international transformers conventions - facts and figures

The Transformers franchise has a long and profitable future with what seems like an ever increasing fanbase. To celebrate Hasbro and Takara's creation known, various fan-groups were set up, most notibly the TransMasters and TransMasters Europe groups. In 1994 the Transformers brand was given it's first officially licenced convention, BotCon, organised by 3H (Jon Hartman, Karl Hartman and Glen Hallitt).

Since then many Transformers conventions have pop-up across not only the United States of America, but throughout Europe, Asia and Australasia. Some conventions only happened once, others have become an annual event where Transformers fans can gather in their hundreds and even thousands. At Transformers At The Moon, we wanted to thank all the organisers, helpers and people involved in all of these conventions and dedicate an area of our site to their hard work. So back in 2003 we researched as many Transformers conventions as we could, in order to get the offical attendences figures as well as information on all of the events. Our hope was to encourage more people to attend the conventions, and help publicise their existence.

As well as viewing the facts and figures of the Transformers Coneventions on this page, you will find various reports and image galleries in our Miscellaneous Image Gallery's Transformers Convention Photograph area.

If you run, or ran, a Transformers convention and would like to add more information to this page, please get in contact with us.
KEY: tbc - attendece figures not released, n/a - the convention did not take place that year (as far as we can tell).

BotCon 1994

From: Saturday 16th of July 1994 Till:
Location: Grand Wayne Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Exclusives: Generation 2 Breakdown (204)
Information: The first major Transformers convention.
Two Hasbro Reps attendeed the convention, they were Tom Bowman and Carl Fritz
Of the 175 (Approx) attendees, 126 Pre-Registered.
There were 300 Generation 2 Breakdowns produced, 204 of which were for BotCon.
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: Jon and Karl Hartman
Attendance Fig: 175 (Approx)
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BotCon 1995

From: Monday 5th of June 1995 Till:
Location: Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Exclusives: Nightracer (294)
Information: There were no guests at the second annual BotCon.
A Laser Light show took place to the soundtrack of Transformers:The Movie.
Of the 275 (Approx) attendees, 213 Pre-Registered.
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: Raksha
Attendance Fig: 275 (Approx)
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BotCon 1996

From: Friday 12th of July 1996 Till:
Location: Radisson Hotel (formerly Clarion Resort Rosemont), Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Exclusives: Onyx Primal (1700 total, 1490 Regular, 170 Dealer, 40 VIP)
Information: The convention ran from July 12th to July 14th 1996.
Hasbro Representatives George Bonznos and Anthony Gaud were in attendance.
A charity Auction took place.
The Exclusive toy was also used for TransCon II
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: Men in Black Collectables
Attendance Fig: 400 (Approx)
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BotCon 1997

From: Friday 18th of July 1997 Till:
Location: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, New York, USA
Exclusives: Packrat (600) and Fractyl (570)
Information: The event lasted from the 18th July until the 20th July
Of the 740 people attending, 389 had Pre-Registered
Hasbro Reps: Dawn Berryman, George Boznos, and Jerry Palmer
Other Guests: Stan Bush, Peter Cullen, Vince DiCola, Bob Forward, Simon Furman, David Kaye, Venus Terzo, and Andrew Wildman
Special Events: Pre-convention dinner, live concert, charity auction
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 740 (Approx)
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BotCon 1998

From: Sunday 19th of July 1998 Till:
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Exclusives: Vice Grip (600), Antagony (600)
Information: The convention took place over the 19th June till the 21st June 1998.
Of the 850 attendees, 472 had Pre-Registered
Hasbro Reps: Andy Espenshade and Jennifer Donahoe
Other Guests: Susan Blu, Gary Chalk, Vince DiCola, Larry DiTillio, Bob Forward, Simon Furman, David Kaye, Bryce Malek, Scott McNeil, Doug Parker, Rob Tokar, and Andrew Wildman
Special Events: Pre-convention party, live script reading, charity raffle
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 850 (Approx)
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BotCon 1999

