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'''Men in Black Productions''' was the company that organized [[BotCon 1996]].
'''Men in Black Productions''', headed by [[Dennis Barger]], was the company that organized [[BotCon 1996]].


For no clearly discernable reason, MiB chose to base the convention theme around the then-recent movie ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'', to the point where the exclusive toy ([[Onyx Primal]]) had a [[bio]] quote taken near-verbatim from the film.
MiB quickly became infamous for its (mis)management of the con, with gaffes such as a ''very'' late-opening dealer room, no lanyards for attendees, and a rather pitiful "party" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
 
MiB quickly became infamous for its (mis)management of the con. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', MiB held a "birthday party" featuring a screening of the film on a wide-screen TV and a birthday cake. A very ''generic'' birthday cake. The sealed VHS copy of ''The Movie''—opened just for the occasion—did not actually work, although MiB were somehow able to acquire another, functional copy from an attendee after several minutes. Unfortunately, that did not alleviate the fact they neglected to produce forks for the cake. Also, water was served as a drink out of a McDonald's keg (not even that cheap orange drink they normally use).
 
The dealer room opened to the dealers for setup hours late, and was opened to "early bird" pass holders almost immediately afterwards.  Dennis Barger of Men in Black assured dealers that their wares would be safe in the convention hall overnight, as he would be sleeping in there to ensure nobody would intrude.
 
No lanyards were available to dealers or attendees. Identification was done via generic "HI MY NAME IS _______" stickers, which the staff ran out of by day two, resulting in people just waltzing in unchecked by the end of the show.


Needless to say, Men in Black was not brought back to participate in [[BotCon 1997]]. However, MiB ''did'' go on to organize the unofficial [[TransCon '97]], at which Onyx Primal was again offered to attendees, due to the fact that they had a significant number of unsold Onyx Primal toys left over from BotCon '96.
Needless to say, Men in Black was not brought back to participate in [[BotCon 1997]]. However, MiB ''did'' go on to organize the unofficial [[TransCon '97]], at which Onyx Primal was again offered to attendees, due to the fact that they had a significant number of unsold Onyx Primal toys left over from BotCon '96.


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Men in Black Productions, headed by Dennis Barger, was the company that organized BotCon 1996.

MiB quickly became infamous for its (mis)management of the con, with gaffes such as a very late-opening dealer room, no lanyards for attendees, and a rather pitiful "party" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie.

Needless to say, Men in Black was not brought back to participate in BotCon 1997. However, MiB did go on to organize the unofficial TransCon '97, at which Onyx Primal was again offered to attendees, due to the fact that they had a significant number of unsold Onyx Primal toys left over from BotCon '96.

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