BotCon 2015 Registration Reminder, Artist Alley and More
Thursday, June 4th, 2015 2:59PM CDT
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Also, for those attending as General Admission, we are happy to announce that the first 100 kids (12 and under) will receive a FREE deluxe Transformers toy with their paid admission.
For those planning on attending as a registered attendee, please note that registration ends this Friday. So if you have not signed up for an attending package make sure to do that today!
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Posted by HammerOfThor on June 4th, 2015 @ 3:32pm CDT
Va'al wrote:With one day left to register for BotCon 2015, we want to make sure that all interested parties are fully aware of what awaits at the St Charles event this July! We have rounded up some further pieces from official BotCon information that may have slipped the net below, plus a small showcase of the Artist Alley present at the convention. Once you've feasted you eyes, head here to register!
July?! Was there a delay?
Posted by It Is Him on June 5th, 2015 @ 6:45am CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 5th, 2015 @ 11:07am CDT
Also included below is an email from the organisers, concerning the Welker and Non-Attending packages, attempting to smooth out some further wrinkles in the online system.
We are excited to announce that at the BotCon 2015 Saturday Night Awards Dinner and Auction, the Transformers 2015 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will also be included in the nights festivities. Fans at BotCon will be first to see which character, combiner and musical act will be added to the Transformers Hall of Fame. And as a VERY special treat, Hasbro will also be inducting a human to the Hall of Fame for 2015. This legendary actor has been part of the Transformers brand since the very start. You will NOT want to miss this event! To register for BotCon 2015, please be sure to do that here: http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/bc15register.cfm
Today is the last day for BotCon registration for ATTENDING packages.
Registration closes at 5 pm Central Time.
If you need an ATTENDING package and you are still getting non-member pricing (limited number of accounts), go ahead and process your package and send us an email so we know to process a credit. The credits won't be processed until next week.
Some of our NON-ATTENDING members are also having an issue getting the member pricing. For you, after we close ATTENDING registration today, we will move the NON-ATTENDING packages to the club store. If you are getting non-member pricing and need a NON-ATTENDING package, check the Club store tomorrow and you can order the NON-ATTENDING sets there.
PLEASE note that the store has no way to limit the loose sets to a 1:1 (must purchase box set to get loose set), but every order will be reviewed by admin for compliance.
All remaining T-shirts, assembled unpainted class figures and hats will go to the show. If there are any left, we will put them in the store after BotCon.
Thank you for all of your support and patience as we have worked through these issues.
See you in St. Charles!
Posted by Sabrblade on June 5th, 2015 @ 11:19am CDT
You know, I bet it's Michael Bell. A surprise, unannounced appearance from Michael Bell. That's why they got him to voice High Tide in Rescue Bots, so that he could make a comeback to the brand just in time to receive this honor. It all makes sense now.
Mmhmm, it's totally Michael Bell. I can't think of anyone else who'd possibly receive such an honor at the event. I wonder if Frank Welker would get to shake Bell's hand as he heads up to the stage.
In fact, Welker should host the event. They should totally have Frank Welker host the Hall of Fame event, just so he can personally hand Michael Bell the Hall of Fame trophy once Bell makes his surprise, unannounced appearance and comes up onto stage to give his victory speech. Wouldn't that be a sight to behold.
I mean, why else would they go to such trouble to get Frank Welker to come to this year's BotCon? Surely it's so that Frank Welker could host the Hall of Fame event and present the secretly-invited Michael Bell with a Hall of Fame trophy. It will truly be a moment of beauty and emotion.
*smacks chest* Gets me right here just thinking of it. *wipes tear from his eye*
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on June 5th, 2015 @ 3:30pm CDT
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Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 5th, 2015 @ 5:25pm CDT
Posted by reluttr on June 7th, 2015 @ 1:47am CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:AKA: People are canceling their reservations
I don't blame them. The yelp reviews are pretty bad. XD
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 7th, 2015 @ 7:50am CDT
reluttr wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:AKA: People are canceling their reservations
I don't blame them. The yelp reviews are pretty bad. XD
Not surprising after the sh*thole they put us in in 2013
Posted by Pete@BotCon on June 7th, 2015 @ 11:18am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 7th, 2015 @ 10:54pm CDT
Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
People are also canceling their reservations, so actually yes.
