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Ticobot 2008 - First Transformers convention in Costa Rica

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Ticobot 2008 - First Transformers convention in Costa Rica

Postby mdverde » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:46 pm

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Hi guys.

Thanks to a Transformers fan group, on November 1st and 2nd 2008, Costa Rica will have the first Transformers convention event ever.

This event is called "Ticobot", because we costaricans are called "Ticos".

There will be a lot of activities including:
  • Transformers toys exhibition (more than 1,000 of toys together)
  • Movies and animated series projections
  • Draw contest
  • Build your transformers and robots with legos (for children)
  • Mud masks workshop
  • Trivias
  • Real transformers-related cars exhibition
  • Talks
  • A show with the rock band Tres16, playing Transformers-related songs and 80s cartoon themes.
  • Styrofoam models
  • Dealers area

The event will take place in at the Museo de los Niños, a place with a lot of space and facilities.

We already have the support from Hasbro for the event and some others local sponsors.

The web page for the event is http://www.ticobot.com, but it’s in spanish.

Thanks for reading this.

- mdverde
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Re: Ticobot 2008 - First Transformers convention in Costa Rica

Postby Bed Bugs » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:06 am

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Thanks for sharing mdverde! Try to get plenty of photos and videos and we'll post another story after the event so everyone can see how the event went. :D
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Re: Ticobot 2008 - First Transformers convention in Costa Rica

Postby mdverde » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:04 pm

This week, the main media in Costa Rica have published several notes about Ticobot.

For example, Diario La Extra, a daily newspaper, published half a page about the event. Although the picture they included shows some Go-Bots, the Transformers are in the right section of it.

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Also, one of the most important TV Stations in the country, broadcasted a note about the convention. Obviously in spanish.

YouTube - Ticobot en Reportaje de Repretel
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Re: Ticobot 2008 - First Transformers convention in Costa Rica

Postby mdverde » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:26 am

Ticobot was a huge success beyond all expectations.

Early in the morning on Saturday, November 1st, it was noted that this won’t be a normal weekend at the Children’s Museum. The crowd seemed eager to enter to the building where the first Transformers convention in Costa Rica will be held. A long queue of about 600 feet was formed out of the former stronghold and the people stream was constant during the day and even was increased during the Sunday.

At the main lounge of the Youth Complex of the Children’s Museum, named “Kaopakawe” (by its aboriginal name), several sponsors and mini-stores were located, with a lot of Transformers related products, among comics, mecha and anime stuff. In the back yard of the building, some real cars were shown, including a Shelby GT500 2008 that left with their mouths open to many people, by for its resemblance to the Camaro Bumblebee from the live action Movie. Also a classic Volskwagen Beetle was shown homage to G1 Bumblebee, and a Transformer-themed Nissan Sentra.

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The display of thousands of figures from characters from all Transformers eras, from 1984 to 2008, talks, movie and cartoon projections, contests, trivias, video games, face painting for children, and even a Soundwave costume, gave a lot to talk about to attendants and the media, telling that the event was a total success, even exceeding the organizing group expectations.

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The event closed with a little concert with the excellent Costa Rican band Tres16, who performed several songs from the Transformers cartoons and movies, and also from other 80s cartoons.

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According to official numbers from the Children’s Museum, 7,000 people attended Ticobot 2008 during the weekend, breaking all assistance records. Long queues were made to enter the main attraction of the event, the figure display area.

Entire families came to enjoy the convention, even from the most remote cities of the country and they left very satisfied, asking why there wasn’t an event like that before, and when will be the next one.

Right now, the Ticobot group is working in the “Ticobot 2009” that will be held on July 2009, some weeks after the premiere of the film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. See you next year!

More pictures:

Figures:

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Models

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Soundwave:

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Projections, trivia, talks and other games:

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Photo Galleries:

Ticobot 2008, day 1 by mdverde
Ticobot 2008, day 2 by mdverde
Figures by Jason Brenes
Ticobot 2008, professional gallery by Andrés Guevara, day 1
"Robots took over Costa Rica", gallery in Viva Magazine, La Nación newspaper
Gallery in Guia2.cr

Videos:

Tres16 performing "The touch"

Tres16 performing "Transformers Theme" from the 1986 motion picture
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