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==Venue== | ==Venue== | ||
BotCon 1998 was held at Anaheim Convention Center, which looks remarkably like a UFO. Located south of downtown Anaheim, the Convention Center is literally right across the street from [[ | BotCon 1998 was held at Anaheim Convention Center, which looks remarkably like a UFO. Located south of downtown Anaheim, the Convention Center is literally right across the street from [[Disneyland]]. The convention space included a panel room, video room, and a main hall with dealer tables, Hasbro display area, autograph tables, and art contest display area. | ||
==Merchandise== | ==Merchandise== | ||
===Convention-exclusive toys=== | ===Convention-exclusive toys=== | ||
[[Image:BWtoy-ViceGrip.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't tell him "Get a grip".]] | [[Image:BWtoy-ViceGrip.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't tell him "Get a grip".]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-p1|[[Antagony (BW)#Toys|Antagony]]}} | |||
{{Bp-p1|[[Vice Grip#Toys|Vice Grip]]}} | |||
</ul> | |||
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=== | ===Other merchandise=== | ||
* | *T-Shirt with [[Andrew Wildman]] art. | ||
*''[[BotCon '97 - The Concert]]'' | *''[[BotCon '97 - The Concert]]'' | ||
*''[['Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola]]'' (reissue) | *''[['Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola]]'' (reissue) | ||
=== | ===Fiction=== | ||
* | *"[[Visitations]]" live-action script reading | ||
==Guests== | ==Guests== | ||
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* [[Scott McNeil]] | * [[Scott McNeil]] | ||
* [[Doug Parker]] | * [[Doug Parker]] | ||
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===Comics and animation=== | ===Comics and animation=== | ||
* ''Beast Wars'' story editors: | * ''Beast Wars'' story editors: | ||
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===Saturday=== | ===Saturday=== | ||
*9:00am: Doors open. Art contest/auction setup. ''Beast Wars'' Season 1 begins airing in the video room. | *9:00am: Doors open. Art contest/auction setup. ''Beast Wars'' Season 1 begins airing in the video room. | ||
*11:00am: ''Beast Wars'' story editor panel with Bob & | *11:00am: ''Beast Wars'' story editor panel with Bob & Larry | ||
*12:00pm: BotContest Session #1; Art Contest setup ends | *12:00pm: BotContest Session #1; Art Contest setup ends | ||
*1:00pm: [[Hasbro]] presentation | *1:00pm: [[Hasbro]] presentation | ||
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[[Category:Conventions]] | [[Category:Conventions]] | ||
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 "You're gambling the Earth, Prime?" "Shut up, Arcee. I've got a full house." | |||||||
| Date | June 19 & 20, 1998 | ||||||
| City | Anaheim, CA | ||||||
| Venue | Anaheim Convention Center | ||||||
BotCon 1998 was held on June 19-20, 1998, in Anaheim, California.
Venue
[edit]BotCon 1998 was held at Anaheim Convention Center, which looks remarkably like a UFO. Located south of downtown Anaheim, the Convention Center is literally right across the street from Disneyland. The convention space included a panel room, video room, and a main hall with dealer tables, Hasbro display area, autograph tables, and art contest display area.
Merchandise
[edit]Convention-exclusive toys
[edit]
Other merchandise
[edit]- T-Shirt with Andrew Wildman art.
- BotCon '97 - The Concert
- 'Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola (reissue)
Fiction
[edit]- "Visitations" live-action script reading
Guests
[edit]Hasbro employees
[edit]Voice actors
[edit]
Comics and animation
[edit]- Beast Wars story editors:
- Generation 1 comic staff:
- Generation 1 cartoon staff:
Musician
[edit]Events
[edit]Saturday
[edit]- 9:00am: Doors open. Art contest/auction setup. Beast Wars Season 1 begins airing in the video room.
- 11:00am: Beast Wars story editor panel with Bob & Larry
- 12:00pm: BotContest Session #1; Art Contest setup ends
- 1:00pm: Hasbro presentation
- 2:15pm: Voice-over artists panel with Susan, Garry, David, Scott, and Doug
- 6:00pm: Main Hall closes
- 6:30pm: The Transformers: The Movie showing in the video room ("serious version")
- 9:00pm: "Visitations" live-action voice actor script reading. The story features not only the current year's exclusives (Antagony and Vice Grip) but previous years' characters as well.
Sunday
[edit]- 9:00am: Doors open.
- 10:00am: TF:TM showing ("MST3000 version")
- 12:00pm: Raffle winners drawn
- 12:15pm: BotContest Session #2
- 1:00pm: Generation 1 comic panel, with Andrew, Simon, Richard and Rob
- 2:15pm: Generation 1 cartoon panel, featuring Bryce and David
- 3:30pm: Convention organizer Q&A
- 4:00pm: Main Hall closes
Notes
[edit]- Frank Welker had been planned as a "special surprise guest" due to his proximity to Anaheim but was unable to attend because of a scheduling conflict. Apparently, he is so busy that he can't commit to anything more than two weeks in advance.
- Prizes for Sunday's raffle included both of the BotCon 1998 exclusive toys, an "Internet Exclusive" blue Super High-Breed Model Galvatron, the original storyboards for "Code of Hero", and a "I Survived BW-35...Dinobot Didn't" T-Shirt signed by the entire Mainframe cast.
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