Posted by Genericon #378 on June 8th, 2015 @ 1:56pm CDT
Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Posted by ScottyP on June 8th, 2015 @ 2:30pm CDT
Genericon #378 wrote:Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Trend the past several years has been that you'll see the attendee "freebie" Wednesday after folks have picked up their packages, and the rest on Thursday when the club store opens.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 8th, 2015 @ 10:26pm CDT
Registration package pick up is on Thursday, so Wednesday shouldn't have figures shown.ScottyP wrote:Genericon #378 wrote:Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Trend the past several years has been that you'll see the attendee "freebie" Wednesday after folks have picked up their packages, and the rest on Thursday when the club store opens.
Unless you meant from the Golden Ticket people.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 8th, 2015 @ 10:45pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 10th, 2015 @ 5:59am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2015 @ 6:49am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 7:55am CDT
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 10th, 2015 @ 8:53am CDT
The fail is strong in this print.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2015 @ 9:17am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 9:23am CDT
primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:23am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2015 @ 11:43am CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Its a homage to the title screen to Japans transformers animated. Hence the cartoonyness.
Well that makes sense. I detest Animated's 'style'.
I dunno, drawn like this it doesn't look like they're capable of actually wrecking anything. Poor neutered wreckers. I miss the days where everything didn't get cutesified all to hell. Seen shelves full of those crappy Funko pop figures that have barely left any franchise alone...
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 12:26pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Its a homage to the title screen to Japans transformers animated. Hence the cartoonyness.
Well that makes sense. I detest Animated's 'style'.
I dunno, drawn like this it doesn't look like they're capable of actually wrecking anything. Poor neutered wreckers. I miss the days where everything didn't get cutesified all to hell. Seen shelves full of those crappy Funko pop figures that have barely left any franchise alone...
While I agree, it's because people buy them. Like in droves. If they weren't so successful they wouldn't make them. If you have a problem, blame the insipid obsessive fans, not the companies.
Personal rant: I think the availability of geek culture is actually gonna kill it. I mean now this stuff is everywhere and starting to get obnoxious. I know people love content but as an older fan, remember when you'd seen something Star Wars and it was special? And that was a franchise that started the marketing machine. But now, it's over saturation. /end rant.
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 10th, 2015 @ 12:53pm CDT
anyway, this is the Wreckers print i'd like to purchase. lifted from the deviantart page of the same artist as the above print.
ugh.. so freakin badass
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 1:06pm CDT
Jack Hallows wrote:i can relate to the feelings of annoyance at how everything is becomin my little ponyish. i mean damn. Tranformers are basically a race of beings whose underlying purpose is to slaughter one another over energy to power themselves and their planet, which was drained of said energy due to stated slaughter of one another... and now they're all qt-fied while doin it. haha..
anyway, this is the Wreckers print i'd like to purchase. lifted from the deviantart page of the same artist as the above print.
ugh.. so freakin badass
Yeah, but I should say that I don't think the print that we were talking about was actually cute. It reminds me of the art style in the picture you submitted. Very Roche.
However, yeah, i think too much cute can derail the Point of the story.
Posted by BlueBefore on June 10th, 2015 @ 4:51pm CDT
To be fair Grimlock personality wise is probably a better fit for Barney. I don't think he was talking about Grimlock himself being an homage that would be impossible due to Grimlock's age. Though I am pretty sure Grimlock was Godzilla inspired. Given BWM's age it's possible that the makers of the show were having a little fun though it's probably a coincidenceOptimizzy wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 5:28pm CDT
BlueBefore wrote:To be fair Grimlock personality wise is probably a better fit for Barney. I don't think he was talking about Grimlock himself being an homage that would be impossible due to Grimlock's age. Though I am pretty sure Grimlock was Godzilla inspired. Given BWM's age it's possible that the makers of the show were having a little fun though it's probably a coincidenceOptimizzy wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
I was joking cause they are both purple.
Also: Grimlock based on Godzilla? He looks pretty much like every drawing of a trex in the 80s. Now trypticon as Godzilla, yes.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:14pm CDT
The art style itself, however, is just Josh Burcham's own personal art style that he uses in his works, like these:
All of these are in the same art style as the Wrecker art, and is far from resembling the traditional look of Transformers Animated.
