The 10th Annual Transformers Convention returns

The 10th Annual Transformers Convention returns.

Transformers G1 Project: Wally Burr

I had emailed Mr. Wally Burr the voice Director for Tranformers G1 for an autograph part of my Transformers G1 Project – where i have been mailing G1 voice-actors for autographs.  Mr. Burr filled in the voice for the late Mr. Scatman Crothers (voice of  Jazz) in the episode  Kreemzeek.

                            Mr Burr also filled in  for voice legend The late Mr. Don                 Messick   (voice of Ratachet) in the episode “Masquerade”

Bugsplat – 1969 custom VW Beetle

I had the opportunity to talk Paul Donaghy  the creator of the custom 1969 Volkswagen Beetle “Bugsplat” at Classic Car show in Milton.

The idea for Bugsplat came when Paul was originally making a empty sportster a metal dune buggy.  Originally a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, he cut and rearranged it to give its look. It’s made out of all metal and wielded construction no fiberglass. It has all new construction high performance parts. The way the car got its name was – If somebody had taken a Volkswagen Beetle or bug and it has been splat”

Bugsplat was born from 1500 man hours.  “That’s a lot of weekends”

Here are some Specs of the Car:

• 4 Wheel Disc Break
• Front VW Fenders on back.
• High Performance 1776 Engine
• Front fenders made out of Mold A Spare tire covers
• Boston Mini hubcaps
• 39  Ford pickup headlights
• 1960 Buick taillights
• 1985 Honda Civic seats reworked

You can find Bugsplat and other custom Volkswagen on http://www.volksrods.com

The 10th Annual Transformers Convention returns

The 10th Annual Transformers Conventions returns this weekend at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centrethis weekend – July 27th to July 29th 2o12.

I remember watching each episode religious as a kid after school making sure i didn’t miss any episodes.  As every kid favorite auto-bot was Optimus Prime  and wanted to be like him. I had some toys while growing up, sadly they are all given away ;(.

I  cant believe after being a huge Transformers fan i have missed out on 9 years of this con with some great G1 guests over the years :

 Michael McConnohie (Tracks), Micheal Bell (Prowl, sideswipe, swoop), Gregg Berger ( Grimlock, skyfire) Dan Gilvezan(Bumblebee) Paul Eiding(perceptor).

The guest lineup for this  year is phenomenal :

Legendary voice Director Mr. wally Burr known for his intense recording sessions.  He directed cartoons like GI-Joe – Real American Hero, Tranformers and alot more.  I have had the pleasure of sending Mr. Burr some pictures of characters he filled in for voice-actors  Jazz and Ratchet to get signed, he is great with fan mail :).

Mr Neil Ross a veteran voice actor: who has been part of the G1 franchise since season 1. He is known for voicing popular characters like Dinobot – Slag, Constructicons: Bonecrusher and Hook, and also crosshairs (a toy i had as a kid) and pointblank. Mr. Ross has also worked on the  Original GI-Joe series voicing the Cobra Biker gang – Buzzer and Monkey Wrench (as they being my favorite character and had their action figure growing up :).

Mr. Bob Budiansky –  Transformers Comic Writer: he is well known in the original G1 Tranformers universe. He a is the writer for the Transformers marvel comics back in the 1980’s which were based of course off the cartoon series.  He wrote the descreptive spec bios of the transformers on the back of the toys during the 1980’s . They are a cool concept, i took the base card and redesigned them to make look like a playing card for card game i used to play as a kid Top Trumps.

If you are huge Transformers fan like me, i would highly recommend going to this 2 day convention with a lot to do during the 2 days. There is a dealers room where you can buy/trade to complete your G1 Toy collection. Make sure to check out the charity auction with all the proceeds go to the Make A Wish Foundation Canada and with alot of great items.  There is  a lot of interesting panels  like History of cybertron, Q&A with the guests, How to get into voice acting, Transformers Costume Contest,  Live Script Reading.

There is the screening of the Original Transformers animated movie (not the terrible Micheal Bay version), i am looking forward to watching it again with fellow Transformers fans and the special guests, will be a real treat :).

Lastly of course autograph signing with the guests which is free with the the admission. I made my own cards of the voice actors to get signed. i am working on Tranformers G1 Project – where i can mailing the surviving voice actors to autograph the card i made of their characters they voiced. So far i have 4.

