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Piercing Ken’s Scenes from Toy Fair 2025: Hot For Holiday

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As I continue along with the observations from the recently held Toy Fair over at the Javits Center and keep you visually entertained with my findings for the readers of “The Chronicles”, I’m taking a pause once again from the exhibitors to share another special exhibit like the “Hot For Holiday” display.

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The “Hot For Holiday” items are the picks from the Toy Association that they feel you should know about as you explore the show. Remember that this is a trade show and hence not open to the general public so its up to those folks in the media like myself and our colleagues to report on them or even visit the exhibitor that is being showcased in the area. This presentation was also set up in the Crystal Palace and I was not going to bypass including it here. Once again I will mostly be silent during this particular post and if you need more information you can do that with a succinct Google search. Let’s do this.

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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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Presenting The 97th Academy Awards Nominations

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The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have just been announced and while we didn’t watch the live feed, we share the full rundown after collecting it from assorted resources. Comedian and podcaster Conan O’Brien will be the host for the very first time. Let’s have a look.

Best Picture
Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, producers
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, producers
Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael Jackman
Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, producers
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked – Marc Platt, producer

Best Director
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
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