BotCon activities - Who's doing what?

Discussion in 'Transformers Conventions and Get Togethers' started by Shaun_C, May 13, 2007.

  1. Shaun_C

    Shaun_C The REAL One True fan Veteran TFW2005 Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2003
    Posts:
    7,121
    Trophy Points:
    251
    Likes:
    +3
    Just for curiosity's sake, what BotCon activities are you guys planing to take part in.

    Myself is as follows

    • Hasbro Tour
    • Advanced movie screening
    • Battle of the boards
    • Saturday awards dinner
    • Possibly getting together w/another board member and his wife. Probably at Dave and Buster's

    I figure I owe it to myself to take part in as many aspects this year offers. You know to maximize my fun potential :) 
     
  2. Seth Buzzard

    Seth Buzzard R.I.P. Buzzbeak Content Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2002
    Posts:
    15,267
    News Credits:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    352
    Likes:
    +71
    Ebay:
    I never got any thing that tells me exactly what I got but I guess I got the movie once they charged me for it but I have idea about the tour. For the most part I think I’m just going to take this as they go. I find that the more things I plan become the more things I miss.
     
  3. ams

    ams Generation All Veteran

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2004
    Posts:
    6,805
    News Credits:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    221
    Likes:
    +25
    Ebay:
    - Hasbro tour & advance movie screening
    - Saturday awards dinner
    - All/most of the panels & standard convention-related activities. This will likely be my only Botcon, so I'd like to maximize the experience.
    - Shaking hands with a few TFW'ers... I've been around since the beginning of TFW (didn't register until a bit later), and there's definitely a few folks I'd like to meet face to face for the first time.
    - Sightseeing in Providence with the wife; we're already there, it's a nice place to visit, and I do enjoy her company, after all.
     
  4. Hiro Prime

    Hiro Prime Cybertronian Guru Veteran

    Joined:
    Mar 31, 2004
    Posts:
    5,852
    News Credits:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    327
    Location:
    In a Transformers Museum
    Likes:
    +137
    Ebay:
    Hasbro Tour.
    Parts Party.
    Runnin a Dealers Table.
    Advanced showing for movie.
    Autographs.
    Spending money I've saved for 8 months in Dealer's room.
    Hasbro Panels.
    Drinking in the Bar.
    Dave and Buster's sounds like fun. (haven't been to one since moving to IA)
    The Dinner.
    Hanging out with Friends.
    About as much as I can in the amount of time given.
     
  5. unicron's blues

    unicron's blues I need to get rich!

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2006
    Posts:
    2,439
    Trophy Points:
    207
    Likes:
    +20
    I think some of the things I'll be doing are:

    Going on the Hasbro Tour(I believe Im confirmed for this)
    Awards dinner most likely
    Dealer Room shopping
    MOst Panels
    Hopefully meeting a few fellow board members
    Eating some good local food, it is after all the east coast, so I'm hoping to get some really good seafood, crab, lobster, all that good stuff
    Anything else good that comes along
     
  6. Deefuzz

    Deefuzz Beard On! Beardmaster! Veteran

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2002
    Posts:
    13,331
    News Credits:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    327
    Likes:
    +36
    Ebay:
    Movie.
    Hasbro tour.
    Drinking with staff.
     
  7. Sidecutter

    Sidecutter Evil Former Dealer Scum TFW2005 Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2004
    Posts:
    5,181
    News Credits:
    20
    Trophy Points:
    347
    Likes:
    +125
    I'll be doing:

    - Hasbro tour (if it can be made to work and still have enough time for dealer setup)
    - Saturday awards dinner
    - Thursday Custom Figure Class
    - Panels as I'm able
    - Blowing wads of money on toys and goodies(dur)
    - Going out to dinner someplace decent with a group of friends
    - Testing the living hell out of the new digital camera on the cases of unreleased toys
    - Telling my boss he can go to hell in a handbasket if he thinks I'm going to have anything to do with work for two weeks straight
     
  8. Mumble-bee

    Mumble-bee invertebrate lurker

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2006
    Posts:
    1,073
    News Credits:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    287
    Likes:
    +1,020
    Mostly I want to go to the panels and the dinner.

    I'm hoping to get in on the Hasbro tour, but I was a late applicant, so I'm not expecting to. (right now the only indication I have that I'm "in" is that my account got charged.)
    I'm skipping the movie -- I never go to opening nights for blockbusters -- and other than BWNeo D-39 "Killer Punch" and MP's that I can't afford :(  I don't need to go to the dealer room(s).
     