I will be there Saturday and Sunday taking alot of pictures  and doing interviews also for the blog. I am looking  forward to meeting Mr. Ross and Mr. Burr and hope to do an interview with them about Transformers :).

For more information about directions, admission prices event schedule – Visit http://www.tfcon.ca

Century 21 BBQ for Milton District Hospital

If you are at the Milton Farmers Market everyday Saturday’s be sure to visit the Century 21 office, as they run a charity BBQ from 7am to 12:30pm all proceeds go to the Milton District Hospital.

I love a good burger, and have been coming to the BBQ twice, for $3.50 you get a nice thick juicy  cheeseburger, very filling and a pop.I would highly recommend this, and plus for good cause. The burgers are donated by the IVY Arms.

Seth Ferguson of Century 21 cooking up some burgers for the charity bbq

Actors who have played Batman over the years

The new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” opens this Friday July 20th. The Batman character and franchise goes back about 70 plus years.

Batman was created by Bob kane and writer Bill Fringer in 1939 for Detective comics.

I thought it be cool to go  back in time and see what actors have played Batman over the years.

Lewis Wilson–  first actor to play Batman in 1939 a  live action show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Lowery – was the second actor to play Batman in 1949′ in ” The Adventure of Batman and Robin”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adam West – played Batman in the 1966 live action TV show and  a Batman movie along side Burt ward as Robin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Micheal Keaton – played the role of Batman in the action movies  Batman (1989) Batman Returns (1992) directed by Tim Burton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Val Kilmer – played Batman in Batman Forever (1995) produced  by  Tim Burton and directed by Joel Schumacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Clooney – played Batman in Batman and Robin(1997)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Bale – as the current Batman. Batman Begins (2005) The Dark Knight(2008)  The Dark Knight Rises(2012). Directed By Chris Nolan

The Pink Tour

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has partnered with CIBC and Shoppers Drug mart to bring The Pink Tour to 90 cities across Ontario, to encourage breast cancer screening. Their goal is to reach out to 30,000 women to have regular mammograms with the breast cancer screening awareness.

The Pink Tour made a stop at the Milton’s Farmer Market, it was fun filled event with booths setup by  CIBC ( where you could spin the wheel and win great prizes.) Duska and her beauty boutique staff were at hand from The kennedy Circle Shoppers Drug Mart location with health and beauty products and along with a raffle to win a gift basket.

Andrew Noble a staff member with The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duska – Beauty Boutique Manager at Shoppers Drug Mart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main attraction was the Pink Bus where the public could go inside take quizzes and watch health videos about breast cancer awareness, and also sign your name on the pink bus for their support great cause. I had the opportunity to sign my name on the bus too.

 

The Pink Tour runs until October – be sure to check it out if it is in your neck of the woods great cause.

For more dates and locations visit http://www.cbcf.org/PinkTour

Chat with Karen Cockburn

I had the opportunity of talking to 3 time Olympic medalist Karen Cockburn about how she got introduced to trampoline as a young age. The popularity of trampoline and being full medal sport. How she is getting ready for the Summer Olympics  Herself along with her teammates Rosie MacLeannan and Jason Burnett will be making their way to  London, England for the opening ceremonies and competing in the Trampoline event at the summer Olympic games in August.

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The Walnut People

I had the pleasure of talking to Donna Miller of Craft N Things who is best known for making The Walnut People. She has different theme Walnuts from birthdays, anniversaries, for all occasions and something for each hobby enthusiasts. Donna is a regular at the Milton Farmers Market,she been at the farmers market for 25 years, her first one being in Hamilton.

Growing up on a farm in North Ontario, Donna was very crafty at a age of 8 years old, as alot of materials were available to her. The materials she went were with walnuts, pine wood and acorns.

All her creative imagination comes from her head – all original ideas, she created The Walnut People – consisting of walnuts, acorns for the hat, Canadian pine wood for the base.  She likes to work with walnuts as they are easy to break-apart, clean out and glue back together. She prefers to work with walnuts as it has good character to the nut, very durable. The process that Donna goes thru is she opens up the walnut, cleans them-out and glues them back together. They are long lasting.

As people have different hobbies and talents, she has themes of walnut people are based on the hobbies, talents people have. Donna also does custom orders, she has done 1000 custom orders.  She does alot of craft shows all over Ontario.