Slag-A-Con 2010 (US TFs convention)

[GoktimusPrime]

There are lots and lots of TF songs from Japan. e.g. all the opening and ending themes for every series (and some series like Beast Wars II, BW Neo, BW Metals, Micron Legend, Galaxy Force etc. had a later variant opening/ending themes) as well as the Beast Wars (II) movie (e.g. "Get My Future").

[transjazz]

I did not even think of those shows as sources for music.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, Japan has a wider range of vocal songs for Transformers. The Anglophone Beast Wars and Beast Machines themes were instrumental (the BM theme wasn't even written for Transfomers but taken off a Leftfield album) and virtually every other Anglophone TF theme is just some version of the G1 "More Than Meets The Eye" theme. So if you're gonna run a comp where a lot of people are gonna be singing say G1 MTMTE, RiD MTMTE, Armada MTMTE, Animated MTMTE etc. then it'd get pretty bland fast. Whereas the Japanese themes are all unique and distinct from each other. I know there's the language barrier thing, but honestly whenever I go to anime conventions - the majority of people singing Japanese anime themes don't speak Japanese but they're able to sing the theme songs.

Otherwise the judge(s) might be stuck listening to people's renditions of MTMTE and Linkin Park all day long!

Although thanks to movie Bumblebee there's a host of other songs that have appeared in Transformers...

[Saintly]

I know there's the language barrier thing, but honestly whenever I go to anime conventions - the majority of people singing Japanese anime themes don't speak Japanese but they're able to sing the theme songs.

How true that is!

[transjazz]

I would just like to say, you have the friendliest sight on the web and I am glad I joined it. You guys have been so helpful as well and i just wanted to say thank you!

[autobreadticon]

I have never seen past convention exclusive 'pimp pretender' anywhere, was it released? How about the toilet TF?

[autobreadticon]

oops I was thinking of dairycon

[transjazz]

Dairycon, Botcon, Cybcon, Slagacon it is one of the US conventions. Seriously though I wish I knew more about the other exclusive figures but I have only been to Botcon. I have been to it five times so I am not the best to ask about any exclusives.