From: Friday 16th of July 1999 Till:
Location: Touchstone Energy Place (formerly RiverCentre), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Exclusives: Windrazor (1200), Sandstorm (1200)
Information: The convention ran form the 16th to the 18th July. Of the 1104 people in attendance, 728 Pre-Registered.
Hasbro Rep: Brian Chapman
Other Guests: Jim Byrnes, Asaph Fipke, and Scott McNeil
Special Events: Pre-convention pizza party
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 1104 (Approx)
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BotCon 2000

From: Friday 28th of July 2000 Till:
Location: Grand Wayne Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Exclusives: Apelinq (1200), Shokaract (1200)
Information: The convention ran from the 28th to the 30th July 2000
Of the 1647 attendees, 1137 people Preregistered
Hasbro Reps: Joe Mattiko, Jamie Overbey
Other Guests: Ian James Corlett, Vince DiCola, John Moschitta, Venus Terzo, Alex Willows
Special Events: Friday night dinner, theatrical showing of TF:TM
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 1647 (Approx)
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BotCon 2001

From: Friday 13th of July 2001 Till:
Location: Durham Marriott at the Civic Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Exclusives: Tigatron (1500), Arcee (1500 (805 w/voice Chip, 795 w/o voice chip)
Information: The convention took place from the 13th July until the 15th July 2001.
Of the 1850 attendees, 1145 had Pre-Registered
Hasbro Rep: Joe Mattiko
Other Guests: Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, Paul Davids, Vince DiCola, Gary Falcone, Simon Furman, Scott McNeil, John Stephenson
Special Events: Friday night dinner, Saturday night concert, theatrical showing of TF:TM
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 1850 (Approx)
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BotCon 2002

From: Friday 26th of July 2002 Till:
Location: Grand Wayne Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Exclusives: Tap-Out(3000),Glyph(3000), CatSCAN(1500), Cyclonus(1500)
Information: BotCon 2002 was the last of organised by 3H Enterprises. After this Convention the Hartmans would leave 3H leaving the 3rd H Glen Hallit running things. 3H would soon become 3H Limited but the BotCon name would stay with the Hartmans
The event took place over the 26th to the 28th July 2002
Of the 2100 attendees there were 1400 Preregistrants
Hasbro Reps: The design and marketing teams
Other Guests: Dreamwave Productions, Richard Epcar, Bob Forward, Simon Furman, Dick Gautier, Neil Kaplan, Steve Kramer, Wayne "Wankus" Lewis, Michael McConnohie, Peter Spellos, and Tom Wyner
Special Events: Friday night dinner
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises
Attendance Fig: 2100 (Approx)
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BotCon 2004

From: Saturday 19th of June 2004 Till:
Location: Pasadena Conference Center, Pasadena, California, USA
Exclusives: ActionMaster Gen 2 Breakdown (204)
Information: The event marked the 10th anniversary of BotCon.
The exclusive toy was a non-official, custom made toy. Made by TransRepos and CustomMasters
Of the 1365 people in attendance 591 people pre-registered.
Tempting Toys had a display showing off every different toy and major variation with the exception of six.

Guests: Hasbro Reps (former): Bob Prupis and Alison Segebarth
Fumihiko Akiyama, Wally Burr, Peter Cullen, Paul Davids, Flint Dille, Dreamwave Productions, Dan Gilvezan, Bryce Malek, Michael McConnohie, Tadao Tomomatsu, David Wise
Special Events: Saturday morning breakfast, voice competition/script reading
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: BotCon Productions
Attendance Fig: 1365 (Approx)
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BotCon 2005

From: Thursday 22nd of September 2005 Till:
Location: Dallas-Frisco Embassy Suites Hotel, Frisco, Texas, USA
Exclusives:
Information: 2005 Transformers Botcon Convention, as it became known, was originally slated to be called Hasbro's International Transformers Collectors Convention (HITCC). It was the first Transformers Convention organised by the team behind Master Collector.
Official Website: www.transformersclub.com/
Organised By: Master Collector
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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BotCon 2006

