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'''BotCon 1998''' was held on June 19-20, 1998 in Anaheim, California. The exclusive toys | {{officialcon| | ||
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|date=[[June 19]] & [[June 20|20]], [[1998]] | |||
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'''BotCon 1998''' was held on [[June 19]]-[[June 20|20]], 1998, in Anaheim, [[California]]. | |||
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==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 [[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== | |||
===Convention-exclusive toys=== | |||
[[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> | |||
{{-}} | |||
===Other merchandise=== | |||
*T-Shirt with [[Andrew Wildman]] art. | |||
*''[[BotCon '97 - The Concert]]'' | |||
*''[['Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola]]'' (reissue) | |||
===Fiction=== | |||
*"[[Visitations]]" live-action script reading | |||
==Guests== | |||
===Hasbro employees=== | |||
* [[Andy Espenshade]] | |||
* [[Jennifer Donahoe]] | |||
===Voice actors=== | |||
[[Image:BC98Scott1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|In the end, {{w|Highlander (film)|there can be only one}} voice actor. [[Scott McNeil|ME]]!]] | |||
* [[Susan Blu]] | |||
* [[Garry Chalk]] | |||
* [[David Kaye]] | |||
* [[Scott McNeil]] | |||
* [[Doug Parker]] | |||
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===Comics and animation=== | |||
* ''Beast Wars'' story editors: | |||
** [[Bob Forward]] | |||
** [[Larry DiTillio]] | |||
* ''Generation 1'' comic staff: | |||
** [[Simon Furman]] | |||
** [[Andrew Wildman]] | |||
** [[Rob Tokar]] | |||
** [[Richard Starkings]] | |||
* ''Generation 1'' cartoon staff: | |||
** [[Bryce Malek]] | |||
** [[David Wise]] | |||
===Musician=== | |||
* [[Vince DiCola]] | |||
==Events== | |||
===Saturday=== | |||
*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|"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=== | |||
*9:00am: Doors open. | |||
*10:00am: TF:TM showing ([[MSTF|"MST3000 version"]]) | |||
*12:00pm: Raffle winners drawn | |||
*12:15pm: BotContest Session #2 | |||
*1:00pm: [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comic]] panel, with Andrew, Simon, Richard and Rob | |||
*2:15pm: [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] panel, featuring Bryce and David | |||
*3:30pm: Convention organizer Q&A | |||
*4:00pm: Main Hall closes | |||
==Notes== | |||
* [[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 (G1)|Galvatron]], the original storyboards for "[[Code of Hero]]", and a "I Survived BW-35...Dinobot Didn't" T-Shirt signed by the entire [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] cast. | |||
==External links== | |||
* [http://www.botconarchives.com/archive/1998/index.html BotCon 1998 in the BotCon archives] | |||
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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.
External links
[edit]
