The team over at SWCA have assembled a guide to the best toy shows in 2018.
Here is their intro to the guide:
As winter turns to spring it’s time to talk about one of my favorite topics in collecting: the Toy Show scene. Each year thousands of fans make it to local shows and comic cons across the country. These events are some of the few face-to-face toy exchange events that still take place and they come in all shapes and sizes. You’ve seen me talk up toy shows before, whether it’s been looking at them as a destination for collectors or discussing their viability in an increasingly digital world, both literally and socially. The one thing all readers of these articles should take away is this: toy shows are one of the oldest and best ways to meet other collectors and find great items!
Rather than talking about shows hypothetically this time, here I actually give you the information you’ve been waiting for, the secrets of where are the best toy shows are in the United States. For those of you not located in the contiguous 48 States we will revisit this topic globally in the next year, just for you.
To access the heavily detailed guide take the link.

