Botcon 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky April 7 - 10, 2016
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Botcon 2016 will take place from April 7th through April 10th, 2016 at the historic Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. The full text of the press release follows:
Botcon wrote:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BotCon 2016 to be held in the beautiful waterfront city
of Louisville, Kentucky April 7-April 10
Fort Worth, TX – September 4, 2015 – BotCon, the officially licensed Collectors’ Convention for Hasbro’s legendary TRANSFORMERS brand, announced today that next year’s award-winning convention will be held at the historic Galt House, a waterfront hotel right in the heart of downtown Louisville, April 7 thru April 10. In 2016, fans from across the world will be able to celebrate another exciting year of the TRANSFORMERS brand at North America’s largest TRANSFORMERS fan convention! You can make your hotel reservations now at BotCon.com.
In the coming weeks, fans and collectors will be able to register for BotCon 2016 through the BotCon.com online registration system. Fans and collectors who register for BotCon as a Primus package holder will receive a five-figure TRANSFORMERS convention set, admission to the Friday private sales room experience, priority seating at all panels and seminars throughout the weekend and admittance to the Saturday night Casino Night and Awards party. Finally, Primus package attendees will also receive a special bonus TRANSFORMERS figure to go along with their convention box set. General Admission for non-registered guests will be available on Saturday and Sunday only.
For all the information regarding the BotCon show activities, hotel updates and the exclusive figure offerings, remember to stay tuned to BotCon.com.
About Hasbro
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About Fun Publications
For 20 years, Fun Publications, Inc. has been a Hasbro licensee offering fans and collectors of pop culture memorabilia news, exclusive product and family events through different print offerings, websites, collector clubs and brand specific conventions such as GIJoeCon and BotCon. Located in Fort Worth Texas, Fun Publications reaches a large audience, serving the United States and many other countries such as Japan, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia and Canada. For more information visit TransformersClub.com, GIJoeClub.com, GIJoeCon.com, and BotCon.com. BotCon is a registered trademark of Fun Publications, Inc. © 2015 Fun Publications, Inc. All rights reserved
As you can see from the release, hotel reservations are available now. We'll see you all in Kentucky, and keep it right here at Seibertron for all the latest news on Botcon!
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Posted by Sabrblade on September 4th, 2015 @ 5:19pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on September 4th, 2015 @ 5:29pm CDT
As expensive as the summer can get, the timing is very welcome, imo.Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 4th, 2015 @ 5:36pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on September 4th, 2015 @ 6:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
There hasn't been an April Botcon in quite a while.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 4th, 2015 @ 6:03pm CDT
That was a good thing that we haven't.Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
There hasn't been an April Botcon in quite a while.
Keeping it in the summer prevents BotCon from interfering with Spring semesters.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 4th, 2015 @ 6:18pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That was a good thing that we haven't.Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
There hasn't been an April Botcon in quite a while.
Keeping it in the summer prevents BotCon from interfering with Spring semesters.
from a marketing perspective, it's better to have it in April so that people don't get distracted from botcon by the other Summer cons.
Posted by Mkall on September 4th, 2015 @ 6:34pm CDT
Posted by Railbomb on September 4th, 2015 @ 6:57pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on September 4th, 2015 @ 7:00pm CDT
Hopefully I can use my connections to get me in...
Posted by Seibertron on September 4th, 2015 @ 8:13pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That was a good thing that we haven't.Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
There hasn't been an April Botcon in quite a while.
Keeping it in the summer prevents BotCon from interfering with Spring semesters.
Keeping it in summer makes my summer very hectic. With my brothers wedding in late june, I was worried about it conflicting with his wedding. Early april doesn't conflict with anything on my end which is awesome.
Posted by Black Bumblebee on September 4th, 2015 @ 11:29pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 5th, 2015 @ 9:43am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 5th, 2015 @ 9:45am CDT
Hopefully that means attendance won't be as high as in summer, which means, for me personally, it will be more enjoyable. Fewer people = better experience. Like I said, though, just my personal preference. And I might actually attend next year, it will be closer to where I live than it has been in quite some time. Here's hoping for a Beast Wars 20th anniversary theme! (Perhaps the Masterpieces Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron will debut there?)Sabrblade wrote:That was a good thing that we haven't.Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh great. Another April BotCon.
