BotCon 1996 - Revision history

BerylRoll at 15:17, 7 March 2026

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	* The "[[Double Pretender]]s", a gorilla-shell and spider-shell duo.		* The "[[Double Pretender]]s", a gorilla-shell and spider-shell duo.
	* A preliminary version of the [[Pretender]] [[Groundbreaker]].		* A preliminary version of the [[Pretender]] [[Groundbreaker]].
	* [[Greasepit (G2)\|Greasepit]] and the [[Go-Bots Racing Rig]].		* [[Greasepit (G2 Go-Bot)\|Greasepit]] and the [[Go-Bots Racing Rig]].
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]		[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]
	*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[Transformers Generations 2011 ~~Volume~~ 2]]''.		*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[Transformers Generations 2011 Vol. 2]]''.

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AzimuthAcolyte: Reflecting split by volume

2022-08-27T16:40:41Z

Reflecting split by volume

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]		[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]
	*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[~~Transformers Generations 2011\|~~Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2]]''.		*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2]]''.

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Khajidha: /* Sunday */

2020-12-21T17:23:32Z

Sunday

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	* A ''Toys For Tots'' charity auction, which included several unreleased ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]], ATB Megatron/Starscream, and Combat Heroes Optimus Prime and Megatron. MiB raised over $5000 and donated 100 Onyx Primals to the charity as well.		* A ''Toys For Tots'' charity auction, which included several unreleased ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)\|Go-Bots]], ATB Megatron/Starscream, and Combat Heroes Optimus Prime and Megatron. MiB raised over $5000 and donated 100 Onyx Primals to the charity as well.

	The dealer closed at 4pm, and the convention shut down entirely at 5pm.		The dealer room closed at 4pm, and the convention shut down entirely at 5pm.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

MrRald at 17:13, 21 December 2020

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	==Merchandise==		==Merchandise==
	*A T-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.
	===Convention-exclusive toys===		===Convention-exclusive toys===
	[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]		[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]
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			===Other merchandise===
			*A T-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.

	==Displays==		==Displays==

MrRald at 03:52, 21 December 2020

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	==Merchandise==		==Merchandise==
			*A T-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.
			===Convention-exclusive toys===
	[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]		[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]

	~~The exclusive toy was the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]~~ [[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.		*[[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.


	~~A T-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.~~
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Cyberlink420 at 17:17, 23 August 2018

2018-08-23T17:17:27Z

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	'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996, in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''~~[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction~~\|Pulp Fiction]]'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].		'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996, in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''{{w\|Pulp Fiction}}'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].

	To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).		To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).

Khajidha: closing comma

2018-08-03T12:21:57Z

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	'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996 in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction\|Pulp Fiction]]'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].		'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996, in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction\|Pulp Fiction]]'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].

	To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).		To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).

Ookalf at 20:03, 18 June 2015

2015-06-18T20:03:36Z

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	'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996 in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction ~~(film)~~\|Pulp Fiction]]'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].		'''BotCon 1996''' was held on [[July 12]]-[[July 14\|14]], 1996 in Rosemont, [[Illinois]]. It was the only convention overseen by [[Men in Black]] Productions, who inexplicably chose to infuse the convention with a ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction\|Pulp Fiction]]'' theme. There were no guests aside from [[Hasbro]]/[[Kenner]] representatives [[George Boznos]] and [[Anthony Gaud]].

	To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).		To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap Hi-C orange drink they normally use).

SanityOrMadness: typos fixed: t-shirt → T-shirt

2015-04-03T22:34:05Z

typos fixed: t-shirt → T-shirt

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	==Merchandise==		==Merchandise==
	[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg~~\|right~~\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]		[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]

	The exclusive toy was the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] [[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.		The exclusive toy was the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] [[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.

	A t-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.		A T-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.
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	==Displays==		==Displays==
	[[~~Image~~:DoublePretenders.jpg\|right\|~~200px~~\|thumb\|Sadly, no spider-monkey Pretender was planned.]]		[[File:DoublePretenders.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|Sadly, no spider-monkey Pretender was planned.]]
	The art room did feature many unreleased Transformers toys that have rarely or never been seen since (good thing they were photographed for the [[Unofficial guidebooks\|BotCon Legends]] fanzine!). These prototypes were:		The art room did feature many unreleased Transformers toys that have rarely or never been seen since (good thing they were photographed for the [[Unofficial guidebooks\|BotCon Legends]] fanzine!). These prototypes were:
	* One of the [[~~Generation 1~~ (franchise)\|Generation 1]] [[Unicron/toys\|Unicron toys]]		* One of the [[The Transformers (franchise)\|Generation 1]] [[Unicron/toys\|Unicron toys]]
	* Two unproduced [[Action Master vehicle]]s		* Two unproduced [[Action Master vehicle]]s
	* An [[Micromaster carrier-base\|unproduced Micromaster base]]		* An [[Micromaster carrier-base\|unproduced Micromaster base]]
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[~~Image~~:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|~~250px\|~~]]		[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]
	*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[Transformers Generations 2011\|Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2]]''.		*Men in Black Collectibles attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Action Master Arcee planned by Hasbro/Takara, whose concept sketches wouldn't be revealed to the general public until the publication of ''[[Transformers Generations 2011\|Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2]]''.

M Sipher: /* Merchandise */

2014-08-03T07:45:46Z

Merchandise

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	==Merchandise==		==Merchandise==
	[[~~Image~~:~~Batmanprimal~~.jpg\|right\|~~180px~~\|~~thumb~~\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten.]]		[[File:BW-toy OnyxPrimal.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|C'mon, you know you want one. Or two. Or ten. ''Please buy them pleeease.'']]

	The exclusive toy was the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] [[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.		The exclusive toy was the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] [[Onyx Primal#Toys\|Onyx Primal]], whose "bio" continued the unofficial ''Pulp Fiction'' association of the event by being a slight rewording of a quote from the film. A "Dealer Exclusive" variant of Onyx (which was the same toy with "BOTCON '96 DEALER EXCLUSIVE" on its back) was also made available only to dealers; this would be the first and ''last'' time such a thing was attempted at BotCon.

			A t-shirt with the program's ''Pulp Fiction'' parody art was also sold, black with gold ink.
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