Australian Transformers Convention

[kup]

So, is this thread dead or what?

Not dead but there has to be serious will to do it. At this point, throwing ideas around is good and this thread is helpful in gathering those ideas and using them as reference.

Perhaps trying to pull something like the Parra fair is feasible? (regarding venue size) I guess once we can work out how much a modest event may cost, we can work out what to do within it.

How about we try to find out something like:

- How much would hiring a place like Parra Town hall cost?
- If the event is to last for a couple of days, what do we do to entertain people? It can't just be trivia and throttlebot racing.
- Have some sort of food available. Doesn't have to be grand, hotdogs would do.
- How many dealers can we actually invite in - Maybe we can offer free tables to some Parra fair dealers?
- Can we get somebody of some sort of fame in? It doesn't have to be directly associated with Transformers. We can try to be flexible and get a known local celebrity to come with the excuse that he/she likes Transformers Maybe one of the people from Good game or something.

Well, basics like cost of the venue hiring would be a good starting platform. Once we know the reality of how much something like this would cost at a basic level, we can begin expanding it a bit.

[Kitty]

Hey I was just talking to some friends about a rumour that is going around the scenes. Apparently one of the smaller conventions (certainly not the hub and after reading posts of Jena thinking the hub would jump in would we want them to after last years Melbourne one with Stan Lee line?) that they were considering doing a mecha convention to combine all the smaller mech coloured under one roof. So if this goes ahead and I can keep an eye out (and ear) and if I read or hear any new news I can post it up here for you guys.
I over heard this info while at the cock tail party for heroes and villains last year. One guy was talking to one of the head organisers about the idea and he was really interested in the idea. I remember the guy had a massive transformer tattoo on his back and they took a photo of Steve Blum next to him with the tattoo in the picture.