There hasn't been an April Botcon in quite a while.
Keeping it in the summer prevents BotCon from interfering with Spring semesters.
Posted by Hero Alpha on September 5th, 2015 @ 10:58am CDT
Posted by Rated X on September 5th, 2015 @ 1:12pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 5th, 2015 @ 1:29pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on September 5th, 2015 @ 1:37pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Vegas I'm down with, that's a fun place. Miami? Could work. And NYC? Hopefully never. That place is a s**thole.
Ya gotta know where to go, and how to get around. But, FunPub already answere the post above yours about 2Nd tier Cities (Which I disagree with) because of convention room pricing and concerns over room rates for Dealers and guests. So the best anyone in Nevada will get, ( and I won't be going) is near-Vegas.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 5th, 2015 @ 2:46pm CDT
I've been to NYC once, and it was a very unpleasant experience. Maybe I'll try to go back again and do things differently. As for BotCon going to Vegas, I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. I can't think of another place that has so many hotels in one place. Rooms would never be unavailable to convention goers. And by near-Vegas, what were you thinking? There's nothing really "Near" Vegas. Except desert. I think Reno wouldn't be a bad idea either. Though it's not really "near" Vegas.Flashwave wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Vegas I'm down with, that's a fun place. Miami? Could work. And NYC? Hopefully never. That place is a s**thole.
Ya gotta know where to go, and how to get around. But, FunPub already answere the post above yours about 2Nd tier Cities (Which I disagree with) because of convention room pricing and concerns over room rates for Dealers and guests. So the best anyone in Nevada will get, ( and I won't be going) is near-Vegas.
Posted by Ginrai Minor on September 6th, 2015 @ 10:10am CDT
Posted by Flux Convoy on September 7th, 2015 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 7th, 2015 @ 2:38pm CDT
Oh, wow, that is cool! BotCon 2006 and 2016 both being in Kentucky. And I second the need for a BWU theme. The time is very much right for such a set, what with the Club fiction having built up the world enough to make worth playing with some more in a convention set. There's plenty of factions to pull toys from as well. There's the Builders, Lio Convoy's rebels, the Darksyders, the Micromaster Patrols, the Maximal Command Security Force, the Predacon Secret Police, etc.Flux Convoy wrote:Haven't we been told in the past that New York and Las Vegas just aren't realistic expectations? Glad to go back to Kentucky. Brings it all full circle for me since 06 was my first Botcon. It would be interesting if we were to revisit BW in some way with the figures as a celebration of the 06 con and the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars. Beast Wars Uprising, perhaps? Either way, we're excited.
Posted by a Cobra Viper on September 8th, 2015 @ 1:28pm CDT
I doubt they could have gotten it 2 weeks later when the Derby festival events are in full swing. You're really missing out on some fun after-the-con-doors-close stuff.
Now if only JOEcon would be here, too.
Posted by It Is Him on September 8th, 2015 @ 9:15pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Vegas I'm down with, that's a fun place. Miami? Could work. And NYC? Hopefully never. That place is a s**thole.
As a New Yorker, I am totally not in anyway offended by that. Miami is an awesome tourist destination, even if the traffic is terrible.
Posted by a Cobra Viper on September 9th, 2015 @ 11:14am CDT
It Is Him wrote:If I drag my wife along, is there anything for her to do in Louisville? She's convinced Louisville is boring, and that means I'll probably take a raincheck on the con this year.
What kinds of things does she like to do? If anything, there's a decent amusement park a short taxi/rental car ride away. Not sure if it'll be open in April, though. Couldn't find a date for the 2016 season.
Posted by Cyberstrike on September 10th, 2015 @ 2:14pm CDT
Posted by Cyberstrike on September 10th, 2015 @ 2:15pm CDT
Posted by It Is Him on September 10th, 2015 @ 6:35pm CDT
a Cobra Viper wrote:It Is Him wrote:If I drag my wife along, is there anything for her to do in Louisville? She's convinced Louisville is boring, and that means I'll probably take a raincheck on the con this year.
What kinds of things does she like to do? If anything, there's a decent amusement park a short taxi/rental car ride away. Not sure if it'll be open in April, though. Couldn't find a date for the 2016 season.
