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    The price is what I had originally guessed, so I'll probably be okay with spending it... because... you know, Welker is pretty old now, and you never know when these aging actors will just suddenly drop off. So even if he becomes a regular at fan conventions and everyone gets bored of him, I still won't risk missing out on the chance to hear him in person.

    I fear though, that based on the last time Peter Cullen was at BotCon, that these Friday and Saturday events are going to be during Convention hours and clash with panels.
    Like, what if it is up against the Hasbro panel, or a Voice Actor panel... that is going to be a really difficult thing to have to sacrifice, after paying several hundred dollars to see all the panels (with the Golden Ticket to get unobstructed views of the people and slide-show).

    Sounds like the Brochure is ready to go the moment the last video reveal is up, as I don't think that they'd do like a recent year and release the brochure (with all the boxset names) before revealing the entire boxset.... especially if their fifth toy is their "Scorponok" of this year's set (the one that they did the most work on, hoping that it will carry the set for anyone not yet sold on the other four).
    And then Registration is likely to be a week later (at least I hope it is a week later, as I'll be out of the country next week, which will make registration difficult).

    A pity that we've only had two guests announced so far, and if they don't announce more before Registration starts, they are going back to the usual formula of expecting people to hand over hundreds of dollars without knowing much of what they are getting. Hiding 2/3 of the toys and most of the guests until after you commit to the Convention, is not a way to convince people to spend several hundred dollars to get there and attend. They have so many fence-sitters each year, and detractors, who would commit to attend if they knew more than a third of what they were getting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
    I fear though, that based on the last time Peter Cullen was at BotCon, that these Friday and Saturday events are going to be during Convention hours and clash with panels.
    They are promising on Twitter that there will no clashes between the Welker specials and any Golden Ticket events

    https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/591030201632555009

    Not sure if that prevents any clashes with non Golden Ticket things like the panels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
    They are promising on Twitter that there will no clashes between the Welker specials and any Golden Ticket events

    https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/591030201632555009

    Not sure if that prevents any clashes with non Golden Ticket things like the panels.
    Yeah, I had expected that the $200 FW events wouldn't be allowed to clash with the $300 GT events. My main concern is the "cheaper" events that FunPub expects people to sacrifice... like the random draw, one-only autograph session with Peter Cullen a few years ago.

    Friday would be okay, as they only have the Dealer Room running at the last three hours of the day... so if I was lucky enough to get in the Friday session, that would be okay. (IF I was lucky... )
    But Saturday they will have Panels right until closing at 5pm, and with an Awards dinner this year, that is likely to start at the usual 6.30pm, making me think that the Frank Welker session for Saturday would be on early enough to finish by 5pm.


    I think that if I am able to get there this year and attend these things, this could be a good year to be my last. (which I also said a lot in 2007, so you never know)
    Frank Welker is the "grail" of Transformers guests, and I can't see FunPub being able to top that in future years (as they keep dying off) without getting in some of the live Movie stars (who would cost a fortune). With the demand dropping for the Convention now, and the toys being easier to obtain later at reasonable prices because they don't sell out, that is no longer one of the bigger reasons for me to go. (I missed BotCon 2006, and it cost me more to buy all the toys later than it would have cost me going over there... so that was always a big reason to not miss it since then)
    The other big reasons I go were the guests, the people I know to meet up with, and the non-convention touristy things at the same time.
    Now that I've met/seen most of the priority guests now, and since less people I know are going these years (especially from Australia), it leaves the touristy elements left... and BotCon in the last five years has been in boring locations (for tourists) or repeat locations, leaving me with less to do without going somewhere else first (which is added expense).

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    Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post

    I think that if I am able to get there this year and attend these things, this could be a good year to be my last.
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    but in all seriousness, if I were going my biggest concern would be missing out on a cracker panel to stand in line for an hour or two for a special event/opportunity I'd paid special money for. I could live without a Hasbro panel but I'd hate to miss the script reading if there was one, but then if they did a script reading panel and Mr Welker wasn't involved that would be the end of Fun Pub.
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    Yes... there MUST be a script reading this year, with the one true Megatron.

    (and only Soundwave if they can get a device to digitise his voice, otherwise it would just be a guest appearance by Dr Claw )

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    The next guest is John Moschitta jnr, the voice of G1 & Animated Blurr
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    Hehehe... you keep beating me to all the good BotCon news, which is understandable since you are going, so don't stop.

    So, the voice of Blurr will be there this year.... now I can die happy.
    (it is one voice actor I've been hoping would return after his appearance 15 years ago)

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    This is a line up we could have had last year, when I was actually attending Botcon! even though I really did have a great time at last years con.

    I'm more jealous now.
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    Yes, and if they get Peter Cullen as well*, it feels like these people are either a year too late (for the 30th Anniversary of Transformers), or a year too early (for the first Movie's 30th anniversary).

    Maybe FunPub have already got plans for a Beast Wars theme next year, and were aiming to have mostly BW guests like they did 10 years ago for the 10th anniversary.
    (I guess if Hasbro doesn't do much, or anything for the BW anniversary, FunPub probably will.)


    So are we still just at two Australians going this year?

    Any more on the fence or thinking about it?
    There were a few airfare sales last week, so might still be on at the moment.

    *It's been three years since Peter Cullen was at a BotCon, so odds are good for him to be there this year as well... and it would make for the perfect pairing.

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