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:52pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I think some of you might be a bit confused about what in particular about this artwork is meant to be homaging the Japanese Animated intro. It's not the art style that's an Animated homage, but the layout of the picture. The way everyone's all lined up in heroic yet fun-loving poses standing atop the slanted text while set against a background of a partially-visible planet in space. THAT's the Animated homage.
The art style itself, however, is just Josh Burcham's own personal art style that he uses in his works, like these:
All of these are in the same art style as the Wrecker art, and is far from resembling the traditional look of Transformers Animated.
Sigh. Thank you saberblade, you have once again set us all straight.
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:21am CDT
take on these guys:
i shudder at the thought.
Posted by ScottyP on June 11th, 2015 @ 9:21am CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2015 @ 12:54pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2015 @ 1:28pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:14pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:YES! Matt Frank gets Deszaras! He wasn't a dragon in Victory, but a kaiju. A bird-based kaiju!
Flamefeather WISHES he could look this rad.
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Are that head and that body compatible, though? And would there be enough clearance room on the Darksteel body for Bakudora's horns to allow the head to be stored away in beast mode?Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
Posted by Shuttershock on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
Careful. FunPub might be listening.
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 3:12pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Are that head and that body compatible, though? And would there be enough clearance room on the Darksteel body for Bakudora's horns to allow the head to be stored away in beast mode?Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
I wish I had them out of storage so I could check. Was hoping for a gaudy G2 Flamefeather out of the US version to go with Botcon Cindersaur. He needs a friend. Finish the trio with Sparkstalker out of Lazerback.
Posted by LE0KING on June 11th, 2015 @ 3:55pm CDT
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 4:00pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 11th, 2015 @ 6:24pm CDT
Posted by grimlockprime108 on June 11th, 2015 @ 7:52pm CDT
g2 flamefeather custom by yours truly
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:11pm CDT
Posted by padfoo on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:28pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Another couple of print additions to the BotCon 2015 Artist Alley comes from the dream(y) team of IDW regular cover artist Casey Coller and colourist/writer John-Paul Bove, featuring both a newcomer and a mainstay of the Transformers cast. Check out the mirrored images below of the two prints they will have available at the event, featuring Blurr (in honour of guest John Moschitta Jr, voice actor for the character) and savant Camien Nautica from MTMTE!
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Looking good Nautica!
Posted by Optimizzy on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:39pm CDT
padfoo wrote:Va'al wrote:Another couple of print additions to the BotCon 2015 Artist Alley comes from the dream(y) team of IDW regular cover artist Casey Coller and colourist/writer John-Paul Bove, featuring both a newcomer and a mainstay of the Transformers cast. Check out the mirrored images below of the two prints they will have available at the event, featuring Blurr (in honour of guest John Moschitta Jr, voice actor for the character) and savant Camien Nautica from MTMTE!
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Looking good Nautica!
That is one sexy sexy mechanical construct. You know, thinking about the argument about gender in transformers, they have really always had gender. I mean they all sounded like men right? Had they all looked like Whirl or maybe Obsidian then I'd think they were gender less robots but really I think they always had gender so, having females seems like a forgone conclusion. At least too me.
SOAPBOX!
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:51pm CDT
grimlockprime108 wrote:http://s87.photobucket.com/user/GRIMLOCKPRIME108/media/MY%20CUSTOMS/customs019_zps6249937e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=28
g2 flamefeather custom by yours truly
Sweeeeeeeeet!!!!
Posted by TGS1985 on June 12th, 2015 @ 10:57am CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Looking good Nautica!
That is one sexy sexy mechanical construct. You know, thinking about the argument about gender in transformers, they have really always had gender. I mean they all sounded like men right? Had they all looked like Whirl or maybe Obsidian then I'd think they were gender less robots but really I think they always had gender so, having females seems like a forgone conclusion. At least too me.
SOAPBOX! [/quote]
Not to mention the fact that Whirl's holo-avatar is this helps your argument.
Still, when I read Whirl he sounds like a wiseguy to me, like a young Steve Buscemi.
Posted by Va'al on June 12th, 2015 @ 2:03pm CDT
Check out below three examples of the art deco inspired propaganda prints featuring Optimus Prime, the Seekers, and Soundwave, and make sure to pick one or all of them up next weekend, and take a look at the new addition to the previous Nautica and Blurr announcements.