The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention

This article is about the 2003-2004 Transformers convention. For the Autobot starship from Universe, see OTFCC (ship).

The Official Transformers Collectors Convention (also know as OTFCC) was the name used for the official Transformers conventions held in 2003 and 2004, due to the fact that a dispute between 3H Enterprises (at the time consisting solely of Glen Hallit) and the Hartman brothers (his former partners) had made the name BotCon unusable.

Locations

• OTFCC 2003, Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois
• OTFCC 2004, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL

Special guests

Like BotCon, OTFCC featured many individuals who have worked to bring the Transformers multiverse to life, including voice actors, animation staff, and Hasbro design team members. OTFCC guests included:

• 2003: Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, David Kaye, voice actors; Vince DiCola, musician; Aaron Archer, Michelle Field, Hasbro; Josh Blaylock, Mike Norton, Clayton Brown, Mark Brooks, Devil's Due Press; Simon Furman; , Dreamwave Productions.
• 2004: Michael McConnohie, Dan Gilvezan, Scott McNeil, voice actors; Vince DiCola, musician; Greg Lombardo, Aaron Archer, Eric Siebenaler, Tony Beard, Hasbro; Bob Budiansky, Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi, Pat Lee, comic writers and artists.

Exclusive toys

Like BotCon, OTFCC featured exclusive that were sold to attendees.

OTFCC-exclusive toys include:

• 2003
  • Universe Sunstreaker, a yellow redeco of Robots in Disguise Prowl. The toy was available only in limited quantities to those who booked a room in advance at the convention hotel.
  • Sideswipe, a red redeco of RID Prowl.
  • Roulette and Shadow Striker, two redecos of the Robots in Disguise Side Burn mold with an all-new head sculpt.

• 2004
  • Universe Megazarak - A purple, light blue, red, and black repaint of Armada Megatron with no electronics and one of the pins in the hinge of the capture-mini-cons-thing on his leg missing.
  • Universe Sentinel Maximus - A blue and red repaint of Armada Overload. This toy was never actually made in time for the show, only to arrive through the mail to pre-registrants months later, sent by Hasbro after 3H's collapse. Some who pre-ordered it ended up never receiving this toy at all due to outdated mailing lists.
  • A pair of Skyblast's Energon Spears (as well as Energon Stars) cast in blue ('Alpha') and purple ('Omega') plastic were given away at the Hasbro booth after completing a survey.

Proposed/Unreleased Exclusives

• Hot Spot, a blue redeco of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime as a new Autobot leader modelled after the Generation One character. The toy would have featured a new headsculpt for the robot's larger "Defensor" mode. This toy was originally solicited for OTFCC 2004, then pushed back for OTFCC 2005. When the license was removed from 3H Productions, this figure was cancelled.
• Megatron, a red redeco of Robots in Disguise Megatron as an upgraded (and resurrected) Beast Wars Megatron. This toy would have featured a new headsculpt. Designs of this toy were part of 3H's OTFCC 2005 proposal, which never happened.
• Devcon, a blue redeco of Energon Slugslinger as the Generation One character. This toy would have featured a new headsculpt. Designs of this toy were part of 3H's OTFCC 2005 proposal, which never happened.
• Brawn, a green redeco of Energon Strongarm as the Generation One character. This toy would have featured a new headsculpt and snap on Energon gauntlets. Designs of this toy were part of 3H's OTFCC 2005 proposal, which never happened.
• Roadbuster, an orange and green redeco of Energon Strongarm as the Generation One character. This toy would have featured a new headsculpt and Energon rifle. Designs of this toy were part of 3H's OTFCC 2005 proposal, which never happened.

Exclusive fiction

• 2003
  • Transformers Universe issue 1 Abduction - Comic book

• 2004
  • Transformers Universe: Featuring The Wreckers issue 2 Director's Cut, issue 3 Disclosure - Comic books
  • Transformers Universe issue 2 Escape, issue 3 Homecoming - Comic books

External links

• Convention info from the Transformers FAQ