Major US & UK Transformers conventions

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And TFCon have also announced their 2020 Canadian event - July 10-12, at Mississauga/Meadowvale in the city of Toronto.

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Next year's TFNation convention has announced their first guest - Tania Gunadi (the voice of Miko from TFPrime).

The UK fans have a treat on their hands next year with the announcement of Peter Cullen as a guest at TFNation.

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Gen1 voice actor Gregg Berger (Grimlock, Outback, Skyfire, Longhaul) will be at the next TFCon in Orlando Florida, in March.

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Here's an obscurity for the fan convention scene - Victor Caroli, the narrator for the Original series and 1986 Movie, as well as a number of toy commercials - will be a guest at the American TFCon in March next year.

I'm not sure if he'll be able to tell much about Transformers from back then, or if he was even with any of the voice actors, as he wouldn't have needed to record his lines with any of the cast. I think he would just be a checklist guest for the hard-core fans of the original series, to say that they saw him, and maybe an autograph on their DVD cases.

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The 2017 TFNation convention in the UK produced at special Animated Graphic Novel (comic) called Trial and Error, which was exclusive to attendees (and cost a fortune on the secondary market later). Since the book wasn't licensed, and it wasn't an official convention, the book was kept limited and exclusive to attendees.

Now two years later, the TFNation people have decided to make it available to everyone else, online for free (in pdf format).

High res version - low res version.

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Here's something different... one of the artists who did the box-art of a number of the early Transformers toys, will be at the American TFCon in March.
Mark Watts is said to have done the box-art for - Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Huffer, Gears, Windcharger, Shockwave, Jetfire, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mix Master, Long Haul, Scrapper, Hook, Motormaster, Breakdown, Wildrider, Dead End, Dragstrip and Menasor.
It says that he will be there to sell prints and give autographs... so hopefully he shows off unused artwork, like alternate colours and poses (or even toys that didn't end up being released by Hasbro).

(oddly though, the promo picture released by TFCon for this guest, has the artwork of two character that aren't in the list)

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Venus Terzo, the voice of Blackarachnia, will be at the American TFCon in March.

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Bob Budiansky will also be at the Florida TFCon in March.

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Still seven months away, the TFNation convention in the UK has announced more guests, including Author Jim Sorenson.

guests including Transformers (2019) series author Brian Ruckley, artist Kei Zama, Nick Roche (writer and artist), John-Paul Bove (writer, artist, and colorist), Sumalee Montano (Transformers Prime Arcee’s voice), the legendary Peter Cullen (voice of Optimus Prime), Sarah Stone (IDW’s first Transformers series artist), Beth McGuire-Smith, Anna Malkova (artists for IDW’s Transformers (2019) comics), Jack Lawrence (Transformers: Lost Light artist), James Roberts (Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye and Lost Light writer), Lee Sullivan (original artist from the days of Marvel’s UK Transformers run), & Tania Gunadi (voice actor for Bulkhead’s best buddy Miko Nakadai) at Europe’s largest Transformers convention. Scheduled for August 14-16, 2020, the convention happens at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole

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Gen1 Voice Actor Hal Rayle (Snarl, Shrapnel, Pipes) will be at the American TFCon next month.