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Eight Weeks Until Auto Assembly 2010...
If you haven't already bought your ticket yet, there are now just under eight weeks to go until Europe's largest Transformers convention, Auto Assembly 2010 and tickets are selling FAST!!
This year is going to be bigger and better than ever with our most exciting programme of activities and guests yet. The convention is taking place between Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England.
As always it will be a packed weekend featuring guest panels, toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, our new Game Zone showcasing 25 years of Transformers video games from the first ever game released for the Commodore 64 right up to War For Cybertron with almost every game being playable over the weekend, free workshops run by many of our guests, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more to be announced!
There will also be Friday and Saturday evening programmes, exclusive for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a party, a concert by rock band Next Of Kin (including a Transformers themed set with music from the 1986 animated movie!), musical performances by Scott McNeil and Garry Chalk, costume competition, and our voice actors will take to the stage to perform a BRAND NEW script written by Simon Furman and we have a few more surprises in store...!
We believe that this is our best guest line-up ever for Auto Assembly. We have three guests of honour for the convention - Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil and Derrick J Wyatt and no less than 8 comic guests - Simon Furman, Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, Simon Williams, Liam Shalloo, Kris Carter, Jason Cardy and Kat Nicholson and all our guests will be signing autographs and available to meet fans all weekend and each will take to the stage for a Q&A session during the convention. Most of our comic guests will also be sketching for attendees.
Because of the venue size, we are restricting attendance to a MAXIMUM of 550 people at the convention per day which will be made up of a combination of weekend and one-day attendees and once we hit that total we will be CLOSING registrations so if you want to attend Europe's largest Transformers convention, you need to hurry and get your tickets now as we have already had just under 400 pre-registrants! With an estimated total allowance of 625, and us about to enter our bookings "rush period", you need to book sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment!
Despite our running costs increasing for this year, we have frozen ticket prices from Auto Assembly 2009 and they are £45 for adults and £35 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for £145. Single day passes are available at reduced rates but these are VERY limited and start from just £18 but these are selling fast and we now only have TWENTY Saturday tickets remaining. If you can't make it, we have our excellent Non-Attendee Pack with prices starting from £70!
For those of you planning on attending from outside the UK, it's a lot cheaper than you might think... with the current state of the pound, many currencies are faring quite well at the moment and flights to the UK are not too expensive. For example, if you are travelling from the USA, you could cover your flight, registration AND hotel accommodation for under $1,500!!
For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
We hope to see you all in August 2010.
The Auto Assembly 2010 Team
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J Wyatt's appearance at the convention possible.
Auto Assembly 2010 is also sponsored by:-
Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
Toyz And Games - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
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on: Saturday, 19th June 2010 at 14:23:01 BST
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Botcon.com have celebrated receiving their 500th Twitter follower by posting the artwork for the convention exclusive Spark (Pyro), wich you can view
here.
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on: Friday, 18th June 2010 at 13:25:55 BST
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The Auto Assembly website has been updated with a preview of the items that will be in this years goodie bag. The bag contains three exclusive postcards with artwork of Optimus Primal, from Simon Willams / Kris Carter, Rattrap (Nick Roche / Liam Shalloo and Animated Swindle (Derrick J Wyatt).
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on: Wednesday, 16th June 2010 at 19:27:41 BST
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Just a quick update for you, but we are hoping to have a couple of Masterpiece Sleep Mode Convoy's for sale at Auto Assembly. There will be only
two available of these highly limited items (limited to 2010 pcs).
Takara are shipping the items at the end of July, so we hope to have them in hand for Auto Assembly, and if so we'll be bringing them along with us. I can't tell you the price, as we don't know the final shipping / import fees yet, but it's yet another reason to head to Auto Assembly 2010.
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Wednesday, 16th June 2010 at 15:34:47 BST
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Auto Assembly 2010 Non-Attendee Pack Available Now!
Ticket sales for Auto Assembly 2010 are doing incredibly well and we are on
target to break all attendance records again for a European Transformers
convention as fans join us to celebrate our tenth anniversary year...
We do appreciate that there are many of you who would love to be able to
attend the convention but can't attend either because of distance, personal
circumstances or commitments, financial constraints or simply those of you who
are unable to get time off work so once again we are offering a non-attendee
package which will allow you to get involved in the convention and get your
hands on all of this year's convention goodies and a whole lot more
besides...
