Auto Assembly 2015 Guest Update - Jim Sorenson
Friday, May 29th, 2015 12:52PM CDT
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In our final year, team Auto Assembly is delighted to welcome back one of our favourite Matrix-bearers, the irreplaceable Jim Sorenson!
Jim has penned some of our fandom’s most beloved including the much lauded “Transformers Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging” and the fan favourite “Transformers Animated: The Complete Allspark Almanac”. Most recently he has been working for the Official Transformers Collector’s Club on the “Beast Wars: Uprising” series.
Be sure to have your copies to hand if you want to get them signed by this almighty author at the final AA – it’ll be one for the history books! (see what we did there… author… books… yeah we’ll keep working on the gags).
If you haven’t already registered for the convention, you can book now for Auto Assembly 2015 which is taking place over the weekend of 21st – 23rd August 2015 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England at our Ticket Bookings Page.
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Posted by Va'al on June 4th, 2015 @ 4:16pm CDT
Auto Assembly Commission requests
Hello,
As you may have heard, I’ll be a guest artist at Auto Assembly in Birmingham, UK August. (Sadly, the very last one!)
As with most shows, I’ll be taking a certain amount of sketch requests ahead of time. (I would prefer receiving payment ahead of time through paypal if possible.)
Prices:
B&W
£20 Head sketch on 22.86cm x 30.48cm
£50 Bust on 27.94cm x 35.56cm
£80 Full Body on 27.94cm x 35.56cm (£120 for combiners)
£30-80 Sketch cover, depending on what you want on it.
Color
£10 extra per piece
If you want to order a sketch ahead of time, please email me at glovestudios@gmail.com with the following:
- Your name, or what you preferred to go by.
- Size
- Head/Bust/Full Body, etc…
- Character
- Days you will be at the show so I know when it needs done by if I get backed up.
Originals
Also, I have a good amount of original pages from various Transformers comics. If you are interested in any covers or pages, let me know and I’ll see if I have it available for sale.
Posted by Va'al on June 4th, 2015 @ 4:17pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 5th, 2015 @ 7:26am CDT
We are immeasurably pleased to announce that Transformers comic Artist Alex Milne will be joining us for our final Auto Assembly celebration in August 2015!
Most loved for his work alongside writer (and fellow AA Guest) James Roberts on the fan-favourite comic series; Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Alex recently set the fandom ablaze by revealing five new female Transformer designs in the form of Firestar, Javelin, Proxima, Velocity and Roadmaster.
If you want to hear what went into their creation, order a sketch, or just say hi to Alex, be sure to grab your ticket for Auto Assembly 2015 – Europe’s Largest Transformers Convention – whilst they are still available! You can book for the convention, which is taking place over the weekend of 21st – 23rd August 2015 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England over at our Auto Assembly 2015 Ticket Bookings page.
Posted by Demonology7789 on June 5th, 2015 @ 9:17am CDT
Posted by Munkky on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:37am CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 15th, 2015 @ 12:15pm CDT
Legendary Transformers comic writer, Simon Furman, has something rather special in store for fans attending Auto Assembly 2015 as he is bringing an extra special panel to the convention that will be taking place in one of our Alternative Programme rooms over the weekend.
The special panel, Transformers: the Fall of Dreamwave… the Rise of IDW will see Simon Furman introducing a very special visual tour through the last days of Dreamwave and the early days of the IDW-verse, featuring rare and unseen art from unpublished issues and behind-the-scenes design work by a host of talented artists, including Alex Milne, Don Figueroa, EJ Su, Joe Ng and more. Provisionally scheduled to take place early on the Sunday afternoon (although this may be subject to change) seating is limited to around 50 people for this rather special panel.
Please note that photography or filming is not permitted during this panel.
Posted by Mkall on July 15th, 2015 @ 1:15pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 15th, 2015 @ 1:33pm CDT
Mkall wrote:The Dreamwave portion will be very interesting to hear a summary on.
Very much so. There was some interesting stuff mentioned by James Raiz in our interview with him all that time ago, but I will do my best to keep an ear (and probably fingers/Twitter) ready for the panel.
Posted by Thadicon on July 15th, 2015 @ 4:58pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Mkall wrote:The Dreamwave portion will be very interesting to hear a summary on.
Very much so. There was some interesting stuff mentioned by James Raiz in our interview with him all that time ago, but I will do my best to keep an ear (and probably fingers/Twitter) ready for the panel.
Is that interview here on Seibertron somewhere Va'al?
I think everyone likes a little information about Dreamwave every so often whether its abut the comics themselves or about he-who-shall-not-be-named.
Posted by Va'al on July 16th, 2015 @ 5:07am CDT
Thadicon wrote:Va'al wrote:Mkall wrote:The Dreamwave portion will be very interesting to hear a summary on.
