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Date	June 18, 2015
City	St. Charles, IL.
Venue	Pheasant Run Resort

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BotCon 2015 will be held in ~~Chicago~~ St. Charles, Illinois, from June 18 to June 21, 2015.

Run-up

On October 24, 2014, the date and location of BotCon 2015 were announced.
On December 31, 2014, the theme for the box set ("Cybertron's Most Wanted") was revealed on the BotCon website.
On January 1, 2015, a preview of the comic strip drawn by Matt Frank was previewed on the website.
On March 26, 2015, BotCon announced that Frank Welker would be attending this year's convention.
On March 31, 2015, BotCon.com was updated with placeholder images, and later a YouTube video unveiled the first exclusive, Packrat.
On April 3, 2015, Pete Sinclair was interviewed by Transformers for Your Listening Pleasure and revealed one of the souvenir sets would come with a blue redeco of Legends Class Chop Shop and that Sue Blu would be a guest.
On April 7, 2015, the second box set exclusive was unveiled: Battletrap.
On April 16, 2015, the third box set exclusive was unveiled: Stepper.
On April 21, 2015, the fourth box set exclusive was unveiled: Megatron.
On April 23, 2015, BotCon announced that John Moschitta would be attending this year's convention.
On April 27, 2015, the fifth box set exclusive was unveiled: Oilmaster.
On April 28, 2015, the brochure went online.
On May 22, 2015, Botcon announced that Kōjin Ōno would be attending this year's convention.
On May 27, 2015, after several delays caused by technical problems registration finally went up for all attending guests and exhibitors.
On May 28, 2015, registration went live for all non-attending guests.

Venue

The convention will be held at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois.

Merchandise

Convention-exclusive toys

File:BotCon2015-Oilmaster.jpg

Last year, Headmasters. This year, Pretenders. Next year? Color Changers!

Cybertron's Most Wanted box set

Packrat, a redeco of Generations Rattrap
Battletrap, a retool of Generations Springer
Autobot Stepper with Nebulon, a redeco of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz with a redeco of Universe Nightstick
Megatron with Scalpel, Heavyweight and Boombox, a retool of Prime: Arms Micron Silas Breakdown with redecos of Prime: Arms Micron Magi, B.H., and Gora.
Oilmaster, a redeco of Generations Swerve and Flanker along with a completely new Pretender shell.

At show souvenir packages

Generation 2 2-pack:
- General Optimus Prime, a redeco of Generations Voyager-class Roadbuster
- Sgt. Hound with Dia and Cline, redecos of Generations Scoop, Caliburst, and Holepunch

Diaclone 2-pack:
- Burnout, a redeco of Generations Skids
- Lift-Ticket, a redeco of Generations Hoist

Waruders 4-pack (redecoes of Generations Deluxe and Legends Waspinator):
- Parasite with Ripper
- Mudfighter with Thrasher
- Storm Rider with Crusher
- Paralyzer with Buzzer

Customization exclusive

Galva Convoy, a redeco of Timelines Lio Convoy

Attendee-only bonus figure

Zaptrap with Beet-Chit and Spy-Eye, a redeco of Generations Skrapnel with a redeco of Thrilling 30 Chop Shop

Kreon Souvenir Figure Set

Kreon Autobot Spike
Kreon Dr. Arkeville
Kreon Nightbird
Kreon Robot Master
Kreon Sentinel Prime with Kreon Headmaster

Other merchandise

Fiction

Guests

Voice actors

Writers

Artists

Fun Publications

Hasbro employees

Hasbro Studios employees

IDW Publishing comics

Events

Notes

External links

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 '''At show souvenir packages'''
-*Generation 2 2-pack
+*Generation 2 2-pack:
 **[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime]], a redeco of ''Generations'' Voyager-class [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]
-**[[Hound (G1)#Timelines|Sgt. Hound]] with [[Dia]] and [[Cline]], redecos of ''Generations'' [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] and [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Caliburst]]
+**[[Hound (G1)#Timelines|Sgt. Hound]] with [[Dia]] and [[Cline]], redecos of ''Generations'' [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Caliburst]], and [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]]
-*Diaclone 2-pack
+*Diaclone 2-pack:
 **[[Burnout]], a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
 **[[Lift-Ticket]], a redeco of ''Generations'' [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
-*[[Waruder]]s 4-pack
+*[[Waruder]]s 4-pack (redecoes of ''Generations'' Deluxe and Legends [[Waspinator (BW)#Generations|Waspinator]]):
+**[[Parasite]] with [[Ripper]]
+**[[Mudfighter]] with [[Thrasher]]
+**[[Storm Rider]] with [[Crusher]]
+**[[Paralyzer]] with [[Buzzer]]
 '''Customization exclusive'''
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 '''Kreon Souvenir Figure Set'''
 *Kreon [[Autobot Spike (Kre-O)|Autobot Spike]]
 *Kreon [[Arkeville (Kre-O)|Dr. Arkeville]]