BotCon 2000
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BotCon 2000 was held on July 28-30 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was organized by 3H.
- Preceded by: BotCon 1999
- Followed by: BotCon 2001
Venue
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.
Merchandise
Convention exclusive toys
- Apelinq - A redecoed Transmetal Optimus Primal.
- Shokaract - A redeco of Rampage.
Comics and art
- Tales from the Beast Wars: Reaching the Omega Point - Comic book, conclusion the Reaching the Omega Point story.
- Cheetor Poster - A poster of Beast Machines Cheetor.
- 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.
Guests
Voice actors
Hasbro employees
Music
Events
Friday
- Dinner/Opening Ceremonies, starring Seafood Louis
Saturday
- 6:00am: Dealer setup begins
- 7:00am: Preregistration check-in begins
- 9:00am: Dealer room opens
- 11:00am: John Moschitta panel
- 1:00pm: Fan Panel #1
- 2:00pm: Beast Wars / Beast Machines Voice Actor Panel
- 3:00pm: Fan Panel #2
- 4:00pm: Hasbro presentation
- 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.
Sunday
- 9:00am: Dealer room opens. MSTF panel.
- 11:00am: Fan Panel #3
- 12:00pm: Vince DiCola panel and performance
- 1:30pm: BotCon organizers panel
- 3:00pm: Dealer room closes
- 6:00pm: Video Room closes. Convention ends. But... it never ends!
Autograph/photograph sessions with Vince and the voice actors were scheduled across Saturday and Sunday.
Various contests were also slated to happen throughout the weekend:
- Trivia contest. Prize: set of Convention Exclusive toys.
- Toy Assembly contest. Prize: complete set of carded Beast Machines Dinobots.
- 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.
External links
BotCon 2000 in the BotCon archives
