Unofficial conventions

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With ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' being such a popular brand with a well-spread-out fan base, numerous '''unofficial conventions''' have sprung up over the years, often featuring many guests who worked on official ''Transformers'' projects.

{{note|Due to this wiki's policy on unofficial material, we do not have full pages for any of these events.}}

==Conventions==
* '''Australian Conventions'''
**Sabretron 2004: November 6th - Ashfield Catholic and Community Centre, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
**OzToyCon 2006: September 23rd - King Street Wharf, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

* '''[http://www.autoassembly.org.uk Auto Assembly]'''
**Auto Assembly 2009: August 15th and 16th - Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, England
**Auto Assembly 2010: August 13th to 15th - Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, England
**Auto Assembly 2011: scheduled for August 12th to 14th - (location: TBA)

* '''[[BotCon 2004]]''' (There was an unofficial [[BotCon]].)
**BotCon 2004 (unofficial): June 19th and 20th - Pasadena, California, USA

* '''[http://www.cyberconexpo.com/ Cybercon Expo]'''
**Cybercon Expo I 2003: April 5th - Holiday Inn, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo Wave 2 2003 : November 1st - Radisson Hotel, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo Act 3 2004: April 10th - Radisson Hotel, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, USA
**Cybercon Expo 2005: July 29th and 30th - New York City, New York, USA

* '''[http://www.ntf-cons.de/ C.O.N.S.]'''
**C.O.N.S. 2009: July 19th - Viersen, Germany
**C.O.N.S. 2010: July 25th - Moenchengladbach, Germany

* '''[http://www.freewebs.com/dairylandtransfans/DTFdairycon.html Dairycon]'''
**Dairycon 1.0 2001: November 24th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2.0 2002: September 14th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 3.0 2003: October 18th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 4.0 2004: April 10th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2005: April 9th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2006: April 8th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2007: April 14th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2008: March 29th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2009: April 24th and 25th - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2010: April 9th and 10th -Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
**Dairycon 2011: TBD

* '''[http://www.iaconone.com/ Iacon One]'''
**Iacon One 2006: July 7th and 8th - Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

* '''[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/minicons/index.php NTFA Conventions]'''
**NTFA Mini-Con 2007: November 3rd to 5th - Arlöv, Sweden
**NTFA NordCon 2010: June 19th to 20th - Aalborg, Denmark
**NTFA NordCon 2011: TBD

* '''[http://www.slagacon.com/ Slag-a-con]'''
**Slag-a-con 2010: October 9th - Chesterfield, Indiana, USA
**Slag-a-con 2011: scheduled for October 15th - Chesterfield, Indiana, USA

* '''[http://www.tfcon.ca/ TFcon]'''
**TransformersCon 2002: November 10th - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2003: June 22nd - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2004: March 12th and 13th - [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2005: March 25th and 26th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2006: April 28th and 29th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TransformersCon 2007: April 27th and 28th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2008: June 20th and 21st - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2009: April 25th and 26th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2010: July 17th and 18th - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**TFcon 2011: July 30th and 31st - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

* '''[http://www.tf-conversions.com/ TF-Conversions]''' (Convention was originally called B.O.T.S. before changing names in 2009.)
**B.O.T.S. 2007: June 10 - Nieuwegein, Holland
**B.O.T.S. 2008: June 8 - Nieuwegein, Holland
**TF-Conversions 2009: June 14 - Nieuwegein, Holland

* '''[http://homepage2.nifty.com/Q-M1022/ TraFest]'''
**TraFest 2010: scheduled for November 28th - Higashi Betsuin Kaikan, Tachibana, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan

* '''Transcon''' (organized by [[Men in Black]] Productions)
**Transcon II: July 1997 - Chicago, IL, USA
**Transcon III: September 1998 - Toledo, OH, USA
::(Held simultaneously with "Microcon", a ''[[Microman]]'' convention, and "Megocon".)

* '''[http://www.cybph.com/the-philippine-transformers-cybercon/ Transformers Cybercon]'''
**Transformers Cybercon 2007: June 23rd and 24th - Shangri La Mall, Philippines

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Rodimus Prime (Animated)

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:''Rodimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. He is sometimes called '''Rodimus Minor'''.''
[[Image:RodimusAnimated-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I'm thinkin' of tryin' out for a scholarship.]]

To call the commander of [[Team Athenia]] a prodigy is an understatement. Though his drill sergeant [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] took him for a turbo-revving punk at first, '''Hot Rod''', the young bot who would one day be called '''Rodimus Prime''', distinguished himself during a live-fire exercise by throwing himself in front of a grenade to save his mentor. From there the higher-ups took special interest in him, and he was accepted into the [[Autobot Academy]] a full decade before his boot camp peers. In the Academy he continued to dazzle command, mastering servo-to-servo combat and a wide arrange of weaponry, as well as designing the energy bow that became his signature weapon. Some even began to refer to him as the "chosen one" after seeing him in action, and when he became the youngest Autobot to be assigned his own command, many felt he was on the fast-track to becoming [[Magnus]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Rodimus'''
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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Judd Nelson]] (English), [[Hiroya Ishimaru]] (Japanese)
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[[Image:Animated Rodimus Bow.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Visionaries|''Three suns aligned / Pour forth their light / And fill the archer's bow with MIGHT!'']]]]

