BotCon Japan 1998

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Date	December 12, 1998}}
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BotCon Japan 1998 was held on December 12-13, 1998, in Tokyo, Japan. It was organized by Fumihiko Akiyama.

Venue

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Merchandise

Convention exclusive toys

• Grizzly-1/Barbearian
• Double Punch

Each of the two toys was limited to 600 copies.

Guests

• Hirotaka Suzuoki (voice for G1 Starscream in Japan)

Events

• Fan panel about knockoffs.
• "Great War" demolition derby of motorized Transformers (i.e. Sky Lynx, Trypticon).

Notes

• This convention saw the public debut of the prototype for the upcoming Metalforce Optimus Prime vinyl figure. Back then, it actually looked kinda cool. Kinda.

External links

• BotCon Japan 1998 at the BotCon Archive