One thing that you all forgot to rant about was the update to this years registration from. You know the Editable PDF file that wasn't editable at first and then once the true editable form was posted, you couldn't SAVE THE INFORMATION IN CASE YOU NEEDED TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS LATER!! Also what were the 3 Arcee toys that were never released in the US market? The only one I can think of is the G1 toy... and Animated Arcee if indeed it is cancelled. We had one for Energon and the first Movie.
There was the G1 toy that never got past a hand sculpted prototype, then they planned repaint of G1 Chromedome into a headmaster Arcee and finally there was a Titanium G1 Arcee was at the prototype stage & shown at Botcon 07.
You need to use a fax to register for Botcon ? I never knew that I don't know anyone where I live who has a fax. They need to use more modern methods !!
Oh, you should totally get in on that action, man; don't you think the world needs to hear the problems of BotCon registration summarised in a 30-second poem?
I'm glad to hear the rantings about Botcon. I have never gone and was really wanting to go this year but the process has shyed me away from even printing out a form. The first biggest problem I have is that besides that form, there is no other information about whats actually happening at the event. I want to know what im paying for and just not throwing my money at anything that has transformers in the title. I still havent registered and dont know that I will because of 1. lack of information, 2. dammit, i dont have a fax machine, (maybe i will in 2015 however, (back to the future reference..) 3. I just dont know if it will be worth it. Good podcast this week!
We're certainly not wanting to turn people -away- from the convention, it's a lot of fun. Just has major kinks that need to be worked out of its pre-reg process.
you didnt turn me away at all, its nice to hear an echo of my thoughts though since i say something to the wife like, wow i wish i knew exactly whats happening at this mega geekfest im drooling to attend and she looks at me sideways
Isn't most of that information covered in the brochure? Or are you talking about more specific information such as who are the guests, what are the panels, and the like? -airfox
hey, quick question, the m4a file the i downloaded doesnt have the segments and pictures as usual. Is their something wrong with my ipod or did you not do it this time vangelus?
It's an issue with the file apparently- I did them up in the working project. Later tonight I could try re-exporting and see if that fixes it. If I do a re-upload it'll be late at night so not too many folks get afflicted.
whoa man, them's a whole lot o' rants i tells ya whut! ooh and in terms of dinners/things to do in pasadena: there's buttloads of restaurants/bars/night clubs/shopping area literally minutes away from the convention center for those of you looking for a cheaper alternative to the paramount dinner dealie. The convention center is within walking distance from Old Town pasadena, which is a bit of a mix of an outdoors mall/upscale restaurants/night club/shopping area. and for those looking for a more L.A. experience, Hollywood is a 20 mins drive and there's always somethin goin on there.
One thing I'd like to mention about the Animated toys being pulled and sent back to Hasbro. I doubt they will be destroyed. They've already spent all the money to manufacture them. I'd venture to guess they will end up at closeout stores like Big Lots/Odd Lots or Tuesday Morning. Selling them dirt cheap to those chains is better than just trashing them. This used to happen all the time before Transformers got big enough to sell out every year. I remember seeing RID toys at Big Lots when Armada came out, and saw Energon toys at Tuesday Morning when Cybertron came out. Nothing in either since.
I randomly picked this out of the archieve to listen to while at work, and OMG the BOTCON stuff was great, and yes they really do need to make it easier for everyone and all the points raised were great and very true. "Faxing a form he downloaded OFF the internet!" "Was that loud and ranty?" lol