The Autobot who would later be named Hot Rod was the youngest Autobot ever to receive the [[Valor's Flame]]. <ref>According to Rodimus Minor's "Galactic Powers and Abilities"</ref>

''Eight hundred [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s ago, Hot Rod, [[Skram (Animated)|Skram]], [[Quickslinger (Animated)|Quickslinger]], and [[Blaster (Animated)|Blaster]] were assigned to the drill instructor Kup. Kup named Hot Rod because of his punk attitude and the flames on his chest. At first Kup thought Hot Rod was all smoke and no flame, but during their final training exercise, Skram tripped and dropped a grenade near Kup, causing Hot Rod to jump on top of the grenade to save his instructor. Thankfully, the grenade was a dud, but this event changed Kup's perception of the youngster dramatically.

''Hot Rod got into the Academy one decade before the rest of his peers and earned himself the nickname "the chosen one." Years of studying taught him every form of hand-to-hand combat and all forms of Autobot weaponry. Soon, he renamed himself Rodimus, and centuries later, he was assigned leadership of Team Athenia. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}''

[[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Well, I'm free the Saturday after that. Beyond that, I'm going to have to check my calendar.]]

Rodimus Prime and his team, [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], and [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], defended [[space bridge 687-030]] from [[Team Chaar]]. Rodimus ordered Brawn and Ironhide to fall back so they could protect the bridge, but a combo attack from [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] took down both [[Autobot]]s. Rodimus managed to evade [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]]'s tentacle-attack and incapacitate the monster, but he was quickly knocked aside by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]'s power-stomp attack.

As the Decepticons moved in, Rodimus defiantly growled that they'd have to go through him. In response, Oil Slick threw a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] at Rodimus' feet, which quickly spread across his body and paralyzed him. {{storylink|TransWarped}} ''The infection ravaged his body, and he was slow to recover, earning the pity of his old trainer, Kup. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}''
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animated Rodimus Minor toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Also capable of shooting an [[energon cube]] off [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] head at 20 paces.]]
*'''Rodimus Minor''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles

: Available [[exclusive]]ly at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]], Rodimus Minor transforms into a futuristic car that is an homage to the vehicle mode of Generation 1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Autobot [[insignia]]. The figure comes with an Energy Bow, capable of firing two missiles. His bow can be tabbed to the roof of his car mode or snapped on his hand. The tabs that secure his bow in vehicle mode are 5mm wide, making it useable by other figures as well. His legs are normally bent for the underside of his car mode but can be locked straight during transformation. For reasons unknown, Rodimus' shoulders are actually cast out of the same gold plastic as used on parts of his bow, but painted over entirely to match the color of the rest of car... instead of, y'know, just being red plastic like the rest.

: Rodimus and his casemate [[Ironhide (Animated)#Toys|Ironhide]] are the first ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' figures to be secured by twisted paper strips instead of metal and plastic twist-ties. Rodimus was redecoed as [[Black Rodimus]] and [[retool]]ed as ''Animated'' [[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/RodimusMinor/rodimusminor.htm More information on Rodimus Minor at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Takara_animated_crystal_rodimus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Is that clear, Mr. Bender?]]
*'''Sons of Cybertron: Optimus Prime and Rodimus''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles

: "Sons of Cybertron" ''Animated'' [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#SonsofCybertron|Optimus Prime]] and Rodimus are translucent [[redeco]]es of their respective Deluxe Class molds. In addition to being part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' celebration, the set was also sold as an exclusive at Shanghai Con.

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*'''Rodimus''' (Deluxe, August 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-33'''
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles

: The opaque, mass retail version of Takara's ''Animated'' Rodimus is covered mostly in metallic purple paint, though there are some unpainted purple parts due to [[unpaintable plastic]].

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==Notes==
*Rodimus shares his [[Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]'s original voice actor, Judd Nelson. He's also the first new incarnation of Rodimus to share the original Generation 1 cartoon character's burgundy coloration, instead of a red one.
*Originally, Rodimus was going to be the [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|jerk]] character of ''Animated''. This means his team is roughly 60% [[Hot Shot (Animated)|scrapped]] [[Red Alert (Animated)|ideas]], although 40% of those are because of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]].
*According to [[Eric Siebenaler]] at [[BotCon 2009]], Rodimus' design was influenced by the fact that many ''Animated'' characters had large, boot-like feet. In an attempt to move away from this for variety's sake, Rodimus was given skinnier legs by putting most of his mass in his torso.
*Given the bow and helmet design, Rodimus' design also owes a bit to [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Wikipedia:Hawkeye (comics) |Hawkeye]].
*Despite being credited by the show's creators<ref>''Animated'' [[Tech Spec]] by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #24.]]</ref> as having the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] rank and clearly being the leader of a team like [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|another bloke]], his toy is listed as "Rodimus Minor" for the fact, revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2009, that "there were already too many Primes in the toy line". Within the series, he is only ever called or credited as "Rodimus".
* Rodimus's "popped collar" was apparently inspired by Hot Rod fan and [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]] staff member, [[User:Protoman|Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault]].<ref>
==References==
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