Saturday, October 10 — Day 3 of New York Comic Con 2026 is in the books, and Saturday belongs to the community. This is the big day at the Javits Center — the floor is packed, the energy does not let up, and booth 1771 felt every bit of it. I'm grateful. Grateful for every person who stopped, spun the wheel, grabbed a mystery box, picked up a comic, or just came through to talk toys and beats. This is what it's about. One love.
Booth 1771 taking shape at the Javits Center — setup day. (No floor shots from Day 3 landed in the folder yet, so these are my real setup-day photos.) Photo: Ronnie Desiderio
The whole operation runs through Tenacious Toys — Benny Kline and the family hosting the entire booth and the Tenacious Collective. My man Leon Ramondi held the floor down on sales again, and the room kept moving: the 500 comics — including the virgin Vampirella variants — the mystery boxes, the handmade dioramas, the toy-photography prop packs, the loose figures and kitbash parts. And the 12-slot prize wheel kept spinning all day — free spin for anyone who makes a reel with Epic Toy Sound audio and tags the account. You make the reel, you spin. That's the flywheel, live and physical.
Day 3 was also release day — the biggest music day of our con. No Stop, the EP from Artetoyscol, is OUT NOW on Zillion Records: five high-energy horn anthems built for creators, his lead-artist debut, all killer and no filler. We have been building to this one all week at the booth. Stream No Stop on HyperFollow and run it up — every stream is a toy photographer getting paid.
The booth 1771 build-out — setup day. Photo: Ronnie Desiderio
The community kept building right through Saturday. The spotlight of the day went to KIDULT — Stevan Nikolic's Skeletor "Mastering dark magic" diorama, scored to "Power of the Synth" by Epic Toy Sound. Read the full spotlight: Skeletor x 'Power of the Synth': KIDULT's Dark-Magic Diorama — and grab the $2.99 digital download to score your own shoot. That is the whole model: your photo, our sound, we both eat.
The machine doesn't stop for the con either. The Day 10 Morning Report went out from the show floor on Saturday morning — Joe Rogan's Spotify renewal, SourceAudio's Detect expansion, the LEGO x Hello Kitty partnership, and the No Stop release as the house story. Read it here: Day 10 Morning Report. And if you missed how we got here, catch up on Day 2: Spent, Grateful, Still Standing.
Art toys on display — setup day. Photo: Ronnie Desiderio
Still in rotation at the booth: War Journal (Gun Beat) and The Darkest Reign Vol. I. And if you're working on something dark and cinematic for Halloween season, the Monster Within horror pack ($5.99) is right there waiting.
Turn it up: No Stop is the soundtrack of this booth — five horn anthems for creators, out now. Listen on HyperFollow.
Today is the final day. We're here at booth 1771 — the Tenacious booth — through Sunday, and if you're at the Javits, come through one last time. Make a reel with Epic Toy Sound audio, tag the account, spin the wheel. Follow the weekend at @zillionmarketplace and keep it locked at toysandbeats.com. Final day, we finish strong. One love.
— Ronnie D