Greeting comrades, 

Welcome to the Toronto Toy Riot Newsletter - 12th Edition! 

We have a few exciting developments we’d like to share with you this week!

New Media Partnerships!

We’re excited to announce THREE new media partnerships! Each of these partners will be helping us promote the event, featuring interviews and other content leading up to the event - and some will be at the show doing live streams and recordings! 

Thank you for your partnership everyone!! We’re very happy to have your support! 

Toys in the Basement: Punk rock and toy nerd / enthusiast. Collecting vintage action figures from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Retro, homemade, bootleg, and weird stuff always welcome.!

Toyzalive: A weekly video podcast focusing on the bootleg / resin toy community! Every Wednesday night, be2thej and Crumbs go over the latest news, shows, drops and pick-ups. They also host interviews with indie toy makers from around the world. The show has become a hub and weekly online hangout for the community!

JokerJoker TV is a collectively run Youtube variety show featuring user submitted music videos, short film, animations, interviews & performances from unknown and underground artists around the world. Tune in every Thursday at 6:30​​p (eastern time) for some of the freshest, weirdest, and most awe-inspiring artists!

Toy Toy Riot Posters! Guest Poster Artist Patrick Sparrow! 

We realized we haven’t shared our poster art with you yet. First, here are the different poster and postcard designs that the Outlaw Plastic Syndicate put together for the show ! Take a look! 

You’ll find these out and about in local indie shops and around the city very soon!

But we're not done yet!

Announcing the Toronto Toy Riot 2026 Guest Poster Artist, Patrick Sparrow!

This year, we asked local illustrator, artist and toy maker Patrick Sparrow to run wild and create his own vision for a Toronto Toy Riot Poster we could to promote the event!! Boy did he knock it out of the park! 

Not only will you see these posters out in the world in special spots, we’re going to have a limited number of these printed on archival cardstock and make them available for purchase at the show! Stand by for more info on that! 

**if you want to volunteer to help distribute posters and postcards in the Toronto Area, please let us know! Send us an email!!

Call For Volunteers! Volunteer, Get a T-shirt!

Running events can be difficult - and we’re a very small team.. So we thought we would reach out and ask for some folks for support through volunteering!

We could use help with postering and postcard distribution, and some extra bodies to help everything run smoothly during the event. Moving tables, relieving Toy Riot staff at their tables when needed, supervising the Kitbash Table, where people will be making their own Art Toys, etc

If you are interested in volunteering, we can ply you with snacks, pizza, and our gratitude! More than that, volunteer for us and we’ll give you a Toronto Toy Riot T-Shirt of your preferred size to wear at the event, and to keep afterwards! 

If you are interested in helping out the show and supporting our community through volunteering, please visit https://www.torontotoyriot.ca/volunteer and fill out the form! We’ll follow up with you via email! 

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That’s it for this week! Stay tuned for more updates as we move closer to the show! 

Until next time, remember - if you’re reading this, you’re part of the resistance!

Your Friends, 

The Outlaw Plastic Syndicate. 

T.T.R is brought to you by the Outlaw Plastic Syndicate, a collective of Canadian Artists working to support our community, far and wide.