From: Thursday 21st of September 2006 Till:Sunday 1st of October 2006
Location: Lexington Convention Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Exclusives: The boxset of BotCon figures this years was titled "Dawn of Futures Past" and contained five figures. The toys were based on the characters from the Beast Wars series although based on their Cybertronian forms. The figures were re-colours / re-moulds of toys from the Transformers: Galaxy Force (Transformers: Cybertron) line and came with new versions of the Planet X force chip (planet key) which were recoloured to resemble the Golden Disk. The figures were
Axalon Optimus Primal - A recolour of Crumplezone with a new head.
Axalon Rattrap - Recolour of Ransack
Darksyde Dinobot - Recolour of Longrack but with the head Transformers: Armada Hoist
Axalon Cheetor - Recolour of Clocker with a new head
Axalon Rhinox - Recolour of Landmine

Additional convention exclusive toys were produced and sold as sets in bags. They were
Set 1
Darksyde Megatron - Recolor of Cybertron Defense Red Alert with a new head
Darksyde Waspinator - Recolour of Machine Wars Thundercracker/Skywarp

Set 2
Buzzsaw - Recolours of Transformers:Energon Divebomb
Laserbeak - Recolours of Transformers:Energon Divebomb

There was also a special toy just for pre-registrants.
Unit-2 (Tigatron) - Recolour of Axalon Cheetor
Information:
Official Website: http://www.botcon.com
Organised By: Fun Publications
Attendance Fig: 2500 (Approx)
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CybCon 2000

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location:
Exclusives:
Information: CybCon is an abbreviation of The Cybertronian Conference, which is a mailing list that started in 1997.
Official Website: www.ggaub.com/tf/cybcon.html
Organised By: Greg Gaub
Attendance Fig: 4 (Exact)
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CybCon 2005

From: Saturday 9th of July 2005 Till:
Location: Parks & Recreation Admin Building, 910 9th Street SE, Auburn, Washington 98002, USA
Exclusives:
Information: # Dealer Tables! Come and see what local dealers have to offer TransFans! # Video Screening! Watch some rare and favorite Transformers episodes on the toob! # Video Games! Play some PS2 with other fans, including the BW:Transmetals match-ups! # Food! Your registration fee includes the cost of Pizza and Beverages! # Fun! When was the last time you hung out in a room full of people who loved TFs as much as you do? And you don't have to fly or drive for days to get there! # Auction! Some rare and/or Unique Transformers merchandise will be auctioned off to help cover expenses. # Raffle! Each attendee will receive two raffle tickets in their packet. Raffles will take place throughout the day. # 9:00am - Dealer Setup # 10:00am - Sign-in and CybCon begins! (Dealer access and video screening throughout the day!) # 11:00am - Toy Transforming Contest (see rules below) # 12:00pm - Lunch! A variety of pizza and beverages will be available to all attendees. # 1:00pm - Trivia Contest (see rules below) # 2:00pm - Beast Wars Transmetals Tournament begins (see rules below) # 3:00pm - Auction begins (normal open auction rules) # 5:00pm - CybCon Ends! Dealer clean up begins. # 6:00pm - Doors close, get outta there! ;-)
Report Link: Read a report on an external site
Official Website: www.ggaub.com/tf/cybcon2k5.html
Organised By:
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Cybercon Expo 2003

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: USA
Exclusives: No Information Available
Information: No Information Available
Official Website:
Organised By:
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Cybercon Expo 2004

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location:
Exclusives:
Information:
Official Website: www.cyberconexpo.com
Organised By: J.E. Alvarez, Alex Weiner and Fran O'Boyle
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Cybercon Expo 2005

From: Friday 29th of July 2005 Till:
Location: 630 Second, 630 2nd Avenue, New York, New York, USA
Exclusives:
Information: Guests Peter Cullen Don Allan Figueroa James McDonough and Adam Patyk Dan Khanna 91 Table Dealer Room, featuring pop-culture toys from the 80s to today via various dealers. Special Guests / Autograph Sessions (Peter Cullen and Don Figueroa) Pre-Registrant only QNA Panel with Peter Cullen! Door Prizes (All day Saturday, enter the show and you are entered to win) Costume Contest (Cash Prize) Fan Art Display and Contest (Cash Prize) Company and Product displays (Tentative) Pre-Registrant Only Give-Aways Pay-to-Enter Raffle for large prize Mega Friday Night Give-Away Panelon - Transformers the Movie and UK Transformers! With Paul Hitchens (Space-bridge)
Official Website: www.cyberconexpo.com
Organised By: J.E. Alvarez, Alex Weiner and Fran O'Boyle
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Dairycon 2001

