DesignerCon, the biggest artwork toy present in North America, is lower than two weeks away (11.15 – 11.17) and as you may need heard, has moved from Anaheim to Las Vegas on the Expo at World Market Heart in downtown. As with a lot of you we’re excited and inquisitive about what the most recent iteration of the present will carry to collectors.
The sales space lineup appears fairly robust with most of the earlier distributors returning for this 1st Vegas present. together with Medicom Toy, Pop Mart, Jermaine Rogers, ToyQube, Punk Drunkers, How2work, 3DRetro, DKE, Toy Tokyo, Creature Bazaar and Super7 to call only a few. Additionally, there are some notable first time appearances and particular friends together with Kasing Lung, creator of the wildly common Labubu, Rockin’ Jelly Bean, Robbi, Superplastic and extra. Make sure to try the complete vendor record/map.
As you would possibly anticipate cubicles will likely be providing tempting exclusives (extra posts quickly). One new wrinkle is that the present has partnered with EQL to supply app-based raffles to streamline the method of shopping for high-demand releases. Every vendor can have the choice of utilizing EQL. Up to now we imagine that Medicom, How2work and Punk Drunkers will likely be utilizing the system for no less than dome drops.
Among the many many enjoyable issues to stay up for for DesignerCon are the artist-designed badges for VIP, Weekend, Saturday, Sunday, Press, And so on. This 12 months How2work curated a bunch of eight Asian artists to every design a badge: Kasing Lung, Kohei Ogawa, Shon Chen, T9G, Shoko Nakazawa, Jessica Ng, Louis Wong and Kila Cheung. Likewise, DCon’s collection of billboard advertisements proceed with designs by Kasing Lung and Kasing Lung.
When in Vegas… DCon has a full nightlife lineup deliberate with one social gathering every night time (beginning pre-show on Thursday) at a special Tao Group nightclub (admission with DCon badge) and the official after social gathering at Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart. So for those who’re questioning what to do after the exhibition flooring closes for the day, surprise no extra.
And at last, DCon is providing a number of completely different passes, very like in earlier years. For the devoted collector the VIP 3-day go ($99) is the way in which to go as it’s the solely means attend the Friday VIP night time and in addition consists of early admission (one hour early) on Saturday and a Vegas-themed 100% Be@rbrick. There’s additionally a Weekend 2-day go ($40), Saturday 1-day go ($40) and Sunday 1-day go ($40).
See ya there!
DesignerCon 2024
November 15-Seventeenth. fifteenth is VIP Go solely.
Expo at World Market Heart
435 S. Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106
