Speculation: Hasbro Confirms HASCON 2017 Presence, Does Not Mention SDCC

Cobotron wrote:Hasbro runs on Dunkin!

Can we get a Dunkin Donuts themed repaint of Trypticon?

Seriously now... I'm not sure I see how this would imply that they would pull their presence from SDCC.

Hasbro right now, "If only we had a place to reveal our upcoming Transformers before September..."

And Funpub is like, "Take us back!"

SDCC has gotten overly bloated the last few years. I tried to watch some of the media coverage on SyFy last year and couldn't stomach it (which is sad because SDCC was such a big part of my life for a full decade during the 90's and early 200's). Big studios pulled out last year, which doesn't mean they wont be filled as there are a ton of smaller TV shows, movie producers, toys....oh yeah ...and comics to fill any empty spots by any company that chooses not to attend.

I'm sure we will see something between now and September, just don't know where or in what form, after all I cant see Hasbro missing opportunities to promote TLK a whole lot more before it hits theaters.

But I do have a question, since BotCon no longer exists, is the idea to keep HasCon in Rhode Island, or will it move around? Heck I'd even be willing to attend one of the smaller fan conventions, but as of now there are none in California that I am aware of.

YoungPrime wrote:No real shock. Disney does the same thing when they have their D23 club event every other year. As a result you won't likely see much about the MCU appearing at SDCC this year either. Especially with them all being so close together.

That's not to say that both Disney and Hasbro won't be at NYCC in Nov.

That leads to the interesting notion that Hasbro never intended Hascon to replace Botcon. They intended Hascon to replace SDCC, same as Disney and their convention. That made Botcon no longer needed either, but it wasnt the main event being targeted.

Personally, I think that Hasbro pulling away from SDCC is a good move. They have plenty of tiles and new lines to hold their own convention. Internally, they just need to hire hot (cool, I mean) cosplay walking around taking free pictures. And there's nothing wrong with allowing random vendors selling other products that's not hasbro. Hasbro products just needs to be the main focus, not necessarily exclusive to that event. Sdcc has been sad the last few years and the exclusives end up not being exclusives, being sold all over their sifted fir months after. I stopped trying (even thinking about it) to go online to attempt to buy tickets to comic on. It's such s poor system. Dude, we fans are trying crazy to purchase tickets while kssfm got a bunch of tickets to give away. I thought you can only purchase one ticket and one for your friends. How the hell they got so many tickets to give away on the radio. Anyways, I'll be happy if my transformers products get moved away from sdcc

fenrir72 wrote:Izzat bad? No SDCC?

NOt reallly. All it really did in the past was push and promote the current line, especially the Titan Class, since they would always have a special edition titan sold there.

nycPrime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Izzat bad? No SDCC?

I think it would only impact Hasbro's ability to connect with casual fans (not people on this forum). A few years ago I didn't know anything about current TF toys, but I knew of SDCC. I mainly paid attention to see what was announced regarding the more mainstream comic book movies. That may have been the only opportunity for Hasbro to connect with me and other casual fans.

Wow, we seem to come from a similar fan background. From 2008 to 2013 I was deep into comics and would visit IGN, newsarama and whichever other website to know which creative teams would be on what books and especially to see if anyone scored an interview with Grant Morrison (good times). But with the ton of news coming from a single event, it was overwhelming so I would just focus on what I knew. I probably came across TF news in the past but I have no recollection of it because I was focusing on something else, not wanting to get sidetracked, because there was so much to cover in the fandom I was in.

Just to show how a company being present where there is an abundance of news from everywhere would make it counterintuitive to reach the casual fan when they are looking for news specific to their taste.

While it is still several months away, we have a new update concerning the upcoming convention involving the Hasbro properties. The Transformers Facebook page has shared a new video created to advertise the event, staring the new styled movie Optimus Prime. The video shows Optimus walking up to the Rhode Island Convention Center where the event will be held and placing the Hasbro flag beside the other flags preset. Equally important is the blurb hasbro wrote regarding the event and that it will have exclusives that will then be on Hasbro Toy Shop after the event. This is just like SDCC exclusives of yore, yet another hint that Hasbro will not be in attandance at SDCC this yeat and instead keep exclusives for this Hascon event instead. Check out the video, and remember to check out the Hascon website and get your tickets!

Bigger than Unicron? Yep. Join us this September at HASCON for 3 days of super fandom! This FANmily event will feature TRANSFORMERS toy reveals, talent appearances, HASCON exclusive product*, autograph sessions, dynamic panels with the TRANSFORMERS design team and much more. Stay tuned, tickets and more information coming soon!

*Limited quantities will be available at hasbrotoyshop.com following the convention.

Wake me when they mention something about exclusives...