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Botcon.com has been updated and now has the Botcon 2008 available for viewing.

Some of the highlights of the brochure are as follows:

Convention box set - Shattered Glass, featuring:
Evil Autobots:
Optimus Prime
Grimlock
Jazz
Goldbug
Heroic Decepticons:
Starscream
Minicon Razorclaw

Primus package price is $285.00 for club members.

There will be 200 bagged souvenir sets available for $189.00 a piece.

Tour information:
Cincinnati Fun Tour (Laser Tag, Beer and Food tasting, Toy Mall), priced at $85.00 per person

National Museum of the US Air Force (Museum tour and IMAX movie ticket) $45.00 per person

New Convention Events:
Transformers Fan Film Extravaganza - Fan's submit their own films for our viewing pleasure

Transformers Molding and Casting - New custom class taught by professional prop maker, Patrick Kelly. Class is $115.00

To view the rest of the brochure, click here.

I'm not suprise there was an universe where everything was upside down: Autobots evil and the 'cons good. I mean DC had their crime synicate team and marvel has their evil what if relms where the heroes are bad guys too.

The rumorer at TFW seems to have been spot on...

His descriptions:

classic optimus prime have paint purple and black
cybertron crosswise have paint white....make new jazz head
cybertron hotshot have paint gold and black....and new goldbug head
classic grimlock have paint black
cybertron starscraem have paint white and red

they come in big box with small toy

SO A Nemesis colored Prime (surprise!), a black maybe Trypticonish looking Grimlock, Cyb Hot Shot as Gold Bug sound interesting, and white and red on Starscream...I will be interested to see that, and with the War Within-ish mold...

Of course, it's all specualtion of course...

Ha! I called it! Not that it was hard to guess...

Crap! I'm just 4 figures away from one of every Jazz mold. If anyone's going and planning on getting extra's and willing to sell Jazz I'll pay ya good. I'd like to confirm one early on if anyone's willing. pretty pretty please with energon candy on top?

The Nemesis Prime and Grimlock will look awesome, I wish I could get those - living in New Zealand and not being a club member doesn't help my chances.

Hmmm, so basically I have to decide if I want the figures or not. The Optimus figure would be pretty sweet tho. Grrr! This would be so much easier if I wasn't going overseas TWICE this summer. Or my Anime convention. Though if I got these figures then I guess I could just buy nothing in the showroom....

*sigh* Why must I have such expensive hobbies?

I guess I'll have to see the pics when they're methodically leaked in the future... Right now, I'm not overly excited about the box set. Not a rant, mind you--just not that interested right now, especially with the inclusion of the Cybertron molds...

A black and purple Classics Prime, though...... ....could be a deal-sealer for me.

Haha! I knew it. Backwards world. They mention a heroic Decepticon leader, but don't say who. One would assume it's Megatron, but who knows? Maybe they were planning on Classics Megatron in G1 colors, but then Takara had to go and screw them over. So now they have to think up a new leader. And if it's not Starscream, then who? Soundwave? Shockwave? Galvatron? Bludgeon? Hmm....I rather like that last one. Could be a good way for us to finally get that Cybertron Unicron repaint we all wanted. I wonder how this will tie into the Club comics, especially the Transtech thing. Do the gestalt guys go universe hopping?

I'm definately going again this year.

The question is: What molds will be used? What colour schemes will be used? and, most importantly, how can I afford the non-attending package?

So that's what they meant at the web site, interesting...
See you guys at BOTCON...

TFBuyer wrote:I guess I'll have to see the pics when they're methodically leaked in the future... Right now, I'm not overly excited about the box set. Not a rant, mind you--just not that interested right now, especially with the inclusion of the Cybertron molds...

A black and purple Classics Prime, though...... ....could be a deal-sealer for me.

Same here. It's certainly not something I am wanting to spend the $300 on that's for sure. But I have to be a Primus Package holder because I want the full experience. Though it might be worth it just to recoup some of the costs by selling them on eBay.

I was really hoping for them to use movie molds.

TheMuffin wrote:

TFBuyer wrote:I guess I'll have to see the pics when they're methodically leaked in the future... Right now, I'm not overly excited about the box set. Not a rant, mind you--just not that interested right now, especially with the inclusion of the Cybertron molds...

A black and purple Classics Prime, though...... ....could be a deal-sealer for me.

Same here. It's certainly not something I am wanting to spend the $300 on that's for sure. But I have to be a Primus Package holder because I want the full experience. Though it might be worth it just to recoup some of the costs by selling them on eBay.

I was really hoping for them to use movie molds.

I don't think they can. They're officially liscenced cars for the movie toy line, so it might be difficult to release them in non-movie related uses.

Or i could be totally wrong. Maybe the movie toys will be used for next years set?

This set won't be as popular as the 2007 set.

Is botcon ever going to come to New York?

Too bad it's too damn expensive, otherwise I would go.

Megatron_Wolf wrote:Is botcon ever going to come to New York?

Bot Con will probably come too New York someday, but I'm sure it's set in the Midwest since then people from CA don't have to trek as far, and vice versa with east coast people.

Bot Con does seem a little spendy. I don't even remember Celebration III being this expensive. Then again, I didn't get a bunch of action figures. Be nice if the hotels weren't so high class. Meh, there are pros and cons to everything, I suppose.

I might be getting the Iacon set and the loose set. Of course, I might just sell some I don't want. I know I would sell the loose set, since college is right around the corner.

Minicon Razorclaw? So what, a Good-guy version of Ravage or something?

The set is interesting sounding, but I just don't have that kinda money to spend. Especially after college books. : (

Got a question. Since I'm not a club member does that mean I can't buy any of the figures? The last Botcon I went to was 2002, and on the last day they were selling the exclusives that had not been sold. Do they still to that, or is is a members only thing?

You don't have to be a club member to get the figures. If you read the brochure it even tells you that all the club provides you with is a discount.

So, some of the Classics molds will be reused for this set and Cybertron molds too. Evil Autobots and Good Decepticons? I have nothing against this concept but it just isn't peaking my interest. I'd rather save my cash for the Sky Lynx & Omega reissues!

Lapse Of Reason wrote:This set won't be as popular as the 2007 set.

QTF!! I don't really see any Botcon exclusive set to be as popular and controversial as the 2K7 set. But I guess time will tell.

Ultra Prime wrote:QTF!! I don't really see any Botcon exclusive set to be as popular and controversial as the 2K7 set. But I guess time will tell.

We haven't actually seen them, or had a sniff at what the extra add-ons would be. There's still time.

this set just doesn't do it as much for as last years.. just gonna have to wait and see the pics.

I have a question:

I want to enter a film into the film festival, and actually attend the film festival. The brochure says this takes place on Friday night. Do I have to buy one of these massively expensive convention packages to get in? I don't want the figures or all the side events. I just want general admission and the film festival. Is there an option for this?