Hasbro PulseCon 2020
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| Date | September 25-September 26, 2020}} | ||||||
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Hasbro PulseCon is an convention that was held on 2020 on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel. The convention was hosted by SYFY Wire correspondent, writer and producer Jackie Jennings. The convention was announced on August 31st, 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/Hasbro/status/1300434043473977344</ref> It has events related to brands that Hasbro works with and Hasbro's own brands.
Venue
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, major conventions had to be closed to protect upcoming guests. However, some conventions, have started doing virtual events online. Hasbro followed suit with Hasbro PulseCon. It had a sneak peek which promoted a revival of HeroQuest. The convention proper started on Friday, September 25th, 2020. The convention also provided exclusives to Hasbro Pulse members in the US and Canada. It also had some musical appeareances including: Lights, Tenacious D, and Fall Out Boy.
Guests
- John Cena
- Ashley Eckstein
- Ernie Hudson
- Jason Reitman
- Henry Golding
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Andre Meadows from Black Nerd Comedy
- The Cast of Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- Joe Manganiello
- Kyle Newman
- Matthew Lillard
- Peter Cullen
- Frank Welker
Events
PulseCon had a very full and very varied schedule of panels and events all weekend, but we'll keep our focus on the Transformers-related stuff. The complete schedule can be found here.
Saturday, September 26
- Transformers Entertainment Panel
- Panel Guests: F.J. DeSanto, Jack Liang, Kelly Rose
- Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom Toy Reveal
- Panel Guests: John Warden, Lenny Panzica, Rachel from Marketing
- The Voices that Inspired Generations of Transformers Fans
- Panel Guests: Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Ben Montano
References
Notes
- Hasbro has said that PulseCon is for US and Canada fans only, but some fans across the world have reported that the stream is not geolocked. Hmmm.
