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'''BotCon 1997''' was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first con organized by [[3H Productions]], and the exclusive toys were [[Packrat]] and [[Fractyl]]. Other items of exclusive merchandise included the two-CD set [['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]] by [[Vince DiCola]].
'''BotCon 1997''' was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first convention organized by [[3H Productions|3H Productions]].


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:''Preceded by: [[BotCon 1996|BotCon 1996]]''
:''Followed by: [[BotCon 1998|BotCon 1998]]''
 
==Merchandise==
===Convention exclusive toys===
*[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Geochemist '''[[Fractyl|Fractyl]]''' in [[Energon Armor|Energon Armor]] - A [[Redeco|redeco]] of "basic" [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].
 
*[[Maximal|Maximal]] Thief '''[[Packrat|Packrat]]''' in [[Energon Armor|Energon Armor]] - A redeco of "basic" [[Rattrap|Rattrap]].
 
The two were only sold as a set, although numbers released for the figures confusingly state that there were 600 Packrats and 570 Fractyls produced.
 
 
===Comics and art===
*'''[[Ground Zero|Ground Zero]]''' - standalone comic story included with Fractyl/Packrat.
 
*'''BotCon 1997 Mural Print''' - a print featuring Fractyl and Packrat's back-of-package mural art. Possibly also included with Fractyl/Packrat.&lt;sup class="noprint"&gt;&#91;[[Help:Citing sources|''&lt;span title="The material in the vicinity of this tag needs references to reliable sources." style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;citation needed&lt;/span&gt;'']]&#93;&lt;/sup&gt;
 
===Miscellaneous===
* [['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]] 2-disk CD set.
* Convention T-shirt.
* Namebadge.
* Program guide.
 
Additionally, every attendee who paid for the pre-convention dinner was given a [[Decoy|Decoy]] hand-painted by Dave Van Domelen and a laminated copy of a storyboard panel from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
 
 
==Guests==
===Voice actors===
*[[Peter Cullen|Peter Cullen]]
*[[David Kaye|David Kaye]]
*[[Venus Terzo|Venus Terzo]]
 
===Hasbro employees===
*[[Dawn Berryman|Dawn Berryman]], marketing
*[[George Boznos|George Boznos]], designer
*[[Jerry Palmer|Jerry Palmer]], engineer
 
===Beast Wars Story Editor===
*[[Bob Forward|Bob Forward]]
 
===Marvel Comics===
*[[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]]
*[[Andrew Wildman|Andrew Wildman]]
 
===Music===
*[[Stan Bush|Stan Bush]]
*[[Vince DiCola|Vince DiCola]]
 
==Events==
===Friday===
*Dinner/Opening Ceremonies
 
===Saturday===
*Peter Cullen panel
 
*Bob Forward panel
 
*Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman panel
 
*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola concert (evening event)
 
===Sunday===
*Beast Wars Video Game Presentation
 
*Beast Wars Voice Actor Panel
 
*Stan Bush/Vince DiCola Panel
 
*Hasbro Presentation
 
*[[MSTF|MSTF]]
 
*Quiz show
 
*Charity auction
 
*Convention Organizers' Panel/closing ceremonies
 
==Trivia==
* According to a magazine advertisement for the convention, story editor [[Larry DiTillio|Larry DiTillio]], Hasbro representatives [[Vinnie D'Alleva|Vinnie D'Alleva]] and [[Todd Wise|Todd Wise]], and voice actors [[Susan Blu|Susan Blu]], [[Garry Chalk|Garry Chalk]], [[Frank Welker|Frank Welker]] were originally scheduled to attend. None of them ended up making the convention, but Welker sent an audiotaped message to the attending fans.
 
*The same advertisement put the convention in Kendallville, Indiana rather than Rochester, New York.
 
* Until he was invited to BotCon 1997, Simon Furman was unaware there ''was'' a Transformers fandom! As a result, he allowed himself to forget everything he'd done and was unprepared for an in-depth Q&amp;A session: "I was floundering, and often had to resort to a lame ‘sorry, I don’t remember.’ It was a nightmare... I made damn sure that by the time the 1998 Botcon rolled around I’d re-read/revisited practically everything I’d ever written." &lt;a href="http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032" class="external autonumber" title="http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032" rel="nofollow"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;
 
==External links==
[http://www.botcon.com/archive/1997/index.html BotCon 1997 in the BotCon archives]
 
 
==See also==
[[BotCon|BotCon]]
 
 
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BotCon 1997 was held on July 18-20, 1997 in Rochester, New York. It was the first convention organized by 3H Productions.


Preceded by: BotCon 1996
Followed by: BotCon 1998

Merchandise

Convention exclusive toys

The two were only sold as a set, although numbers released for the figures confusingly state that there were 600 Packrats and 570 Fractyls produced.


Comics and art

  • Ground Zero - standalone comic story included with Fractyl/Packrat.

Miscellaneous

Additionally, every attendee who paid for the pre-convention dinner was given a Decoy hand-painted by Dave Van Domelen and a laminated copy of a storyboard panel from The Transformers: The Movie.


Guests

Voice actors

Hasbro employees

Beast Wars Story Editor

Marvel Comics

Music

Events

Friday

  • Dinner/Opening Ceremonies

Saturday

  • Peter Cullen panel
  • Bob Forward panel
  • Simon Furman/Andrew Wildman panel
  • Stan Bush/Vince DiCola concert (evening event)

Sunday

  • Beast Wars Video Game Presentation
  • Beast Wars Voice Actor Panel
  • Stan Bush/Vince DiCola Panel
  • Hasbro Presentation
  • Quiz show
  • Charity auction
  • Convention Organizers' Panel/closing ceremonies

Trivia

  • The same advertisement put the convention in Kendallville, Indiana rather than Rochester, New York.
  • Until he was invited to BotCon 1997, Simon Furman was unaware there was a Transformers fandom! As a result, he allowed himself to forget everything he'd done and was unprepared for an in-depth Q&A session: "I was floundering, and often had to resort to a lame ‘sorry, I don’t remember.’ It was a nightmare... I made damn sure that by the time the 1998 Botcon rolled around I’d re-read/revisited practically everything I’d ever written." <a href="http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032" class="external autonumber" title="http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>

BotCon 1997 in the BotCon archives


See also

BotCon


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