Very much so. There was some interesting stuff mentioned by James Raiz in our interview with him all that time ago, but I will do my best to keep an ear (and probably fingers/Twitter) ready for the panel.
Is that interview here on Seibertron somewhere Va'al?
I think everyone likes a little information about Dreamwave every so often whether its abut the comics themselves or about he-who-shall-not-be-named.
It is! I thought I had linked it in the post: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... aiz/28139/
Posted by Thadicon on July 16th, 2015 @ 11:32pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Thadicon wrote:Va'al wrote:Mkall wrote:The Dreamwave portion will be very interesting to hear a summary on.
Very much so. There was some interesting stuff mentioned by James Raiz in our interview with him all that time ago, but I will do my best to keep an ear (and probably fingers/Twitter) ready for the panel.
Is that interview here on Seibertron somewhere Va'al?
I think everyone likes a little information about Dreamwave every so often whether its abut the comics themselves or about he-who-shall-not-be-named.
It is! I thought I had linked it in the post: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... aiz/28139/
That was a pretty good interview a very good read.
Posted by Va'al on July 27th, 2015 @ 1:41pm CDT
While Auto Assembly is taking it’s final bow, we realise the Transformers brand moves ever onward, with new stories, characters and creative artists. It’s fitting therefore, that our latest guest announcement is for one of the brightest new stars in TF art. We are delighted to announce the appearance of the amazing Miss Kei Zama.
Miss Zama will be familiar to many of you through her fan art collaborations, and stunning commission work, under the moniker of GOLBY2, and this has lead to her official work for IDW’s Transformers, providing the RI covers for MTMTE, TF and Windblade in September. We are confident she will only go forward, from there!
While here, Kei will be selling her sketchbook, prints and be taking commissions. Due to the following she has through the fandom, it is worth getting your request in early. To request a commission, go to Kei’s Twitter and Tumblr pages, where a price list will shortly be published, or you can email her at golbyrainbow@gmail.com
Kei is making her first journey over here, from Japan, for Auto Assembly and admits she is still picking up English. However, she cannot wait to join us and, in between her stunning work, her admitted love for Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors and all things 2000AD and her excitement for Wreckers, we think she will feel right at home.
Kei’s Deviantart: http://golby2.deviantart.com/
Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Golby_mkII
If you haven’t already registered for the convention, you can book now for Auto Assembly 2015 which is taking place over the weekend of 21st – 23rd August 2015 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England.
Posted by griftimus prime on July 27th, 2015 @ 2:38pm CDT
Posted by Alpha Dominus on July 27th, 2015 @ 9:45pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 28th, 2015 @ 3:28pm CDT
Announces returning guest:
It's Peter Spellos!
It’s not very often that voice actors make a return appearance at Auto Assembly. Not because we don’t want to see many of our guests come back but with a limited budget for voice actors for the convention we tend to focus on bringing actors to Auto Assembly who haven’t visited the event before so it’s rare that actors make return appearances and if they do it’s not usually for a few years. However, something rather unusual has happened for Auto Assembly 2015 and some may say that it’s something rather fishy…
In 2014 we were joined by Peter Spellos, the voice of Skybyte from Robots In Disguise. Peter made an incredible impact on all of the fans who were in attendance to the extent that immediately after the event we were asked by hundreds of people to bring him back to this year’s convention – the enthusiasm to see his return was unprecedented and something we hadn’t seen before in Auto Assembly’s 15-year history. Unfortunately as we had already booked our two guests of honour for this year’s event we weren’t able to do this but it was clear that there was an incredible amount of affection for Peter and the fans wanted to see him back. But this affection and desire to see his return ran a lot deeper than anyone could have ever imagined…
This desire to see Peter’s return has now become a reality as we are now proud to confirm that – thanks to a massive collaborative effort – Peter Spellos IS making a return to Auto Assembly 2015 as our third guest of honour at the last ever Auto Assembly convention! Peter’s appearance has been made possible because of the determination of the Transformers fan community pulling together and showing how much they wanted to see Peter return to the event and I can’t thank the community enough for making this possible.
Peter’s flight has been provided by the Auto Assembly team themselves in a collective effort and I can’t thank all of them enough for their efforts and generosity here. Peter’s additional travel costs and other expenses relating to the convention are being covered thanks to the incredible fundraiser that had been organised on Facebook by Jamie Harris on The Sharkiest Of Sharks page and I have got to give my heartfelt thanks to all of the amazing fans who have contributed to this. Jamie is also very kindly sponsoring the Skybyte postcard (featuring artwork from Ed Pirrie) that all of you will be receiving at the convention.
