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BotCon 2000

2010-02-20T11:24:38Z

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{{officialcon|
|seriesissue=[[BotCon]] 2000
|prev=BotCon 1999
|next=BotCon 2001
|seriesissue2=
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|image=Botcon2000-programcover.jpg
|caption=I'll take Vince DiCola in the center square to block.
|title=
|date=[[July 28]], 2000
|city=Fort Wayne, IN
|venue=Grand Wayne Convention Center
}}
{{bigquote|This summer, prepare to be reformatted.|Pre-convention announcement flyer}}
'''BotCon 2000''' was held on [[July 28]]-[[July 30|30]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was organized by [[3H Productions|3H]].
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==Venue==
BotCon 2000 was held in the Grand Wayne Convention Center in downtown Fort Wayne. Spaces included a Main Hall with dealers, merchandise, and contests, a display room, an autograph session room, and video rooms.

==Merchandise==
[[Image:Botcon2000-movieposter.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
===Convention exclusive toys===
*'''[[Apelinq]]''' - A [[Redeco|redecoed]] [[Transmetal]] [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]].
*'''[[Shokaract]]''' - A redeco of [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]].

===Comics and art===
*'''[[Terminus|Tales from the Beast Wars: Reaching the Omega Point]]''' - Comic book, conclusion the [[Reaching the Omega Point]] story.
[[Image:BC00shirt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|And [[Robots In Disguise|ever]]...and [[Armada|ever]]...and [[Transformers (2007)|ever]]...]]
*'''Cheetor Poster''' - A poster of ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]].
*'''BotCon 2000 Mini-poster''' - A poster featuring the ''Beast Wars'' characters, a pastiche of the [[The Transformers: The Movie]] poster.

===Some other junk===
* A collectable plate, a lanyard, a tote, and a T-shirt.
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* Although not an ''official'' convention exclusive, the Lukis Bros. produced a "Beast Machines Accessory Pack" which contained two scimitars for Mega [[Cheetor]] to hold, a Key to [[Vector Sigma]], and clear stands for both [[Blackarachnia]] and [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] to be displayed in their TV-accurate robot-modes. They even threw in a free Unicron.com T-Shirt.

==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Ian James Corlett]]
*[[John Moschitta]]
*[[Venus Terzo]]
*[[Alec Willows]]

===Hasbro employees===
*[[Joe Mattiko]]
*[[Jamie Overbey]]

===Music===
*[[Vince DiCola]]

==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies, starring [[Seafood Louis]]

===Saturday===
*6:00am: Dealer setup begins
*7:00am: Preregistration check-in begins
*9:00am: Dealer room opens
*11:00am: John Moschitta panel
*1:00pm: Fan Panel #1 ('Fans and Fanfiction' with Sharon LaBorde, Matt Kirby, Tony Buchanan, and Darrin Broussard)
*2:00pm: ''Beast Wars'' / ''Beast Machines'' Voice Actor Panel
*3:00pm: Fan Panel #2 (a presentation of the Transformers PSAs by Tim Finn)
*4:00pm: [[Hasbro]] presentation
*5:00pm: Charity Auction benefiting the Make-a-Wish Foundation
*6:00pm: Dealer room and display room close
*8:00pm: Theatrical showing of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' in Fort Wayne's [http://fwembassytheatre.org/home.htm Embassy Theater], an ornate 1928 movie palace. Audience participation during this event was considerable and impassioned.

===Sunday===
*9:00am: Dealer room opens. [[MSTF]] panel.
*11:00am: Fan Panel #3
*12:00pm: Vince DiCola panel and performance
*1:30pm: BotCon organizers panel
*3:00pm: Dealer room closes
*6:00pm: Video Room closes. Convention ends. But... it never ends!

Autograph/photograph sessions with Vince and the voice actors were scheduled across Saturday and Sunday.

Various contests were also slated to happen throughout the weekend:

* Trivia contest. Prize: set of Convention Exclusive toys.
* Toy Assembly contest. Prize: complete set of carded ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]].
* Quick-Change Time Trials. Prize: Transmetal Rattrap, Airazor, and Mutant [[Icebird]]. Man, no love for the time trials.
* Art contest. 1st place prize: $50; 2nd place, $25; 3rd place, convention t-shirt.

==Trivia==

* [[Bob Skir]] had been an invited guest but cancelled due to "other commitments". Many fans immediately jumped to the (wrong) conclusion that this was largely because of the [[Ruined FOREVER|disappointment]] of ''Beast Machines'' and the resulting online hostility.
* Once again 3H was "this close" to getting [[Frank Welker]] as a guest - albeit only for Friday's dinner.
* Although [[Men in Black]] were banned from attending BotCon as dealers, they ran "TransCon 2 1/2" out of their hotel room. Naturally, this meant lots of overpriced toys, an abundance of [[Onyx Primal]]s, and free (stale) pretzels and water. They also tossed TransCon 2 shirts on the heads of unsuspecting fans waiting in line for the Dealer's Room on Saturday morning.
* One fan bid over ''$600'' for a [[Primal Prime]] during the Charity Auction. He won, of course.
* At the movie theatre, 3H honored a handful of fans with a plaque and a special dinner for being the only ones to attend every BotCon for the last seven years. The plaque featured both Autobot and Decepticon symbols although they made it a huge deal to point out that [[Raksha]]'s was the only one with the Decepticon symbol ''above'' the Autobot one.
* A popular auction seller known as "SPQQKY" put up a [[Shokaract]] on eBay a day before 3H officially revealed it at BotCon. Sadly, this would become a trend in the future.

