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'''BotCon 1998''' was held on June 19-20, 1998 in Anaheim, California. The exclusive toys that year were [[Vice Grip]] and [[Antagony]].
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'''BotCon 1998''' was held on June 19-20, 1998 in Anaheim, California.


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:''Preceded by: [[BotCon 1997|BotCon 1997]]''
:''Followed by: [[BotCon 1999|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 [[Mickey Mouse|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|Antagony]], a black redeco of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]
* [[Vice Grip|Vice Grip]], the [[Powerpinch|Powerpinch]] mold in blue and gray
 
===Fiction===
* "[[Visitations|Visitations]]" live-action script reading
 
==Guests==
===Hasbro employees===
* [[Andy Espenshade|Andy Espenshade]]
* [[Jennifer Donahoe|Jennifer Donahoe]]
 
===Voice actors===
* [[Susan Blu|Susan Blu]]
* [[Garry Chalk|Garry Chalk]]
* [[David Kaye|David Kaye]]
* [[Scott McNeil|Scott McNeil]]
* [[Doug Parker|Doug Parker]]
 
===Comics and animation===
* ''Beast Wars'' story editors:
* [[Bob Forward|Bob Forward]]
* [[Larry DiTillio|Larry DiTillio]]
 
* ''Generation 1'' comic staff:
* [[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]]
* [[Andrew Wildman|Andrew Wildman]]
* [[Rob Tokar|Rob Tokar]]
* [[Richard Starkings|Richard Starkings]]
 
* ''Generation 1'' cartoon staff:
* [[Bryce Malek|Bryce Malek]]
* [[David Wise|David Wise]]
 
 
==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 &amp; Larry
*12:00pm: BotContest Session #1; Art Contest setup ends
*1:00pm: [[Hasbro|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|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 Comics)|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&amp;A
*4:00pm: Main Hall closes
 
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HI MY NAME IS

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

Fiction

Guests

Hasbro employees

Voice actors

Comics and animation


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

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