Auto Assembly 2015 Update - BotCon Exclusives to Be Available at UK Event

Great for UK fans! The Club must have really had a ton of stock left over...

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.

Well thats one way for funpub to liquidate tons of extra stock without slashing prices. UK people are always complaining about import fees so I guess this works for them. Though this proves theres gotta be a loophole to the system. Im sure funpub wouldnt send a s**t load of figures overseas if there was no money to be made by all parties involved in the transaction. I doubt they smuggled 2 pallets of plastic crack in the hull of a ship.

Well the Diaclone homages are kinda neat and the General Optimus Prime is probably the best that poor mold has ever looked (outside of the awesome work of customisers I've seen here)

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.

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.

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.

megatronus wrote:

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.

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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.

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...

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

Can you smell what The Roche is cookin'?


AA print WIP

Andrew Wildman posted on his site that his limited edition print "Lighting the Darkest Hour" he did with Jason Cardy, is available for order for those attending Auto Asssembly! Limited to only 200 prints at this point that is the only way this print can be attained!

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.

who's on the top left?

d d p
damn double post

steve2275 wrote:who's on the top left?

Looks like Nightbeat to me.

Nightbeat, Kup, Prowl, Wheeljack - Grimlock replaces Fangry from the original drawing which was based on the start of Unicron attack before Grimlock got back on Cybertron.

So which of my fellow seibertronian's are going to be there? I don't know any of you in person...but err, I'll be wearing a black Optimus tee and a black fedora.

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:

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 >__<

I was behind them screens all weekend. Shame on you.

HAULAGE was small, but appropriately awesome.

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.

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.

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.

Want to own a piece of European Transformers history? Artist Andrew Wildman has put up for auction two limited edition prints by himself and Jason Cardy, which also feature the autographs of all the guests and professionals attending the record-breaking, last ever Auto Assembly (2015). Kick the nostalgia shins with one of the two prints, and feel even better for it as all proceeds go to charity organisation Make A Wish UK!

HEADS UP: The link to the two auctions for the signed prints are here;
For Print 0/200 go to http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171907839687?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
For Print 1/200 go to http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171907840828?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

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

What a job! Just like Nick Roche, DonFig etc.......you enjoy your work/love your hobby and you get paid for it. Not to mention you help charity. Maybe there is hope in this world!

That's one badass painting of Unicron.

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".