall of Fame:
Brothersworker figures by Brothersfree
Dunces series by Gary Baseman
Fafi Girls by Fafi
MC Supersize by Ron English
To-Fu Oyako by Devilrobots

Lifetime Achievement: Tatsuhiko Akashi

Toy of the Year: KING KORPSE by James Groman x INSTINCTOY!

James Groman × INSTINCTOY 『KING KORPSE 』Designer Toy Awords 2017 『TOY OF THE YEAR』å—č³ž‼︎ ę˜Øå¹“ć®BEST SOFUBI恫ē¶šć、ä»Šå¹“ć‚‚DTA恫恦ē“ ę™“ć‚‰ć—ć„č³žć‚’å—č³žć•ć›ć¦é ‚ćć¾ć—ćŸ。å°Šę•¬ć™ć‚‹ć‚¢ćƒ¼ćƒ†ć‚£ć‚¹ćƒˆć®James恕悓ćØå…±ć«ć‚½ćƒ•ćƒˆćƒ“ćƒ‹ćƒ¼ćƒ«ć®é™ē•Œć«ęŒ‘ęˆ¦ć—ć¦å…±ć«å‰µć‚ŠäøŠć’ćŸä½œå“ć ć£ćŸć®ć§、ć“ć®ę§˜ćŖå½¢ć§äø–ē•Œēš„ć«é«˜ćč©•ä¾”恕悌恟äŗ‹ćŒä½•ć‚ˆć‚Šå¬‰ć—恄恧恙。ć¾ćŸ、2幓連ē¶šå—č³žćØć„ć†å¤¢ć®ę§˜ćŖēµęžœć‚‚äæ”ć˜ć‚‰ć‚Œć¾ć›ć‚“。 é ‚ć„ćŸč³žć‚’åŠ±ćæ恫、恓悌恋悉悂äø–ē•Œäø­ć®ę–¹ć«å–œć‚“ć§ć‚‹é ‚ć‘ć‚‹ä½œå“ć‚’ē”Ÿćæå‡ŗ恛悋꧘、ć‚¢ćƒ¼ćƒ†ć‚£ć‚¹ćƒˆćØ恗恦、ćƒ”ćƒ¼ć‚«ćƒ¼ćØć—ć¦ć‚ˆć‚Šäø€å±¤ć®čŗé€²ć‚’ē›®ęŒ‡ć—é ‘å¼µć‚Šć¾ć™。 ęœ¬å½“ć«ć‚ć‚ŠćŒćØć†ć”ć–ć„ć¾ć—ćŸ! The James Groman × INSTINCTOY 『KING KORPSE 』won the 『TOY OF THE YEAR』award at the Designer Toy Awards 2017‼︎ I won in the BEST SOFUBI category last year, and this year I have won another excellent DTA award. This figure was made in collaboration with the artist James Groman, who I really respect. We have met many challenges together to make this figure. I am glad that it is getting a warm response from the world. I cannot believe I have won awards in this competition for two consecutive years. This motivates me to make more figures to bring happiness to my customers. As an artist and a maker, I would like to keep working on my designs. Thank you very much! James Groman × INSTINCTOY 『KING KORPSE 』Designer Toy Awords 2017 『TOY OF THE YEAR』得ēŽ‼︎ ꎄēŗŒč‘—去幓ēš„BEST SOFUBI,今幓ēš„DTA也得到äŗ†å¾ˆę£’ēš„ēŽé …。這ę˜Æčˆ‡ęˆ‘å°Šę•¬ēš„čØ­č؈åø«James Groman合作ēš„作品,äø”äø€åŒęŒ‘ęˆ°äŗ†č»Ÿč† ēš„境ē•Œ。ꈑ非åøøé«˜čˆˆčƒ½å¤ å¾—åˆ°é€™ęأ高ēš„č©•åƒ¹。兩幓連ēŗŒéƒ½å¾—ēŽēœŸēš„é€£åšå¤¢éƒ½ę²’å¤¢éŽ,難仄ē½®äæ”。 得到這ēŽé …č®“ęˆ‘ę›“ęæ€å‹µč‡Ŗå·±,åœØęœŖä¾†ęˆ‘ęƒ³č¦č£½ä½œę›“å¤šč®“äŗŗ開åæƒēš„作品,čŗ«ē‚ŗäø€å€‹čØ­č؈åø«åŠäø€å€‹č£½ä½œå•†ęˆ‘ęœƒę›“åŠŖ力邁進。 ēœŸēš„ę„Ÿč¬å¤§å®¶! #FIVEPOINTS #NEWYORK #EVENT #INSTINCTOY #JAMESGROMAN #ć‚¤ćƒ³ć‚¹ćƒ†ć‚£ćƒ³ć‚Æ惈悤 #DTA #DesinerToyAwords #sofvitokyo #toyoftheyaer #å—č³ž

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Artist of the Year: JON-PAUL KAISER!

Well, I really didn't expect this... I've won Artist of the Year at the Designer Toy Awards 2017! To say I'm happy with this is an understatement; to be recognised and rewarded by my industry and peers is incredibly flattering, humbling and exciting. Obviously none of us do this for awards but it's beautiful for the hard work and effort to be recognised and helps to validate what I do when I'm sitting there in my little studio grafting away for hours. I could never have done this alone; thanks to Clutter for hosting the awards, thanks for the nominations, votes, all the people who have bought customs or had commissions over the years. Thanks to all the other artists who helped, shared and advised me, especially Jesse whose long conversations have enlightened and inspired. Thanks to all the blogs for covering my work, and Andy who has now become one of my closest friends. Thanks to all my friends and family who have encouraged and supported over the years. I love you all! Thanks to Gary, Huck and Peter for the photos! Most of all, thanks to Kelly. You've always been there, helping, supporting, inspiring and encouraging... and reining in my madness... all the events, conventions and weird painting competitions you've been with me to over the years. Thank-you! ❤

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