BotCon 2016

« BotCon 2016
Date	April 7, 2016
City	Louisville, KY.
Venue	Galt House

BotCon 2016 will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, from April 7 to April 10, 2016.

Run-up

• On September 4, 2015, the date and location of BotCon 2016 were announced.
• On October 3, 2015, Botcon.com revealed the BotCon 2016 theme of Dawn of Predacus and the first exclusive of Tripredacus Agent Ravage.
• On October 9, 2015, Botcon.com revealed the exclusive Predacon Secret Police Tarantulas.
• On October 15, 2015, Botcon.com revealed the exclusive Predacon General Ramhorn.
• On October 22, 2015, Botcon.com revealed the exclusive Predacon General Cicadacon.
• On October 29, 2015, Botcon.com revealed the exclusive Predacon General Seaclamp.
• On November 12, 2015, the brochure went online.
• On January 13, 2016, Venus Terzo was announced as a guest.
• On January 20, 2016, registration for the event went live.
• On February 2, 2016, Fun Publications posted a commercial for the convention on YouTube starring David Kaye as Megatron.
• On March 3, 2016, Judd Nelson was announced as a special guest atteneding his first BotCon.
• On March 10, 2016, Gregg Berger was announced as a guest.
• On March 17, 2016, in a surprising turn of events, Terrorsaur was revealed as the convention's attendee freebie figure.

Venue

The convention will be held at the Galt House hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Merchandise

Convention-exclusive toys

Dawn of the Predacus box set

• Ravage, a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Breakdown.
• Predacon Tarantulas, a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Protectobot Rook.
• General Ramhorn, a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Brawl.
• General Cicadacon, a redeco of Generations Combiner Wars Skydive.
• General Sea Clamp, a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Scattershot.

At show souvenir figures

• Megatron, a retool of Robots in Disguise Megatron.
• Airazor, a redeco of Legends Slipstream
• Tigatron, a redeco of box set Ravage
• Unit-3, a redeco of Generations Combiner Wars Protectobot Streetwise.
• Reflector 3-Pack, retools of Generations Combiner Wars Shockwave.

Customization exclusive

• A redeco/retool of Generations Combiner Wars First Aid as the assembler's choice of:
  • Marvel Comics Ratchet
  • G1 cartoon Ratchet
  • Generation 2 Ratchet
  • Shattered Glass Ratchet
  • Medix

Attendee-only bonus figure

• Terrorsaur, a retool of Generations Combiner Wars Air Raid.

Golden Ticket exclusive

• Flash Sentry, a redeco of 3-Pack Reflector.

Fiction

• "Dawn of the Predacus" comic

Guests

Voice actors

• Gregg Berger
• David Kaye
• Judd Nelson
• Venus Terzo

Artists

• Winston Bolen
• Josh Burcham
• Brendan Cahill
• Ken Christiansen
• Casey Coller
• Archie Cunningham
• Thomas Deer
• Brandy Dixon
• Matt Frank
• Adam Hicks
• Dan Khanna
• Marcelo Matere
• Alex Milne
• Robby Musso
• Josh Perez
• Sara Pitre-Durocher
• Rob Roberts
• Hayato Sakamoto
• Brian Shearer
• Derrick J. Wyatt
• Silas Zee

Events

Wednesday

8:00AM – 4:30PM	Horses and Kentucky Bourbon Tour
8:00AM – 4:00PM	Transformers Customizing Class
8:30PM	Golden Ticket Package Pick-Up
9:30PM	Tour and Class Package Pick-Up

Thursday

8:00AM – 5:30PM	Caving and Museum Tour
8:00AM – 4:00PM	Transformers Customizing Class
4:00PM	Golden Ticket Package Pick-up
5:00PM	Golden Ticket Store Opens
6:00PM	Registration Package Pick-up Opens
6:00PM	Club Store Opens
8:10PM	Exhibitor drop off - load in

Friday

7:30AM – 2:00PM	Exhibitor Setup
8:30AM – 9:30AM	Club Store opens for Exhibitors Only
9:11AM	Autographs: David Kaye, Venus Terzo & Gregg Berger
9:00AM – 9:50AM	TCC Magazine/Comic Panel with Pete Sinclair & John-Paul Bove
10:00 AM – 12:00PM	Club Store opens for all Registered Guests
9:30AM	Walk-up Late Registration
9:00AM–12:00PM	Contest Setup
10:00AM – 10:50AM	Panel: Stan Bush & Vince DiCola
11:00AM – 11:50AM	Panel: Transformers Filmfest
12:00PM – 12:50PM	Panel: Beast Wars 20th Anniversary
1:00PM – 1:50PM	Panel: Script Reading starring Judd Nelson, David Kaye, Venus Terzo & Gregg Berger
2:00PM	Private Sales Room Experience Opens
1:00PM – 3:00PM	Contest Judging
2:30PM – 4:30PM	Autographs: David Kaye, Venus Terzo & Gregg Berger
3:30PM – 6:00PM	Autographs: Judd Nelson (Friday VIP)
5:00PM	Private Sales Room Experience Ends
7:30PM	Golden Ticket Meet Up
8:00PM	Hall of Fame Human Inductees Presentation at 4th Street Live!
8:30PM	Stan Bush & Vince DiCola in concert at 4th Street Live!

Saturday

7:30 AM	Exhibitor Set-up
8:30AM	Registered Guests Private Preview
9:00AM	Early Bird Entry
9:00AM - 11:30AM	Autographs: Judd Nelson (SATURDAY VIP)
10:00AM	General Admission
10:00AM – 11:00AM	Autographs: Aaron Archer
10:00AM - 10:50AM	Panel: Venus Terzo Q&A
11:00AM – 11:50PM	Panel: Hasbro Product preview
12:00PM – 12:50PM	Panel: Gregg Berger Q&A
12:30PM – 3:00PM	Photo Session: Judd Nelson (ALL VIPs)
1:00PM – 1:50PM	Panel: Transformers Cosplay - Rosemary Ward
1:00PM – 3:00PM	Autographs: Venus Terzo, Gregg Berger
2:00PM – 2:50PM	Panel: Aaron Archer Q&A
3:00PM – 3:50PM	Panel: Transformers Collectors' Club Roundtable
4:00PM – 4:50PM	Panel: Judd Nelson Q&A
5:00PM	Exhibit Hall Closes
7:30PM	Casino Night Awards Dinner and Auction

Sunday

9:00AM	Exhibitor Set-up
9:30AM	Registered Guests and General Admission
10:00AM – 10:50AM	Panel: The Art of Transformers
10:00AM – 12:00PM	Autographs: Venus Terzo, Gregg Berger & Aaron Archer
11:00AM – 11:50AM	Panel: Hayato Sakamoto w/ host Andrew Hall
12:00PM – 12:50PM	Panel: Cybercast Podcast
1:00PM – 1:50PM	Panel: BotCon Over the Years
3:30PM	Show Closes

Notes

• Alec Willows was to be a guest, and was announced as such at the same time as the Tarantulas toy was revealed, however he later withdrew due to scheduling conflicts.
• Scott McNeil was announced as a guest on November 24, 2015 as well, however he later withdrew due to personal matters.

External links

• Official BotCon 2016 site