Veteran Optimus Prime (and more importantly, Optimus Primal!) voice actor Garry Chalk will be attending Dragon*Con 2012 on August 31 – September 2 2012! Garry – pictured at left serenading TFcon 2011 guests at an impromtu session at the hotel bar – was the voice of Optimus Primal for the whole run of Beast Wars, as well as the voice of Optimus Prime through Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron. For a whole lot of us who came into Transformers during this time, he is the voice of Optimus Prime. Don’t miss this chance to meet the man himself – maybe he’ll even manage another impromptu guitar concert? [Read more…]
Auto Assembly Europe 2012 Announced
Auto Assembly have updated their Youtube channel with the second of their “12 Days of Christmas” announcements. Today’s update is the confirmation of the provisional dates for Auto Assembly Europe 2012. Auto Assembly Europe 2012 is tipped to be held in Malmo Sweden, in November 2012!
Full details will follow at some point next year – but now you know the where and the approximate when to start making early plans! Please note these are the provisional arrangements, and so they might change by the time the final event is held.
Botcon 2012 Hotel Update
If you were shocked, like most of us were, that the Botcon hotel sold out as quickly as it did, then never fear! An update from Fun Publications confirms additional rooms have been added to the Hyatt Regency hotel block:
Due to the high volume of attendees, we have added an additional block in the hotel for those attending BotCon 2012 in Dallas Texas. Please make your reservations now at BotCon.com. Follow the hotel link. If you did not get the $129 rate for each night, you need to update your reservation as that rate is still good from the Friday before to the Monday after BotCon!
Auto Assembly 2012 Christmas Sale!
Auto Assembly, the UK’s number 1 Transformers convention, have today kicked off their 12 Days of Christmas campaign. Day 1 brings with it a Christmas sale on pre-registration! Between now and Christmas Eve you can save 20% – that’s a £10 reduction, to just £35 – on the price of registration!
What are you waiting for? Head on over to the Auto Assembly homepage to take advantage of this fantastic offer!
Auto Assembly 2012 takes place over the weekend of 3 – 5 August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel! Confirmed guests include Townsend Coleman (Transformers Animated Sentinel Prime), Michael Bell (Generation 1 Prowl), James Roberts (Last Stand of the Wreckers) and Simon Furman (Transformers Generation 1, issues 56-100) [Read more…]
Botcon 2012 Location Announced – Texas, April 26-29 2012
This is the news you have all been waiting for – Botcon 2012 has announced its location! Botcon 2012 will take place at the Hyatt Regency Dallas, Texas April 26 – 29 2012! Hotel reservations are also available now through Botcon.com! Read on for the full official announcement! [Read more…]
Hasbro Canada returns to TFcon for 2012 in Toronto
TFcon is very happy to welcome back Hasbro Canada to TFcon 2012. Hasbro will be presenting a new product preview and question panel on upcoming Transformers products and answering your submitted questions. Attendees will also have the chance to talk to Hasbro reps in person, one-on-one as they show off the latest releases for Transformers toys.
The TFcon 2012 hotel block is now available. The group rate is good for July 25 to July 31, 2012 at the price of $109 per room. No deposit is required to reserve your room now. You have until July 25th to cancel your room if you can not make the convention.
TFcon – Canada’s 11th Annual Transformers Collectors Convention is July 27th to 29th, 2012 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga, Ontario with free parking. [Read more…]
TFExpo – August 4th, 2012 Wichita, KS
TFEXPO 2012 – COMING AUGUST 4, 2012 TO WICHITA, KANSAS!
It’s time to announce the Midwest’s newest Transformers event—TFExpo 2012! The show will be held at the Holiday Inn at Kellogg and Rock Road in Wichita, KS. Don’t miss the chance to meet with all of your fellow Transfans in the region—catch up with old friends, and make some new ones! Transformers fans young and old, you don’t want to miss this! Go to TF Expo 2012 now to learn more about the event!
TFExpo 2012 will feature a Dealer Room, a FREE video room, Fan Panels and so much more! Got some original pieces to show off? We’ll be featuring our very own Artist’s Alley, where you can display your creations, whether it’s two-dimensional artwork or your own custom figures. And don’t forget to enter our Custom Contest for a chance to win some great prizes!
Be sure to “like” TFExpo on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @TFExpo. We’ll be posting more information throughout the year, so be sure to follow!
Please visit TF Expo 2012 for registration information, and stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the show.
Click on the title bar to read more about the Expo! [Read more…]
Botcon 2012 Location Announcement Coming Soon
HEADS UP! An e-mail has been sent out from Transformers Collectors Club giving an update on BotCon 2012! Location and dates for the convention will be announced in the next few days. At the time the location will be announced, you will be able to make your hotel reservations. Convention registration will not start for several weeks after this.
To further speculation about where the location will be, Botcon has said this over Twitter: It will NOT be in 95% of all your backyards. Odds are you will need to drive or fly
Keep checking back on TFW2005 and we’ll keep you udpated on all the upcoming Botcon news! [Read more…]
TFCC Confirms Runabout and Shattered Glass Drift Preorders to open in January
The Transformers Collectors Club have updated with a special Thanksgiving news item. The top bit of news is that the two TFCC store exclusives, Shattered Glass Drift and Runamuck, will be going up for preorder in January! The exact date is unconfirmed, but the recommendation is if you want to secure these two toys, you need to be a member by January 1st 2012. The estimated ship date is early March.
The update also has details on issue 42 of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine. It’s a Transformers Prime special – check out Wheeljack on the cover! The issue will also have an interview with the voice of G1 Tracks and Cosmos, Michael McConnohie, two all new MTMTE profiles, a retrospective article by Jim Sorenson and the finale to the 2011 Comic storyline “Battle Lines.” [Read more…]
Slagacon Exclusive Vector Zeta New Images
An email update has gone out from Slagacon about their exclusive Vector Zeta power armor for Classics Optimus Prime. Included in the update are images of the latest resin prototype of the set, and some images showing some new pegs added to the design to improve stability. Also an important note we must stress – the final version will be a bit more polished, what you’re seeing here is the designer’s excited enthusiasm to share the latest on this convention exclusive garage kit.
Read on for the full text of the email. [Read more…]