The Auto Assembly 2010 Non-Attendee Packages are £70 for anyone living in
the UK and £80 for the rest of the world and are fully inclusive of shipping
costs. While these are more expensive than passes for the convention, we think
they offer exceptional value for money. Why? Well, each non-attendee pack will
get you:-
* A Personalised convention pass with your own ticket number
* The FULL
Auto Assembly goodie bag containing a wide range of gifts (the earlier your
ticket number, the more gifts will be in your bag. Visit the website to see the
full details of what's on offer this year!)
* Entry into all of the Auto
Assembly 2009 Pre-registrant prize draws
* The Cybertronian Times Issue 11,
signed by ALL our convention guests
* IDW's Transformers Issue 9 convention
exclusive variant cover comic
* Auto Assembly 2010 convention exclusive
mug
* Auto Assembly 2010 Swindle keyring
* Auto Assembly 2010 Rattrap
keyring
* A personalised sketch from a random Auto Assembly 2010 comic artist
guest
* Three additional Auto Assembly 2010 fanzines from Transmasters
UK
* The Auto Assembly 2010 Pre-Registrant CD-ROM
* A copy of the Auto
Assembly official theme song, "Transform" 4-track CD single
* Ten entries
into the Auto Assembly 2010 charity raffle
* Proxy bidding rights for the
Auto Assembly charity auction
And more surprise items! To see more details of some of the items in the
goodie bag, you can see a full list, including an exclusive first look at this
year's convention exclusive postcards, on the Auto Assembly website.
This is the best non-attendee package we have EVER put together and is an
ideal way for you to get involved with the convention if you can't make it this
year and potentially your ONLY chance to get this year's convention exclusive
comic which features cameos on the cover from our guests of honour Garry Chalk,
Scott McNeil and Derrick J Wyatt!
Once you have paid your £70 (or £80 if you live outside the UK) there is
nothing more to pay. The only additional charges are for additional postage
charges that may be incurred should any competition prizes be won that we may
need to ship, or relevant amounts for any auction items that you may win.
We do admit that we had some difficulties with our packs for AA2009, but we
have managed to resolve all of these so we won't experience the shipping delays
that we experienced last time. We will have most of the content ready to ship
well in advance of the convention itself with just the autographs and final few
items being collected over the weekend itself with the packs being shipped a
week or two after the convention.
To purchase your non-attendee package, visit the Auto Asembly website NOW!
If you are able to join us, full weekend tickets are available and are £45 for
adults and £35 for children/students/senior citizens with under 5s being FREE.
Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are just £145 saving £15. Limited
numbers of single day passes are also available starting from £18. Don't miss
out on your chance to be a part of what is going to be a great weekend for
Transformers fans everywhere!!
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on: Saturday, 12th June 2010 at 11:38:09 BST
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Auto Assembly have announced via their Twitter page has announced that the non-attendee packs for the convention will go on sale this weekend over at www.autoassembly.org.uk.
Auto Assembly 2010 tkaes place during August and runs Friday 13th through Sunday 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, England.
The three guest of honour for this years event are Garry Chalk (Optimus Prime / Optimus Primal), Derrick J Wyatt (lead character designer on Transformers Animated) and Scott McNeil (Dinobot, Waspinator, Rattrap, Silverbolt, Jetfire and more).
Joining them are yet more guest including:
Simon Fuirman
Nick Roche
Guido Guidi
Liam Shalloo
Simon Williams
Kris Carter
Jason Cardy
Kat Nicholson
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on: Friday, 11th June 2010 at 21:44:21 BST
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iGearToys have announced, via their store, that a recoloured 10th Anniversary Megatron toy will be a part of this years Botcon set. The figure, painted blue, will no doubt be Grimlock and is a homeage to the Generation 2 figure of which there were two variants.
A dark blue toy and a more limited
turquoise version
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on: Thursday, 10th June 2010 at 20:32:05 BST
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Botcon.com have announced the following via Twitter.
BotCon Comic Timelines Issue 5 Cover SNEAK PEAK!
Who is drawing it? Check pic and find out. Full cover is amazing!
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Thursday, 10th June 2010 at 20:28:52 BST
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Botcon.com have announced that Scott McNeil will be one of this years guests. Scott voiced many characters in Beast Wars as well as the Unicron Trilogy including Waspinator, Dinobot, Silverbolt, Rattrap and Jetfire.