From: Saturday 24th of November 2001 Till:
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Exclusives: Uncle Whiskey Breath (Unlicensed)
You can read the official profile here
Information:
Official Website: www.geocities.com/dairylandtransfans/dtfdairycon2001.html
Organised By: Fred"s Workshop
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Dairycon 2002

From: Saturday 14th of September 2002 Till:
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Fond du Lac, WI
Exclusives: Electrum Beast (Unlicensed)
Campaign Car (Unlicensed)
You can read their profiles here
Information:
Official Website: www.geocities.com/dairylandtransfans/dtfdairycon2002.html
Organised By: Fred"s Workshop
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Dairycon 2003

From: Saturday 18th of October 2003 Till:
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel, Fond du Lac, WI
Exclusives: Burning Furry Monkey (Unlicensed)
Clutterbug (Unlicensed)
View their profiles here
Information:
Official Website: www.geocities.com/dairylandtransfans/dtfdairycon2003.html
Organised By: Fred"s Workshop
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Dairycon 2004

From: Saturday 10th of April 2004 Till:
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel (Regency Rooms, 2nd floor), Fond du Lac, WI
Exclusives: Bunny Convoy - Repainted Stampy (Unlicensed).
SunBeam - recoloured Gen1 Windcharger (Unlicensed).
See the official profiles here
Information:
Official Website: www.geocities.com/dairylandtransfans/dtfdairycon2004.html
Organised By: Freds Workshop
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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Dairycon 2005

From: Saturday 9th of April 2005 Till:
Location: Ramada Plaza Hotel,Fond du Lac, WI, USA
Exclusives: Diarycon is sharing its exclusive toy this year with Cybcon and DBCTF. The toy is not licensed and will be a customised Energon Starsaber.
Information: 2005 is a special year for Dairycon , as they teamed up with Cybcon (usa) and Dutchbotcon (Netherlands).View their official site here
Official Website: www.geocities.com/dairylandtransfans/dtfdairycon2005.html
Organised By: Freds Workshop
Attendance Fig: 60 (Approx)
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MechaCon 2005

From: Friday 26th of August 2005 Till:
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Exclusives:
Information: Guests: Alec Willows Information. MechaCon 2005 took place from the 26th August until the 28th August 2005 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Had the 'World Premiere' of Metrodomes Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed as well as the 'world premiere' of the first three episodes of the official subtitled release of Transformers: Headmasters.
Official Website: www.mechacon.com
Organised By: Jon Russo and Peter Bares
Attendance Fig: 750 (Approx)
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MechaCon 2006

From: Friday 11th of August 2006 Till:
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Exclusives:
Information: Dates: August 11-13, 2006
Guests: Gary Chalk, Brittany Karbowski, Kevin McKeever, Scott McNeil, Lisa Furukawa Ray, Doug Smith, Jonathan Thompson, Brett Weaver, Alec Willows & Limit Break Cosplay
Information: MechaCon 2006 took place from the 11th August until the 12th August 2006 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Had a special Charity Screening of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Official Website: www.mechacon.com
Official Website: www.mechacon.com
Organised By: Jon Russo and Peter Bares
Attendance Fig: 1100 (Approx)
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MechaCon 2007

From: Friday 3rd of August 2007 Till:Sunday 5th of August 2007
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Exclusives:
Information:

Guests: Michael Dobson, Richard Epcar, Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Mike McFarland, Kevin McKeever, Scott McNeil, Ellyn Stern, Jonathan Thompson and Limit Break Cosplay

MechaCon 2007 took place from the 3rd August until the 5th August 2007 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Had a concert by Lisa Furukawa and a screening of the English dub of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence with ADR director and voice of Batou, Richard Epcar. Official Website: www.mechacon.com

Official Website: http://www.mechacon.com
Organised By: Jon Russo and Peter Bares
Attendance Fig: 1500 (Approx)
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OTFCC 2003

