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With about 12 hours past since registration for BotCon 2011was opened, BotCon have tweeted that they are over 50% sold out of the Iacon and Primus packages.
They stated that this year they made "more sets than ever", and thus far (to my knowledge) only one leaked BotCon 2011 figure (Deadend) has been seen outside of the BotCon website.
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Just a quick reminder that Auto Assembly 2010 start in less than a month, on the 13th of August 2010. The event, which takes place from Friday night through Sunday at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre looks set to beat the UK Transformers attendance record, set last year. Make sure you book a place to be apart of history.
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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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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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The Botcon 2010 online registrations went live last night but with yet more glitches.
Thanks to everyone who has processed their registration. We know there
are some issues but overall, it is not too bad for code that has been
bombarded today.
Known issues:
1. The invoice counting system failed and there are many, duplicate
numbers. The numbers have NO meaning to you. Because of the duplicate
numbers, the first 100 cutoff was in the mid 1030s. We did not send
these numbers to the cc folks so don't worry that your number may be the
same as someone elses.
2. Some of you have not been getting emails. They may come later
today or maybe not at all. Email is not a 100% communication system.
When your registration is approved (after a human verifies it, you the
system will send a second email. This may not happen for several days.
3. Some of you have not been getting member pricing. A programmer
is looking at the accounts to see what the issue is. Please do not,
register if you are getting incorrect pricing as that makes more work
for the admin dept and we may not be able to get credits back to you for
a week or more.
4. Non-attending sets will not be available until next week. There
is no inventory in the online system and that's why it says sold out.
We will send out a notice when we populate the inventory. We are
holding sets back for this group as well as some of the loose figures
and we have ordered 50 more 1st 100 pins to let the non-attending
members get them.
5. As we have many issues to clean up, please don't call or email
unless you absolutely have too. We are aware of many of the issues and
will be working to clean them up. However, the more phone calls and
emails we get, the longer this will take.
Thanks for your patience and support.
Brian
The original press release regarding the launch of the online registration system can be found below
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BotCon 2010 Registration goes live!
Fort Worth, TX - May 18, 2010 - Fun Publications, Inc., licensee for
Hasbro’s official Transformers Collectors’ Convention, BotCon, announced today
that the all-new and highly anticipated online registration system has
been completed and has gone live. Pop Culture enthusiasts from around
the world are now able to register for BotCon 2010, being held at the Walt
Disney World Dolphin Resort June 24th - June 27th in Orlando, Florida.
Fans and Collectors’ who register for BotCon as a Primus package holder will
receive the 5 piece convention set "Generation 2: Redux," admission to
the Friday private sales room experience, all panels and seminars and
the Hall of Fame Celebration dinner. The dinner will feature the first
four "human" inductees into the Transformers Hall of Fame, including:
Peter Cullen (voice of Optimus Prime), Bob Budiansky (Editor responsible
for the original Transformers storyline), Yoke Hideaki (Takara/Hasbro
liaison and the man behind toys such as Megatron and Soundwave), and
Kojin Ohno (designer who created the first "car to robot transforming
toy" Sunstreaker and the largest Generation 1 toy, Fortress Maximus).
Finally, Primus package attendees will also receive a special bonus
Transformers Deluxe figure to go along with their convention box set.
This is the first year BotCon has been held in the sunny state
of Florida. "We couldn’t be more excited about bringing BotCon to a location
where fans can experience everything Transformers and the amazing Disney
World together, in one fun filled week" said Brian Savage, BotCon event organizer
and Director of the Transformers Collectors’ Club. BotCon is in its 16th year and will
once again feature a large dealer room with thousands of Transformers
collectibles as well as other toys such as Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Marvel
figures and many other great collectibles from the 80’s, 90’s and modern
day! Also at the show will be additional special guests, IDW,
Activision, comic book artists and many other events/features for fans
of all ages to enjoy!
For more information on BotCon, the weeklong activities and the
exclusive figure offerings, please visit BotCon.com.
About HASBRO
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and
family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of
brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest
quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the
world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings
to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from
traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as
TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, G.I.
JOE and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our
brands at http://www.hasbro.com.