Finally, as a convention, we have managed to secure accommodation for Peter in the Hilton to make sure that he will be able to be with us all weekend, enjoying whiskey and ice cream with all of you and as with last year he’ll be taking to the stage for a Q&A Panel, joining Sumalee Montano and James Horan for our script reading and signing autographs throughout the weekend.
I can’t thank everyone enough for making this happen and for helping to bring everyone’s favourite shark back home to all of us here at Auto Assembly next month. It’s going to be a blast!
Posted by Va'al on August 5th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
Attending Auto Assembly but never before been to Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show???
As a little taster on what is available at Roll Out Roll Call we have organised a range of BotCon (Official) show exclusives to be available at Auto Assembly. Roll Out Roll Call would like to thank the Transformers Collectors' Club (Official) in helping make this available to Auto Assembly attendees.
Posted by megatronus on August 5th, 2015 @ 1:14pm CDT
Posted by Munkky on August 5th, 2015 @ 1:45pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Three major events, the official US-based BotCon, and the two UK one Auto Assembly and Roll Out Roll Call, have partnered up to bring fans this side of the ocean the BotCon exclusives from this year's convention! Yes indeed, if you're into your G2, Diaclone, Waruder and Kre-O sets, you have a chance of purchasing these directly at Auto Assembly at the end of August - all thanks to the organisers over at Roll Out Roll Call. Check out their message and images below, and stroll through the Seibertron.com galleries here to check out the figures.Attending Auto Assembly but never before been to Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show???
As a little taster on what is available at Roll Out Roll Call we have organised a range of BotCon (Official) show exclusives to be available at Auto Assembly. Roll Out Roll Call would like to thank the Transformers Collectors' Club (Official) in helping make this available to Auto Assembly attendees.
I know virtually nothing about Diaclone, but at £60 per pair I will admit Lift-Ticket and Burnout are tempting.
Posted by Rated X on August 5th, 2015 @ 2:23pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 5th, 2015 @ 3:33pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on August 6th, 2015 @ 1:36am CDT
Really, it's a good business plan, if Botcon plays Distributor to other venues. It also allows for Hasbro to stab the beast that Third Party Exclusives have created amongst regional shows without stretching Hasbro's resposibilities directly. What venue us gonna turn down offical molds over a Third Party, really? It's bad form businesswise. Yeah, youcan make the "For the Fans buying this" argument, but it's shooting themselves in the foot, professionally. Way to go, Pete & Co.
I wonder why though, if there was a European intention, why they didn't o the European Black Tracks, unless Hasbro said No to the Mould.
I EXPECT PODCAST DISCUSSION
And to the product itself, I really want to get the Diaclone set. So more availability is good. Those prices seem fair. The last time I bought soething, the Euro was about 1.5, (Germay, though, not UK) so unless I'm wrong, that's 70 some-odd reasonable.
Posted by megatronus on August 6th, 2015 @ 9:04am CDT
Flashwave wrote:With everyone calling this "Extra Stock", I wonder if the Club didn't ust plan this? Woulda been nice if they'd said something, although that does undersell themselves. I can't see them having this much bonus product by mistake.
Really, it's a good business plan, if Botcon plays Distributor to other venues. It also allows for Hasbro to stab the beast that Third Party Exclusives have created amongst regional shows without stretching Hasbro's resposibilities directly. What venue us gonna turn down offical molds over a Third Party, really? It's bad form businesswise. Yeah, youcan make the "For the Fans buying this" argument, but it's shooting themselves in the foot, professionally. Way to go, Pete & Co.
I wonder why though, if there was a European intention, why they didn't o the European Black Tracks, unless Hasbro said No to the Mould.
While the Club may have planned to partner with the UK conventions, this remains unclear. What is know is this was the first year the attendee exclusives did not sell out at the show. People reported seeing pallets of unsold product leaving the Botcon hotel, and I highly doubt that surplus was intentional.
Flashwave wrote:I EXPECT PODCAST DISCUSSION
You can always ask the Twincast, here.
Posted by Flashwave on August 6th, 2015 @ 12:14pm CDT
thats interesting, then. So they either brought ALL of the product with them, or this was a big ol' dud? I'll have to go back to the Podcast where you guys talked about the figures...megatronus wrote:involved.Flashwave wrote:With everyone calling this "Extra Stock", I wonder if the Club didn't ust plan this? Woulda been nice if they'd said something, although that does undersell themselves. I can't see them having this much bonus product by mistake.
Really, it's a good business plan, if Botcon plays Distributor to other venues. It also allows for Hasbro to stab the beast that Third Party Exclusives have created amongst regional shows without stretching Hasbro's resposibilities directly. What venue us gonna turn down offical molds over a Third Party, really? It's bad form businesswise. Yeah, youcan make the "For the Fans buying this" argument, but it's shooting themselves in the foot, professionally. Way to go, Pete & Co.
