TFcon Charlotte 2015 attendee registration is Live

TFcon just announced that the hotel block for TFcon USA in Charlotte, North Caroline is now available! You can check out the information below on how to book your rooms and the amenities provided with the TFcon rate.

Hotel Information for TFcon Charlotte 2015
The TFcon Charlotte hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon Charlotte 2015 by calling the Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord reservation department direct at 704-455-8200 or toll-free @ 1-800-EMBASSY and mention TFcon. When booking by phone, please ask for the TFcon rate to receive the discount. You can also book your room via the hotel reservation website at http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/g ... ndex.jhtml

The TFcon hotel rate gives you:
-Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
-Complimentary High Speed Internet
-Complimentary 2 drink vouchers per day
-Complimentary Parking

The group rate is good for October 11th to October 22th, 2015 at the price of $149 per room.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Hmm I booked my hotel room weeks ago. I hope I can still get some discount.

Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

ScottyP wrote:Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

I'm not sure what the difference is but the old block is closed. perhaps it sold out and they open new ones?

mooncake623 wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

I'm not sure what the difference is but the old block is closed. perhaps it sold out and they open new ones?

Ah, that must be it.

The lovely folks over at TFcon USA - taking place in Charlotte in 2015 - have updated their site with the first official guest for the event: voice of Optimus Primal from Transformers Beast Wars, Garry Chalk! Find out more from their official announcement page here, and scroll down below for a snippet.

We are very happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to TFcon Charlotte 2015. The voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in the Armada, Energon and Cybertron cartoons, he also voiced Generation 1 Megatron in an episode of Beast Wars. Additionally he is known to GIJOE fans as the voices of Pathfinder and Metalhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and He-Fans as the voices He-Man in The New Adventures of He-Man, and Man-at-Arms in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Mr. Chalk will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Yep, very much so. The unofficial conventions I've been to, those being last year's TFcon in Chicago and Charticon back in 2013, were very different in feel.

Both had registration/"package pick-up" that involved walking up to a table where there was no line for about two minutes. The only lines I can remember for the entirety of either show were for the dealer room openings and then there was one to get James Roberts' autograph at TFcon. Both environments felt very laid back, stuff was just happening on its own whereas Botcon feels very much like a production in almost all aspects.

I enjoy Botcon a lot, but shows like this one are a change of pace in a lot of ways and also extremely enjoyable. Come on up and hang out!

ScottyP wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Yep, very much so. The unofficial conventions I've been to, those being last year's TFcon in Chicago and Charticon back in 2013, were very different in feel.

Both had registration/"package pick-up" that involved walking up to a table where there was no line for about two minutes. The only lines I can remember for the entirety of either show were for the dealer room openings and then there was one to get James Roberts' autograph at TFcon. Both environments felt very laid back, stuff was just happening on its own whereas Botcon feels very much like a production in almost all aspects.

I enjoy Botcon a lot, but shows like this one are a change of pace in a lot of ways and also extremely enjoyable. Come on up and hang out!

Do I have to purchase the packages in advance, or can I just get a ticket at the door? I don't really need the exclusive figures, I just want to go in and enjoy the atmosphere and mingling with other fans. Most likely I will only spend 1 day there, unless some special events will be lined up. It's an 8 hour drive from South GA, so I don't know if I would be able to spend all 3 days there.

Now this, I may be able to make it to.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Do I have to purchase the packages in advance, or can I just get a ticket at the door?

Yep, you can get door tickets. All I did in Chicago last year was walk up when I got there and bought a pass for the weekend, no toys and such required and it only took a few minutes.

TFcon Charlotte have added another guest to their line-up for the USA event in October - none other than the big lump of a dinobot himself, or his voice at least, Gregg Berger! Find out what the organisers have to say about the man behind Grimlock - and many more characters - below, and head here to book your tickets now.

We are happy to welcome the voice of Generation 1 Grimlock Gregg Berger to TFcon Charlotte. He also voiced Skyfire (Jetfire), Long Haul and Outback in the same series. He returned to the character of Grimlock for the Fall of Cybertron video game as well as the upcoming Transformers: Devastation.

Gregg will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Awesome. It will be cool to meet you guys in person.

It's fairly cheap, it sounds like a lax environment, instead of the stressed out atmosphere BotCon has become, and it's only an 8-hour drive for me. I love Transformers and road trips, and I've decided to get more socially involved with fellow fans. Count me in!

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

I can't wait to go! I only live an hour from Charlotte and it'll be my first Transformers convention! The fact that Gregg is gonna be there is pretty cool too.

Va'al wrote:Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Can't you swim?

Va'al wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Its times like this that I wish I had infinite money. Also, when the mortgage is due. And when botcon rolls around.