(C) 2010 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
About Fun Publications, Inc.
For over 15 years, Fun Publications, Inc. has been a Hasbro licensee
offering fans and collectors of pop culture memorabilia news, exclusive
product and family events through different print offerings, websites,
collector clubs and brand specific conventions such as GIJoeCon and BotCon. Located in
Fort Worth Texas, Fun Publications reaches a large audience, serving the
United States and many other countries such as Japan, Great Britain,
Brazil, Australia and Canada. For more information visit
TransformersClub.com, GIJoeClub.com, GIJoeCon.com, and BotCon.com. BotCon is a registered
trademark of Fun Publications, Inc. (C) Fun Publications, Inc. All
rights reserved.
Credit to Seibertron.com for email update
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The Botcon website has been updated with official images of the artwork that will be used for the Botcon 2010 box set of toys.
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The Botcon website has been updated with official images of their exclusive figure Clench. You can compare him to the original figure by using our toy gallery as a reference
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Auto Assembly 2010 Releases Surprise Programme Details...
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The Auto Assembly website has been updated with the addtinion of the Auto Assembly Shop where you can buy
fanzines, comics and the official theme song for Auto Assembly, Transform by Next of Kin.
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Following on from the news we reported this morning Auto Assembly have sent out the following press release regarding Nick Roche attending the convention
Auto Assembly 2010 Confirms Nick Roche As Guest Number Ten!
People have been asking us to bring him back since his debut last year and we are now pleased to announce that IDW artist / writer Nick Roche will be making a welcome return to Auto Assembly 2010 joining our extensive line-up of guests bringing the total to ten!
Nick will be with us for the whole weekend and will be signing autographs and sketching for attendees all weekend and as well as this he will be joining all of our other comic guests on stage for a Q&A session on the Saturday and running a rather special workshop on the Sunday and - as he did last year - he will be joining our voice actors on stage on the Saturday evening taking part in our script reading. So if you want to see everything that Nick will be involved with at the convention, you will need to be with us for the full weekend.
To see the official announcement, and to see the latest episode of the Auto Assembly News Update where you can find out the latest updates on the convention, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYBqMMNuYI
Tickets are selling well for the convention and are for adults and for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for . Reduced prices are available for the one day passes although these are limited.
Nick joins an extensive line-up off guests including Garry Chalk, Derrick J Wyatt, Simon Furman, Guido Guidi and a host of UK comic guests and the convention will be taking place between Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be a massive Saturday evening programme with a party, live band, costume competition and more, and durig the whole weekend there will be a toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, a video games area charting 25 years of Transformers games, free workshops, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more to be announced!
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.
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Following on from the news we reported this morning Auto Assembly have sent out the following press release regarding single day passes
Auto Assembly 2010 Releases Single Day Passes
After countless requests from people wanting to register for Auto Assembly 2010, we have finally released our limited allocation of single day passes for Auto Assembly 2010! Following the success of Auto Assembly 2009 where we set a new European attendance record for a Transformers convention of 501, bookings have been coming in at an astonishing rate for 2010. By 14th March 2010 we were already up to 182 - up from 116 at the same point last year so we are on target to not only shatter this record again but we are quite possibly looking at the convention being a total sell-out!
We are now releasing a limited number of single day tickets for the Saturday and Sunday to enable those of you who can't join us for the full weekend to be able to experience Auto Assembly 2010. We are releasing just 75 tickets for each day and once these have been sold, there will be no more released!
Single day attendees will have the same access to the convention that full weekend attendees do - all the guest panels, dealers, workshops, autograph sessions, activities, and will still get the free goodie bags so you will be able to experience everything that Auto Assembly 2010 has to offer. The only things that you won't have access to is the Friday evening programme, the Saturday night party (which will have the performance by Next Of Kin, the script reading, our cosplay show and more) and there is a possibility that weekend attendees may gain early access to the convention each day.
Details of the programme, and what activities and panels will be taking place on each day can be found on the Auto Assembly website so you can choose what day is best for you. All of our guests are joining us for the full weekend and will be signing all weekend, but will only be on stage for a panel discussion ONCE so if you want to see all the Q&A sessions, then you need to attend for the full weekend!
