Convention Poll

[i_amtrunks]

It's good to hear there has been some thought. I guess going forward, part of it is Hasbro's involvement. Still though, is it possible to run it without Hasbro's direct involvement? Would it be allowable to market it as a Transformerscon? Like they do in Canada/Netherlands/Malaysia etc?

I'm in regular contact with one of the guys who plays a large part in the organisation of the Dutch TF ConVersions event.

This event is still only about as successful as the Sabretron convention, they lose money every year and have a huge team who donate plenty of hours to work as well. I don't know all the details, but even with the shirt sales (which they get made up for next to nothing), the event doesn't come close to breaking even.
These guys do not have any official backing, so only attract small interest from smaller private sellers, and any special guests that attend do so as a favour to the organisers.

It's such a big risk for so little payoff. If Hasbro ever came on-board everything would change. Until then, I think booths at pop-culture events are the way to go, with any larger big meetups to be held in a post-Parrafair style gathering.

[Saintly]

am happy to volunteer some time at my current capacity if required.