Taipei Toy Festival 2026: Dates, Drops & Guide
Twenty-three editions in, Taipei's designer-toy festival is still one of the most underrated trips in collecting. This October is a good time to fix that.
Taipei Toy Festival (TTF) has quietly built itself into Asia's premier designer-toy gathering. The Toy Chronicle has called it the "Designer Con of the East," and the 2026 edition is shaping up as the biggest yet: over 150 exhibitors across four halls, festival-exclusive figures selling in single-digit runs, and a priority-entry system that rewards the people who plan ahead. If you collect sofubi, resin, or blind-box figures, and you've never put TTF on your calendar, here's everything you need to know about the October event.
Meanwhile, this sits inside a wider wave of collector-grade experiences across the region. Hirono's Floating Market pop-up in Bangkok proved how deep the appetite runs. Common Rare Singapore 2026 is filling a similar slot for Southeast Asia's creative-market crowd. TTF is where Taipei's own designer-toy scene has gathered since 2004.
Taipei Toy Festival 2026: Dates, Venue, Hours
The 23rd edition of TTF runs 8–11 October 2026 at Huashan 1914 Creative Park, the repurposed Japanese-era sake brewery that's become Taipei's go-to venue for creative exhibitions.
The festival fills four halls this year: East 2, Center 2, Center 4A, and Center 4B, housing five exhibition zones including two major brand-themed areas. One ticket covers all four halls on your chosen date.
Getting There
Huashan sits a short walk from Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT station (Blue and Orange lines). If you're flying in, the Taoyuan Airport MRT runs to Taipei Main Station, and Zhongxiao Xinsheng is a few stops east on the Blue line from there.
Opening Hours
- Thursday 8 Oct – Saturday 10 Oct: 10:00–19:00
- Sunday 11 Oct: 10:00–18:00
Children under 110 cm enter free. Sunday closes an hour early, so if you're making a single-day trip, aim for Thursday through Saturday to maximise floor time.
Tickets and Priority Entry: How the System Works
This is where TTF rewards preparation. The ticketing structure isn't just about getting through the door. It determines *when* you get through the door, and whether you're walking in with an exclusive figure already in hand.
Gold Coin Bundle (NT$750)
Sold through ibon (7-Eleven kiosks across Taiwan), this tier grants entry positions 1–300 each day. You also receive a commemorative "Mini Puff Medusasa" coin designed by ABAO, the artist behind this year's key visual. Only 300 of these exist per day. If your goal is to cop a booth-limited figure with a run of five or ten pieces, this is the tier that gives you a realistic shot.
Second-Tier Bundle (NT$700)
Covers entry positions 301–630 with a daily limited toy. 330 available per day. Still ahead of general admission, still carrying an exclusive. A strong option if the Gold Coin sells out.
Exclusive Toy Bundles (NT$600 each)
Three separate bundles, each limited to 400 sets across all four days. Each one pairs a one-day standard-entry ticket with a festival-exclusive figure:
- Teddy LuLu TTF Ver.: available via udn ticketing. LuLu the Piggy, created by artist Cici and run by Hong Kong's TOYZEROPLUS, has been a blind-box staple since 2019. The TTF-exclusive colourway is the draw here.
- Barista Baibai TTF Ver.: via FamiTicket. Designed by Darylhochi and produced by Taiwan's Partner Toys, this marks the debut of their Baibai Café series. Worth watching.
- Courage the Cowardly Dog TTF Ver.: via ibon. A cartoon-classic crossover, and a likely early sell-out.
Standard Ticket (NT$350)
One-day general admission. No priority entry, no bundled figure. Perfectly fine if you're there for the atmosphere and browsing, less ideal if you're hunting limited drops.
Exhibitors Worth Finding First
Over 150 booths fill the four halls. The full lineup is still being announced on the festival's official Instagram (@taipeitoyfestival), but several confirmed names are already worth mapping out.
BlackBook Toy (Booth A67)
A sofubi specialist operating since 2012 under the tagline "Our toys are drugs." At TTF 2026, they're bringing Mini BEAST and Mini KONG finger-puppet sofubi, characters originally created by US streetwear label MISHKA with New York artist Lamour Supreme. BlackBook Toy's 25 hand-paints each piece across multiple colourways. For sofubi heads, this booth is a non-negotiable stop.
domadoll (Booth A35)
Korean sculptor JUHALEE brings surreal ceramic and resin art toys. The centrepiece: "JOO Riding the Sky Cat," the first piece of the Cloud Journey Series. Hand-painted resin, limited to five pieces worldwide, available first-come-first-served at the booth. If you hold a Gold Coin ticket and know your booth route, this is the kind of piece that justifies the early entry.
DEVILROBOTS (Booth A06)
The Japanese studio behind TO-FU OYAKO, the cute-with-a-dark-edge characters that turned 30 in 2025. Expect sofubi and goods built around them.
More Names on the Map
- HARIKEN (A05): Japanese character artist Kenichi Hariu and his GREENBOYS, in Japanese-made sofvi (MAD PANDA, SOFTROLLs, YEAHTI and more).
- LESTANG (B25): Shōwa-era-inspired sofubi. Its TTF colourway of the 29.5cm IRON-K "No.1" goes by raffle, and registering at the booth doubles your chance.
- POYUNWANG (A43): Taiwanese illustrator 伯虎's deadpan, chubby take on folk deities and pop icons, including a 6th-anniversary Door God figure limited to 150 sets.
- twelveDot studio (A94): a Korean studio bringing twelveDot, JeongYeon, JAKKHO, LAZY MEEN and KIHOJISE, with TTF-limited designer toys and new sofubi.
- 917bravo (A53): a collective of Booker Studio, 517 toys, Vivian Wang and Artchoww, bringing THE COOPER PROJECT mecha figures.
This Year's Key Visual: ABAO
The 2026 festival artwork comes from ABAO (@abaoabaoabao), the designer behind characters like RAABBIT and Call Duck. ABAO's work spans collaborations with Unbox Industries (Fairytale KIITI) and BLACK-HUMOUR (Blackhumour). The commemorative Gold Coin features ABAO's Mini Puff Medusasa design, tying the festival's branding directly to a collectible.
Why TTF Matters Beyond the Haul
Taipei Toy Festival 2026 isn't just a shopping event. It's a snapshot of where designer toys are headed, and that direction is being shaped in Asia. The festival Taiwan has cultivated over two decades now puts Taiwan's own studios alongside exhibitors from Japan and Korea, with US streetwear in the mix via MISHKA. The result is four days where regional scenes that usually operate in parallel actually overlap.
Taipei itself has design credentials that extend well beyond toys. GOOPiMADE, Taiwan's utility-driven label is one example of the city's broader creative output. TTF sits inside that ecosystem: a city where craft, subculture, and production quality converge without relying on hype cycles to sustain interest.
For international visitors, the practical logistics are genuinely easy. The MRT runs clean and frequent, English signage is solid across Taipei, and ibon kiosks (inside every 7-Eleven) handle ticket pickups. You don't need a local contact to navigate this.
If October's open and you've been looking for a reason to visit Taipei, TTF 2026 is it. More exhibitors are still being announced on @taipeitoyfestival. Follow Minecolabs for more from Asia's toy and street-culture scene.
