BotCon 2010
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| This article is about the 2010 Transformers convention. For the "Botcon 2010!" video advertisement, see BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux. |
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| Unrepresentatively un-neon | |||||||
| Date | June 24, 2010 | ||||||
| City | Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
| Venue | Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and Convention Center | ||||||
BotCon 2010 was held at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, from June 24 to June 27, 2010, with June 23 holding the first customizing class.
No word about whether Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Buzz Lightyear were in attendance.
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Venue
BotCon 2010 was held in the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel Resort and Convention Center. It's where people already in Heaven go to when they die. Accommodations include:
- 17 restaurants and lounges
- 24-hour convenience store
- Shops
- Mandara Spa, where you can get your hair and nails done
- Game room
- Golf course
- Grotto pool with tropical waterfalls and a water slide
- Even more pools
- Tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts
- A beach
- Seriously, a beach.
- We're guessing free unicorn rides.
Merchandise
Convention-exclusive toys
"Generation 2: Redux" box set ($305, bagged $210)
- Autobot Spark, a redeco of Universe Inferno
- Streetstar, a redeco of Universe Prowl
- Clench, a retool of Universe Onslaught
- Breakdown, a retool of Universe Sideswipe
- Sky-Byte, a retool of Energon Sharkticon
At show souvenir packages
- Rapido and Cindersaur, a retool of Universe Prowl and a redeco of Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron
- Double Punch and Turbomaster with Shattered Glass Ravage, a redeco of Energon Scorponok and a redeco of Universe Hound with Ravage
- Three Sharkticons, redecos of Energon Sharkticon
Customization Exclusive
Attendee-Only Bonus Exclusive
- Decepticon Slice, a redeco of Energon Downshift
Fiction
- "Generation 2: Redux" comic
Guests
Hall of Fame inductees
Voice actors
Fun Publications
Hasbro employees
Hasbro Studios employees
IDW Publishing comics
Lil Formers
Music
High Moon Studios
TakaraTomy employees
Events
Wednesday
- 7:30 AM-6:30 Kennedy Space Center Tour
- 9 AM - 5 PM Transformers Figure Customizing Class
- 9:30-10:30 PM Registration/Package Pick-Up for Wed. or Thurs. Customizing Class attendees and Tour group
Thursday
- 9 AM - 5 PM Transformers Figure Customizing Class
- 6:00 PM Registration/Package Pick-Up Begins
- 8:30-9:30 PM Dealer Unload and Drop Off
- 9:00 PM Message Board/Room-to-Room Trading Info
- 10:00 PM Package Pick-Up/Registration Closes
Friday
- 7:30 AM-2 PM Dealer Set-Up
- 8:00-9:30 AM Club Store opens for all Registered Attendees
- 9:00-Noon Contest Check in/Set-up
- 9:30 AM Late Package Pick-Up
- Walk-up Late Registration
- 9:00-9:50 Panel:TCC Magazine and Comic Q&A
- 10:00-10:50 Panel: Takara Tomy
- 11:00-11:50 Panel: Bob Budiansky
- 11:15-12:30 Club Store open for Dealers Only
- Noon-12:50 Panel: Transformers Film Fest
- Noon Contest Judging
- 1:00-1:50 Lunch Break
- 2:00-5:00 Private Sales Room Experience
- 2:30-3:30 Autographs: Hideaki Yoke, Bob Budiansky, Aaron Archer
- 3:30-5:00 Autographs: Stan Bush, Paul Eiding, Scott McNeil
- 5:00 PM Private Preview ends
No activities for Friday evening were scheduled so that attendees could enjoy the Disney World theme parks.
Saturday
- 7:30 AM Dealer Set-up
- 8:30 AM Walk-up Late Check In
- 8:30 AM SALES ROOM OPENS for Private Preview
- Hourly Door Prize Giveaway
- 9:00 AM "Early Bird” Admission
- 9:00-11:00 Autographs: Peter Cullen
- 9:30-11:00 Autographs: Bob Budiansky
- 10:00 General Admission
- 10:00-10:50 Panel: Hasbro Studios
- 11:00-11:50 Panel: Hasbro Marketing Review and Q&A
- 11:00-12:30 Autographs: Stan Bush, Paul Eiding, Scott McNeil
- Noon-12:50 Panel: Activision: Transformers in Video Games
- 1:00-1:50 Panel: Paul Eiding & Scott McNeil
- 2:00-2:50 Panel: Peter Cullen
- 3:00-3:50 Transformers Collectors’ Club Roundtable
- 3:00-4:30 Autographs: Stan Bush, Paul Eiding, Scott McNeil
- 4:00-4:50 Panel: IDW Transforming Comic Books
- 5:00 PM Showroom Closes
- 7:15-7:45 Hall of Fame Cocktail Reception
- 7:45-10:30 Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
Sunday
- 9:00 AM Dealer Set-up Pacific Hall
- 9:30 AM SALES ROOM & GENERALADMISSION OPENS Pacific Hall
- 10:00-10:50 Panel: Bob Budiansky Northern Hemisphere E
- 11:00-11:50 Panel: Hasbro Designers Northern Hemisphere E
- 11:30-12:30 Autographs: Bob Budiansky Pacific Hall
- Noon-12:50 Panel: Transformers Costuming Northern Hemisphere E
- 1:00-2:00 Autographs: Stan Bush Pacific Hall
- 1:00-1:50 Panel: Paul Eiding & Scott McNeil Northern Hemisphere E
- 2:00-3:00 Autographs: Paul Eiding, Scott McNeil Pacific Hall
- 3:00 PM Draw for Trips to 2011 Convention Pacific Hall
- 3:30 PM ALL EXHIBITS & SALES ROOM CLOSE
Notes
- After images of Streetstar were leaked onto the internet, a cooked-up image of Clench as a redeco of Universe Tankor was found and reported by some as being true. Later on, the BotCon site was updated...with artwork of the actual Clench. A bitter lesson for scoop-hounds.
- Speaking of Streetstar, the toy was originally named Streetwise. The day after being officially revealed, the name was changed to Streetstar. Fun Publications' Pete Sinclair assured fans that it was still the same Protectobot.