BotCon Japan 2000
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| Date | December 17, 2000, 11:00-17:00 | ||||||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
| Venue | Tokyo Trade Center Taito Hall | ||||||
BotCon Japan 2000 was held on December 17, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan. It was organized by Fumihiko Akiyama.
Venue
[edit]BotCon Japan 2000 was held in the Tokyo Trade Center Taito Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Merchandise
[edit]Convention-exclusive toys
[edit]- Choro-Q Optimus Prime in vehicle mode.
- Choro-Q Mirage in vehicle mode, with transparent parts.
- Choro-Q Megatron in vehicle mode—a green and purple tank resembling his Generation 2 toy.
- Car Robots Ai figurine.
Other merchandise
[edit]- T-shirts featuring artwork of Ai by Mercy Rabbit.
Guests
[edit]- Tesshō Genda (voice of G1 Optimus Prime in Japan)
Events
[edit]- Art contest.
- Transathlon 2000 — a Transformers/Beast Wars "quiz and athletic contest".
- The winner was none other than American fan Andrew "Hydra" Hall, who was cosplaying as Hydra at the time. While in-character, he said he was from Germany, and this got reported as fact in Figure Ō magazine!
- An exhibition of Diaclone toys and Transformers video games.
- Junk fair and charity auction, a portion of the proceeds from which went to UNICEF.
External links
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