BotCon 2015 Hotel Pheasant Run Resort Adds Limited Number of Room Nights
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Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 5th, 2015 @ 5:25pm CDT
Posted by reluttr on June 7th, 2015 @ 1:47am CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:AKA: People are canceling their reservations
I don't blame them. The yelp reviews are pretty bad. XD
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 7th, 2015 @ 7:50am CDT
reluttr wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:AKA: People are canceling their reservations
I don't blame them. The yelp reviews are pretty bad. XD
Not surprising after the sh*thole they put us in in 2013
Posted by Pete@BotCon on June 7th, 2015 @ 11:18am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 7th, 2015 @ 10:54pm CDT
Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
People are also canceling their reservations, so actually yes.
Posted by Genericon #378 on June 8th, 2015 @ 1:56pm CDT
Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Posted by ScottyP on June 8th, 2015 @ 2:30pm CDT
Genericon #378 wrote:Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Trend the past several years has been that you'll see the attendee "freebie" Wednesday after folks have picked up their packages, and the rest on Thursday when the club store opens.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 8th, 2015 @ 10:26pm CDT
Registration package pick up is on Thursday, so Wednesday shouldn't have figures shown.ScottyP wrote:Genericon #378 wrote:Pete@BotCon wrote:Actually. No. We were able to release a few rooms we had for staff and licensing partners as we don't always need as many as we put aside.
Pete, do you know when we could see the rest of the exclusives?
Trend the past several years has been that you'll see the attendee "freebie" Wednesday after folks have picked up their packages, and the rest on Thursday when the club store opens.
Unless you meant from the Golden Ticket people.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 8th, 2015 @ 10:45pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 10th, 2015 @ 5:59am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2015 @ 6:49am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 7:55am CDT
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 10th, 2015 @ 8:53am CDT
The fail is strong in this print.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2015 @ 9:17am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 9:23am CDT
primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:23am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 10th, 2015 @ 11:43am CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Its a homage to the title screen to Japans transformers animated. Hence the cartoonyness.
Well that makes sense. I detest Animated's 'style'.
I dunno, drawn like this it doesn't look like they're capable of actually wrecking anything. Poor neutered wreckers. I miss the days where everything didn't get cutesified all to hell. Seen shelves full of those crappy Funko pop figures that have barely left any franchise alone...
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 12:26pm CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Its a homage to the title screen to Japans transformers animated. Hence the cartoonyness.
Well that makes sense. I detest Animated's 'style'.
I dunno, drawn like this it doesn't look like they're capable of actually wrecking anything. Poor neutered wreckers. I miss the days where everything didn't get cutesified all to hell. Seen shelves full of those crappy Funko pop figures that have barely left any franchise alone...
While I agree, it's because people buy them. Like in droves. If they weren't so successful they wouldn't make them. If you have a problem, blame the insipid obsessive fans, not the companies.
Personal rant: I think the availability of geek culture is actually gonna kill it. I mean now this stuff is everywhere and starting to get obnoxious. I know people love content but as an older fan, remember when you'd seen something Star Wars and it was special? And that was a franchise that started the marketing machine. But now, it's over saturation. /end rant.
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 10th, 2015 @ 12:53pm CDT
anyway, this is the Wreckers print i'd like to purchase. lifted from the deviantart page of the same artist as the above print.
ugh.. so freakin badass
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 1:06pm CDT
Jack Hallows wrote:i can relate to the feelings of annoyance at how everything is becomin my little ponyish. i mean damn. Tranformers are basically a race of beings whose underlying purpose is to slaughter one another over energy to power themselves and their planet, which was drained of said energy due to stated slaughter of one another... and now they're all qt-fied while doin it. haha..
anyway, this is the Wreckers print i'd like to purchase. lifted from the deviantart page of the same artist as the above print.
ugh.. so freakin badass
Yeah, but I should say that I don't think the print that we were talking about was actually cute. It reminds me of the art style in the picture you submitted. Very Roche.
However, yeah, i think too much cute can derail the Point of the story.
