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
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