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Save the dates! TFcon – The world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention will return to Chicago the weekend of October 21st to 23rd, 2016. TFcon USA will once again take place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago in an even larger location. Discounted hotel block information will be available shortly. Dealer bookings and registration information will also be available in the near future.

The TFcon Chicago 2016 hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon Chicago 2016 by calling the Hyatt Regency O’Hare reservation department direct at 888-421-1442 or book online. When booking by phone, please ask for the TFcon rate to receive the discount. You can book your room via the 2016 hotel reservation website at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/TFCN

The group rate is good for October 16th to October 28th, 2016 at the price of $149 per room. No deposit is required to reserve your room now. You have until the day before your reservation to cancel your room if you can’t make the convention.

We are happy to welcome the voice of Generation 1 Grimlock Gregg Berger to TFcon Chicago 2016. He also voiced Skyfire (Jetfire), Long Haul and Outback in the same series. He thenreturned to the character of Grimlock for the Fall of Cybertron video game as well as Transformers: Devastation.

Gregg will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Dr Va'al wrote:The TFcon folk have sent us an update for their Chicago event, taking place this October 21-23rd - and it features the voice of the king: Gregg Berger! Check what further info the event has for the actor behind Grimlock, just below.

We are happy to welcome the voice of Generation 1 Grimlock Gregg Berger to TFcon Chicago 2016. He also voiced Skyfire (Jetfire), Long Haul and Outback in the same series. He thenreturned to the character of Grimlock for the Fall of Cybertron video game as well as Transformers: Devastation.

Gregg will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Dealer registration is now available for TFcon Chicago 2016. For those of you that were looking to sell at America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention now is the time to book, you can contact us now to reserve your space. Exhibitors from TFcon Chicago 2014 and TFcon Charlotte will automatically receive registration info emailed to them.

Registration for attendees will be available in the near future.

Happy 4th of July America! We are very happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to TFcon Chicago 2016. The voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in the Armada, Energon and Cybertron cartoons, he also voiced Generation 1 Megatron in an episode of Beast Wars. Additionally he is known to GIJOE fans as the voices of Pathfinder and Metalhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and He-Fans as the voices He-Man in The New Adventures of He-Man, and Man-at-Arms in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Mr. Chalk will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Admission/Registration/Ticket Information

Advance ticket sales for TFcon Chicago 2016 are now live and will close October 16th.

Weekend tickets (includes early admission on Saturday) are $50.
Early admission tickets for Saturday (9 am entry) will be $30.
Regular admission tickets for Saturday (11 am entry) will be $20.
Regular admission tickets for Sunday will be $20.
Kids between 5 and 12 are $5 for each day. There is no charge for children under 5 years of age.

You can register for TFcon Chicago 2016 here: https://ac.reg-system.com/TFconUSA2017Reg

Guest appearances subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. Some guests may charge additional fees for autographs and/or photos. All prices are in US dollars. All sales are final, no exchanges or refunds for any reason.

TFcon is very pleased to welcome Alex Milne to the TFcon Chicago guest list this year.

Alex is best known for his work as the primary artist for IDW’s fan favorite Transformers: More than Meets the Eye comic book. He will be attending all days and offering prints and commissions to attendees all weekend long.

We are very pleased to welcome artist Sara Pitre-Durocher to the Chicago guest list this year.

Sara has worked on IDW’s Combiner Hunters one-shot, The Transformers 46, 47 and 49, and is now the primary artist on the new ongoing comic book Till All Are One. While she will be attending all weekend, details on her signing times and where to get prints and commissions will be announced at a future time.

TFcon is proud to announce that Richard Newman will be appearing as a guest at this years convention in Chicago. Known to Transformers fans as the voice of Rhinox in Beast Wars, Tankor in Beast Machines and Vector Prime in Transformers Cybertron. Mr. Newman will be taking part in Q&A panels and signing for the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Due to the high demand for TFcon Chicago 2016 the Hyatt Regency O’Hare has added additional rooms to our hotel room block. If rooms become not available at the host hotel you will have the option to book down the road at the Aloft Chicago O’Hare.

We are honored to welcome Transformers creator Bob Budiansky to TFcon Chicago 2016. Mr. Budiansky is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformers comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers including Megatron. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive tech spec biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each character it’s own unique personality.

Mr. Budiansky will be taking part in a Q&A panels and meeting with fans all weekend long.

We are happy to welcome Jon Bailey to TFcon Chicago 2016. Known as the epic voice of Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers, the long time Transformers fan can now be seen as Optimus Prime in Machinima’s Transformers: Combiner Wars animated web series.

Jon will be taking part in a Q&A panel and meeting with the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

We are very pleased to welcome IDW’s Transformers (formerly Robots in Disguise) ongoing series comic book artist Andrew Griffith to TFcon Chicago 2016.

He will be attending all days and offering prints and commissions to attendees all weekend long.

We are happy to welcome Jason Marnocha to TFcon Chicago 2016. Known online by the handle of LordJazor, Transformers fans now know him as the voice of Megatron in Machinima’s Transformers: Combiner Wars animated web series.

Jason will be taking part in a Q&A panel and meeting with the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long

We are pleased to announce that Transformers comic book artist Casey Coller will be attending TFcon Chicago 2016. Casey is known to fans for his work providing variant covers for IDW’s Robots In Disguise and More Than Meets the Eye comics as well as many one-shot issues. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long.

TFcon is pleased to announce that Transformers comic book artist Nick Roche will be attending TFcon Chicago 2016. Nick is well known to fans for his work writing and/or creating the art for Last Stand of the Wreckers (co-written with James Roberts), Sins of the Wreckers, More Than Meets the Eye and various IDW one-shot issues. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long.

TFcon is happy to welcome IDW Publishing colorist Josh Perez to TFcon Chicago 2016. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of numerous Transformers (formerly Robots in Disguise) and More Than Meets The Eye comic books. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.