The Energon Pub

by **anindrew** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:47 pm

Hello all!

After much planning, I am pleased to announce Charticon 2013, taking place August 9th, 10th and 11th, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. We will be holding the convention at the Marriott Charlotte Executive Park right off I-77 near the heart of Charlotte. While we are still deep in the planning stages, here are a few things you can expect from the show:

Voice Actors (Woot!)
Cosplay and Costume Contests
4,000+ sq ft Dealer Room
Transformers Toy Panels
Trivia Contests
Kids Games
Friday night DJ Party

Plus tons more! We don't want to reveal too many details just yet, but we've had a ton of interest and are already expecting a big turnout. You can learn more at:

http://www.charticon.com/

http://www.facebook.com/charticon

The hotel is already accepting reservations at a very reasonable rate so make your reservations soon!

Thanks!

Andrew

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:26 am

I'm so totally down for this, excited already

A TF Convention 2 hours away is impossible to pass up. Hopefully the Raleigh crew makes a good showing.

by **anindrew** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:54 pm

It gives us great pleasure to announce our first guest for Charticon will be none other than Daniel Ross!

Anyone who doesn't know Daniel's work needs to brush up on their voice actors! We are thrilled to have him join us for the show.

by **anindrew** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:17 pm

Big updates to the site! First off I'd like to announce that Registration is live for both Dealers and Artists. Second we have updated the FAQ and Schedule pages with more information about the show. We expect pre-registration for attendees to go live very soon, we are just ironing out a few more details before we proceed.

Dealer Information: http://www.charticon.com/p/dealers.html
FAQ: http://www.charticon.com/p/faq.html
Schedule Information: http://www.charticon.com/p/schedule.html

Looking forward to a great convention. Thanks!

http://www.charticon.com
http://www.facebook.com/Charticon

by **FortMacs** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:37 am

Really looking forward to this. never been to a convention and i live in charlotte.

by **anindrew** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:10 am

Pre-registration is now live for attendees! Check out all the extras you get by preregistering vs. general admission:

Charticon Badge and Program
Free "Energon Goodies" (more info on these later)
One hour early admission to the dealer room on Saturday and Sunday
Access to evening events not open to the public
Option to purchase our exclusive figure before it goes on sale (more info soon)

Check it out at the link below and be sure to get in early as our Friday night event is extremely limited and is first come, first serve.

http://www.charticon.com/p/pre-registration.html

by **anindrew** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:39 pm

We are very happy to announce we've confirmed our second guest for the show, none other than Jon "3.0" Bailey!

Seibertron.com podcast member, Transformers parody and "PRIME reviews" creator Jon "3.0" Bailey is a full-time, professional voice actor known for doing dozens of movie trailers, the voice of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars Transformers quad-changer toy and more recently for characters in the game XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

We are thrilled to welcome Jon to the show! If you are interested in pre-registering check out our website http://www.charticon.com and be sure to follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Charticon to keep up to date on all things Charticon!

by **anindrew** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:34 pm

We've got another guest announcement today!

The next guest that will be joining us at Charticon 2013 will be Hal Rayle! Hal has voiced hundreds of characters over his long career including Deep Six from G.I. Joe, Raphael in the European Vacation episodes of T.M.N.T. as well as the Predator from Predator 2! Transformers fans know him best as the Insecticon Shrapnel, the Dinobot Snarl and Primacron (the creator of Unicron) in the original G1 cartoon series!

Don't forget to preregister here: http://www.charticon.com/p/pre-registration.html so you can meet Hal in his very first Transformers Convention!

And follow us on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/Charticonto make sure you get all the updates about the show!

by **anindrew** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:12 pm

We've got another guest announcement today!

