The huge line up of guests for the US TFCon continues with Hasbro designer Eric Siebenaler being announced.
The huge line up of guests for the US TFCon continues with Hasbro designer Eric Siebenaler being announced.
Yeah I'm really tempted to go to this.
Flights are fairly cheap at the moment coming in at just under a grand.
Anyone else contemplating?
Another voice actor for TFCon, and it is another obscure one who has never been a guest at a Transformers Convention before - Jerry Houser, who voiced Gen1 Sandstorm, a Junkion and a Sweep.
Another original series writer will be at the TFCon in March - David Wise.
A big Gen1 Voice Actor has been announced for TFCon, so maybe they are winding up their guest announcements with the big names - Gregg Berger (voice of Grimlock, Outback, Long Haul, Skyfire).
It notes that he's only there for 3 hours on Friday though, just for Autographs... which should mean that he won't be part of any panel, and there will probably be a limit placed on the number of people who can see him for an autograph.
(also - the autograph format at TFCon is like most conventions, in that each guest/autograph costs money, unlike BotCon, which usually had free Autographs... so the larger the guest list gets for TFCon, the more expensive it will get if you wanted autographs from all of them)
And maybe not....
Two more guests announced - Jon Bailey (voice of Soundwave & Shockwave in the Bumblebee Movie), and David Sobolov (voice of BW Depth Charge, TFPrime Shockwave, and Blitzwing in the Bumblebee Movie).
They don't really fit the "G1 Reunion" motif, do they.
To be fair, they do need to appeal to fans of as many eras as possible, not just first 3 years of the 35 years of Transformers... even if that was the main theme of this convention.
I'm just amazed at how many guests they have lined up for this event, both Gen1 and non-Gen1... for a convention that isn't as big as BotCon. There will be a lot to see and do if most of them have presentation panels.
Unfortunately, if you wanted to get all of their autographs, it would cost several hundred dollars (apparently they are usually about US$25 each at TFCon).
Another guest announced - IDW writer Mairghread Scott.
And a guest for the Animated fans for TFCon - Marty Isenberg (writer for the Animated cartoon, and apparently did some work on Beast Machines as well).
TFCon is certainly looking like a celebration of the Transformers Brand, not just its first series (with the emphasis being on the "Gen1 reunion")... neither of which BotCon delivered with their 30th Anniversary convention, despite early promises that it would be an event to commemorate the milestone.
Another Original Series cartoon writer, Bryce Malek, will be at TFCon next month.