BotCon 2013 Brochure released (events and guests)

[Hursticon]

So FunPub's I.T. ineptitude continues? - Oh what a surprise...
I don't know why you put up with it Griffin.

[griffin]

Couple of creator credits have been released.
Jesse Wittenrich will be writing the BotCon Comic, while one of the eHobby staff is doing the artwork for this year's litho poster (apparently it is the same image as on the t-shirts, at the link in the post above... or could be the one behind the character art already released).

[griffin]

An interesting table was posted here, showing the prices of each boxset and at-show toys since FunPub took over. (for anyone interested)

[Trent]

Thus, we are auditing the entire data file to find the accounts who had good transactions but their membership is missing. It's going to take about 20 man hours to finish this task and make sure everyone's log in works for BotCon registration.

That ain't that long. I fail to see why it warrants pre registration being pushed back by about a full week.

[griffin]

Emails were sent out to members yesterday to say that the audit of memberships had finished, and to get people to test their accounts.

I'm thinking tomorrow morning (our time) or saturday morning (like last year), will have registrations open.
(which is kinda stupid, as they had it just before the weekend last year, and people couldn't ring up for answers/help for any glitches... they had to rely on email or twitter)

[griffin]

Just had a thought while reading about the Finale Movie to Beast Hunters being confirmed for "Fall 2013" as a wrap-up to the series... I wonder if it will be finished before BotCon, so that they can screen it. They often screen episodes that haven't yet aired, so this would be a good one to show if the season has finished by then.
At BotCon 99 they showed the first episode of Beast Hunters (which wasn't even finished yet), and BotCon 2001 they showed the first episode of Armada (only just finished the day they screened it). In 2011 and 2010 they showed an un-aired episode of TFPrime, and during Animated we had at least one un-aired episode.... it's one of the good unexpected things at BotCon.

[griffin]

A single page preview of this year's comic has been released, to show off the art style this year.

As with previous years, this will likely be released to comic shops near the end of the year, but for those who can't wait that long, they sell copies at the convention (with the program guide in it as well), if you know someone who can get one for you.

[griffin]

A rather vague and "empty" announcement from FunPub, saying that they will have the largest Artist Alley ever this year (official and fan artists hocking off their stuff in the Dealer Room), but don't say who or how many... as this is just another advertisement for the convention, with a claim they don't back up or detail at all.

[Sinnertwin]

Update on Artist Alley
http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...-coller/27222/

[griffin]

More artists - Josh Burcham, Robby Musso, Matt Frank and Thomas Deer.