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Exclusives: Sideswipe, Sunstreaker (Hotel Exclusive), Roulette, ShadowStiker
Information: This was our first US Convention
Guests: 3 Hasbro Reps, Dreamwave, Devils Due, Simon Furman, Gary Chalk, David Kaye, Greg Burger
Events: Live Script Reading (written by Simon Furman, performed by the VAs). Hasbro Panel announcing Energon, Organisers Panel, Dreamwave Panel, Devils Due Panel, VA Panel. Gold pass and Guests luncheon.
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.otfcc.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises Limited
Attendance Fig: 2400 (Approx)
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OTFCC 2004

From: Saturday 31st of July 2004 Till:
Location: Donal E Stephens Convention Centre, Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Exclusives: Mega Zarak (Black Armada Megatron) Sentinal Prime (Recoloured Armada Overload)
Information: The 20th Anniversary event took place over 3 days. The first day was an evening meal.
Sentinal Prime could not be picked up form the event.

Guests:
Voice Actors: Michael McConnohie, Dan Gilvezan, Scott McNeil
Comics: Bob Budiansky, Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi
Other: Anthony Beard, Vince DiCola
Hasbro Employees: ???
Official Website: www.otfcc.com
Organised By: 3H Enterprises Limited
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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RMTranscon 2003

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Texas, USA
Exclusives:
Information: No Further information
Official Website: www.robotmonstertoys.com/rmtranscon2003/
Organised By: RobotMasters
Attendance Fig: 0 (Exact)
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TransformersCon 2002

From: Sunday 10th of November 2002 Till:
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Exclusives:
Information: Special Events: Art Contest
Report Link: Read a report on an external site
Official Website: www.transformerscon.com
Organised By: Aaron Black and Colin Douglas
Attendance Fig: 190 (Approx)
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TransformersCon 2003

From: Sunday 22nd of June 2003 Till:
Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Exclusives:
Information: Guests included Joe Ng and other members of Dreamwave Productions.
Events: Movie Room, Trivia Contest, Art Contest

Report Link: Read a report on an external site
Official Website: www.transformerscon.com
Organised By: Colin Douglas
Attendance Fig: 410 (Approx)
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TransformersCon 2004

From: Friday 12th of March 2004 Till:
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Exclusives: Variant Convention Exclusive cover of Transformers #1 Vol. 3 published by Dreamwave Productions.
Information: Guests: David Kaye the Voice of Megatron and from Dreamwave Productions: Pat Lee, Joe Ng, Rob Ruffolo, Adam Patyk, James "Brad Mick" McDonough plus many others.
Events: Trivia Contest, Autograph sessions, Discussion Panels, Art Contest, Live Script Reading and the worldwide debut of the Transformers Playstation game. A low resolution copy of the TransformersCon 2004 Documentary is now available for download. This is the same documentary that was on the Metrodome Generation 1 Season 1 DVD set and will be available from www.evantainment.com at our 2005 convention along with additional footage in DVD quality. Click here to download the video hosted by TFW2005.com.

A review of TransformersCon 2004 can be found here at SykoGrafix.com

Photos from TransformersCon 2004 can be found here at TFW2005.com

Report Link: Read a report on an external site
Official Website: www.transformerscon.com
Organised By: Colin Douglas
Attendance Fig: 550 (Approx)
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TransformersCon 2005

From: Friday 25th of March 2005 Till:
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Exclusives: TransformersCon 2005 Convention Exclusive Poster, TransformersCon 2005 Convention Exclusive T-Shirt (with art by Joe Ng).
Information: Guests: Garry Chalk the Voice of Optimus Primal/Optimus Prime and the first public appearance of former Dreamwave employees Joe Ng, Alex Milne, Adam Patyk, James "Brad Mick" McDonough and Matt Moylan since the closure of Dreamwave Productions.
Events: Trivia Contest, Autograph sessions, Discussion Panels, Art Contest, Live Script Reading and Customizing Panel.
Report Link: Read a report on an external site
Official Website: www.transformerscon.com
Organised By: Colin Douglas
Attendance Fig: 625 (Approx)
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Transformers Conventions held in North American

