DesignerCon Pasadena 2026 - Back Home to Where it All Began

DesignerCon made it's way back home to Pasadena this year during Father's day weekend!!! They sold out of online ticket sales but they did have tickets available in person starting at 1pm. It's been a long time since the very first show so many years ago. The designer toy & collectibles scene has grown exponentially over the years. Dcon grew so big that they had to move it to Anaheim to hold all the interested artists & companies that wanted to exhibit at their show. DesignerCon was built with the support of local indie artists and small companies who took a chance and exhibited at the show as well as the support of collectors who attended every show to purchase art, collectibles, exclusives or to simply hang out with other collectors. 

A couple of years ago, DesignerCon moved from Anaheim to Las Vegas which alienated many local So Cal artists and small companies from exhibiting in Vegas due to logistics and if there were enough interest from collectors to want to travel to Vegas. It felt great to be back in Pasadena! Check out our photos below via our IG to view all the photos. 

My Neighbor Totoro is Coming Back to the Big Screen

 

When Satsuki and her sister Mei move with their father to a new home in the countryside, they find country life is not as simple as it seems. They soon discover that the house and nearby woods are full of strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro, who can only be seen by children. Totoro and his friends introduce the girls to a series of adventures, including a ride aboard the extraordinary Cat Bus, in this all-ages animated masterpiece featuring the voices of Tim Daly, Lea Salonga, and real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, in early roles.

Brought to you by GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment, Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro returns to theaters for a limited time from July 11 – 15 as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2026. Tickets on sale now HERE. 

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Road Tour Stops at SDCC 2026

 

Join the DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 Road Tour and play a demo of the game, coming in 2027!

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 is a completely new Dragon Ball experience, where you decide the hero you want to be in an unexplored Dragon Ball world: AGE 1000.

Play the demo, take a photo in AGE 1000, and get some exclusive goodies (lanyard, drawstring bag) while supplies last. 

They will be making a stop in San Diego during SDCC. They will be located at the Wine & Culinary Center - 200 W Harbor Dr 120, San Diego, CA 92101 July 23-26, 2026.  

Collected Con Los Angeles 2026 Recap

 

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Collected Con Los Angeles was held last weekend April 25-26th. This was the first time that Collected Con had a show on the West Coast. We were able to stop by for a little bit to check it out. It was organized really well and it was a very cool intimate setting. If you had always wanted to chat with your favorite artist or exhibitor there was ample time to do that. Lines were pretty short for exclusives and it was a relaxed atmosphere. There were a lot of people that showed up throughout the weekend. Got to say hello to some familiar faces. We took a few pictures and bought a few things which you can see in our pictures gallery above through our instagram. Overall, it was a great show and very well organized. Hopefully they will make it back to the West Coast next year. 

Collected Con Los Angeles 2026

Collected Con is coming to the West Coast. They've been in Chicago since they started back in 2024. If you don't know by now, the show takes place next month, April 25-26 at Magic Box in Los Angeles, CA. Get your tickets now HERE. They have limited VIP tickets still available as well as a weekend pass and single day passes. They also have an after party on Saturday which is a separate ticketed event at Lucky Strike LA from 7pm-11pm. So Cal has been missing a dedicated designer art show for a couple of years now since DesignerCon moved to Vegas. There's a lot of great artists and small companies that will be exhibiting at Collected Con such as Refreshment Toy who will be coming from Japan, 100 Soft and so many indie artists that you're just going to have to come to Collected Con yourself and see who else will be there. Stay Tuned for our coverage of Collected Con next month.

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DesignerCon Returns to Pasadena in June

 

 

Recently announced was DesignerCon returning back to its roots in Pasadena on Father's Day weekend, June 20-21, 2026. This show will bring back the focus of the smaller companies and artists that made DesignerCon a success. It was a small community of artists and companies that really embraced the designer and indie art toy scene from low brow art to graffiti culture and everything else in-between. DCon Pasadena was THE SHOW to be at to get your art and work seen. 

As DesignerCon grew, it outgrew the Pasadena Convention Center and needed a bigger venue to fit everyone that wanted to exhibit and to allow more people to attend. They moved to Anaheim before leaving California to Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Dcon Las Vegas will still take place in November and will still be the bigger show out of the two. 

We are looking forward to DCon coming back to where it all started. Those were some of the best times especially when the designer toy scene was taking off. Meeting up with other collectors that we would bump into at other shows and matching message board names to faces. So much nostalgia and good times with a lot of great people in the designer toy community. 

We hope to see some of the OG collectors that we haven't seen in a few years, come out to DCon Pasadena. You can purchase tickets for Dcon Pasadena HERE.