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Founder of PiercingMetal.com; a NYC based Music Journalist and blogger. Adventuring into the Metal Scene of the Big Apple nightly.

Exhibitor Spotlight from Toy Fair 2025: Just Play Products and More

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Hello here my friends, I am back once more and continuing along with the observations from the recently held Toy Fair over at the Javits Center. Though I specifically attended for the PiercingMetal website, we know too many exhibitors that have items that fall under the coverage scrutiny of “The Chronicles” and now its time to lend a little focus on what we saw at the Just Play Products booth and after that I’ll have some additional treats.

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Among the awesome items that we saw here were the Doorables and their Fur Real cuteness and even some special Slinkys. I won’t say too much in this one since the images tend to speak for themselves. They surely have some amazing items at Just Play Products.

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Piercing Ken’s Scenes from Toy Fair 2025: Freshman Class

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I’m continuing along with the observations from the recently held Toy Fair over at the Javits Center and have been posting the findings for the last few days right here on “The Chronicles”. While I’ve been sharing the exhibitors that we visited there were also some special exhibits set up like the “Freshman Class”.

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The Freshman Class is exactly as it sounds, its a group of exhibitors and products that have never been a part of the Toy Fair before. This presentation was set up in the Crystal Palace and was definitely worthy of inclusion. While I will be mostly silent during this particular post you should be able to find out as many details as you need with a quick Google search. Let’s go.

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Piercing Ken’s Scenes from Toy Fair 2025: Lumistella and 3Doodler

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Hey there my friends and welcome back to the observations that “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” had from the recently held Toy Association Toy Fair at the Javits Center. The event itself wrapped up last week and I’ve been sharing the findings here and over on the PiercingMetal website. Today’s post will be a pair of exhibitors we visited with Lumistella and 3Doodler.

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I’ll begin with the Lumistella Company who are the folks behind the “Elf On A Shelf” and the wonderful “Santaverse” that he is a part of. I’ll limit the narration for this one and just let you enjoy the images.

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Piercing Ken’s Scenes from Toy Fair 2025: Part Two

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Welcome back my friends, so when we last met here on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”, I had mentioned that the PiercingMetal side of the creative coin was well into the coverage of the recently held Toy Fair. Now I’m officially doing double duty since there was a bunch of visuals that make more sense being featured over here. I’ll continue along with limited narrative so you can just indulge and enjoy the proceedings. This was a photo-op of Ms. Rachel who I am told by the friends who are parents is quite the big deal. It would have been fun to meet such a personality but that was not meant to be.

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Piercing Ken’s Scenes from Toy Fair 2025: Part One

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Last week, the Toy Association’s Toy Fair took over the Javits Center for its massive industry trade show and I attended the event as one of the accredited media as I’ve been doing since first taking the plunge back in 2011. For years I’ve done this for the PiercingMetal outlet based on my focus on all of the Kidult collectibles and assorted offerings. Now it’s time to expand the findings with some posts for “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”.

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While I’ve been posting over on PiercingMetal for the better part of a week, there are aspects of the Toy Fair that don’t really fit into the context of a Heavy Metal and Geek Culture website. There’s a ribbon cutting and statements and even a fun character parade with a live band. All of that is perfect content for “The Chronicles” so let’s begin with some of the parade and the ribbon cutting.

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