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The buyers who set next year's shelves walk this floor for four days — staff a booth that earns their meeting and their order.

Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for Toy Fair New York 2027 — locally sourced in New York, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.

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Toy Fair New York staffing

Toy Fair New York staffing puts trained booth professionals, brand ambassadors and lead-retrieval talent on your stand at Toy Fair New York — the Western Hemisphere's largest toy, play and youth-entertainment marketplace, held February 20–23, 2027 at the Javits Center and produced by The Toy Association. It's a trade-only show: admission is limited to verified industry professionals — mass-market and specialty toy retail buyers, distributors, sales reps, inventors, licensors, manufacturers and trade media building their holiday and next-year retail plans. On a floor where buyer time is scheduled and decisions tie to the retail calendar, that talent greets and qualifies buyers, supports product presentations and meetings, and captures every lead so your sales team stays in the conversations that close. TSM Agency is a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency, founded in 2005, that recruits, vets, briefs and manages Toy Fair talent locally in New York — trained on your line before the doors open and run through one dedicated account executive — so brands get a professional, on-message booth without flying in or housing a crew in Manhattan.

Event details

Toy Fair New York 2027 at a glance

Dates
February 20–23, 2027
Days
Saturday–Tuesday
Venue
Javits Center
Address
429 11th Avenue, New York, NY, 10001
Event type
Trade-only toy and play industry marketplace
Official site
toyfairny.com
Why it matters

What Toy Fair New York asks of an exhibitor

Toy Fair New York fills the expanded Javits Center with hundreds of toy and play exhibitors and the trade-only audience that decides what reaches shelves — mass-market and specialty buyers, distributors, licensors, inventors and media, moving through tightly scheduled meeting days. The buying environment is focused and professional: credentialed entry keeps the floor to qualified professionals, and conversations move fast and tie directly to holiday and next-year retail planning. The challenge is coverage and credibility — buyers arrive with packed schedules and short windows, and a booth that can't greet, qualify and present cleanly loses meetings to the next exhibitor. The four roles below each address a different piece of running a professional booth that earns and converts those buyer meetings.

The scale of the floor

A Toy Fair New York booth competes for the crowd on the floor.

Toy Fair New York fills the expanded Javits Center with hundreds of toy and play exhibitors and the trade-only audience that decides what reaches shelves — mass-market and specialty buyers, distributors, licensors, inventors and media, moving through tightly scheduled meeting days. The buying environment is focused and professional: credentialed entry keeps the floor to qualified professionals, and conversations move fast and tie directly to holiday and next-year retail planning

Front of the booth

Trade show models for Toy Fair New York

Toy Fair New York trade show models work the front of your booth so no buyer reaches your stand unattended on a tightly scheduled floor. With mass-market and specialty buyers, distributors and licensors moving through packed meeting days, our Toy Fair trade show models greet and qualify arrivals, manage walk-up traffic around scheduled appointments, and open conversations so your sales team stays with the buyers ready to talk terms. Because they're sourced in New York, you skip the airfare, hotels and per-diems an out-of-town crew adds during a Manhattan show week. The outcome: every qualified buyer is met and routed, and your reps' limited meeting windows go to the accounts that matter.

Traffic & attention

Promotional models for Toy Fair New York

Toy Fair New York promotional models drive booth traffic and keep your product in front of a professional buyer audience. On a floor of hundreds of toy brands competing for the same buyers' attention, our Toy Fair promotional models present and demonstrate your toys and play products, hand out line sheets and materials, and keep the booth active and approachable through long meeting days — pulling in the retail buyers, distributors and trade media walking your aisle. Each is briefed on your line, key items and the one action you want — a demo, a line-sheet scan, a follow-up meeting. The outcome: more qualified booth traffic, and more of it captured rather than passing to the next stand.

Brand & message

Brand ambassadors for Toy Fair New York

Toy Fair New York brand ambassadors represent your brand to a credentialed buyer audience where professionalism and product knowledge decide the conversation. Across a trade-only floor of retail buyers, licensors and media, our Toy Fair brand ambassadors are trained on your line, positioning and talking points so they embody the brand consistently — walking buyers through the assortment, fielding safety, licensing and retail-calendar questions, and reinforcing why your products earn shelf space. For brands building repeat retail relationships, the same ambassadors returning year over year build familiarity with your line and your buyers. The goal they serve: a polished, on-message presence that turns buyer meetings into placement and reorders.

