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News Credits: 730 · by **Raymond T.** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:10 pm

After having to cancel last year, the <a href="http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/" target="_blank">Auto Assembly</a> has announced it will open it's doors once again on August 2nd 2008, at the Clarendon Suites, Hagley Road in Birmingham, UK.
The following has been taken from their <a href="http://autoassembly.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=aa2008&action=display&thread=1195564974" target="_blank">board</a>.

"Yes, it's finally here! We are pleased to announce that Auto Assembly 2008 has been confirmed for Saturday 2nd August 2008 and will once again be taking place at the Clarendon Suites right here in Birmingham, England. After taking a much needed year off, we're back and hoping to bring you the biggest and best Auto Assembly convention EVER with loads of activities, and what could well be our biggest guest line-up to-date...

This time we're running the event to raise funds for Help A Local Child (formerly known as Cash For Kids) - a local children's charity founded by BRMB radio station - through a charity auction and raffle and any excess funds left over from the convention.

Help a Local Child was launched in 1994 with a commitment to helping the children and young people of the West Midlands, who experience the negative effects of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence, crime, illness and disability. There are many children in and around the Birmingham area who are carers for their own parents or who are indirect victims of domestic violence or suffer daily pain due to illness. In this world of glamour and gain, these are the children that BRMB want to help. Their focus is local fundraising, with all money raised being awarded locally and really benefiting our community. With the help and support of their listeners, local celebrities, corporate partners, volunteers, and their employees, the fundraising year on year will help more and more children in the area, enabling them to achieve dreams and ambitions they would never have thought possible.

Back to this year's convention and we're going to be having the usual mix of activities - plenty of dealers, video screenings, a bar or two(!), toy and art displays, competitions and guest talks. We're hoping to have our usual mix of UK comic guests including all of our "regulars", another voice actor (who we will announce as soon as possible) but this time we want to have the biggest guest line-up ever at a British Transformers convention!

In 2005 Auto Assembly was the biggest ever held in Europe with 409 fans attending and last year we had 400 attendees and we are confident that we're going to smash the European record next year. Every year we have a fantastic amount of interest for the convention with fans booking up from across Europe and as far afield as Australia and America!

We'll be producing another issue of our fanzine, The Cybertronian Times, producing another one of our infamous "goodie bags" with plenty of great free gifts including two more convention exclusive postcards, and much more!

Anyway, we hope to see many of you there next year and feel free to get in touch if you want to know more! There will be full information about next year's convention going on the website over the coming days and weeks and bookings will be open in the next week or so!

Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2008".

UPDATE:

The following announcement regarding their guests has been directly taken from their <a href="http://autoassembly.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=aa2008&action=display&thread=1195593728" target="_blank">board</a>.

"Things are moving along at a blinding pace already for Auto Assembly 2008! No sooner have we announced the convention, that we're now able to announce our first guest!

We are pleased to announce that once again we will be joined by comic artist Simon Williams who will be making his fourth appearance at Auto Assembly. Simon has recently started working for IDW on some of their Transformers titles and doing some work for SFX magazine and is hoping once again to work on one of our exclusive postcards.

Also joining us will be Lew Stringer. Lew's work will be known to fans of the original UK comics published by Marvel when Lew wrote and illustrated the "Combat Colin" backup strip that appeared in the comic. Lew will be making his first and long-awaited appearance at Auto Assembly in 2008!

As always, all of our guests will be appearing subject to work and personal commitments.

Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2008"

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:48 pm

Yes! See you there...

by **Jazzz** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:32 pm

lol. my browser cut off part of the title cause I'm using tabs.
Now it reads Auto Ass.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:11 am

Anyone bothering to check the forums before newsifying things? I've been posting details as Simon and Sven release them for the last couple of days.

http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... 23879&sid=

News Credits: 1093 · by **Alex Kingdom** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:25 pm

Christ! Thats a glaringly obvious thread too, how did that get missed.

As for attending, despite my lukewarm feelings towards the TF franchise right now I may well come along just to catch up with people such as yourself waaaaghlord, by Aug 08 it will have been a long time what with there not being a AA 07.

