Wow- I can't believe they're selling it all. Great for us, but I know I couldn't do it.

 

The press release:

 

Kendallville, Indiana, August 17th, 2006 – This September at BotCon 2006, the single largest vintage Transformers collection will be made available to the public for general sale. Jon and Karl Hartman, founders of the original BotCon convention, are selling their entire U.S. Transformers collection. Considered by many to be the definitive collection, never before has an offering like this been made available. The collection will be sold as individual items and includes, but is far from limited to:

 

· Nearly every general release packaging version of every U.S. toy from 1984-1997

· All 8 U.S.-released gift sets

· Store and mail-in exclusives

· European exclusive items 1990-1997

· Complete Japanese Generation 2 collection

· Rare promotional and non-toy merchandise items

 

This unbelievable offering features a wide variety of highly sought-after Transformers collectable items MOSC and many more items Mint with packaging. Bumblejumper MOSC, Mini-bots with mini-spies MOSC, Targetmaster Hot Rod in both corrected and misprint packaging, Astrotrain and Blitzwing in poster boxes, Fortress Maximus with package, and European Action Masters are just the tip of this collection iceberg.

 

BotCon 2006 is being held in Lexington, Kentucky, from Sept. 28th to Oct. 1st. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the single largest Transformers offering ever. Both cash and PayPal payments will be accepted on site.

 

For a detailed listing of items available at BotCon please send an email request to hartmancollection@hotmail.com

 

For more information on the convention where this amazing offering will take place visit www.botcon.com

Holy mother of.... :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek

whoaness!

huh.

Umm...good...lord...?

*buys it now*

wow... thats all got to be worth some crazy money

*places bid*

Way more than I'd be willing to spend.

Anyone know why they're selling it off, are they in some kind of legal or financial trouble?