Year

1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BotCon

175
275
400
740
850
1104
1647
1850
2100
-
1365
tbc
2500
-
-

CybCon

-
-
-
-
-
-
4
6
2
50
60
tbc
-
-
-

Cybercon Expo

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
tbc
tbc
tbc
-
-
-

Dairycon

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
60
-
-
-

MechaCon

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
750
1100
1500
-

OTFCC

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2400
tbc
-
-
-
-

RMTranscon

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
tbc
-
-
-
-
-

TransformersCon

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
190
410
550
625
-
-
-

Auto Assembly 2000

From: Sunday 22nd of October 2000 Till:
Location: Ibis Hotel, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times Issue 3 (event magazine), Auto Assembly keyring
Information: Auto Assembly was intended as a Transformers equivalent to the organisers monthly Star Trek fan club meetings and was meant to be a small-scale event. Packets of Transform-A-Snacks were bought and thrown into the crowd at random during the event!
Of the 30 people in attendance, 15 pre-registered
Special Events: Toy display, quiz, games area
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Organised By: Sven Harvey
Attendance Fig: 30 (Exact)
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Auto Assembly 2001

From: Sunday 4th of March 2001 Till:
Location: Ibis Hotel, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times Issue 4 (event magazine), Cybertronian Times keyring
Information: This was still intended as a small scale club meeting and was held in the same function room as the first Auto Assembly event. Ultimately, it became a case of standing room only as the event became packed to capacity doubling the number of pre-bookings on the day and the numbers who attended weren"t expected! Lew Stringer was scheduled to appear as our first guest, but was unable to attend at the last minute due to transport difficulties with cancelled trains! Again, packets of Transform-A-Snacks were bought and thrown into the crowd at random during the event! Or the 60 people attending, 30 had Pre-Registered Special Events: Toy display, quiz, games area
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Organised By: Sven Harvey, Simon Plumbe
Attendance Fig: 60 (Exact)
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Auto Assembly 2003

From: Saturday 2nd of August 2003 Till:
Location: Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times Issue 5 (event magazine), Lee Sullivan G1 Postcards (produced for the convention by Metrodome)
Information: In 2003 , Auto Assembly was the only TF Convention in the UK as OTFCC Europe was cancelled. Auto Assembly 2003 saw the introduction of the Auto Assembly "goodie bag" included in the admission price. Thanks to several sponsors, we were able to give away a number of free gifts to all attendees as well as the convention magazine in addition to the exclusive convention postcards and this year saw the start of the official sponsorship from Red Mill Snack Foods, makers of Transform-A-Snacks! The convention was filmed and appeared as a special feature on the Season 2 Part 1 Region 2 DVD box set. Of the 233 attendees, 155 people have Pre-Registered Other Guests:Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Metrodome Special Events: Toy display, games area, art display, guest talks Goodie Bag: Cybertroniain Times Issue 5 (pre-registrants), AA2003 convention exclusive postcards, bag of Transform-A-Snacks, copy of Model & Collector"s Mart magazine, UK Transformers: Armada comic Issue 3
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Organised By: Sven Harvey, Simon Plumbe
Attendance Fig: 233 (Exact)
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Auto Assembly 2004

From: Saturday 8th of May 2004 Till:
Location: Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times Issue 6 (event magazine), Auto Assembly Art Cards, Auto Assembly 2004 t-shirt, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide (by Dorling Kindersley, Widfur bookplated edition), Lee Sullivan / Andrew Wildman RiD and G1 Postcards (produced for the convention by Metrodome, the Lee Sullivan artwork being the cover art commissioned for the convention magazine)
Information: The convention was held over two days, form the 8th to the 9th May 2004. It was the first Auto Assembly we attended It was filmed and appeared as a special feature on the Season 3/4 Region 2 DVD box set. The supplies of the Playstation 2 demo disc arrived after the convention took place and as such were sent out to attendees afterwards. Of the 320 attendees, 220 Pre-Registered Guests: Wally Wingert, Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Lee Sullivan, Simon Williams, Metrodome, Maximum Entertainment, Atari (exhibitor only) Special Events:> Guest talks, games area, art display, charity auction, charity raffle, exclusive UK video screenings Goodie Bag: Cybertronian Times Issue 6, AA2004 convention exclusive postcards, bag of Transform-A-Snacks, copy of Model & Collector"s Mart magazine, Atari Transformers Game PS2 demo disc, Atari Transformers game poster, pack of G1 Cards Inc stickers.
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Organised By: Sven Harvey, Simon Plumbe
Attendance Fig: 320 (Exact)
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Auto Assembly 2005

