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News Credits: 5749 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:09 pm

Our friends at TFcon dropped by to let us know that Alan Oppenheimer has been added as a special guest for this year's event in Chicago. TFcon Chicago will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare – 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois - October 24th – 26th, 2014.

We are pleased to announce our second voice actor guest for TFcon Chicago, Alan Oppenheimer the voices of Warpath, Beachcomber, Breakdown and Seaspray in Transformers Geaneration 1 well as the voices of Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Mer-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Alan 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.

News Credits: 60 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:00 am

The Great Skeletor and Merlin (from Prince Valiant) :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:15 pm

It was TFCon just a week or so ago, but it's now time for the US version of the event, taking place in Chicago this October - and you can already register for the con! Tickets for attendees can be found here, and so far Dan Gilvezan (voice of G1 Bumblebee) has been confirmed as one of the guests.

TFcon Chicago 2014 Attendee Registration Now Open

Online registration is now available for TFcon Chicago 2014. Please follow the Admission/Registration/Ticket Information link to purchase your advance tickets.

News Credits: 293 · Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:06 am

will this con have the same exclusives as the canadian tfcon?

News Credits: 335 · Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:32 pm

shajaki wrote:will this con have the same exclusives as the canadian tfcon?

Nope. The TFCon Chicago Exclusive will be Axis, a black repaint of x-Transbot Stax.

News Credits: 293 · Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:47 pm

Down_Shift wrote:
shajaki wrote:will this con have the same exclusives as the canadian tfcon?

Nope. The TFCon Chicago Exclusive will be Axis, a black repaint of x-Transbot Stax.

lame..

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:40 pm

A brief but substantial update from the people over at TFCon Chicago, taking place this October 24-26th: Aaron Archer, former Hasbro brand designer and general transforming robot person, has been added to the guest roster! Check out some more info below, and head here for the TFCon site.

Aaron Archer is an illustrator and creative professional who spent over 18 years at Hasbro, Inc. designing for toy brands like TRANSFORMERS, GI Joe, STAR WARS Episode One, and various Batman lines. Aaron worked on the TRANSFORMERS brand for over 13 years, collaborating with Takara/Tomy on hundreds of toys. Aaron acted as the Creative Lead for all TRANSFORMERS partnerships including four feature films, four video games, five animated series, theme park rides, and countless publishing projects. In 2013 Aaron retired from Hasbro in order to pursue independent projects. You can check out some of his art here: http://archermonster.deviantart.com/

At TFcon Chicago 2014 fans will have the opportunity to interact with Mr. Archer via Q&A Panels as well as one on one on the exhibitor floor.

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:28 pm

Time for another update from the folks over at TFCon Chicago. She's been breaking through the IDW comics big time, with Transformers: Windblade and many many covers - now you get the chance to meet her again: Sarah Stone has been confirmed as a guest for the US branch of the convention!

We are pleased welcome Transformers comic book artist Sarah Stone to TFcon Chicago this fall.

Sarah is the artist for IDW’s highly successful Transformers: Windblade miniseries that just concluded. She will be available all weekend for commissions, prints and signings at TFcon Chicago 2014.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:14 am

Is any of her artwork/are any of her covers available on Deviantart or the likes? I'd really like to have some to create a wallpaper for myself.

News Credits: 461 · Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:50 pm

Our friends at TFcon stopped by to share with us that a second hotel block has been added to accommodate the demand for this event. You can book your room at the Aloft Chicago O’Hare 9700 Balmoral Avenue. Rosemont, IL 60018 here for the price of $125 per night.

There will be a complementary shuttle running from this hotel to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare for those people that can not or do not wish to walk between the locations.

News Credits: 461 · Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:29 am

Our friends at TFcon just dropped by to share with us that Transformers Artist Andrew Griffith will be attending TFcon in Chicago 2014. Andrew will be available all weekend to attendees for commissions, prints and signings in the TFcon Chicago artist alley.

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:29 am

The folks over at TFCon Chicago are not up for resting, as they announce yet another guest joining them in October. Joining previously announced Aaron Archer, Sarah Stone, IDW main artist on the soon to be renamed Robots in Disguise comics series, Andrew Griffith has been confirmed as attending too!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise ongoing series comic book artist Andrew Griffith will be joining us at TFcon Chicago 2014.

He will be available all weekend for commissions, prints and signings in the TFcon Chicago artist alley.

News Credits: 461 · Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:20 pm

Our Friends at TFcon just dropped by to announced that James Roberts, who is the writer of the current ongoing and fan favorite Transformers comic Transformers More Than Meets The Eye is going to attend TFcon Chicago. He will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with attendees

TFcon will be held October 24th to 26th, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago.

Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:47 pm

Him and many other comic writers for TF have spun some seriously awesome stories.........the comics to me are what keeps TF fresh in my life......

the bay movies get worse and worse the more u read the comics..
im always wondering, why couldnt they do this in the movies or that etc.........

