 Oh, so you clicked on the picture? Congrats, you found the secret hidden report, complete with pics! I have little to say this year. Hence the almost blank report you saw on the previous page. Master Collector found its stride this year, coming together in a much more organised fashion. Plenty of everything (except Megatron, natch). Let's hear it for engineered hype! Yay! Er, ahem. If you recall, McBotcon (Master Collector's version of Botcon, after having secured the lisence from Hasbro and the name from the Hartmans) had a rather rough first year. Brian Savage pissed off some people, and the attendence was low (around 75 to 250 people compared to 1200 people at the last hasbro-lisenced event, OTFCC.) For a review of every bile-filled moment, why not take a quick read on the Botcon 05 page? In any event...celebrating the only other good TF series after G1, Beast Wars is prominent this year. Mastercollector once again charges big prices and deluges us with too-many toys to mention. While looking a fair bit nicer, and being closer to our hearts than last years set, the darn thing still needs to be shrunk down. Christ. The lousy time of the year (Sept/Oct) hasn't changed yet, but we're still hoping. Hoping that we really get that June slot in Rhode Island. We'll see. :-)
And now, time for the pics! |
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Cool T's. Some fellows who came by the booth. He is ninja, can you see him? Cool Costumes. You'll note a pattern. I took pics from the same spot all convention. For example, this picture of Z, all the way across from me, a staggering 10 feet. The Custom Class. Hosted by Shawn, I was there 9 hours...and I left early. :-) Here is the view I had most of the day. Looking to my left in the class, you can see Crazy-Steve, and our fearless custom leader, Shawn. Looking to my right you'll see a quiet guy I sat next to all day. Nice fellow. In the background is the crew of some nutjob that kept sticking is camera in my face and trying to interview me. I didn't sign his release form, and gave him obnoxious answers: Q)"What do you think of Transformers?" A)"They suck." Q)"What's your fav part of the class?" A)"Well, mostly, I don't like Transformers, but I do like to inhale paint fumes..." Knob. He finally got the hint, gave up, and went to another guy. Little Frank, savior that he is, hooked me up with a room when things were getting down to the wire and no plans were being made. Thanks, buddy. You could win a prize if you could name all 100 heads on his hat. I missed it by 3. Grrr. Jon and Karl, getting ready to do the unthinkable... Which was to try and sell me their very first Transformer, Windcharger, for a mere 10 thousand dollars. Um... Everyone smiles as Maz gets what he deserves. Sir Dorks-A-lot strikes again. I look really stupid in this pic, but it shows me wearing my Botcon shorts (as is required every year), so, eh... oh, and that one lady was wearing a really cool Soundwave costume, too. Anyone count how many people took a picture in-front of the clock? Where exactly are all of you looking? This is the pic you saw in the beginning. It's Steve's box, which he holds onto all convention. Don't believe me? Look at the earlier pic at the top. :-) Crazy-Steve, scanning for lifeforms, Northern lagging behind. (Hey, wait up!) I said wait up! Dammit, where did he go?! Hello, I am Maz, and I will be your server this evening. Could I interest you in a nice box? Where else can you go to find audio cds in the vending machine. I wanted a snickers, darn-it!
 And this is everyone, the Autocon Group. Defensis went missing, otherwise this is probably one of the biggest gatherings (for a picture) yet. Special thanks to Maz, who made it all mandatory. :-) Other people have no-doubt written things about the convention. Go read their reports.
And that's all I have to say about that. |