Because of the venue size, we are restricted to a MAXIMUM of 550 people at the convention per day which can 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, hurry and get your tickets now!
We have frozen the prices on these from Auto Assembly 2009 and the one day tickets for either day cost for adults, for children, students or senior citizens and under 5's as always are free. However as they are limited, if you want to come along for just the day then you need to book NOW! Because of the rate that bookings are coming in, and the popularity of the one-day passes last year, we cannot guarantee that single day tickets will be available to purchase on the door.
Full weekend tickets are also on sale through the website for for adults and for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for .
The convention is celebrating 10 years of Auto Assembly events and will be taking place between Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be AT LEAST eleven guests including three guests of honour (Garry Chalk and Derrick J Wyatt are already confirmed), a massive Saturday evening programme with a party, live band, costume competition and more, toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, a video games area, free workshops, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more to be announced!
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
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The Auto Assembly team have sent out the following press release
Auto Assembly - "And Here Is The News..."
Once again, Auto Assembly expands its online presence with the latest addition to its Youtube channel...
Auto Assembly, Europe's largest Transformers convention, has been continually looking for new and innovative ways to keep its attendees and would-be attendees informed of all the latest developments with the convention in an easy to digest manner. Through press releases, its own website, its forum, and its new page on Twitter, we are reaching out to more Transformers fans that ever before.
Now, we are adding another outlet for information on Auto Assembly! Every week or two, we will be uploading short news bulletins to the official Auto Assembly channel on Youtube. Each bulletin will last for around 3-5 minutes and will feature several short news stories covering some of the latest developments about the convention, most of which will be revealed before you hear them anywhere else!
The first bulletin is online NOW and you can watch it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVth0WlOq4 Further videos will be uploaded every 1-2 weeks as we get more news and stories to announce. If you want to know when these videos are released, just subscribe to the Auto Assembly channel and get an email notification of every new video produced by Auto Assembly, which will also include exclusive convention footage and much more!
For more details on Auto Assembly 2010 which is taking place on 13th - 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England - or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
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.
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The Auto Assembly team have issued the following press release
Auto Assembly 2009 Script Reading On YoutubeAnd More...
For those of you who attended Auto Assembly 2009, you've been waitng for months for the chance to see it again, and for those of you who couldn't make it, you've been wondering what all the fuss was about, but we are now proud to announce that we are releasing the footage of our live script reading from Auto Assembly 2009 on the official Auto Assembly channel on Youtube!
For those of you who don't know, the script reading took place on the Saturday evening of the convention and featured a brand new 25 minute Beast Wars script written exclusively for the convention and was performed by Gregg Berger, Ian James Corlett, comic artists Simon Williams, Nick Roche, and a number of fans who auditioned for additional roles.
Over the coming weeks we will be uploading the Script Reading and a whole host of other clips from Auto Assembly 2009 - interviews, general footage, guest panels and much much more. As well as this, we be be uploading Highlight Reels from our archives from past events dating back to the very first Auto Assembly event in 2000!
The first videos from this archive are online NOW and new videos will be added every day or two so keep coming back to see all the latest updates. Footage from Auto Assembly 2000, 2001 and the first interview from Auto Assembly 2009 are online NOW and Part One of the Script Reading will be available by the time most of you read this! To see these, just visit the channel at www.youtube.com/autoassembly and if you want to know about the videos as they become available, why not subscribe to us?!
The channel will also bring you the latest news and developments on Auto Assembly 2010 which is going to be our biggest and best yet. We want to celebrate Auto Assembly's 10th Anniversary in style and give you the best Transformers convention that Europe has ever seen. Over the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 we will be bringing you AT LEAST three guests of honour (Garry Chalk and Derrick J Wyatt are already confirmed), a massive Saturday evening programme with a party, live band, costume competition and loads more, toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, video games area, workshops, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more!
All this will be taking place at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. Tickets for the weekend are on sale now through the website for for the weekend for adults and for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Single day passes will be made available for sale closer to the convention.
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
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
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Optimus Prime
Choose Your Fate
Ep 1-3: Starscreams Discovery
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
US Sheet 1
Transformers Animated
