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BotCon 1997

2009-07-28T02:26:49Z

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'''BotCon 1997''' was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first convention organized by [[3H Productions]].

:''Preceded by: [[BotCon 1996]]''
:''Followed by: [[BotCon 1998]]''

==Merchandise==
===Convention exclusive toys===
*[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Geochemist '''[[Fractyl]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A [[redeco]] of "basic" [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].

*[[Maximal]] Thief '''[[Packrat]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A redeco of "basic" [[Rattrap]].

The two were only sold as a set, although numbers released for the figures confusingly state that there were 600 Packrats and 570 Fractyls produced.

===Comics and art===
*'''[[Ground Zero]]''' - standalone comic story included with Fractyl/Packrat.

*'''BotCon 1997 Mural Print''' - a print featuring Fractyl and Packrat's back-of-package mural art.{{fact}}

===Miscellaneous===
* [['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]] 2-disk CD set.
* Convention T-shirt.
* Namebadge.
* Program guide.

Additionally, most attendees who paid for the pre-convention dinner was given a [[Decoy]] hand-painted by Dave Van Domelen, a wooden stand with an engraved plaque, and a laminated copy of a storyboard panel from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. However, 3H continued to take seating reservations after announcing that there were no more dinner exclusives left.

==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Peter Cullen]]
*[[David Kaye]]
*[[Venus Terzo]]

===Hasbro employees===
*[[Dawn Berryman]], marketing
*[[George Boznos]], designer
*[[Jerry Palmer]], engineer

===Beast Wars Story Editor===
*[[Bob Forward]]

===Marvel Comics===
*[[Simon Furman]]
*[[Andrew Wildman]]

===Music===
*[[Stan Bush]]
*[[Vince DiCola]]

==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies

===Saturday===
*Peter Cullen panel

*Bob Forward panel

*Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola concert (evening event)

===Sunday===
*Beast Wars Video Game Presentation

*Beast Wars Voice Actor Panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola Panel

*Hasbro Presentation

*[[MSTF]]

*Quiz show

*Charity auction

*Convention Organizers' Panel/closing ceremonies

==Trivia==
* According to a magazine advertisement for the convention, story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], Hasbro representatives [[Vinnie D'Alleva]] and [[Todd Wise]], and voice actors [[Susan Blu]], [[Garry Chalk]], [[Frank Welker]] were originally scheduled to attend. None of them ended up making the convention, but Welker sent an audiotaped message to the attending fans.

*The same advertisement put the convention in Kendallville, Indiana rather than Rochester, New York.

* Until he was invited to BotCon 1997, Simon Furman was unaware there ''was'' a Transformers fandom! As a result, he allowed himself to forget everything he'd done and was unprepared for an in-depth Q&A session: "I was floundering, and often had to resort to a lame ‘sorry, I don’t remember.’ It was a nightmare... I made damn sure that by the time the 1998 Botcon rolled around I’d re-read/revisited practically everything I’d ever written."[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032]

==External links==
[http://www.botcon.com/archive/1997/index.html BotCon 1997 in the BotCon archives]

==See also==
[[BotCon]]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Conventions]]

BotCon 1997

2009-07-28T02:25:54Z

68.217.1.93: /* Miscellaneous */

'''BotCon 1997''' was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first convention organized by [[3H Productions]].

:''Preceded by: [[BotCon 1996]]''
:''Followed by: [[BotCon 1998]]''

==Merchandise==
===Convention exclusive toys===
*[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Geochemist '''[[Fractyl]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A [[redeco]] of "basic" [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].

*[[Maximal]] Thief '''[[Packrat]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A redeco of "basic" [[Rattrap]].

The two were only sold as a set, although numbers released for the figures confusingly state that there were 600 Packrats and 570 Fractyls produced.

===Comics and art===
*'''[[Ground Zero]]''' - standalone comic story included with Fractyl/Packrat.

*'''BotCon 1997 Mural Print''' - a print featuring Fractyl and Packrat's back-of-package mural art. Possibly also included with Fractyl/Packrat.{{fact}}

===Miscellaneous===
* [['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]] 2-disk CD set.
* Convention T-shirt.
* Namebadge.
* Program guide.

Additionally, most attendees who paid for the pre-convention dinner was given a [[Decoy]] hand-painted by Dave Van Domelen, a wooden stand with an engraved plaque, and a laminated copy of a storyboard panel from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. However, 3H continued to take seating reservations after announcing that there were no more dinner exclusives left.

