Next Botcon: SPRING 2008

Posted by Professor Smooth Sep 28, 2007 at 1:04am CDT 28,938 views

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The latest Transformers Club Magazine has some news about BotCon 2008. The organizers are targeting Spring for the convention. They are looking at the end of April/start of May. No information on WHERE the show will be held.

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Comment by i_amtrunks Sep 28, 2007

I vote for somewhere outside the USA.

-EDIT-
I forgot that spring in the USA is March-May #-o

I feel extra stupid.

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Comment by NuclearConvoy Sep 28, 2007

Uhm...wow, Spring is soon...

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Comment by skyrinkfusion Sep 28, 2007

come onnnnnnnn 'somewhere near the Canadian border along Ontario ' ***crosses fingers***

i wanna attend my first botcon!

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Comment by tech348 Sep 28, 2007

Has it been on the west coast yet?

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Comment by Collector Maximus Sep 28, 2007

tech348 wrote:Has it been on the west coast yet?

Yes, Botcon 98 was in Anaheim, Ca, I was there!

They have not been to the south yet...Bring it down to Atlanta please.

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Comment by Professor Smooth Sep 28, 2007

Collector Maximus wrote:
They have not been to the south yet...Bring it down to Atlanta please.

Lexington Kentucky isn't the south?

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Comment by Mkall Sep 28, 2007

I'm hoping seattle. Or Vancouver BC.

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Comment by City Commander Sep 28, 2007

That's just ridiculous.

I can't go to this one either now.

Now, let's see what spirit-crushing exclusives they've got in store for a very small percentage of the fandom.

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Comment by osubot20 Sep 28, 2007

I would be like to see it in Ohio

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Comment by Autobot032 Sep 28, 2007

Mkall wrote:I'm hoping seattle. Or Vancouver BC.

Seattle's your best chance. I doubt they'd ever do a foreign hosted BotCon. (I know there was a BotCon Europe, but I believe it was handled by different people, seeing as it had it's own exclusives and ran at a completely different time frame than the US version.)

The US hosted BotCon has always been within our borders (lower 48 to be exact) and I'm pretty sure they'll keep it that way too.

Heck, I doubt there will ever be one in Alaska or Hawaii (too far away from the mainland, and too expensive.)

But, this is all a moot point in speculating until they give us the final date and location.

osubot20 wrote:I would be like to see it in Ohio

This wouldn't be a bad idea. Cleveland and Columbus are large enough to accommodate such a convention, plus it's local to a lot of the posters here (many complain it's never close enough, and they're right.) Frisco Texas was one of the locations, wasn't it? I mean...come on!

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Comment by Professor Smooth Sep 28, 2007

Bring it to Japan!

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Comment by Nemesis Cyberplex Sep 28, 2007

I Probably won't be able to go, but being closer to tax refund time would mean it'd be mroe likely that I could afford to get the exclusive set this year.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Sep 28, 2007

Is it just me, or do the BotCon conventions keep getting earlier and earlier? :-?

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Comment by Auto Bot Sep 28, 2007

This should be done like the Olynpics. In a different country every year.

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Comment by Tekka Sep 28, 2007

Maybe I will go. It would be my first botcon ever. :-?

And if I don't like the exclusives I could always sell them on ebay for megabucks. :ic$:

Or... donate them to random stranger who couldn't afford them. :grin:

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Comment by Tigertrack Sep 28, 2007

I predict Detroit due to auto production, we've been really good at hosting some big events lately, some of the scenes from the movie were filmed here, and WE ARE THE SETTING FOR THE NEW CARTOON!

Just guessing though.

East--Rhode Island
South-- Kentucky
Mid-Central-- Texas
West Coast-- California
Mid west-- Chicago

They've hit many major population centers. I'm thinking Phoenix, Indy, Detroit, or Orlando.

I would imagine they would save their next West Coast swing for the release of TF THE MOVIE 2, Hollywood...

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Comment by Windracer Sep 28, 2007

Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, DANGIT! :PRAY:

I could die a happy fangirl if they had a Botcon in my "backyard"...

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Comment by Archanubis Sep 28, 2007

Anywhere between Norfolk and Baltimore would suit me *crosses fingers*

Still, Spring of 08? They've been pushing this thing forward considerably lately.

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Comment by Auto Bot Sep 28, 2007