[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Be excellent to each other... and party on, dudes!]]
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Be excellent to each other... and party on, dudes!]]
'''Transformers: Invasion box set ($340, bagged $220)'''
'''Transformers: Invasion box set ($340, bagged $250)'''
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Tracks (G1)|Turbo Tracks]]
*''Shattered Glass'' [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Tracks (G1)|Turbo Tracks]]
On December 30, 2011, Shattered Glass Tracks was revealed.
On January 3, 2012, Shattered Glass Soundwave was revealed.
On January 5, 2012, registration was intended to go up, but required more testing. Instead, Shattered Glass Treadshot was revealed.
On January 6, 2012, at 6:22pm EST, registration for attending packages went live. Both (larger) customization classes were sold out within minutes, Primus sets were 50% sold and "Golden Tickets" 70% sold by 10pm. <ref>https://twitter.com/#!/BotCon/status/155485771095224320</ref> To apologize for the registration's lateness, art turnarounds of Metalhawk's new head were posted online. Those numbers were at 60% and 80% by the following day. <ref>https://twitter.com/#!/BotCon/status/155817892166893569</ref>
Venue
When you're done giggling at the giant you-know-what, you can point out your window to where Kennedy was shot! Hours of fun for the whole family.
The Convention Center of the Hyatt Regency Dallas is home to BotCon 2012. It's "one of the city’s most consistent AAA Four Diamond Dallas luxury hotels," full of restaurants and shopping opportunities, and it's smack dab in the middle of downtown Dallas, Texas. This 28-floor hotel is three blocks from the JFK Memorial and across a parking lot from a giant Playstation Move controller. In the summer, they have AnimeFest there, host to overpriced Pocky, Scott McNeil, and all manner of unwashed webcartoonists. But unlike AnimeFest, BotCon 2012's dealer room probably won't be partially out in the hallways.
The hallways are very extravagant.
Merchandise
Convention-exclusive toys
Be excellent to each other... and party on, dudes!
Transformers: Invasion box set ($340, bagged $250)
BotCon 2012 is the first year to offer the "Golden Ticket" level of registration. For an additional $300, a Primus-level attendee can pick up his box set early, buy souvenirs early (and up to three each), sit in the front row in panels, attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with the convention's invited guests, and receive an additional $2000 in fake money for the Casino Night. These were limited to 75.
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