  9. Galvatro

    Galvatro You'll do MY bidding... or taste MY wraith! TFW2005 Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 6, 2005
    Posts:
    406
    Trophy Points:
    207
    Location:
    Mount Washington, KY
    Likes:
    +16
    Ebay:
    Hello All!

    -Hasbro Tour.
    -Movie, 'nuff said.
    -Dealer Room (Gotta catch 'em all!).
    -Awards Dinner (At least to eat. A friend and I usually let the wives enjoy the rest, while we take the kids to the pool. Don't have to worry about a wet cast this year either:D  )
    -Panels, especially the Hasbro one.
    -Did I mention the Dealer Room?
    -Getting together with our friends to let the kids play (4 total), and have family time.
    -Having dinner with Orson, Walt, Shawn, and Crew sometime Sun. nite. Seems to be a tradition with us now.
    -Hobnobbing with Furman, Archer, and the like, if for only a few minutes.
    -Attending the Round Table forum, so that I can thank Savage and Co. for all the work they do.

    I am sure that I forgot many things. The main thing is to have some fun. Try out the new 'haul holder' so that I have free hands this year, as well. On the way home, stop in NYC to pay respect to those that perished on 9/11. Visit TRU Times Square just to see the how colossal it really is. And, a trip to the beach, while on the East Coast. I can't wait to see the ocean again.

    Galvatro
     
  10. Seth Buzzard

    Seth Buzzard R.I.P. Buzzbeak Content Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2002
    Posts:
    15,267
    News Credits:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    352
    Likes:
    +71
    Ebay:
    Snob.
     
  11. Kickback

    Kickback @GeekWithChris Administrator News Staff

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Posts:
    40,472
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    Likes:
    +607
    Ebay:
    Facebook:
    Twitter:
    Instagram:
    YouTube (Legacy):
    Tumblr:
    - Drinking
    - Hasbro Tour (while drinking)
    - BotCon Movie Screening (while drinking)
    - Charity Movie Screening (while drinking)
    - Dealer Room (while secretly drinking)
    - Drinking (drinking)
     
  12. Razerwire

    Razerwire 99 Problems... Veteran

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2004
    Posts:
    52,133
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Likes:
    +2,743
    Hasbro tour.
    Movie.

    Then I will go where ever the crowd migrates.
     
  13. Kickback

    Kickback @GeekWithChris Administrator News Staff

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Posts:
    40,472
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    Likes:
    +607
    Ebay:
    Facebook:
    Twitter:
    Instagram:
    YouTube (Legacy):
    Tumblr:
    And drive around in your white van looking for your lost puppy?

    I'M ON TO YOU.
     
  14. Razerwire

    Razerwire 99 Problems... Veteran

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2004
    Posts:
    52,133
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Likes:
    +2,743
    :confused: 
     
  15. Kickback

    Kickback @GeekWithChris Administrator News Staff

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Posts:
    40,472
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    Likes:
    +607
    Ebay:
    Facebook:
    Twitter:
    Instagram:
    YouTube (Legacy):
    Tumblr:
    I've been shown pictures.
     
  16. Razerwire

    Razerwire 99 Problems... Veteran

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2004
    Posts:
    52,133
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Likes:
    +2,743
    :confused: 
     
  17. Shaun_C

    Shaun_C The REAL One True fan Veteran TFW2005 Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2003
    Posts:
    7,121
    Trophy Points:
    251
    Likes:
    +3
    One thing I'm going to TRY and do next month is to sample a regular beer like MGD or somethin'. If for any reason, just because I've got to learn myself to lower my defenses once in a while :) 

    Last year was my first baby steps, now it's time to possibly try the next step :D 
     
  18. Kickback

    Kickback @GeekWithChris Administrator News Staff

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Posts:
    40,472
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    447
    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    Likes:
    +607
    Ebay:
    Facebook:
    Twitter:
    Instagram:
    YouTube (Legacy):
    Tumblr:
    Shaun ... why didn't we remove the tits from your sig pic when we took away everyone else's after the whole SamiWCP thing?
     
  19. Shaun_C

    Shaun_C The REAL One True fan Veteran TFW2005 Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2003
    Posts:
    7,121
    Trophy Points:
    251
    Likes:
    +3
    *Shrugs*

    Okay I removed it :) 
     
  20. Draven

    Draven Banned

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2002
    Posts:
    23,857
    News Credits:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    286
    Likes:
    +22
    Drinking.
    Dealer room.
    Movie.
    Some panels.
    Other stuff I can't mention here. ;)