Posted by BlueBefore on June 10th, 2015 @ 4:51pm CDT
To be fair Grimlock personality wise is probably a better fit for Barney. I don't think he was talking about Grimlock himself being an homage that would be impossible due to Grimlock's age. Though I am pretty sure Grimlock was Godzilla inspired. Given BWM's age it's possible that the makers of the show were having a little fun though it's probably a coincidenceOptimizzy wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 5:28pm CDT
BlueBefore wrote:To be fair Grimlock personality wise is probably a better fit for Barney. I don't think he was talking about Grimlock himself being an homage that would be impossible due to Grimlock's age. Though I am pretty sure Grimlock was Godzilla inspired. Given BWM's age it's possible that the makers of the show were having a little fun though it's probably a coincidenceOptimizzy wrote:primalxconvoy wrote:I am not really interested if it's a homage to the Japanese Animated cartoon; I still don't like it. It's like doing a picture of Grimlock, as a homage to Barnie the Dinosaur, and wondering why noone bought an expensive print of it.
The fail is strong in this print.
Also, have you seen the art in the comic itself? Kinda cartoony. So I think it's appropriate. It's ok for you to not like it. But I certainly don't have a problem with it and wouldn't call it a failure.
And BW Megatron is the Barney homage. Not Grimlock
I was joking cause they are both purple.
Also: Grimlock based on Godzilla? He looks pretty much like every drawing of a trex in the 80s. Now trypticon as Godzilla, yes.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:14pm CDT
The art style itself, however, is just Josh Burcham's own personal art style that he uses in his works, like these:
All of these are in the same art style as the Wrecker art, and is far from resembling the traditional look of Transformers Animated.
Posted by Optimizzy on June 10th, 2015 @ 10:52pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I think some of you might be a bit confused about what in particular about this artwork is meant to be homaging the Japanese Animated intro. It's not the art style that's an Animated homage, but the layout of the picture. The way everyone's all lined up in heroic yet fun-loving poses standing atop the slanted text while set against a background of a partially-visible planet in space. THAT's the Animated homage.
The art style itself, however, is just Josh Burcham's own personal art style that he uses in his works, like these:
All of these are in the same art style as the Wrecker art, and is far from resembling the traditional look of Transformers Animated.
Sigh. Thank you saberblade, you have once again set us all straight.
Posted by Jack Hallows on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:21am CDT
take on these guys:
i shudder at the thought.
Posted by ScottyP on June 11th, 2015 @ 9:21am CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2015 @ 12:54pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2015 @ 1:28pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:14pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:YES! Matt Frank gets Deszaras! He wasn't a dragon in Victory, but a kaiju. A bird-based kaiju!
Flamefeather WISHES he could look this rad.
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Are that head and that body compatible, though? And would there be enough clearance room on the Darksteel body for Bakudora's horns to allow the head to be stored away in beast mode?Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
Posted by Shuttershock on June 11th, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
Careful. FunPub might be listening.
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 3:12pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Are that head and that body compatible, though? And would there be enough clearance room on the Darksteel body for Bakudora's horns to allow the head to be stored away in beast mode?Tranzilla wrote:ahem...Predacons Rising Dark Steel...ahem...Transformers GO! Bakudora head...ahem
I wish I had them out of storage so I could check. Was hoping for a gaudy G2 Flamefeather out of the US version to go with Botcon Cindersaur. He needs a friend. Finish the trio with Sparkstalker out of Lazerback.
Posted by LE0KING on June 11th, 2015 @ 3:55pm CDT
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 4:00pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 11th, 2015 @ 6:24pm CDT
Posted by grimlockprime108 on June 11th, 2015 @ 7:52pm CDT
g2 flamefeather custom by yours truly
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:11pm CDT
Posted by padfoo on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:28pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Another couple of print additions to the BotCon 2015 Artist Alley comes from the dream(y) team of IDW regular cover artist Casey Coller and colourist/writer John-Paul Bove, featuring both a newcomer and a mainstay of the Transformers cast. Check out the mirrored images below of the two prints they will have available at the event, featuring Blurr (in honour of guest John Moschitta Jr, voice actor for the character) and savant Camien Nautica from MTMTE!
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Looking good Nautica!
