P!Q took the short hike from Grand Central to the Javits and brought a bunch of custom Labbits. The gift shop put together a group show focusing on sweets and Kidrobot's newest blank platform toy. Participants included The Jelly Empire, Sugar Fueled, Brent Nolasco, Zard Apuya, Horrible Adorables, and more. They also had plenty of handmade Horrible Adorables' faux taxidermy pieces, DIY toys,...

Sanrio had a booth at NYCC but it was pretty much empty. There were a few pieces under glass, such as their collaboration with Chocolate Skateboards, but didn't have anything for sale. Elsewhere at the con, the brand's collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog was on full display, though. The long-awaited plushies of Sanrio characters wearing Sonic the Hedgehog ...

The New York native Tenacious Toys brought an utter buttload of customs to NYCC. Cat Atomic and UNCLE Studio dominated the booth, while minifigures from Touma and a variety of other artists ensured there were designer toys to buy across price points. Tenacious also organized the blindboxed Resin Is King Series 3, which included designs from The Jelly Empire, Argonaut Resins, Taylored...

Seattle-based artist Emma SanCartier packed up her menagerie of ethereal beasts and brought them across the continent to NYCC. Her open edition resin pieces were accompanied by several new pieces. The coolest set on display was her Astral series. These creatures are unified by crystals and various shades of blue. It was pretty hard not to take one of these home!