TFcon Charlotte 2015 attendee registration is Live

TFcon just announced that the hotel block for TFcon USA in Charlotte, North Caroline is now available! You can check out the information below on how to book your rooms and the amenities provided with the TFcon rate.

Hotel Information for TFcon Charlotte 2015
The TFcon Charlotte hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon Charlotte 2015 by calling the Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord reservation department direct at 704-455-8200 or toll-free @ 1-800-EMBASSY and mention TFcon. When booking by phone, please ask for the TFcon rate to receive the discount. You can also book your room via the hotel reservation website at http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/g ... ndex.jhtml

The TFcon hotel rate gives you:
-Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
-Complimentary High Speed Internet
-Complimentary 2 drink vouchers per day
-Complimentary Parking

The group rate is good for October 11th to October 22th, 2015 at the price of $149 per room.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Hmm I booked my hotel room weeks ago. I hope I can still get some discount.

Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

ScottyP wrote:Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

I'm not sure what the difference is but the old block is closed. perhaps it sold out and they open new ones?

mooncake623 wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Can anyone figure out how this is different from the block announced in April? Honest question, not questioning the newsworthiness, this was a release from them so not sure what would have spurned it other than some new thingie going on.

I'm not sure what the difference is but the old block is closed. perhaps it sold out and they open new ones?

Ah, that must be it.

The lovely folks over at TFcon USA - taking place in Charlotte in 2015 - have updated their site with the first official guest for the event: voice of Optimus Primal from Transformers Beast Wars, Garry Chalk! Find out more from their official announcement page here, and scroll down below for a snippet.

We are very happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to TFcon Charlotte 2015. The voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in the Armada, Energon and Cybertron cartoons, he also voiced Generation 1 Megatron in an episode of Beast Wars. Additionally he is known to GIJOE fans as the voices of Pathfinder and Metalhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, and He-Fans as the voices He-Man in The New Adventures of He-Man, and Man-at-Arms in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Mr. Chalk will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Yep, very much so. The unofficial conventions I've been to, those being last year's TFcon in Chicago and Charticon back in 2013, were very different in feel.

Both had registration/"package pick-up" that involved walking up to a table where there was no line for about two minutes. The only lines I can remember for the entirety of either show were for the dealer room openings and then there was one to get James Roberts' autograph at TFcon. Both environments felt very laid back, stuff was just happening on its own whereas Botcon feels very much like a production in almost all aspects.

I enjoy Botcon a lot, but shows like this one are a change of pace in a lot of ways and also extremely enjoyable. Come on up and hang out!

ScottyP wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm giving serious thought to driving up there. I haven't been to a Con since BotCon 2011, it's about time to go to another one. Is TFCon run differently than BotCon, since it's a fan-organized event?

Yep, very much so. The unofficial conventions I've been to, those being last year's TFcon in Chicago and Charticon back in 2013, were very different in feel.

Both had registration/"package pick-up" that involved walking up to a table where there was no line for about two minutes. The only lines I can remember for the entirety of either show were for the dealer room openings and then there was one to get James Roberts' autograph at TFcon. Both environments felt very laid back, stuff was just happening on its own whereas Botcon feels very much like a production in almost all aspects.

I enjoy Botcon a lot, but shows like this one are a change of pace in a lot of ways and also extremely enjoyable. Come on up and hang out!

Do I have to purchase the packages in advance, or can I just get a ticket at the door? I don't really need the exclusive figures, I just want to go in and enjoy the atmosphere and mingling with other fans. Most likely I will only spend 1 day there, unless some special events will be lined up. It's an 8 hour drive from South GA, so I don't know if I would be able to spend all 3 days there.

Now this, I may be able to make it to.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Do I have to purchase the packages in advance, or can I just get a ticket at the door?

Yep, you can get door tickets. All I did in Chicago last year was walk up when I got there and bought a pass for the weekend, no toys and such required and it only took a few minutes.