PS why hasn't this been locked yet, double post, double post!

Yours AK

by **Thyunda** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:09 pm

Jazzz wrote:lol. my browser cut off part of the title cause I'm using tabs.
Now it reads Auto Ass.

Mine reads Auto Asse.
I got the French version

News Credits: 1 · by **doomboy536** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:55 pm

waaaghlord told me about this a couple of days ago...Brits should come to the ODB thread for Brit news as it happens

I'll be going to this, should be cool

News Credits: 1093 · by **Alex Kingdom** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:56 am

ODB thread? isn't that the Unofficial Disgruntled Brits thread these days? HC founder of the ODB tells me the ODB don't live here no more, they live here instead.

Yours AK

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:00 am

Alex Kingdom wrote:ODB thread? isn't that the Unofficial Disgruntled Brits thread these days? HC founder of the ODB tells me the ODB don't live here no more, they live here instead.

Yours AK

There's still a few of us vets around to keep the new kids in line. Plus we dropped the pyrate thing that was going on for a while. You should drop by and get to know a few of the youngbloods AK.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:10 am

waaaaghlord wrote:
Alex Kingdom wrote:ODB thread? isn't that the Unofficial Disgruntled Brits thread these days? HC founder of the ODB tells me the ODB don't live here no more, they live here instead.

Yours AK

There's still a few of us vets around to keep the new kids in line. Plus we dropped the pyrate thing that was going on for a while. You should drop by and get to know a few of the youngbloods AK.

What we don't live here anymore?
Since wen, and why?

News Credits: 1093 · by **Alex Kingdom** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:36 am

Nah, Seibs ain't really for me no more, I only posted to see which of the old guard were coming to AA. You can find Myself, High_Command, Shin, Whisper, Big Grim, Mob and so on at http://www.thetaverntable.com there's a thread concerning who's going to AA'08 here if you interested.

Edit: Also I wouldn't know where to drop by, I just looked for the ODB thread in the toys forum and couldn't find it. Ah well see you guys at AA'08 I hope

Yours AK

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:45 am

Getting back on topic the confirmed number of guests for AA is now up to five with the addition of Geoff Senior.

News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:47 am

Yes i'm going hopefully i haven't beento anythig good in ages.

by **cyber jam** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:05 am

i REALLY want 2 go
lets hope i can go

News Credits: 1 · by **doomboy536** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:01 am

I'm thinking of volunteering to help out at AA - has anyone ever done this, and if so what's it like?

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:58 am

Just had an email from Simon and Sven with some more guest details. Still no word as to who the voice actor will be this year but Mr Furman is now confirmed, a name that has been conspicuous in it's absence from the list so far.

Even though we only confirmed the venue last week and announced Auto Assembly 2008 a week ago, we've already confirmed no fewer that SEVEN guests for next year. Joining us once again are regulars Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Simon Williams and Geoff Senior, and making their debut are artists Staz Johnson, and Lew Stringer, and colourist Liam Shalloo!! Not Satisfied with those? Well we're still waiting to hear from a LOT more including a Transformers actor to be our guest of honour so watch this space!

News Credits: 1093 · by **Alex Kingdom** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:16 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:Mr Furman is now confirmed, a name that has been conspicuous in it's absence from the list so far

I assumed it was a given, I mean seriously when did he not turn up to AA? :grin:

Yours AK

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:43 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:Just had an email from Simon and Sven with some more guest details. Still no word as to who the voice actor will be this year but Mr Furman is now confirmed, a name that has been conspicuous in it's absence from the list so far.

Even though we only confirmed the venue last week and announced Auto Assembly 2008 a week ago, we've already confirmed no fewer that SEVEN guests for next year. Joining us once again are regulars Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Simon Williams and Geoff Senior, and making their debut are artists Staz Johnson, and Lew Stringer, and colourist Liam Shalloo!! Not Satisfied with those? Well we're still waiting to hear from a LOT more including a Transformers actor to be our guest of honour so watch this space!

Ah more with marker ruined comic covers for me! :grin: