BotCon 2010 Wrap-up

[griffin]

It's taken almost 2 weeks this year (better than last year's 6 months), and after processing over 600 photos, and generating 28 pages, my BotCon Wrap-up is almost complete.

Even though I'm still working on a few remaining pages, I have started uploading the completed pages, and will post the links here - so keep checking back over this weekend for updates to this post.

NOTE - links to pages not in the list below will not work.

Index/intro page
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Saturday 19/6 to Tuesday 22/6 (Brisbane to Orlando, and stuff done while there)
Wednesday to Monday/Wednesday (All things done while at Disney, and the journey home)
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Disneyworld Day 1 (Tuesday 22/6)
NASA Tour (Wednesday 23/6)
Disneyworld Day 2 (Thursday 24/6)
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Pre-registration Package pickup and Club Store purchases (Wednesday and Thursday evenings)
Dealer Room, Art Contest Display and other exhibits
Hasbro product display page 1
Hasbro product display page 2
Hasbro product display page 3
Hasbro product display page 4
Hasbro product display page 5
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Friday
Friday 9am - Collector Club Magazine
Friday 10am - TakaraTomy
Friday 11am - Bob Budiansky
Friday noon - Film Fest
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Saturday
Saturday 10am - Hasbro Studios
Saturday 11am - Hasbro Marketting
Saturday noon - Activision
Saturday 1pm - Voice Actors (Paul Eiding & Scott McNeil)
Saturday 2pm - Peter Cullen
Saturday 3pm - Collector Club
Saturday 4pm - IDW Comics
Saturday Night - Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
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Sunday
Sunday 10am - Bob Budiansky
Sunday 11am - Hasbro Designers
Sunday Noon - Costuming
Sunday 1pm - Voice Actors (Paul Eiding & Scott McNeill)

[5FDP]

Awesome write-up and pics Griffin. This must of taken up a lot of your time. I'm sure everyone here appreciates your efforts.

[Sky Shadow]

Wow Griffin - I like the website. The Budiansky stuff is amazing. I love everything that sheds more light on the origins of the franchise.

[kurdt_the_goat]

That's an awesome resource Griffin! The way you've taken and arranged your photos really makes me feel like i was there; a stark contrast to the other major website galleries.

Best of all it's easily digestible too! Thanks

[gamblor916]

Great read. The origin and development stuff was really interesting.

[liegeprime]

Wohoo thanks bossbot!! pics pics pics!! OMG there was that poster I am soooo after but never received - Toronto Tf con poster Universe /classics and only $20, aaaaaaarrrrrrggghhh

[heroic_decepticon]

Wow Griffin - I like the website. The Budiansky stuff is amazing. I love everything that sheds more light on the origins of the franchise.

Amazing report!

Likewise, I really appreciate the Budiansky stuff.

[kaiden]

Great read and interesting photos - thanks.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm liking the digestable format!

Some of the fan creations are funny, like the Transformers Vs Gobots picture, and Masterpiece Pepsi Prime vs. MP Dispensor. Quite clever.

Some minor discrepancies:
+ "Hideaki Yoki" / "Yoki-san" ---> His name is actually Hideaki Yoke. Although I guess a lot of Americans would probably pronounce "Yoke" as "Yoki".
+ "Kobiashi was pointed out in the audience, who designs most of the Masterpiece Transformers." ---> I think you meant "Kobayashi." His given name is Hironori. (Kobayashi Hironori)
+ Some of the "next page" and "return to" page hyperlinks don't work.
+ Then first two photos on the Saturday Night Hall of Fame Awards Dinner aren't showing up for me

[reillyd]

Can I ask more about your impressions from the Hasbro Designers panel on the Dinobots?

Grimstone w/ Dinobots!!!! (dinosaurs - Grimstone is a Pachysaur (like JP Beast Wars Hardhead))
(not too Gen1 looking dino modes or colours)

So little was said about these (that I read, at least) on TFW2005, and no photos. Its great to have a return to some beast characters, but are they dinobot in name only? Also, what do the limbs transform into - claws, etc like earlier PCC, or are they other types of weapons?

It might be nice, should that wave sell, to at least see them repainted in G1 colours, even if the dino modes don't quite match the original counterparts. Did they give any reason for the name of Grimstone? I'd hate to think that Grimlock might be lost as a trademark!