Historical sites and museums or other fun attractions. I googled St. Louis tourism and found an official tourism site. http://explorestlouis.com/mobile/#/home
Posted by TF_JW on September 11th, 2015 @ 8:29am CDT
Here is the Louisville tourism site:
http://www.gotolouisville.com/index.aspx
Posted by Starsaber468 on September 11th, 2015 @ 3:51pm CDT
Flux Convoy wrote:Haven't we been told in the past that New York and Las Vegas just aren't realistic expectations? Glad to go back to Kentucky. Brings it all full circle for me since 06 was my first Botcon. It would be interesting if we were to revisit BW in some way with the figures as a celebration of the 06 con and the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars. Beast Wars Uprising, perhaps? Either way, we're excited.
We need a SG BW box set theirs not enough new molds for probably a BWU box set well kinda their could be one though
Posted by Sabrblade on September 11th, 2015 @ 6:47pm CDT
No we don't. We already have all of the BWSG Predacons made as toys save for Megatron.Starsaber468 wrote:We need a SG BW box set
Uh, the very idea of Uprising involves using existent molds for the characters.Starsaber468 wrote:theirs not enough new molds for probably a BWU box set well kinda their could be one though
Posted by It Is Him on September 11th, 2015 @ 6:53pm CDT
TF_JW wrote:It's actually Louisville, Kentucky not St. Louis, Missouri.
Here is the Louisville tourism site:
http://www.gotolouisville.com/index.aspx
I'm an idiot. Thanks.
Posted by a Cobra Viper on September 14th, 2015 @ 10:24am CDT
It Is Him wrote:TF_JW wrote:It's actually Louisville, Kentucky not St. Louis, Missouri.
Here is the Louisville tourism site:
http://www.gotolouisville.com/index.aspx
I'm an idiot. Thanks.
There's the Frasier Historical museum, Science Center, Zoo, Louisville Slugger factory/museum, Glass Works, lots of caverns to check out, Kentucky Derby museum, Speed Art museum, maybe a show at the Center for the Arts,...
There's actually a lot to do around here.
I don't drink, but for those that do, you're in the bourbon capital of the world. Take the Bourbon Trail tour. Otherwise, there's a TON of bars within walking distance.
The YUM center is right down the road. Maybe there's a concert or game that night.
Anyone that likes to shoot, head over to Open Range or maybe TG&G. That same weekend, you can go to Knob Creek for the Machine Gun Shoot. Huge event. Other than the ranges where you can rent guns for modest prices, there's a couple of covered trading areas, and a huge field lined up with everything you can think of. They all light up a field full of targets for about a minute straight a few times each day. Loud as can be.
Posted by a Cobra Viper on September 15th, 2015 @ 10:44am CDT
Posted by TF_JW on September 15th, 2015 @ 11:04am CDT
Although I think you only have to go back to 2012 for the last April BotCon. So it was only 2014 that interrupted the schedule, and yeah, that was because of Age of Extinction.
Posted by G.B. Blackrock on September 15th, 2015 @ 3:50pm CDT
And, honestly, I don't really think that the conventions SHOULD alternate. BotCon is the larger convention (by far, from what I understand) and therefore it SHOULD get preferential timing.
Posted by -Soundwave- on October 6th, 2015 @ 12:30am CDT
Posted by ScottyP on October 8th, 2015 @ 9:21am CDT
I know this post is old as heck, but anyhow, I'm good with this timing because it puts it far enough out from the Kentucky Derby to not have to worry about that circus coming in to town.G.B. Blackrock wrote:While there have been other April BotCons, none have ever been as early as this. This year will be a record-setter, at least in terms of BotCon. I can't speak to JoeCon dates.
Posted by TF_JW on October 8th, 2015 @ 3:52pm CDT
New from the TCC store:
This Transformers Collectors’ Club EXCLUSIVE BotCon Box set contains 4 BotCon Legacy characters. Included are Ape-Linq, Flareup, Shokaract and a FREE bonus addition, Flamewar. All 4 figures are presented in an illustrated display box. This is a one time offering and was done by utilizing the remaining Souvenir figures from BotCon 2014 to provide a unique BotCon set, one that celebrates 20 years of the BotCon brand. Also included with the set is an exclusive one page comic art print, tech specs and figure weapons.
