Botcon 2012 Convention Schedule is now up

[Shadowpanther]

Fun Publications has released the full schedule of BotCon 2012, and the two panels that will have the most eyes are scheduled back-to-back on Saturday. Starting at 2PM local time (12PM Pacific/3PM Pacific), the Transformers Collectors Club roundtable commences, followed by the Hasbro Panel at 3:00 PM local time (1PM Pacific, 4PM Eastern). With the recent missteps that Fun Publications has had, it will be interesting to see what tone the panel will take. Read more. Read the Full News Story Here

 

My 2 cents: I just read the schedule. Personally it seems a bit dissapointing,because the Hasbro TF toy panel is only on saturday & only last 50 minutes.

 

I don't see any other days or time slots where Hasbro is doing another TF Toy panel at botcon 2012. I remember previous botcons years,Hasbro did TF toy panels on Saturday & Sunday. I remember one botcon year Hasbro did Hasbro TF toy panels on Friday,Saturday & Sunday.

 

my guess is hasbro only has one day on saturday for 50 minutes with their TF toy panel. because hasbro isn't going to reveal any new stuff we haven't already seen.

 

for the past few years botcon has been a bust as far as getting newer never before seen pics & info of TF toys. it seems like SDCC & NYCC are the conventions where hasbro shows the most important new TF toys,pics & info.

[Blitz-Wing]

Botcon 2012 Convention Schedule is now up

http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2012/bc12schedule.cfm

 

My 2 cents: I just read the schedule. Personally it seems a bit dissapointing,because the Hasbro TF toy panel is only on saturday & only last 50 minutes.

 

I don't see any other days or time slots where Hasbro is doing another TF Toy panel at botcon 2012. I remember previous botcons years,Hasbro did TF toy panels on Saturday & Sunday. I remember one botcon year Hasbro did Hasbro TF toy panels on Friday,Saturday & Sunday.

 

my guess is hasbro only has one day on saturday for 50 minutes with their TF toy panel. because hasbro isn't going to reveal any new stuff we haven't already seen.

 

for the past few years botcon has been a bust as far as getting newer never before seen pics & info of TF toys. it seems like SDCC & NYCC are the conventions where hasbro shows the most important new TF toys,pics & info.

 

Because SDCC is when they're closer to releasing production and, therefore, more in control of what gets released as far as news. Hasbro has no interest in giving fans a one up.

[puma]

i feel like the day ending at 530 is kind of lame.

 

also, Cullen only singing for an hour and 30 minutes worries me. i'm flying in and i'm going to change my flight and get in earlier to try and get his autograph. i read elsewhere there's a lottery for his autograph.... is this true!?

[Shadowpanther]

i feel like the day ending at 530 is kind of lame.

 

What's worse they open the doors to the regular Attendees at around 10:00 am then close at 5:00 PM. Apparently if your not a TFCC club member or if you don't have a golden elite ticket. you have to wait outside for 2+hours while the club mebers & golden ticket holders gets two whole hours worth of shopping on the dealers floor.

 

I go to a lot of toy & comic conventions in NYC Manhattan,where the doors open to the attendees at 8:00 am & close at 11:00 PM

[Peter_Van]

They always show stuff that you cannot photograph at BotCon, but reveal the same stuff at SDCC. It really is that SDCC is much bigger, and they need to give people a reason to go there, so they hold all of the images until then.

 

It is kind of sucky that they let the general public in at 10. Last year, there was a huge line around the corner while we were inside roaming around.

[Blitz-Wing]

 

What's worse they open the doors to the regular Attendees at around 10:00 am then close at 5:00 PM. Apparently if your not a TFCC club member or if you don't have a golden elite ticket. you have to wait outside for 2+hours while the club mebers & golden ticket holders gets two whole hours worth of shopping on the dealers floor.

 

I go to a lot of toy & comic conventions in NYC Manhattan,where the doors open to the attendees at 8:00 am & close at 11:00 PM

 

Thus the incentive to buy the grossly overpriced 'golden ticket'

[Peter_Van]

But you make it seem like not everything involved with BotCon is grossly overpriced.

[Blitz-Wing]

Touche

[puma]

i'm still dumbfounded that Peter Cullen is only going to sign 125 autographs. seriously?! ugh. i can't just pay $200 to meet the guy?!

[Breaker]

I'm kind of happy about it because I won't have $200 to spend on anything other then food and gas home.