Wow. That's very odd ... and cool.  

I suppose it's possible, but other than the HoF thing (and I guess part of the Hasbro panels), we've given confirmation that:

1) Most of the exclusives and the fiction are based around Animated.

2) 7 out of 9 guests are G1 guests. 1 doubles as a G1/RiD guest. And the remaining one has been in so many TF series (except the movies  ), that why bother pointing out which TF line he'll represent.

3) The Artist Alley also seems to have a varied representation.

Not even in 2007 and in 2009 I felt the con was only promoting the movie, so I'm reasonably sure that 2011 won't be different.

-airfox

 

An important reality check. Frankly, if it didn't cost me $45 extra bucks to get to the HoF event, I wouldn't be all that bothered by that portion's movie-centric focus (as I've noted before, the publicity DID promise a celebration of the franchise's 27-year history. That means more than just movie stuff, and so far I'm not seeing it.)

 

IIRC - Tyrese was supposed to be at a panel on Saturday, but he was in the hospital very sick, and made it to the dinner-stage on some good meds.

And given that he spent like 20min signing autpgraphs & taking pics w/ fans; then repeated as he went through the dealer room - for over an hour - he's a fan & he was one of the friendliest "stars" I've ever seen - and I've gone to a Con w/ well over 200 celebrities/Guests of Honor, many of whom don't interact directly outside of their autograph table.

 

You are teetering perilously close to RUINED FOREVAR!

 

I don't understand how people figure that they need to induct Bay/Spielberg to the Hall of Fame to "promote the movie."

I mean, seriously, this is Botcon. Do you think anyone imagines that THIS group, of all the groups in the world, is NOT going to buy a ticket to DOTM? There is not going to be a soul in that room that wasn't already going to see that movie, either in the theater or on DVD. Even the people who hate Michael Bay enough to send death threats are going to be there on opening night, just so they can get online and bitch about it the next day.

Why promote it to a group of sure things?

 

You hit the nail right in the head. Plus, the general public don't even know that a "Transformers Hall of Fame" exist.

 

At a guess, for the press releases and news articles that will be written about BotCon and the HoF. What happens here will be reported to an audience well beyond those of us who attend.

 

Yes but it's hard to really put in the forever part when it's the last film and the general public will be running off to The Avengers or whatever is the big summer film next year.

By next year's Bot Con the films will just be a part of history.

 

 

Man some of you guys are just miserable bitter angry people. Love the movies or hate them, these two do deserve the recognition. Congratulation guys !!!  

 

You could be right. I just have a difficult time believing any non-fans are spending time reading about Botcon in newspapers or magazines. We do, but I am pretty sure they don't.

 

Have you ever actually been to a Botcon? I'm asking because you don't really seem to know too much about it.
With the exception of last year, I've been to every Botcon since 2004. And I have never felt like anything has been "squeezed out". 2007, for example, the release year for the first TF movie, the biggest buzz of all seemed to be for the exclusive preview of TF Animated. Botcon always seems to do its best NOT to sacrifice one thing at the expense of another, abd they've gotten pretty damn good at it.

According to the schedule there is ONE movie related panel this year, and that's for the game. Pretty much everything else is related to other sublines. The exclusives are Animated themed. The movie stuff is largely confined to the evening events.

 

I wouldn't say "non-fans," so much as "people who don't make it to the convention and may not rabidly check the message boards." There are a lot of more casual Transformers fans out there.

 

Fair enough.