This set is limited to 130 units and sells for $185
TransformersClub.com/shop.
Thanks for your support!
Brian
PS. The BotCon hotel in Louisville is over 90% full! Make your reservations today!
Posted by ScottyP on November 12th, 2015 @ 8:01pm CST
The BotCon 2016 Brochure is now available for viewing online. Please take the time to read through closely so you have a clear idea of everything offered for this years show and to help you decide which registration package best suits you and any family you plan on attending with. Stay tuned as you will be able to register for BotCon 2016 in the near future. We are very excited about this years show and can not wait to see everyone in Louisville, Kentucky for the biggest and best BotCon yet!
Registration is probably around the corner soon, so be sure to keep a look out for more Botcon 2016 updates!
Posted by Sabrblade on November 12th, 2015 @ 11:04pm CST
Oh YYYYYYEAH!!! This sounds pretty cool! Looks like we're finally going to get some legit fiction that's directly about the Tripredacus Council! The real Council as we saw in the cartoon! After all these years, their story will at last be told! Their history will at last revealed! Their secrets will at last be covered! Their--Beast Wars! Twenty years ago, the television series and toy line gave Transformers fans, not a new world of Autobots and Decepticons, but one of raging beasts that converted into Heroic Maximal and Evil Predacon warriors! Led by the namesakes of Optimus Prime and Megatron, these Transformers explored worlds of stories that no one had previously thought possible. And while Optimus Primal, Rhinox, Cheetor, Rattrap, Dinobot, Airazor, Tigatron on-board the crashed Axalon, and Megatron, Scorponok, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, Blackarachnia, and Rampage on the broken Darksyde captivated audiences on a weekly basis, other characters stirred the imagination as well. Characters with their own agendas...
As they sat aboard their own personal space station orbiting Cybertron, the Tripredacus Council seemed to defy Maximal Intelligence in every way. Shrouded in mystery and shadows cast by a single hanging lamp, this trinity of high-ranking Predacons plotted their own path to restoring greatness to the Predacon faction. While fans never saw them in combined form on the show, we know that the Predacons General Seaclamp, Cicadacon, and Ramhorn combined to form the fearsome and towering Tripredacus!
Of course, what good is a conspiracy without operatives to carry it out? And the Predacon Council had some of the best operatives for that task! Working as a covert specialist for the Tripredacus Council, Ravage was described as one of the few Generation 1 Decepticon warriors who was rebuilt and reprogrammed... as a Predacon. Given new stealth abilities and one of the Predacon’s most advanced ships, Ravage made his presence known shortly after his arrival on ancient Earth by capturing the renegade Predacon Megatron and dispersing his troops. Although the crafty Megatron soon turned the tides back on the famous feline with his own manipulation and offer, Ravage soon made his true loyalties known - “Decepticons Forever!”
But the former Decepticon wasn’t the only one who had previously sworn loyalty to the Council. Sly, secretive, and scheming, Predacon Secret Police Lieutenant Tarantulas had been a mole inside of Megatron’s crew from the very beginning! Turning into a disgusting, giant spider with the ‘occasional’ mad scientist tendencies and personality gave fans a character the likes they had never seen before in the Transformers mythos.
As BotCon 2016 celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Beast Wars TV series and toy line, fans can relive these great characters through new toys and a new story! With FIVE new head sculpts spread across the box set and utilizing the awesome Combiner Wars molds from the Transformers Generations toy line, Voyager Class SEACLAMP, Deluxe Class RAMHORN, Deluxe Class CICADACON, Deluxe Class RAVAGE, and Deluxe Class TARANTULAS are ready to join fans’ Beast Wars shelves individually OR joined together as the unstoppable Predacon Battle Master PREDACUS!
...Spawn of a GLITCH!!!Beast Wars Uprising: Dawn of the Predacus
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on November 12th, 2015 @ 11:07pm CST
Beast Wars Uprising: Dawn of the Predacus
Posted by Sabrblade on November 12th, 2015 @ 11:47pm CST
"Be careful what we wish for" and all that.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 15th, 2015 @ 4:34pm CST
It's not Uprising after all.SW's SilverHammer wrote:Beast Wars Uprising: Dawn of the Predacus
Posted by G.B. Blackrock on November 16th, 2015 @ 12:24pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Sad thing is, a lot of folks (myself included at the time) were hoping for an Uprising set long before the finalized theme was announced.