==External links==
[http://botcon.com/archive/2000/index.html BotCon 2000 in the BotCon archives]

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[[Category:Conventions]]

BotCon 2000

2010-02-20T11:15:46Z

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{{officialcon|
|seriesissue=[[BotCon]] 2000
|prev=BotCon 1999
|next=BotCon 2001
|seriesissue2=
|next2=
|image=Botcon2000-programcover.jpg
|caption=I'll take Vince DiCola in the center square to block.
|title=
|date=[[July 28]], 2000
|city=Fort Wayne, IN
|venue=Grand Wayne Convention Center
}}
{{bigquote|This summer, prepare to be reformatted.|Pre-convention announcement flyer}}
'''BotCon 2000''' was held on [[July 28]]-[[July 30|30]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was organized by [[3H Productions|3H]].
{{TOCclear}}

==Venue==
BotCon 2000 was held in the Grand Wayne Convention Center in downtown Fort Wayne. Spaces included a Main Hall with dealers, merchandise, and contests, a display room, an autograph session room, and video rooms.

==Merchandise==
[[Image:Botcon2000-movieposter.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
===Convention exclusive toys===
*'''[[Apelinq]]''' - A [[Redeco|redecoed]] [[Transmetal]] [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]].
*'''[[Shokaract]]''' - A redeco of [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]].

===Comics and art===
*'''[[Terminus|Tales from the Beast Wars: Reaching the Omega Point]]''' - Comic book, conclusion the [[Reaching the Omega Point]] story.
[[Image:BC00shirt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|And [[Robots In Disguise|ever]]...and [[Armada|ever]]...and [[Transformers (2007)|ever]]...]]
*'''Cheetor Poster''' - A poster of ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]].
*'''BotCon 2000 Mini-poster''' - A poster featuring the ''Beast Wars'' characters, a pastiche of the [[The Transformers: The Movie]] poster.

===Some other junk===
* A collectable plate, a lanyard, a tote, and a T-shirt.
{{-}}

==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Ian James Corlett]]
*[[John Moschitta]]
*[[Venus Terzo]]
*[[Alec Willows]]

===Hasbro employees===
*[[Joe Mattiko]]
*[[Jamie Overbey]]

===Music===
*[[Vince DiCola]]

==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies, starring [[Seafood Louis]]

===Saturday===
*6:00am: Dealer setup begins
*7:00am: Preregistration check-in begins
*9:00am: Dealer room opens
*11:00am: John Moschitta panel
*1:00pm: Fan Panel #1 ('Fans and Fanfiction' with Sharon LaBorde, Matt Kirby, Tony Buchanan, and Darrin Broussard)
*2:00pm: ''Beast Wars'' / ''Beast Machines'' Voice Actor Panel
*3:00pm: Fan Panel #2 (a presentation of the Transformers PSAs by Tim Finn)
*4:00pm: [[Hasbro]] presentation
*5:00pm: Charity Auction benefiting the Make-a-Wish Foundation
*6:00pm: Dealer room and display room close
*8:00pm: Theatrical showing of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' in Fort Wayne's [http://fwembassytheatre.org/home.htm Embassy Theater], an ornate 1928 movie palace. Audience participation during this event was considerable and impassioned.

===Sunday===
*9:00am: Dealer room opens. [[MSTF]] panel.
*11:00am: Fan Panel #3
*12:00pm: Vince DiCola panel and performance
*1:30pm: BotCon organizers panel
*3:00pm: Dealer room closes
*6:00pm: Video Room closes. Convention ends. But... it never ends!

Autograph/photograph sessions with Vince and the voice actors were scheduled across Saturday and Sunday.

Various contests were also slated to happen throughout the weekend:

* Trivia contest. Prize: set of Convention Exclusive toys.
* Toy Assembly contest. Prize: complete set of carded ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]].
* Quick-Change Time Trials. Prize: Transmetal Rattrap, Airazor, and Mutant [[Icebird]]. Man, no love for the time trials.
* Art contest. 1st place prize: $50; 2nd place, $25; 3rd place, convention t-shirt.

==Trivia==

* [[Bob Skir]] had been an invited guest but cancelled due to "other commitments". Many fans immediately jumped to the (wrong) conclusion that this was largely because of the [[Ruined FOREVER|disappointment]] of ''Beast Machines'' and the resulting online hostility.
* Once again 3H was "this close" to getting [[Frank Welker]] as a guest - albeit only for Friday's dinner.
* Although [[Men in Black]] were banned from attending BotCon as dealers, they ran "TransCon 2 1/2" out of their hotel room. Naturally, this meant lots of overpriced toys, an abundance of [[Onyx Primal]]s, and free (stale) pretzels and water. They also tossed TransCon 2 shirts on the heads of unsuspecting fans waiting in line for the Dealer's Room on Saturday morning.
* One fan bid over ''$600'' for a [[Primal Prime]] during the Charity Auction. He won, of course.
* At the movie theatre, 3H honored a handful of fans with a plaque and a special dinner for being the only ones to attend every BotCon for the last seven years. The plaque featured both Autobot and Decepticon symbols although they made it a huge deal to point out that [[Raksha]]'s was the only one with the Decepticon symbol ''above'' the Autobot one.
* A popular auction seller known as "SPQQKY" put up a [[Shokaract]] on eBay a day before 3H officially revealed it at BotCon. Sadly, this would become a trend in the future.

==External links==
[http://botcon.com/archive/2000/index.html BotCon 2000 in the BotCon archives]

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[[Category:Conventions]]