Posted by Optimizzy on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:39pm CDT
padfoo wrote:Va'al wrote:Another couple of print additions to the BotCon 2015 Artist Alley comes from the dream(y) team of IDW regular cover artist Casey Coller and colourist/writer John-Paul Bove, featuring both a newcomer and a mainstay of the Transformers cast. Check out the mirrored images below of the two prints they will have available at the event, featuring Blurr (in honour of guest John Moschitta Jr, voice actor for the character) and savant Camien Nautica from MTMTE!
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Looking good Nautica!
That is one sexy sexy mechanical construct. You know, thinking about the argument about gender in transformers, they have really always had gender. I mean they all sounded like men right? Had they all looked like Whirl or maybe Obsidian then I'd think they were gender less robots but really I think they always had gender so, having females seems like a forgone conclusion. At least too me.
SOAPBOX!
Posted by Tranzilla on June 11th, 2015 @ 8:51pm CDT
grimlockprime108 wrote:http://s87.photobucket.com/user/GRIMLOCKPRIME108/media/MY%20CUSTOMS/customs019_zps6249937e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=28
g2 flamefeather custom by yours truly
Sweeeeeeeeet!!!!
Posted by TGS1985 on June 12th, 2015 @ 10:57am CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Looking good Nautica!
That is one sexy sexy mechanical construct. You know, thinking about the argument about gender in transformers, they have really always had gender. I mean they all sounded like men right? Had they all looked like Whirl or maybe Obsidian then I'd think they were gender less robots but really I think they always had gender so, having females seems like a forgone conclusion. At least too me.
SOAPBOX! [/quote]
Not to mention the fact that Whirl's holo-avatar is this helps your argument.
Still, when I read Whirl he sounds like a wiseguy to me, like a young Steve Buscemi.
Posted by Va'al on June 12th, 2015 @ 2:03pm CDT
Check out below three examples of the art deco inspired propaganda prints featuring Optimus Prime, the Seekers, and Soundwave, and make sure to pick one or all of them up next weekend, and take a look at the new addition to the previous Nautica and Blurr announcements.
Posted by ScottyP on June 12th, 2015 @ 3:12pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on June 12th, 2015 @ 6:40pm CDT
Posted by Alpha Dominus on June 13th, 2015 @ 3:26pm CDT
Posted by Krapicon on June 13th, 2015 @ 9:16pm CDT
BOTCON 2015 page has been updated with the most current information. I have copied it below.
06/13/2015 - We are posting all BotCon 2015 Registered Attendee, Golden Ticket and Exhibitor Pick Up Schedules online. Please read all the details and print this information as well bring a copy for reference to the event:
Attendee-pickup-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Attendee-pickup-BotCon2015.pdf
Golden-Ticket-pickup-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Golden-Ticket-pickup-BotCon2015.pdf
Exhibitor-letter-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Exhibitor-letter-BotCon2015.pdf
Safe travels and we look forward to seeing you in St. Charles!
Enjoy and see everyone at BOTCON 2015!!!
KRAPICON
Posted by Va'al on June 14th, 2015 @ 6:36am CDT
- Wednesday 8.30 pm or Thursday 4-5pm for Golden Ticket holders - Mega Center
- Wednesday 9.30 pm for Tour and Class participants - Mega Center
- Thursday 6pm-10pm for exhibitors - St Charles Ballroom
- ALL Other Attendees on Thursday as follows, in St. Charles Ballroom
4-5 pm: Golden Ticket package holders
6 pm: Invoice #148-348
7 pm: Invoice #349-549
8 pm: Invoice #550-750
9 pm: Invoice #751-up
06/13/2015 - We are posting all BotCon 2015 Registered Attendee, Golden Ticket and Exhibitor Pick Up Schedules online. Please read all the details and print this information as well bring a copy for reference to the event:
Attendee-pickup-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Attendee-pickup-BotCon2015.pdf
Golden-Ticket-pickup-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Golden-Ticket-pickup-BotCon2015.pdf
Exhibitor-letter-BotCon2015
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2015/Exhibitor-letter-BotCon2015.pdf
Safe travels and we look forward to seeing you in St. Charles!