I wonder why though, if there was a European intention, why they didn't o the European Black Tracks, unless Hasbro said No to the Mould.
While the Club may have planned to partner with the UK conventions, this remains unclear. What is know is this was the first year the attendee exclusives did not sell out at the show. People reported seeing pallets of unsold product leaving the Botcon hotel, and I highly doubt that surplus was intentional.Flashwave wrote:I EXPECT PODCAST DISCUSSION
You can always ask the Twincast, here.
I havent gt a wuestiin for TC, i just think that the lot of you could speculate real gud .
God I wiah I had the time to get
Posted by Va'al on August 11th, 2015 @ 5:00pm CDT
AA print WIP
Posted by mooncake623 on August 14th, 2015 @ 3:21pm CDT
Lighting the Darkest Hour
£30.00
A limited edition print by Andrew Wildman and Jason Cardy.
This print is a reimagining of an Andrew Wildman poster that appeared in the UK Transformers Comic in 1991. Small changes to the featured cast have been made to best reflect the entire G1 Transformers storyline that concluded with the series, Transformers Regeneration One.
The Print is 840x480mm and printed on high quality 250gsm silk stock.
This edition is limited to a run of 200 prints. All prints are numbered and signed by the artists. Numbering of prints will be on a first come first served basis starting at 2/200
ATTENTION: At this stage orders can ONLY be placed by those attending the AutoAssembly convention. Bring your receipts with you to collect your print.
Print 1/200 will be auctioned on eBay by Draw the World Together to raise funds for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Posted by steve2275 on August 15th, 2015 @ 3:04am CDT
Posted by steve2275 on August 15th, 2015 @ 3:05am CDT
damn double post
Posted by BumbleDouche on August 15th, 2015 @ 5:37am CDT
steve2275 wrote:who's on the top left?
Looks like Nightbeat to me.
Posted by Prime Nova on August 15th, 2015 @ 7:40am CDT
Posted by hinomars19 on August 20th, 2015 @ 4:51pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 21st, 2015 @ 12:37am CDT
And this guy may be pinned/attached to me somehow:
Posted by hinomars19 on August 24th, 2015 @ 10:53am CDT
Va'al wrote:Red staff t-shirt! Mostly running around the AV desk in main hall, short short hair, probably smiling like an idiot a lot.
And this guy may be pinned/attached to me somehow:
Dammit! I probably laid eyes on you and never knew it >__<
Posted by Va'al on August 24th, 2015 @ 11:30am CDT
HAULAGE was small, but appropriately awesome.
Posted by Syn_13 on August 24th, 2015 @ 2:47pm CDT
Va'al wrote:I was behind them screens all weekend. Shame on you.
HAULAGE was small, but appropriately awesome.
Had a great time at AA, it was a pleasure to meet you, Alex. Loving the art! Alpha Bravo, FTW.
Posted by hinomars19 on August 24th, 2015 @ 4:32pm CDT
Va'al wrote:I was behind them screens all weekend. Shame on you.
HAULAGE was small, but appropriately awesome.
yeah...w-well...you didn't recognise my hat,... so double same on you
I see you got a commission from Kei san. She was awesome cool, weren't she? I gave her my best attempt at Japanese and she was a very friendly and responsive person.
My haulage was my CW 'never to be released in the UK by Has-stupid pants-bro wave 2' Stunticons, CW Magnus and Rook. A signed comic from Mr Furman, and the best bit-the script for MTMTE #22 from the awesome James Roberts. Not sure if that beats the handshake, though...
Mr.Spellos really is one awesome man, too.
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on August 26th, 2015 @ 6:56pm CDT
Va'al wrote:I was behind them screens all weekend. Shame on you.
HAULAGE was small, but appropriately awesome.
Nice. I would've brought home a giant bag full of Transformers. I still haven't gotten around to buy a binder for all the prints I bought at this and last year's Comic Con.
Posted by Va'al on September 1st, 2015 @ 7:34am CDT
HEADS UP: The link to the two auctions for the signed prints are here;
For Print 0/200 go to https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F171907839687%3F
For Print 1/200 go to https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F171907840828%3F
Those links are for the UK eBay site. If you want to find them on the US eBay site or any others do a search for 'Signed Limited Edition Transformers lithographic print' it will list them both.
Both of the prints in the auction are signed by all the attending guests at this years AutoAssembly.
Thanks to one and all.
ALL proceeds to Make-A-Wish UK
Good luck
Posted by fenrir72 on September 1st, 2015 @ 10:38am CDT
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on September 1st, 2015 @ 1:12pm CDT
Just on a side note, even though I'm an Autobot, I have to compliment the Decepticons on how badass most of them are, in contrast with most of the Autobots. Us wreckers are meant to make up for the "badassness".