==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Peter Cullen]]
*[[David Kaye]]
*[[Venus Terzo]]

===Hasbro employees===
*[[Dawn Berryman]], marketing
*[[George Boznos]], designer
*[[Jerry Palmer]], engineer

===Beast Wars Story Editor===
*[[Bob Forward]]

===Marvel Comics===
*[[Simon Furman]]
*[[Andrew Wildman]]

===Music===
*[[Stan Bush]]
*[[Vince DiCola]]

==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies

===Saturday===
*Peter Cullen panel

*Bob Forward panel

*Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola concert (evening event)

===Sunday===
*Beast Wars Video Game Presentation

*Beast Wars Voice Actor Panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola Panel

*Hasbro Presentation

*[[MSTF]]

*Quiz show

*Charity auction

*Convention Organizers' Panel/closing ceremonies

==Trivia==
* According to a magazine advertisement for the convention, story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], Hasbro representatives [[Vinnie D'Alleva]] and [[Todd Wise]], and voice actors [[Susan Blu]], [[Garry Chalk]], [[Frank Welker]] were originally scheduled to attend. None of them ended up making the convention, but Welker sent an audiotaped message to the attending fans.

*The same advertisement put the convention in Kendallville, Indiana rather than Rochester, New York.

* Until he was invited to BotCon 1997, Simon Furman was unaware there ''was'' a Transformers fandom! As a result, he allowed himself to forget everything he'd done and was unprepared for an in-depth Q&A session: "I was floundering, and often had to resort to a lame ‘sorry, I don’t remember.’ It was a nightmare... I made damn sure that by the time the 1998 Botcon rolled around I’d re-read/revisited practically everything I’d ever written."[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032]

==External links==
[http://www.botcon.com/archive/1997/index.html BotCon 1997 in the BotCon archives]

==See also==
[[BotCon]]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Conventions]]

BotCon 1997

2009-07-28T02:24:53Z

68.217.1.93: /* Miscellaneous */

'''BotCon 1997''' was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first convention organized by [[3H Productions]].

:''Preceded by: [[BotCon 1996]]''
:''Followed by: [[BotCon 1998]]''

==Merchandise==
===Convention exclusive toys===
*[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Geochemist '''[[Fractyl]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A [[redeco]] of "basic" [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].

*[[Maximal]] Thief '''[[Packrat]]''' in [[Energon Armor]] - A redeco of "basic" [[Rattrap]].

The two were only sold as a set, although numbers released for the figures confusingly state that there were 600 Packrats and 570 Fractyls produced.

===Comics and art===
*'''[[Ground Zero]]''' - standalone comic story included with Fractyl/Packrat.

*'''BotCon 1997 Mural Print''' - a print featuring Fractyl and Packrat's back-of-package mural art. Possibly also included with Fractyl/Packrat.{{fact}}

===Miscellaneous===
* [['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]] 2-disk CD set.
* Convention T-shirt.
* Namebadge.
* Program guide.

Additionally, most attendees who paid for the pre-convention dinner was given a [[Decoy]] hand-painted by Dave Van Domelen and a laminated copy of a storyboard panel from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. However, 3H continued to take seating reservations after announcing that there were no more dinner exclusives left.

==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Peter Cullen]]
*[[David Kaye]]
*[[Venus Terzo]]

===Hasbro employees===
*[[Dawn Berryman]], marketing
*[[George Boznos]], designer
*[[Jerry Palmer]], engineer

===Beast Wars Story Editor===
*[[Bob Forward]]

===Marvel Comics===
*[[Simon Furman]]
*[[Andrew Wildman]]

===Music===
*[[Stan Bush]]
*[[Vince DiCola]]

==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies

===Saturday===
*Peter Cullen panel

*Bob Forward panel

*Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola concert (evening event)

===Sunday===
*Beast Wars Video Game Presentation

*Beast Wars Voice Actor Panel

*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola Panel

*Hasbro Presentation

*[[MSTF]]

*Quiz show

*Charity auction

*Convention Organizers' Panel/closing ceremonies

==Trivia==
* According to a magazine advertisement for the convention, story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], Hasbro representatives [[Vinnie D'Alleva]] and [[Todd Wise]], and voice actors [[Susan Blu]], [[Garry Chalk]], [[Frank Welker]] were originally scheduled to attend. None of them ended up making the convention, but Welker sent an audiotaped message to the attending fans.

*The same advertisement put the convention in Kendallville, Indiana rather than Rochester, New York.

* Until he was invited to BotCon 1997, Simon Furman was unaware there ''was'' a Transformers fandom! As a result, he allowed himself to forget everything he'd done and was unprepared for an in-depth Q&A session: "I was floundering, and often had to resort to a lame ‘sorry, I don’t remember.’ It was a nightmare... I made damn sure that by the time the 1998 Botcon rolled around I’d re-read/revisited practically everything I’d ever written."[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032]

==External links==
[http://www.botcon.com/archive/1997/index.html BotCon 1997 in the BotCon archives]

==See also==
[[BotCon]]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Conventions]]