From: Saturday 4th of June 2005 Till:
Location: The Clarendon Suites, Hagley Road, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times, Issue 7
Auto Assembly Pin Badge
RiD Prime postcard (Simon Williams artwork)
War Within: Dark Ages Wildfur Bookplated Edition
Information: Guests: Neil Kaplan (RID Optimus Prime and Ro-Tor), Simon Furman (TF writer for Marvel, Dreamwave, Panini, Titan and now IDW), Andrew Wildman (Artist Gen1, Gen2, Dreamwave), Simon Williams (UK Armada Artist), Jason Cardy (Colourist on UK Armada), Geoff Senior (Artist Gen1)
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk/
Organised By: Auto Assembly
Attendance Fig: 409 (Exact)
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Auto Assembly 2006

From: Saturday 3rd of June 2006 Till:
Location: Clarendon Suites, Hagley Road, Birmingham, England
Exclusives: The Cybertronian Times, Issue 8
Auto Assembly Pin Badge
Transmetal Megatron postcard (Simon Williams artwork, Kat Nicholson colours)
Cougar postcard (Guido Guidi artwork)
Auto Assembly lanyard
Infiltration #1 Andrew Wildman wraparound cover edition,
Wildfur certificated edition
Infiltration #4 Draw The World Together Silver Signed edition
Information: Guests: David Kaye, Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Lee Sullivan, Guido Guidi, Simon Williams, Jason Cardy, Mike Collins
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Organised By: Auto Assembly
Attendance Fig: 400 (Exact)
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BotCon Europe 1999

From: Friday 13th of August 1999 Till:
Location: Barnabas Center,London, England
Exclusives: T-Shirt, Magazine
Information: The convention took place from the 13th August until the 14th.
It was the first UK convention to have any guest.
Of the 115 people who attended, 82 people pre-registered.
It was the second Transformers convention that we attended.
Guests Simon Furman
Official Website: www.melted.com/bce
Organised By: George Morgan
Attendance Fig: 115 (Approx)
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Decepticon 2000

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Exclusives:
Information: We have no inforamtion on this event
Official Website:
Organised By: ShowMasters / OffWorld
Attendance Fig: 0 (Exact)
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NederBotCon/DutchBot 1999

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Holland
Exclusives:
Information: Dutbot-Con (DBCTF) grew out of DBC which in turn "evolved" out of the "ashes" of NBC (NederBotCon).
Official Website: dbctf.cjb.net/
Organised By:
Attendance Fig: 7 (Exact)
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NederBotCon/DutchBot 2000

NederBotCon/DutchBot 2001

NederBotCon/DutchBot 2002

NederBotCon/DutchBot 2003

NederBotCon/DutchBot 2004

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Holland
Exclusives:
Information:
Official Website: dbctf.cjb.net/
Organised By: dbctf.cjb.net/
Attendance Fig: 280 (Exact)
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NederBotCon/DutchBot 2005

From: Saturday 4th of February 2006 Till:
Location: Holland
Exclusives:
Information:
Official Website: dbctf.cjb.net/
Organised By: dbctf.cjb.net/
Attendance Fig: 0 (Approx)
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NederBotCon/DutchBot 2006

