BotCon 2000 was held in the Grand Wayne Convention Center in downtown Fort Wayne. Spaces included a Main Hall with dealers, merchandise, and contests, a display room, an autograph session room, and video rooms.
BotCon 2000 Mini-poster - A poster featuring the Beast Wars characters, a pastiche of the The Transformers: The Movie poster.
Some other junk
A collectable plate, a lanyard, a tote, and a T-shirt.
Although not an official convention exclusive, the Lukis Bros. produced a "Beast Machines Accessory Pack" which contained two scimitars for Mega Cheetor to hold, a Key to Vector Sigma, and clear stands for both Blackarachnia and Thrust to be displayed in their TV-accurate robot-modes. They even threw in a free Unicron.com T-Shirt.
5:00pm: Charity Auction benefiting the Make-a-Wish Foundation
6:00pm: Dealer room and display room close
8:00pm: Theatrical showing of The Transformers: The Movie in Fort Wayne's Embassy Theater, an ornate 1928 movie palace. Audience participation during this event was considerable and impassioned.
Quick-Change Time Trials. Prize: Transmetal Rattrap, Airazor, and Mutant Icebird. Man, no love for the time trials.
Art contest. 1st place prize: $50; 2nd place, $25; 3rd place, convention t-shirt.
Notes
Bob Skir had been an invited guest but cancelled due to "other commitments". Many fans immediately jumped to the (wrong) conclusion that this was largely because of the disappointment of Beast Machines and the resulting online hostility.
Once again 3H was "this close" to getting Frank Welker as a guest - albeit only for Friday's dinner.
One fan bid over $600 for a Primal Prime during the Charity Auction. He won, of course.
At the movie theatre, 3H honored a handful of fans with a plaque and a special dinner for being the only ones to attend every BotCon for the last seven years. The plaque featured both Autobot and Decepticon symbols although they made it a huge deal to point out that Raksha's was the only one with the Decepticon symbol above the Autobot one.
A popular auction seller known as "SPQQKY" put up a Shokaract on eBay a day before 3H officially revealed it at BotCon. Sadly, this would become a trend in the future.
{{#if: I'll take Vince DiCola in the center square to block. |
