5/18/24 - Babes In Toyland

A yearly party

For those of you who do not know, Babes In Toyland is a charity event that happens throughout major cities in the US, namely the fun ones like Vegas, Miami, and LA. Michael Sartain is one of the main guys behind it and while I do not agree with him on everything, I do like some of his views. I agree that PUA was late to the social media game as well as the issue of broke guys in the pickup community. After getting my tickets, I get ready to go.

I love what the charity is actually about as I own a shelter animal myself. In past years when I have gone, I have met a lot of cool girls. In Miami, the quality gap is massive in some events and venues. You got Wynnwood, Regatta, and especially Blackbird, you are left with the trashiest women in the country that make you wonder if you are on Bourbon Street. You go to Socialista, Babes In Toyland, or Mila, you meet some of the best looking women in the country who have their lives together.

While I do love meeting hot girls with great things going for them, I care about animal welfare. Throughout my life, I have only gotten my pets from the pound rather than a breeder. While Babes In Toyland does various charities, I like the one about Animal Welfare.

My thoughts on Sartain.

Michael Sartain is a polarizing figure to the PUA community. My thoughts are that he is a very opinionated guy and I do not agree with everything he says. I have even known guys who took MOA and it did not work out for them. However, I judge guys by their outcomes and what they can prove.

To me so far, Sartain lives it. Sartain has hot girls around him at all times and manages to get them on podcasts. Higher status and popular women vouch for Sartain in ways they do not for other dating coaches and pickup guys. You can deny a lot of things, you cannot deny results.

I will also post my honest thoughts on Social Circle Game in later articles.

A little pregame.

There is a wine bar near me which has Happy Hour after 8 PM almost every day. I decide to head there first dressed in all white which includes a white blazer, white pants, and white button up. As soon as I walk in, I have one hot blonde sitting down eyeing me up and down but she is in a large group so I do not approach.

What I really wanted were a couple of drinks in me. I have a couple glasses of wine and then talk to two women near me. As soon as I open them, they say “where are you heading? You look great!”. We have a good vibe going and get some good banter. I spread great vibes their way. Both are married so I do not want to try anything but I compliment them to build a positive vibe before heading out.

After talking to those women a bit, I finish my drinks but compliment two older women sitting next to me, they are married. One of the women had talked to me beforehand so before leaving, I tell her and her friend they look great and wished them an amazing night. The two kept me around and were overjoyed by the compliment. I do not want to get in the habit of flirting with married women but I thought why not in this case, it would make their night and they know I am not trying anything.

I leave in good spirits, got some socializing in before heading out. The Uber driver more or less left me to be as I listened to some Kendrick Lamar on the way. However, as much as I love the disses, I changed artists and listened to some R&B instead. Not long after, we arrive to Hyde Beach at SLS where I get going to the event.

The event.

The last event I went to at the SLS was garbage, it was an overhyped Halloween party which was a total sausagefest. I have gone to previous Babes In Toyland events before and they were always great. Criticize Sartain all you want but the man has access like no other guy in the industry. I saw Rollo and Sartain at the event but noticed that this year, Rollo was a lot less social.

As for the event itself, it was also a bit underwhelming. I noticed that the back of the pool of Hyde Beach, which was active and even had the photoshoots, was closed off. I did see Sartain but he was doing interviews as usual with hot girls, this time more towards the front. I start the night off talking to one of his top students who is recruiting for MOA.

The top student.

I am not going to unveil too much about him but my experience with the guy was mixed. On one hand, we have gone through similar issues with the PUA community. I also feel like the guy gave me honest feedback which I appreciate. However, I found that the guy in the moment was slightly pushy and can come off as brash even though he seems to be a genuinely good dude.

In that time, I also talk to other students but one white guy in particular and one Cuban guy came off as cool dudes. Both of the guys also live in Miami which is good as lately, I have been struggling to get any decent wing with social skills.

Approaching.

Compared to past years, the volume of hot women this year was significantly less. I think this primarily has to do with the weather. Miami has been hit with an unreal heatwave and no one really wants to go out in this sort of climate. I was also slightly buzzed but after a while, started to get going.

I ended up approaching quite a few women. Despite the volume being lower than usual, this event just about blows out any other event in Miami as well as any other venue in terms of quality. The only place I can see competing is Socialista on a good night.

My goal was not to pull because I thought that it was going to be an uphill battle. My point was to get IGs and have hot girls follow me so it helps to boost my status. Lately, I am starting to realize how much of a difference a good IG can make.

Long story short, I got 4 IGs of where the girls followed me back. In such an event, every girl has a high status Afterparty she is going to which makes pulling hard. However, while this Babes In Toyland was underwhelming in terms of volume, it was not in terms of lessons. Here are a few things I observed.

PUA guy pulls hot girl.

I recognize this one guy who is buddies with one of the guys in my chat. The guy has pulled before in Wynnwood and I approach him. Overall, the guy mentioned how a lot of the dudes have wack game when they do this social media stuff. This guy, who is an Italian dude with glasses, ended up approaching this dark-haired hottie. It is almost like he had an eye for this woman.

Towards the end of the night, the woman was in arms with him and walking out with him. Even I was a bit amazed at seeing how well this guy had pulled. I almost respect that he was able to cold approach in such an event and pull a hot girl.

Celebs.

In the event, I also had a chance to meet Adam Sosnick from Soscast. We chatted for about a minute or so but he seemed to be keen on pulling that night. Given that he is Adam Sosnick, he had status. I saw him approach a dark-haired woman who I am not even sure if he came with. Towards the end of the night, he leaves with Sartain’s top student, another girl, and the dark-haired woman.

The lessons.

After a week where energy levels were a massive issue for me, I feel like this event woke me up. I also feel like I learned that as much as we debate social circle vs cold approach, the answer is in the middle. I talked to a lot of hot girls and got their IGs as some followed me back but I doubt anything comes of it.

In hindsight, I notice that as long as you are not gaming the most popular girls at these events and just going for hot girls who got invited, your chances of pulling are there. I will keep this in mind for future events like this.