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| Date | April 26, 2012 | ||||||
| City | Dallas, TX | ||||||
| Venue | Hyatt Regency Dallas | ||||||
BotCon 2012 will be held in the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, Texas from April 26 to April 29, 2012.
Run-up
- September 7, 2011, BotCon's Twitter feed started hinting at BotCon 2012's exclusive toys. [1]
- The Diamond-exclusive version of "The Stunti-Con Job" had a full page ad advertising BotCon 2012, and hinted at the mold of one of its box set toys. [2]
- On December 5, 2011, the date, location, and hotel for BotCon 2012 were announced.
- On December 24, 2011, the brochure went live.
- On December 27, 2011, "BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!" revealed the first images of Gigatron.
- On December 30, 2011, Shattered Glass Tracks was revealed.
- On January 3, 2012, Shattered Glass Soundwave was revealed.
- On January 5, 2012, registration was intended to go up, but required more testing. Instead, Shattered Glass Treadshot was revealed.
- On January 6, 2012, at 6:22pm EST, registration for attending packages went live. Both (larger) customization classes were sold out within minutes, Primus sets were 50% sold and "Golden Tickets" 70% sold by 10pm. [3] To apologize for the registration's lateness, art turnarounds of Metalhawk's new head were posted online. Those numbers were at 60% and 80% by the following day. [4]
- On January 18, 2012, Iacon Packages were available for purchase. A few hours later, BotCon's Twitter status stated that 50% of the Iacon Packages were sold. Primus Packages were 85% sold.
Venue
The Convention Center of the Hyatt Regency Dallas is home to BotCon 2012. It's "one of the city’s most consistent AAA Four Diamond Dallas luxury hotels," full of restaurants and shopping opportunities, and it's smack dab in the middle of downtown Dallas, Texas. This 28-floor hotel is three blocks from the JFK Memorial and across a parking lot from a giant Playstation Move controller. In the summer, they have AnimeFest there, host to overpriced Pocky, Scott McNeil, and all manner of unwashed webcartoonists. But unlike AnimeFest, BotCon 2012's dealer room probably won't be partially out in the hallways.
The hallways are very extravagant.
Merchandise
Convention-exclusive toys
Transformers: Invasion box set ($340, bagged $250)
- Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus, a retool of Transformers Optimus Prime
- Shattered Glass Turbo Tracks, a redeco of Transformers Turbo Tracks
- Shattered Glass Soundwave, a retool of Universe Classics Series Ironhide
- Shattered Glass Treadshot, a retool of Transformers Special Ops Jazz
- Classics Gigatron, a retool of Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon
- Classics Metalhawk, a retool of Generations Thunderwing
At show souvenir packages
Customization Exclusive
Attendee-Only Bonus Exclusive
Hasbro
Other merchandise
Fiction
Guests
Hall of Fame inductees
Voice actors
Writers
Fun Publications
Hasbro employees
Hasbro Studios employees
IDW Publishing comics
High Moon Studios & Activision
TakaraTomy employees
Autobots
Events
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Notes
- BotCon 2012 is the first year to offer the "Golden Ticket" level of registration. For an additional $300, a Primus-level attendee can pick up his box set early, buy souvenirs early (and up to three each), sit in the front row in panels, attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with the convention's invited guests, and receive an additional $2000 in fake money for the Casino Night. These were limited to 75.
