I am back from the 2 day TFcon , i’m very exhausted but, i had a great time, with alot of pictures, did a lot of cool interviews, will keep my busy for awhile 🙂
This was my first TFcon i am a regular at other conventions. First off i would like to say thank you to Colin and his staff and of course the volunteers for their extreme hard that went into putting in the convention. They were helpful and friendly and if i had any general questions or who to talk to about doing interviews they were great. They actually care about what fans what and listen to them and treat them well. They also had dvd’s for sale from previous years, i want to get one with Micheal Bell Dan Gilvezan, and Paul Eiding from previous years.
Dealer Rooms/Artist Alley:
I had arrived 10am Saturday, dropped off my Darth Vader helmet signed by David Prowse for the charity auction and then got in line to buy my ticket $20 entry fee (reasonable)bit of line up. They were some vendors in-front of registration table and went down the hall into the alley way wow it was jam traffic jam with a lot of people, i felt bad for the artists they have must been cramped.The dealer room was huge a lot of vendors selling G1 Toys, GI -Joe mix of everything, some custom made items. It was nice to see the toys growing up as a kid. The prices for the transformers G1 toys were expensive $40 – 600 as they r collector toys and people actually spend couple hundred during conventions. If i had the space i would be buying alot of g1 figures as i grew up watching it.
The Guests:
Wally Burr: I had been exchanging emails with Wally for sending some pictures for the characters that he filled in for other voice actors to get signed. when i heard that Mr. Burr was coming for the TFcon i said i must arrange an interview with him, called his office in LA to arrange something but Mr Burr is a busy man ;).
As i was walking down the lobby towards the bar, i ran into Wally Burr, and introduced myself told him that i sent him some pictures to get signed, He goes i remember you. I told him it was an honor to finally meet him.
We talked for bit and walked down together towards the dealers room. I asked him if i could do an interview with him for the blog, he goes yes, and i was a great start to the day with running into Wally Burr in the lobby. I had heard that Mr. Burr had done 80 pushups on Friday night at the bar, :). Mr Burr was very fun to interview had a lot of stories to tell, i am very honored to meet the voice directing legend and interview him who directed my favorite show growing up as kid “Transformers.” He has a great sense of humor, interacting with fans, having lunch with a fans. I got Mr. Burr to do a promo for the blog 😉
Neil Ross: I had previously emailed Mr. Ross to send some pictures of his characters Slag, Bonecrusher and Hook to get signed he goes mail them to me his office. When i had found out that Mr. Ross was attending the con, i was like must setup an interview with him, he goes if he has some time. Then i ran to Mr. Ross when he was arriving for his panel with Wally. The panel was really good and funny they told old stories, i had a great time. So after the panel, i talked to Neil about meeting with him in the lobby for an interview. The interview was about 11minutes long, and was really honored to interviewed somebody who i grew up watching. It was pleasure meeting him a great guy,and i got him to record a promo for the blog in slag’s voice.
Scott McNeil: also a veteran voice actor for about 20 years, he is best known for his voice work in Transformers: Beast wars. I grew up watching the G1 series and never got into any other reboots of Transformers. I hadn’t known Scott until i got to hang with him during the weekend. He was alot fun, told funny stories, interacted with everybody did funny voices. He had told us that he had signed a rattrap around the hotel, we went looking for it, it is by the pool area outside.
He was outside and goes i have to do this and goes and signed another one, and luckily we were all there to see him sign it in person :). I asked Scott on saturday if i could do an interview with him around 12pm on Sunday, in the bar area and he goes that would be good, and i was excited. Some of Scott fans stopped by and told them i would be interviewing him and they hung out until he came, Venessa dressed in her Optimus prime costume, fangirl Kris , and many more. I thought it be cool to have Scotts fans with him in the interview, he told funny stories, did voices. I had asked him to record a promo for the blog as the waspinator
Autographs:
The autograph were free with the admission, the lines up were long but they were very well organized and they moved pretty quick . Fans brought comic books, prints, toys, Transformers dvds to get signed.
I waited about 10 minutes in line and i got my custom cards of Hook, Bonecrusher, Slag and Pointblank signed.After that i went over to Wally Burr and took out my my Kreemzeek, Seaspray and Thundercracker custom cards that i had made to get signed by Wally. I showed him the cards that he had signed before and showed him my album with custom cards signed by Jack Angel, Dick Gautier and he goes you are huge fan aren’t you, and told him about my Project G1 project where i been writing to fellow G1 voice actors and sending them pictures to get autographed.
Delta Meadowvale Staff:
A huge shout out to the Delta Meadowvale staff as they were very helpful, friendly during the convention. The staff was wearing Autobot and Decepticon buttons, and a guy working at guest services knew i was a huge TF fan and gave me his buttons.
The bar at the hotel had a special menu for us so it was affordable – i had the nachos for lunch on Saturday and wow it was plateful of nachos with cheese, veggies very filling and delicious.
On Sunday they had a continental breakfast – with toast, muffins, croissants and breakfast buffet – pancakes, french toast, bacon/sausages, scrambled eggs and a scrambled egg with veggies. I love buffets, so i had the scrambled eggs, with french toast and orange juice. After i tried scrambled eggs with veggies and smoked salmon, it was very filling and didn’t have lunch :).
The bar had a specially designed menu with the drinks were Transformers based: Deceptishot, Shafter, Waspinator, The Canadian Slag, TFcon Shot, and Energon juice.
In closing – i had really good time. met a lot of people, i got alot of interviews over the past 2 days (coming soon). One thing that i like about voice actors that they are very loyal, genuine to their fans. Scott McNeil was hanging out with the fans outside or in the bar, chilling, telling funny stories, doing voices. Wally Burr still has the great sense of humor and had great stories to tell. I would highly recommend this convention to newbies, with panels, costume contests, customizing class, autograph signings with voice actors, comic book artists.
TFcon is fan oriented convention run by fellow Transformers fan. They try to bring guests from the G1 series and other Tranformers franchise and its held yearly. TFcon staff has panel after the convention with questions, feedback for the staff about upcoming guests, volunteering or any concerns.
I have taken pictures over the two days at the conventions and did alot of interviews so stay tuned for them.
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