BotCon 2015

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

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

Run-up

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• 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

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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, a retool of Generations Scoop with redecos of Caliburst and Holepunch

• Diaclone 2-pack:
  • Burn Out, a redeco of Generations Autobot 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

Guests

Voice actors

• Frank Welker
• Sue Blu
• John Moschitta

Artists

• Derrick J. Wyatt
• Casey Coller
• Matt Frank
• Alex Milne
• Josh Burcham
• Robby Musso
• Dan Khanna
• John-Paul Bove
• Thomas Deer
• Livio Ramondelli
• Silas Zee
• Mai Namba
• Brendan Cahill

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime assured a concerned reader that BotCon 2015 would indeed be awesome. Ask Vector Prime

External links

• Official BotCon 2015 site
• Packrat reveal video
• Battletrap reveal video
• Stepper reveal video
• Megatron reveal video
• Oilmaster reveal video
• TFYLP interview of Pete Sinclair