"Be careful what we wish for" and all that.
I don't understand why this would have been a "be careful what we wish for" moment. I still would have preferred Uprising, myself.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 16th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CST
For me personally, I wanted a story about the Council that we saw in the cartoon itself, rather than some new version in another world that has nothing to do with the specific Council that I've always been curious and interested in.G.B. Blackrock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Sad thing is, a lot of folks (myself included at the time) were hoping for an Uprising set long before the finalized theme was announced.
"Be careful what we wish for" and all that.
I don't understand why this would have been a "be careful what we wish for" moment. I still would have preferred Uprising, myself.
And so I'm glad that it isn't an Uprising version.
Posted by G.B. Blackrock on November 16th, 2015 @ 2:55pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:For me personally, I wanted a story about the Council that we saw in the cartoon itself, rather than some new version in another world that has nothing to do with the specific Council that I've always been curious and interested in.G.B. Blackrock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Sad thing is, a lot of folks (myself included at the time) were hoping for an Uprising set long before the finalized theme was announced.
"Be careful what we wish for" and all that.
I don't understand why this would have been a "be careful what we wish for" moment. I still would have preferred Uprising, myself.
And so I'm glad that it isn't an Uprising version.
Fair enough, I guess. For myself, I don't want more information on that Council. I consider them best left in the shadows. A mystery. The Beast Wars saga is excellent. But I consider it closed. I don't want any more.
So, paying homage to that saga though something based on it, but not it (such as Uprising) is exactly what I want to see more of.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 16th, 2015 @ 9:05pm CST
I guess I've just always been fascinated about the Beast Wars cartoon's past. The time that took place before the cartoon's present always intrigued me with the little hints we got of it from the show. What Cybertronian life was like before the Axalon and Darksyde traveled back in time and such.G.B. Blackrock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:For me personally, I wanted a story about the Council that we saw in the cartoon itself, rather than some new version in another world that has nothing to do with the specific Council that I've always been curious and interested in.G.B. Blackrock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Sad thing is, a lot of folks (myself included at the time) were hoping for an Uprising set long before the finalized theme was announced.
"Be careful what we wish for" and all that.
I don't understand why this would have been a "be careful what we wish for" moment. I still would have preferred Uprising, myself.
And so I'm glad that it isn't an Uprising version.
Fair enough, I guess. For myself, I don't want more information on that Council. I consider them best left in the shadows. A mystery. The Beast Wars saga is excellent. But I consider it closed. I don't want any more.
So, paying homage to that saga though something based on it, but not it (such as Uprising) is exactly what I want to see more of.
The show always kept it just out of reach, and when the series ended with the characters going back to Cybertron to take part in a Cybertron-based sequel series, I was excited to think that we might finally get to see the world that these guys left behind at the start of the series up close and personal (Beast Wars was my first series, so I'd never seen G1 back then). But then when Beast Machines came along with its empty Cybertron having had its populace stripped of its life, I was a little miffed that we got robbed of the chance to see the same world that these characters had come from before the Beast Wars, as the dead world they found in this new series wasn't the same world they had come from.
I view the Tripredacus Council from the cartoon as a part of that wondrous world that I wish to know more of.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 24th, 2015 @ 9:41pm CST
Posted by Va'al on November 25th, 2015 @ 1:32am CST
11/24/2015 - We are thrilled to announce that Scott McNeil, who did the voices of RATTRAP, DINOBOT, WASPINATOR, SILVERBOLT and Tripredacus Council member CICADACON from the Beast Wars cartoon series will be our guest at BotCon 2016.
Along with David Kaye and Alec Willows, Scott will be available for autographs and panels as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars! For more info on Scott, be sure to click the "Guests" link to read his bio.
If you haven't seen our 20th anniversary convention boxed set celebrating the anniversary as well, be sure to click the "Con Exclusives" link to the left.
Stay tuned for more news, guest updates, and info regarding events and registration for BotCon 2016 - North America's LARGEST Transformers fan convention!
Posted by Henry921 on November 25th, 2015 @ 10:09pm CST
Gives me hope for Waspinator, Dinobot, even Rattrap.
Now if only the souvenir sets included some figure representations thereof...