It was only a few short days ago that the PiercingMetal High Command had the honor of attending The Toy Insider’s annual “Holiday Of Play” event for 2025. Historically speaking, I’ve been one of the media voices at this and their “Sweet Suite” since 2016 and I look forward to these happenings every year. Nowadays, most of my coverage of the Toy Insider soirees gets posted over on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” but when there are brands that we normally feature on PiercingMetal I make sure to get them the attention from our audience that they deserve. Playmates Toys and Bandai Namco were both at this year’s HOP. Let’s explore.
I’ve talked about Playmates Toys over and over here on the website based on their releases like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “Godzilla X Kong” and “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. For “Holiday Of Play” they only brought out one of the TMNT Battle Wagons, Power Rangers and Winx Club.
For the past nine years, the PiercingMetal outlet has been one of the attending press at the wonderful event that is the creation by our friends over at The Toy Insider. It’s called the “Sweet Suite” and it is an absolute blast that brings in dozens of toy manufacturers and their representatives along with media and those who are considered to be influencers in the industry. It’s at the “Sweet Suite” where we all get to see and learn more about the latest and greatest offerings, get to try them out and if we’re lucky maybe even take a sample or two home with us. Down below you’ll find my spiffy badge to let people know who their interacting with and I should let you know that in addition to things here on PiercingMetal, you will also find a lot of coolness over on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”. I’ve broken this post into two main companies that speak to our specific demographic with Playmates Toys and Pokémon. Let’s begin.
The folks from Playmates Toys really brought a lot to this year’s “Sweet Suite” with pretty much something for everyone. The first display was their “Stuntman Stu” stuff and what this crash and bang up product reminds me of is the old Evel Knievel toys that that I had growing up. They were so much fun but I don’t have them anymore to share historical background with you. Everything from this line looks like a lot of fun but I would advise that most of the launching be done in the backyard. Continue reading Scenes from Toy Insider’s “Sweet Suite” 2025: Playmates Toys and Pokemon→
Hey there my friends and welcome back to PiercingMetal’s continued and quite expansive coverage from the Toy Association’s Toy Fair trade show. This post finds me continuing along with the discoveries at the Playmates Toys booth. Let’s rock!
When we last met, I had just finished sharing all of the “Monsterverse” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” items coming from Playmates Toys and had only teased the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” reveals that were coming. I’m picking up with that piece of the puzzle here and hope you enjoy them. Truth be told, while I’ve long found the Power Rangers to be a cool thing, they were never my own fandom. Their fans should be overjoyed with all the upcoming products.
Welcome back my friends and yes you’ve arrived another installment of our comprehensive coverage of the Toy Association’s Toy Fair. We attended the incredible trade show last week and it was our 12th time doing so in a media capacity. Today I am bringing you into the Playmates Toys booth and we really like a number of their licenses. Now, instead of me yammering away any longer let’s get to work.
One of the main product lines that I enjoy the most has to be their “Monsterverse” line. These items are focused on the recent “Godzilla X Kong” series of films and this is the kind of stuff that is right up my alley. Let’s take a look at what was brought to the show.
Last week, PiercingMetal was once again invited to participate in the annual “Sweet Suite”, a mega-toy preview event held by the fine folks over at The Toy Insider. Today’s affair would be held at a brand-new event space to my list called The Glass House. If memory serves me correctly, I’ve been attending the groups events since 2016 and now the coverage spans across all three of my websites. The more adult collector stuff gets shown here and now its time to share some of the videos that were done at the event. Starting off is the amazing “Transformers” robots from Robosen. These are so damned cool.
Checking Out Robosen’s “Transformers” at The Toy Insider “Sweet Suite” 2024
