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Scenes From Toy Insider’s “Spring Fling” 2024 @ Lavan Midtown (Part Two)

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Hello again my friends and kind readers of “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”, I’m back once more to continue along with the findings from last weeks adventure at the Toy Insider “Spring Fling” Toy Preview for 2024. It was held at the Lavan Midtown event space and brought together the industry, the influencers and the media (queue dramatic music). Having been to a number of the Toy Insider happenings at this point I am always trying to present the posts in the best way possible and with the “Spring Fling” have decided to lead with company succinct focuses. Let’s begin.

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The folks at LEGO had a wonderful booth that had all sorts of coolness from a number of franchises along with their own creator offerings. I’ll chime in when I feel the need to.

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Scenes From Toy Insider’s “Spring Fling” 2024 @ Lavan Midtown (Part One)

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Last week, “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” was in attendance for the first-ever Toy Insider “Spring Fling” Toy Preview. I shared the news about attending that same day over on Ken Pierce Media (HERE) and mentioned in that post that I wasn’t sure where the overall coverage was going to run. As it turned out, most of the products that I saw across the exploration would end up bein more suitable over here on “The Chronicles” with only a small bit of products falling under what the readers of PiercingMetal might expect. The new event would be held at a brand-new event space called Lavan Midtown. It was located way down on 42nd Street and I hadn’t been here before so was looking forward to it. When I arrived there were already a lot of people waiting to get in. The Toy Insider events are not open to the general public and fall under more of a trade show vibe and they invite a number of the “Influencer” crowd and some members of the press which is where we come in. Let’s get this party started.

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Once inside and past the friendly signage it was time to get that exploring done. I am always curious about a new event since one never knows what to expect and this even applies to me who considers himself to be a pretty resourceful and seasoned convention and trade show attendee. In addtion to the Toy Insider events, I’ve been attending New York Comic Con, Toy Fair, NY Now and The New York International Auto Show as media for years. One gets good at this kind of stuff after all those shows but I digress. This is about The Spring Fling and not myself ;p

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Scenes From Toy Insider’s “Holiday Of Play” 2023: Part Three

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Hey Friends I am back with another go-round from the recent Toy Insider “Holiday Of Play” event for 2023 that took place at Current at Chelsea Piers. Before I pick up from where I left off, let’s make sure you are fully up to snuff about the hottest picks from those experts in a list you can find by clicking HERE. Once you’ve reviewed that we can continue along with visuals like these Maya Flyers. Nice idea.

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Scenes From Toy Insider’s “Holiday Of Play” 2023: Part Two

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Okay so now that I’ve shared the larger news announcement from the Toy Insider press team AND shown all of these items in a post of their own (seen HERE and HERE ICYMI), now its time to bring you with me around the show starting with the entry to the wonderful Current at Chelsea Piers event space.

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The signage at the entrance makes sure to let you know who will be participating at the event and this is great should you be arriving uninformed.

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This amazing balloon sculpture wizard greeted everyone and there was also a batch of balloon presents. The attendees were encouraged to do a photo op which I bailed on as I was more eager to catch up with contacts and also get a bit of water as I was parched for some reason.

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Scenes From Toy Insider’s “Holiday Of Play” 2023: Part One

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It was just the other day that I shared the Hottest Picks from the folks over at The Toy Insider who recently held their annual “Holiday Of Play” event at the Current at Chelsea Piers event space. If you missed the rundown for any reason you can peruse it by clicking HERE. This photo gallery will begin some of the event coverage that was done by focusing on this same rundown. Enjoy.

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The STEM 10 is the list of things that will keep your younger members of the family the most engaged. Remember that with STEM meaning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math these are the products that tap into all that brain energy and helps it find even better focus.

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