I hope one day Bay gets crushed by a garbage truck so he can never do another movie again. Hire a good director, and maybe get some of the comic guys on as writers........

then they will make 2 billion instead of 1(which i still cant believe those piles of feces made that much) and fans alike will be please......

alas a boy can dream...........

till that dream comes true, ill keep reading R.I.D AND M.T.M.T.E

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:47 am

A quick but meaty update from the fellows over at TFCon Chicago, regarding the announcement of yet another guest for the October convention: IDW comics artist Livio Ramondelli, from Chaos, Autocracy, Monstrosity, Punishment and more! He joins a long list of talented people, from voice actors to artists and writers, all of whom can be found here. Check out more info below!

We are pleased to announce that Transformers comic book artist Livio Ramondelli will be attending TFcon Chicago 2014. Livio is known to fans for his work on IDW’s Transformers comics with the Chaos storyline, the Autocracy, Monstrosity, Punishment and Primacy series as well as providing the art for the Orion Pax focused issues in the Robots in Disguise books. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long.

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:42 pm

Another guest update from TFCon Chicago, as we get closer to October. IDW artist Alex Milne, currently providing the main linework on Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, has been confirmed as attending the US branch of the convention, along with partner in killing crime James Roberts and the other announced guests!

We are very pleased to welcome Alex Milne to the TFcon Chicago guest list.

Alex is the artist for IDW’s fan favorite Transformers: More than Meets the Eye comic book. He will be attending the event all weekend long.

News Credits: 461 · Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:55 am

Our Friends at TFcon just dropped by to announced that Venus Terzo the voice of Blackarachnia in Beast Wars and Beast Machines will be at TFcon Chicago 2014. She will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with attendees.

TFcon will be held October 24th to 26th, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago.

News Credits: 349 · Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:59 pm

It's getting so close. Almost a month away.

Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:22 pm

i live like 45 minutes from the mccormick place, and god knows i want to attend, but im just not seeing the reasoning behind going. only a few voice actors there, and im still not sure of what exclusives will be there. anyone ever been to a con before? what's it like?

News Credits: 349 · Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:00 pm

rockman_fan wrote:i live like 45 minutes from the mccormick place, and god knows i want to attend, but im just not seeing the reasoning behind going. only a few voice actors there, and im still not sure of what exclusives will be there. anyone ever been to a con before? what's it like?

Con's are tons of fun. This is the first TFCon Chicago, so nobody quite knows what it will be like yet. But the fact that there is a convention in the midwest, a lot of people are anticipating on going since Botcon hasn't been in this neck of the woods in several years.

Besides the guests, the dealer room should be huge as most of the major TF dealers such as TFSource and BBTS are located in Minnesota and Wisconsin respectively, so they should both be in attendance.

Lastly, geeking out and meeting other Seibertronians and having a big party every night in Chi-town.

News Credits: 461 · Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:57 pm

Our Friends at TFcon just dropped by to announced that Transformers Artist Casey Coller will be in attendence at TFcon Chicago 2014. Casey is known for his work providing variant covers for IDW’s Robots In Disguise, More Than Meets the Eye comics and many one-shot issues. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees at TFcon Chicago

TFcon will be held October 24th to 26th, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago.

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:17 pm

Joining a meaty roster of guests, IDW colourist and artist Josh Burcham will be attending this month's TFCon 2014 in Chicago! Read on below to find out more about him and his work, and make sure to drop by his table at the event - and Seibertron.com's!

We are happy to welcome IDW Publishing colorist Josh Burcham to TFcon Chicago 2014. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of Transformers More Than Meets The Eye and dozens of other one shots and mini series. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

News Credits: 1235 · Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:48 pm

Fans of the movie 'verse or just fans of police car Decepticons, will be happy to see that the Barricade car used in the 2007 Transformers movie will be at TFCon Chicago 2014. TFCon runs October 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.

The 2005 Mustang Saleen 2007 Extreme S281 prototype known as Barricade used in the 2007 movie Transformers will be in attendance at TFcon Chicago 2014. There were 3 cars made for the film, with this vehicle being one of the primary camera vehicles. This Barricade was used in the scene where Shia LaBeouf was struck by the drivers side door and was knocked off his bike, as well as in the warehouse chase scene where the vehicles crash through the window.

Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:23 pm

Cant remember where I read it, but someone got in trouble for driving a Baricade replica even though it didn't have roof lights or say "police" on it. I think they're having a hard time auctioning the original off for that reason. All you can really do with it is put it in an auto museum next to Ecto-1 and the Batmobile.

Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:54 am

There was a guy with a maserati done up like this, as well as another Mustang in Nevada somewhere.

Both had issues, but were cleared. I also have my car done up like this, sort of. Without "Police" on the doors. I got stopped once and they had me to cover up the word police on the small purple badges on the front quarter panels. Thats it. I know Transformers Cars has a nice replica of this and they purchased the Prowl car from someone on this site. I dont know if this Barricade is theirs or not.