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With two years of the Designer Toy Awards under our belt, we continue to learn and grow based on what we have found has worked and what has not. In response to some of the most common comments about our process, we've radically restructured the entire nomination, voting, and finalist procedure to help ensure quality winners while still garnering input from the entire community.

First off, we're making the eligibility period for nominees completely year based: if it came out in 2012, then it can be nominated for the 2013 DTAs. No more worrying about what month it was released in… if...

The wonderful 2nd Annual Designer Toy Awards Ceremony at Providence NYC has just concluded and all the winners have been announced… the night was filled with rejoicing and enjoyment, but what you really want to know is: Who won what?

Best Licensed Product: Android by Andrew Bell

Best Blog: Spanky Stokes

Best Online Toy Store: Rotofugi

Best Plush Design: Nosellots - Lyle Bean by Scott Tolleson

Best Toy from a Comic: Deady: Big in Japan by Voltaire

Best Collection: Sara Harvey

Best Self-Produced: Ice Scream Man by Brutherford

The 2nd Annual Designer Toy Awards are proud to offer an exclusive edition release of the "Pandara" figure in the "Metallic Silver Edition." Hand-created and painted by Paul Shih, this release will be limited to 5 copies, only 3 of which will be for sale during the DTAs at $55 each… the remaining 2 in the edition will be released in late October on Shih's website.

This past July at San Diego Comic-Con, Mikie Graham released an edition of 10 Mini Jumping Brain customs based on the '80s anti-drug campaign "This is your Brain on Drugs" and all of them sold out in a snap! Due to the great response Mikie has decided to cook up one more batch of 15 brains for all the folks who missed out.

Out of the 15 customs, 5 will be going to NYCC and will be available for sal at the 2nd Annual Designer Toy Awards Ceremony, taking place on October 13th, at Providence NYC.