Botcon 2009 Pics Part 1
BotCon 2010 is coming up in about a week. To celebrate this upcoming event, I thought I post pics of BotCon 2009.
Last year I attended my first BotCon. It was in Pasadena, in Southern California, not too far from where I grew up. Now I live in Northern California so in a way it was kinda like a homecoming, but of course I’m there for the robots.
BotCon 2009 was awesome! To be surrounded by people as passionate about Transformers as I am, the feeling was just overwhelming. I would love to go again this year in Florida, which also gives me a chance to check out Walt Disney World. However, going cross country would require some planning ahead of time, which I never really got around to. Maybe next year.
I did not have a blog in the summer of 2009, so this is as good a time as any to post the pics. Enjoy!
Convention Displays
“Revenge is Coming!” At the front entrance.
From a different angle.
That little girl snuck in there when I was taking this pic :).
Real life movie Optimus Prime in alt mode!
How did they get this truck in there?
Close up of the Autobot insignia. Now that’s bling.
Movie Bee!
Bee’s about to pee on that guy. I call it Bee Pee.
Dealers
This was one of the first dealer’s booths near the door. I think this was the official Hasbro booth where they sold toys (they had another bigger booth for events). At the time the TF figures you see here were all either unreleased, or just barely released.
Same dealer but to to left. I was feasting my eyes on these deluxe figures for the first time.
This is the “Gears of War” set, all accessories to make Classic figures more G1. I really wanted a set, but at $45 it was kinda hard to justify. Also a preliminary figure of Optimus in his Hearts of Steel incarnation, later released as Knight Morpher.
Same dealer, just slightly panned up in angle to show their nice statue of G1 Optimus. Looks like this was the RobotKingdom booth. I do not buy from them online b/c their shipping is simply ridiculous.
Stay tuned for Part 2… Transform and Roll Out!