gToy designers, artists, and collectors kicked off the holiday season by heading to DesignerCon 2011. With over 100 booths and giveaways, attendees had everything from plushie toilet paper rolls to monster lollipops to drool over. Designers such as Baby Tattoo, Loyal Subjects, Frankenfactory, MIXO, Pretty in Plastic, SpankyStokes, Squid Kids, DKI, Super 7, Artransmitte, ESC Toys, iCovers4u, JazzyDan, Blacklist Studios, and Fugitive Toys manned tables full of unusual goodies. Fans lined up as doors to the public opened around 10am for the chance to nab one of the many 2011 DCon exclusives. Art enthusiasts tried their hand at sketching live anime models while raffle winners engaged in ferocious games of Rock-Paper-Scissors for a chance to walk away with a coveted souvenir.
Here were a few of the highlights:
