griffin's complete BotCon adventure write-up.

[liegeprime]

The photo with the pig faces is disturbing.

Reminds me of Fables comics... but this is a grim version though, guess the big bad wolf won, eeewww

I do so love the upcoming toy pics... couldnt make out though if Sideswipe gets a new head mold or just different paintjob. Also enjoyed the spoilers, most people avoid it, I really dont mind... wish the Arcee thingie doesnt reamain only in concept. Darn, didnt remeber putting in that question for Griffin to ask the panel, Why oh why, hasn't there been a legitimate car ( as in G1 version or near to it) version of Arcee when it can easily be done with todays toy technology at their disposal? Sigh, even Crasher gets a head of a true TF Icon with her new near-to the-original- figure, and shes not even a TF but a Gobot.... so little love for Arcee? Oh well better write it down for next year hehehe

[Kyle]

The first burger photo in the brief bits page is also disturbing.
It is probably tasty though...?

And the last photo is so funny.

[STL]

The first burger photo in the brief bits page is also disturbing.

*Throws up* That's one scary looking burger.

How do you consume that much? Those burgers and the drinks and then another meal at the Outback restaurant!

I'm surprised about how lacklustre the event seems. The poker room, the auction rooms. Just thought they'd be a bit more of a buzz. Anyways, the dealer room will be my favourite part next year.

[Pulse]

It looks as though Pat Lee has been giving the Animated Illustrators drawing lessons oh & I hope Beachcomber had a fun trip too!

[Burn]

So what exactly is the purpose of the blackjack tables?

[griffin]

I do so love the upcoming toy pics... couldnt make out though if Sideswipe gets a new head mold or just different paintjob. Also enjoyed the spoilers, most people avoid it, I really dont mind... wish the Arcee thingie doesnt reamain only in concept. Darn, didnt remeber putting in that question for Griffin to ask the panel, Why oh why, hasn't there been a legitimate car ( as in G1 version or near to it) version of Arcee when it can easily be done with todays toy technology at their disposal? Sigh, even Crasher gets a head of a true TF Icon with her new near-to the-original- figure, and shes not even a TF but a Gobot.... so little love for Arcee? Oh well better write it down for next year hehehe

At least there will be one for the Animated series. The robot mode looked very Animated-ish, but the vehicle mode looked interesting. It resembled the gen1 car mode, but the front end looked a little too narrow though.

The first burger photo in the brief bits page is also disturbing.
It is probably tasty though...?

I ordered the largest thing I could find at Arbys the Sunday night, when everything else was closed. And even the Arbys was half-closed up, and didn't have some things I wanted to try.
The 'gimmick' of Arbys, as you may have noticed from that photo, is they used shaved meat on their main burger menu (instead of a meat patty). Admittedly, that one was their 'oversized' burger, with so much meat, you can't even see the bottom half of the bread. But bigger isn't necessarily tastier though, as it was a little boring.

*Throws up* That's one scary looking burger.
How do you consume that much? Those burgers and the drinks and then another meal at the Outback restaurant!

It wasn't intentional. Due to a busy schedule and Cincinnati being such a ghost town after hours, I had to cram in all that 'food sampling' into the last morning, instead of throughout the week as I would have intended.

I'm surprised about how lacklustre the event seems. The poker room, the auction rooms. Just thought they'd be a bit more of a buzz. Anyways, the dealer room will be my favourite part next year.

It wasn't that lack-luster. You have probably a couple of thousand fans of Transformers, converging on the one location for one weekend a year. It can get exciting, but now that I think about it, it did feel a little more subdued this year. I guess we are all just getting older, and we just don't get as worked up as we used to...

[griffin]

So what exactly is the purpose of the blackjack tables?

Everyone starts off with a $25,000 chips token, which you can use on any of the casino tables. You can also buy more with the 'lucky dip' balloons. Then at the end of the night, the value of your chips is then used at the auction. So no matter how much you might want something from the auction, if you don't have enough winnings, you can't bid on or win it. You can't use your own money in the auctions, only the casino winnings.
I guess it means, to get the good TFs stuff, you gotta be willing to embrace gambling, and be good at it.

[Burn]

But do you pay for the first 25,000 (obviously not that much) or do they just give it to you?

Basically, when it comes to the gambling and subsequent auction, does it cost you anything to participate? Or is it more of a "let's work out who the best gamblers are and then give away free auctions" kind of thing?

[griffin]

But do you pay for the first 25,000 (obviously not that much) or do they just give it to you?

Basically, when it comes to the gambling and subsequent auction, does it cost you anything to participate? Or is it more of a "let's work out who the best gamblers are and then give away free auctions" kind of thing?

Yeah, it does sorta come down to that, but since you can buy as many of the $20 lucky dip balloons as they have available (they didn't sell out of them), you could potentially obtain a huge 'bidding value' without having to gamble at all.

And the $25,000 token was in the pre-registration pack, along with the program guide, survey form, toys, etc.

[autobreadticon]

How come no1 at Botcon took pictures of the Hasbro Presentation.
I think the presentation included toy pictures not shown on displays