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===Comics and animation=== | ===Comics and animation=== | ||
* ''Beast Wars'' story editors: | * ''Beast Wars'' story editors: | ||
* [[Bob Forward]] | ** [[Bob Forward]] | ||
* [[Larry DiTillio]] | ** [[Larry DiTillio]] | ||
* ''Generation 1'' comic staff: | * ''Generation 1'' comic staff: | ||
* [[Simon Furman]] | ** [[Simon Furman]] | ||
* [[Andrew Wildman]] | ** [[Andrew Wildman]] | ||
* [[Rob Tokar]] | ** [[Rob Tokar]] | ||
* [[Richard Starkings]] | ** [[Richard Starkings]] | ||
* ''Generation 1'' cartoon staff: | * ''Generation 1'' cartoon staff: | ||
* [[Bryce Malek]] | ** [[Bryce Malek]] | ||
* [[David Wise]] | ** [[David Wise]] | ||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
Revision as of 01:39, 23 May 2009
BotCon 1998 was held on June 19-20, 1998 in Anaheim, California.
- Preceded by: BotCon 1997
- Followed by: BotCon 1999
Venue
BotCon 1998 was held at Anaheim Convention Center, which looks remarkably like a UFO. Located in the Los Angeles suburb of Anaheim, California, 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
- Antagony, a black redeco of Inferno
- Vice Grip, the Powerpinch mold in blue and gray
Fiction
- "Visitations" live-action script reading
Guests
Hasbro employees
Voice actors
Comics and animation
- Beast Wars story editors:
- Generation 1 comic staff:
- Generation 1 cartoon staff:
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" 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 ("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