We are very pleased that our next guest for Charticon 2013 will be David Sobolov! His major Transformer roles include Depth Charge from Beast Wars and Shockwave from the current hit TV series: Transformers: Prime. David also played Brawl on the 2007 Transformers Movie Video Game and was slated to voice Megatron in IDW's All Hail Megatron Motion Comic before the project was canceled. In addition to his TF roles, David has an impressive resume of video game and animation characters including Robocop in Robocop: Alpha Commando, Dr. Garret Bryson in Mass Effect 3, Azmodan in Diablo 3 plus many more. We are thrilled to welcome David to the show!

As always, check out our website http://www.charticon.com and facebook http://www.facebook.com/Charticon pages for more information on how you can register. We are looking to have a great lineup for our first show!

by **anindrew** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:21 pm

*class was cancelled* Charticon still on!

by **anindrew** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:29 am

We are very pleased to announce Livio Ramondelli will be joining us at Charticon 2013!

Livio Ramondelli is the artist of several Transformers projects for IDW Publishing. Most notably Transformers: Autocracy, Chaos, Robots in Disguise, and the newest title, Transformers: Monstrosity, reuniting him with Autocracy writers Flint Dille and Chris Metzen. He previously worked for artist Jim Lee at Wildstorm Productions, doing design work for DC Universe Online. We are thrilled to have him join us!

by **anindrew** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:52 pm

Removed a post as one event was cancelled. Updated with Casey Coller! Whoohoo!

by **anindrew** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:04 pm

We've got another guest announcement today! Casey Coller will be joining us for the show!

Casey is a professional illustrator best known for his work on various Transformers comic books from IDW Publishing. He's done covers and/or interior art for various titles, including: Ironhide mini-series, All Hail Megatron, Robots in Disguise, Spotlights Drift, Blurr and Cliffjumper, More Than Meets The Eye, Transformers Ongoing, and Heart of Darkness. He has also done artwork for Hasbro, the Transformers Collector's Club Magazine and BotCon. Casey lives in Shelburne Falls, MA with his wife Grace, and daughter Rose, as well as a cat, two guinea pigs and four chickens. Please help us welcome him to Charticon!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:38 pm

The fine folks at Charticon dropped us a note to let us know they have revealed the Charticon 2013 exclusive figure. This is what they had to say.

We have exciting news! Our exclusive figure for Charticon 2013 is none other than Aftershock! Aftershock is a generations-style update of G1 Quake, complete with brand new head and will come in a custom box with accessories! This figure is limited to 50 units as they are all being hand painted and assembled. We will have a small number available for non-attendees, but they will be sold primarily to pre-registrants of the show. They will go on sale on our website soon!

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt45 ... 77b144.jpg

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:43 pm

Another reason why I should go to Charticon.

My Classics/Generations shelf is desperately in need of more Decepticons, and Quake here will fit in just fine. Only 50 pieces though? Damn, that means it's going to demand a high price tag. I would need more than luck to snag one.

by **griftimus prime** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:59 pm

lame

by **Owtkazt** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:28 pm

What a well thought out post there griftimus... well played /sigh. Great repaint imo, will be snagging this for sure, so glad they chose a Decepticon as an exclusive! Can't wait for the convention.

by **Roboto750** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:41 pm

This looks pretty cool. I've been waiting for Quake to be redone. Its a shame that I won't have a chance at getting one of these.

by **FortMacs** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:16 pm

Been waiting to see what the figure would be and im glad its a con. hopefully i can get one of these.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:29 pm

That is nice. I guess I'll be watching their website for non-attendee figs if there will be any at all.

by **Henry921** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:03 am

Argh! I want this so very very much!

But only 50? Man, and I thought I'd have to pay through the nose for BotCon toys...

Gonna' have to wait for the post-show ebay auctions and hope for the best.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:16 am

Looks like a pretty interesting way to go for an exclusive.
Be nice to see some more pics when available.
I wont make it to the con but would be interested in one of these to support.

by **Rated X** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:38 am

Damn I want one. But I aint paying no 500 bucks from some scalper. I thought only Botcon was authorized to do this type of stuff ? (And that cow convention, lol)