The operational team

Full booth staffing for Toy Fair New York

As your Toy Fair New York event staffing partner we field the whole booth team behind the front line. That includes product demonstrators who deliver accurate, repeatable demos of your toys and play products; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan so every buyer, distributor and licensor contact is scanned and qualified correctly in real time; presenters and hosts for in-booth presentations and meeting support; registration and check-in staff for appointment flow; bilingual talent for the international buyers Toy Fair draws; and a team lead to run check-in, breaks and performance across all four days. Our talent works through show close each day — never an early walk-off — so your booth is covered to the final hour, not abandoned when the floor quiets. One dedicated account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and meeting schedule and manages the team on-site, so your stand stays professional and producing for the retail buyers, licensors and trade media on the floor.

A buying audience

They came to see new products.

92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.

Source — CEIR
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Why TSM

Why exhibitors book TSM for Toy Fair New York

Local talent. Crews sourced in New York — no airfare, hotels, or per-diems on your invoice.
Trained before the doors open. Every booking is briefed on your products, message, and the one action you want from each visitor.
One account executive. A single point of contact scopes the team, manages on-site, and owns the outcome.
Vetted & reliable. Woman-owned since 2005, rated 5.0 on Google, with talent that shows up and performs.

A booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at Toy Fair New York — and a clean lead list when the show ends.

Why brands trust us

Why brands trust TSM Agency

Woman-Owned

A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.

Founded 2005

More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.

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Events Staffed

More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.

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Talent Network

Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.

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Rated on Google

Rated 5.0 stars on Google Reviews based on verified client feedback.

MPI Member

A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.

$1 Million Insurance Coverage

Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.

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City Markets

Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.

How it works

How it works

Three steps to a fully staffed Toy Fair New York booth.

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Step 01

Send your show & booth

Tell us your booth size, dates, and the roles you need. Most quotes come back fast.

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Step 02

Choose your team

Select your talent from our curated recommendations — we recommend, you choose — and we brief them on your brand.

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Step 03

We manage on-site

Your talent arrives show-ready and is managed on the floor, every day, through the close of the show.

FAQ

Toy Fair New York staffing FAQs

Yes. TSM Agency places trade show models for Toy Fair New York who greet and qualify buyers at your booth, manage walk-up traffic around scheduled meetings, and open conversations so your sales team stays with ready buyers. They're briefed on your line and the trade audience you want — retail buyers, distributors, licensors — before the show floor opens at the Javits Center.

We staff Toy Fair New York with a locally based New York roster. Local talent arrives for pre-show briefings, handles same-day schedule changes, and returns across the multi-day program without travel — and you avoid the airfare, hotels and per-diems an out-of-town crew adds during a Manhattan show week.

Yes. We place lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan who scan badges, qualify buyers, and route high-intent accounts to your team, plus product demonstrators who deliver accurate, repeatable demos of your toys and play products. Both are briefed on your qualification criteria and messaging before the floor opens — important on a floor where buyer time is scheduled tight.

Yes. Toy Fair draws international buyers, distributors and licensors, and we provide verified-fluency bilingual talent — Spanish, Mandarin and other languages — who can greet, present and capture leads in a buyer's own language. Request bilingual staffing when you submit your quote so we can confirm availability for the February dates.

Talent generally runs $50–$85 per hour depending on role, program length and the New York market, and every booking includes staff selection, a pre-event brand briefing and a dedicated account manager. Quotes are fast — often within minutes once details are confirmed.

TSM Agency is a woman-owned national event staffing and talent agency founded in 2005, with 2,000+ events staffed, a 2,000+ talent network, a 5.0 Google rating and MPI membership. We carry $1M per-occurrence / $2M aggregate general liability insurance, with a certificate of insurance available on request. Our talent are vetted 1099 professionals briefed on your line before the show, and every Toy Fair program runs through one dedicated account executive reachable on show days.

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Toy Fair New York staffing puts trained booth professionals, brand ambassadors and lead-retrieval talent on your stand at Toy Fair New York — the Western Hemisphere's largest toy, play and youth-entertainment marketplace, held February 20–23, 2027 at the Javits Center and produced by The Toy Association.

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