OTFCC Europe 2002

From: Sunday 3rd of November 2002 Till:
Location: Wolsey Hall,Cheshunt, United Kingdom
Exclusives: Rook (3000)
Information: Although the convention was scheduled to be BotCon Europe 2002, changes within 3H and trouble with who owned the BotCon name meant the convention was renamed to The Official Transformers Collectiors Convention or OTFCC for short. The Convention T-Shirt was still printed with BotCon Europe, although the toy and banner outside the event was for OTFCC Europe 2002
The convention toy Rook was also offereed as an Internet Premium Offer
Guests: Simon Furman, Neil Kaplan, Wayne "Wankus" Lewis
Special Events: Charity auction
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.botcon.com
Organised By: 3H Productions, Inc.
Attendance Fig: 240 (Approx)
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TransForce 1999

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: A Place in Space, Croydon, England
Exclusives:
Information: Details to follow
Official Website: www.transforce.org.uk
Organised By: Paul Cannon
Attendance Fig: 101 (Exact)
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TransForce 2000

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location:
Exclusives:
Information: Details To Follow
Official Website: www.transforce.org.uk
Organised By: Paul Cannon
Attendance Fig: 160 (Exact)
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TransForce 2001

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location:
Exclusives:
Information: Details to Follow
Official Website: www.transforce.org.uk
Organised By: Paul Cannon
Attendance Fig: 250 (Exact)
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TransForce 2002

TransForce 2004

From: Thursday 1st of January 1970 Till:
Location: Canon Leisure Centre, Mitcham, England
Exclusives: A collection of Transformer based "Arcade" games was for sale at the event including Unicron Pac-man.
Information: Anne Byrant, who created the original Transformers theme, attended the event as a Pre-Registrant. It was her first Transformers Convention.

Guest included Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman and Geff Anderson.
Report Link: Read our report from the convention
Official Website: www.transforce.org.uk
Organised By: Paul Cannon, Jason Mckensie
Attendance Fig: 329 (Exact)
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Transformers Conventions held in Europe

Year

1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

Auto Assembly

-
-
-
-
-
-
30
60
-
233
320
409
400
-
-

BotCon Europe

-
-
-
-
-
115
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Decepticon

-
-
-
-
-
-
tbc
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

NederBotCon/DutchBot

-
-
-
-
-
7
50
80
180
200
280
tbc
tbc
-
-

OTFCC Europe

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
240
-
-
-
-
-
-

TransForce

-
-
-
-
-
101
160
250
400
-
329
-
-
-
-

BotCon Japan 1997

From: Sunday 8th of June 1997 Till:
Location: Science and Technology Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Exclusives: Super High-Bred Model Galvatron (800 regular, 100 "lava")
Information: The SHBM Galvatron was also a Internet Limited offer, we are unsure of the number.
Official Website: www.wink.co.jp/~botcon_japan/pages_folder/enindex.htm
Organised By: Fumihiko Akiyama
Attendance Fig: 0 (Exact)
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BotCon Japan 1998

From: Saturday 12th of December 1998 Till:
Location: Sevencity Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Exclusives: Barbearian (600),Double Punch (600)
Information: The convention took place on the 12th and the 13th December 1998.
Barbearian was coloured like the PolaClaw Prototype called Grizzley-1
Guests: Hirotaka Suzuoki
Official Website: www.wink.co.jp/~botcon_japan/pages_folder/enindex.htm
Organised By: Fumihiko Akiyama
Attendance Fig: 1000 (Approx)
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BotCon Japan 2000

From: Sunday 17th of December 2000 Till:
Location: Metro Industry & Trade Center, Tokyo, Japan
Exclusives: Choro-Q Megatron (1000), Mirage (1000), and Optimus Prime (1000)
Information: The third Japanese BotCon was 2 years after the 2nd event and had returned to a single day.
The exclusive toys did not transform and were recoloured vehicles from the Chrono-Q line
Guests: Tesshoh Genda
Official Website: www.wink.co.jp/~botcon_japan/english/enindex_2_.htm
Organised By: Fumihiko Akiyama
Attendance Fig: 1000 (Approx)
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Transformers Conventions held in Asia

Year

1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BotCon Japan

-
-
-
tbc
1000
-
1000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Sabretron 2004

From: Saturday 6th of November 2004 Till:
Location: Australia
Exclusives:
Information: Arranged at OzFormers 2003
Official Website: sonconvoy.tripod.com/sabretron.html
Organised By: Sabretron
Attendance Fig: 0 (Exact)
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