Toys on Tap

James Majewski, Director of Operations for DesignerCon, joins Toys on Tap for a special preview of DesignerCon 2026.We’re talking changes, improvements, artists, panels, parties, exclusives, and what attendees should actually expect when they hit the floor.We talk about:• Why DesignerCon continues to build around Las Vegas • Making load-in easier for artists • Lowering vendor costs • Reducing artist-table pricing • Doubling the number of artist tables • Mixing newer artists with major brands • Why discovery is still the heart of DesignerCon • The new Friday panel setup • Licensing opportunities • DesignerCon nightlife and after-parties • New vendor and attendee portals • Building schedules around drops, raffles, and signingsYou probably already know who you’re going to see.James wants you to leave knowing someone completely new.On Instagram: @designerconThanks to Our SupportersRate & Review the Show! Leave a rating and review wherever you listen it's the best way to help Toys on Tap grow!Subscribe and Follow AlongInstagram:@toysontapLinkedin: Abraham MustoFacebook:@toysontapYoutube:@ToysontapSubStack: @toysontapPalmstreet: Toys on Tap: Live on Sundays 6pm

Tato joins Toys on Tap to talk about hyperfixations, Mexican toy culture, failed Kickstarters, and actually getting your first toy made.After years bouncing between photography, 3D, clothing, jewelry, drones, and more, Tato discovered the Mexican art-toy scene, and everything clicked.We talk about:• Growing up with cartoons and Mexican bootleg toys • Photography, 3D, jewelry, and endless hyperfixations • Discovering Mexafubi • Buying DesignerCon tickets days before the show • Walking around with a prototype in his pocket • How welcoming toy artists changed everything • Creating Ramiro • Launching and failing a Kickstarter • Deciding to make the toy anyway • Producing soft vinyl in Mexico • Learning to paint his own figures • Bringing Ramiro back to DesignerConSometimes the campaign fails, but that doesn’t mean the toy has to.On Instagram: @tato.fbxThanks to Our SupportersRate & Review the Show! Leave a rating and review wherever you listen it's the best way to help Toys on Tap grow!Subscribe and Follow AlongInstagram:@toysontapLinkedin: Abraham MustoFacebook:@toysontapYoutube:@ToysontapSubStack: @toysontapPalmstreet: Toys on Tap: Live on Sundays 6pm

Xander of Xander6 Comix joins Toys on Tap for a conversation about comics, toys, grassroots marketing, and what it actually means to hustle for the thing you want.Xander started selling art at swap meets before eventually finding his way into DesignerCon, comics, indie toys, events, and his own characters.We talk about:• Growing up on cartoons, comics, and action figures • Teaching himself to draw using toys • Selling art at swap meets • Discovering DesignerCon • Hand-sculpting his first toys • Accidentally creating blind bags • Selling 500 toys across three shows • Building his character Z • Painting original art over comic covers • Turning that work into professional cover gigs • Creating Homage Homie • Giving toys away to build awareness • Why experiences and community matter • The move toward soft vinylXander’s philosophy is simple:Start. Work. Prove the idea. Then keep going.On Instagram: @zander6comixThanks to Our SupportersRate & Review the Show! Leave a rating and review wherever you listen it's the best way to help Toys on Tap grow!Subscribe and Follow AlongInstagram:@toysontapLinkedin: Abraham MustoFacebook:@toysontapYoutube:@ToysontapSubStack: @toysontapPalmstreet: Toys on Tap: Live on Sundays 6pm

Ryan Brunty of Depressed Monsters is back and this time we have some announcements.The Toys on Tap x Depressed Monsters Yerman is finally headed to DesignerCon, and we’re going BIG.We talk about:• Bringing Yerman back to DesignerCon • Sharing a Toys on Tap x Depressed Monsters booth • The official Yerman release party • A Depressed Monsters emo night • DJs, art, mystery bags, giveaways, and more • The OG Yerman colorway • Clear, Kintsugi, gray, glow, and blank variants • Extremely limited DesignerCon quantities • Last-minute production stress • Why the factory remade the clear figures • What Yerman means to the people who connect with him • What comes next for the collaborationThe Kickstarter was only the beginning.Now Yerman is going to DesignerCon.On Instagram: @depressedmonstersThanks to Our SupportersRate & Review the Show! Leave a rating and review wherever you listen it's the best way to help Toys on Tap grow!Subscribe and Follow AlongInstagram:@toysontapLinkedin: Abraham MustoFacebook:@toysontapYoutube:@ToysontapSubStack: @toysontapPalmstreet: Toys on Tap: Live on Sundays 6pm

Jacob and Jay join Toys on Tap to talk about what happens when years of collecting, podcasting, obscure monster movies, and toy obsession finally turn into actually making toys.Between them, there’s a lot going on.We talk about:• Growing up with Godzilla, Ghostbusters, and Ninja Turtles • 12 years of podcasting • How Jacob and Jay met through Dr Pepper and Waffle House • Building Toku Toy Town • Creating Kaiju Go • Turning cryptids into an '80s-style toy line • Licensing Bat Boy • The success and future of Cryptoids • Creating Okashi Station • Licensing incredibly obscure tokusatsu characters • Designing vintage-inspired sofubi • Working with Rabbit Giant • Seven more Okashi toys already in production • Building toward their own original universeThey spent years talking about toys.Now they’re making the ones they always wished existed.On Instagram: @okashiistationThanks to Our SupportersRate & Review the Show! Leave a rating and review wherever you listen it's the best way to help Toys on Tap grow!Subscribe and Follow AlongInstagram:@toysontapLinkedin: Abraham MustoFacebook:@toysontapYoutube:@ToysontapSubStack: @toysontapPalmstreet: Toys on Tap: Live on Sundays 6pm