For those not attending Botcon do not forget that Scott will be joining Garry Chalk and Derrick J Wyatt in the UK in August for Auto Assembly 2010
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on: Wednesday, 9th June 2010 at 08:52:08 BST
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A new guest for Botcon 2010 has been announced as Paul Eiding. Paul voiced Perceptor in the Generation 1 cartoon as well as more recent roles in Ben 10 and Metal Gear Soild
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on: Tuesday, 8th June 2010 at 09:44:55 BST
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This year be present again Michael and Kerstin of "Inside-Outside Bodyart". On the C.O.N.S. 2010 Michael with his exclusive pieces of jewellery in Transformers style completely in front. Since he has specially sketched for us rings, on that the C.O.N.S. Sign is to be read. Kerstin has sharpened her needles and does exclusive on the C.O.N.S. Transformers motives under the skin as Tattoos.
Here we already have a small foretaste on the jewellery which will be present and also a look on the new creation!
The C.O.N.S. Rings are limited for the normal sale in different sizes! But everyone can pre-order a Ring in his size, so everyone can get it on the C.O.N.S.
For pre-order contact: cons@ntf-archive.de
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on: Friday, 4th June 2010 at 20:44:53 BST
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Auto Assembly 2010 Announces Exclusive IDW Comic!
Things may have been quiet for a couple of weeks for Auto Assembly apart
from a few small announcements through our website. We have been busy
behind the scenes continuing to work on processing bookings, preparing
for the launch of our Non-Attendee Package and working on the first of
this year's convention exclusives which we are now proud to announce...
Following the success last year of our convention exclusive comic,
we are once again working with IDW Publishing and we will have another
convention exclusive variant cover of a forthcoming Transformers book
from IDW. This year, we are working with Transformers dealer Toyz And
Gamez (www.toysandgamez.com) who are helping to make the comic a
reality. The book is going to be Issue 9 of IDW's ongoing Transformers
comic and our convention edition will feature a new cover with artwork
from Nick Roche and colours by Liam Shalloo, both of whom will be in
attendance at Auto Assembly 2010, as will the comic's main artist Guido
Guidi!
The comic will be on sale all weekend from the Toyz And
Gamez table and will also be part of the Non-Attendee Package which will
be on sale shortly. If copies remain after the event, the comic will
also be sold online afterwards.
Visit the Auto Assembly website
now at www.autoassembly.org.uk to see a preview of the cover or to book
your tickets for the convention or learn more about the event which is
already shaping up to be the biggest Transformers convention that Europe
has ever seen!
Spanning the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday
15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre,
Birmingham, England, the convention is playing host to a staggering 11
guests including three guests of honour (Garry Chalk, Scott McNeill and
Derrick J Wyatt), and will feature toy and art displays, dealers, comic
guests, free autograph sessions, a video games area, free workshops run
by many of our guests, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings
and so much more to be announced! There will also be Friday and
Saturday evening programmes, exclusive for weekend attendees and the
Saturday evening will play host to a party, a concert by rock band Next
Of Kin (including a Transformers themed set with music from the 1986
animated movie!), costume competition, our voice actors will take to the
stage to perform a BRAND NEW script written by Simon Furman and we
still have a few more surprises in store...!
For more details on
the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities
taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the
website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
We hope to see you all in
August 2010.
The Auto Assembly 2010 Team
Web:
www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email:
autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly
2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and
www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J
Wyatt's appearance at the convention possible.
Auto Assembly
2010 is also sponsored by:-
Science Fiction Collectables -
www.sf-collectables.co.uk
Toyz And Games - www.toyzandgamez.com/
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on: Thursday, 3rd June 2010 at 14:55:13 BST
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The
Botcon website is now taking orders for the non-attendees packs. The website does
not use SSL or any form of encryption when entering in your card details, so we would recommend that anyone ordering uses a credit card and not a debit card as you have more protection on that.
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on: Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 at 23:57:20 BST
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Auto Assembly have released a preview image of this year's
convention magazine cover which is drawn by Guido Guidi
Auto Assembly 2010 takes place between the 13th and 15th August 2010 at The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England
www.autoassembly.org.uk - official
Auto Assembly website
http://autoassembly.proboards.com
- official Auto Assembly forum
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on: Friday, 28th May 2010 at 13:49:58 BST
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BotCon 2010 has annouced that Stan Bush will be a guest at this years event. Mr Bush has appeared at BotCon before and has performed in 2007 and 2009. His relationship with the Transformers brand stems from the original 1986 animated Transformers movie.
If you can't make it to BotCon in Florida, or even if you can, remember there is another Transformers Convention which is a must attend this year Auto Assembly 2010. Auto Assembly has three special guests flying over this year, Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil and Derrick Wyatt (the latter sponsored by ourselves)
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on: Wednesday, 26th May 2010 at 16:48:27 BST
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