TFcon Charlotte have added another guest to their line-up for the USA event in October - none other than the big lump of a dinobot himself, or his voice at least, Gregg Berger! Find out what the organisers have to say about the man behind Grimlock - and many more characters - below, and head here to book your tickets now.

We are happy to welcome the voice of Generation 1 Grimlock Gregg Berger to TFcon Charlotte. He also voiced Skyfire (Jetfire), Long Haul and Outback in the same series. He returned to the character of Grimlock for the Fall of Cybertron video game as well as the upcoming Transformers: Devastation.

Gregg will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Awesome. It will be cool to meet you guys in person.

It's fairly cheap, it sounds like a lax environment, instead of the stressed out atmosphere BotCon has become, and it's only an 8-hour drive for me. I love Transformers and road trips, and I've decided to get more socially involved with fellow fans. Count me in!

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

I can't wait to go! I only live an hour from Charlotte and it'll be my first Transformers convention! The fact that Gregg is gonna be there is pretty cool too.

Va'al wrote:Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Can't you swim?

Va'al wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Its times like this that I wish I had infinite money. Also, when the mortgage is due. And when botcon rolls around.

Optimizzy wrote:

Va'al wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Its times like this that I wish I had infinite money. Also, when the mortgage is due. And when botcon rolls around.

Time, too, would be handy. Term starts again in October, so planning would have to be very tight. And the faculty still hasn't let TAs know our hours for this coming year.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

Can't you swim?

I could start now.

Va'al wrote:

ScottyP wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:well, Im probably going to go. anyone else?

A healthy amount of site staff will be there, including at least four of us from the podcast. So yeah, plenty of folks going to be there! I'm hyped.

Anyone feel like paying for my plane ticket..?

I'd throw in $50. Not joking.

Yet another update from TFcon USA, taking place in Charlotte, NC, this October. The official site has announced another guest for the event: newcomer Transformers: Windblade artist Corin Howell! If you haven't seen her work on the series yet, make sure to check out our interview here.

TFcon is happy to welcome Transformers comic book artist Corin Howell to TFcon Charlotte. Fans will recognize her work from IDW’s latest Windblade miniseries.

She will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

Yet another update from the folks over at TFcon Charlotte, featuring another guest update for the October event. Hide your favourite character and drag out your pop culture references: James Roberts is coming! Find out what the event organisers have to say about the IDW Transformers writer below, too.

We are very pleased to welcome James Roberts the writer of the fan favorite comic book series Transformers More Than Meets The Eye to TFcon Charlotte 2015. Mr. Roberts will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention and will have select scripts available.

oh man! thats awesome!!!

I am fully excite at this news.

I need to figure out what else to get autographed, got MTMTE and LSotW #1 in Chicago. Something absurd, perhaps?

TFcon USA has announce yet another guest for their show this year at Charlotte, North Carolina! This time it is none other than the fan favorite artist for IDW's Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, Alex Milne!

TFcon is very pleased to welcome Alex Milne to the TFcon Charlotte guest list this year.

Alex is the primary artist for IDW’s fan favorite Transformers: More than Meets the Eye comic book. He will be attending all days and offering prints and commissions to attendees all weekend long.

The latest update from TFcon Charlotte, the US section of the largest fan-run Transformers event, comes in the shape of one IDW artist Casey Coller! Check out below more info, and the exclusive convention comic variant cover for The Transformers #45 he'll also be contributing, too.

We are pleased to announce that Transformers comic book artist Casey Coller will be attending TFcon Charlotte 2015. Casey is known to fans for his work providing variant covers for IDW’s Robots In Disguise and More Than Meets the Eye comics as well as many one-shot issues. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long and will be available to sign the Transformers #45 TFcon Charlotte/Acme Comics Exclusive Cover Variant which he created.

TFCon sounds fun. I may go next year

Yet another comics guest update from the fine folks over at TFcon USA - taking place in Charlotte, NC, this October. Brendan Cahill, regular guest artist and cover artist on IDW's More Than Meets the Eye has been confirmed as attending the event! Check out more here and below, and make sure you have your tickets at the ready.

TFcon is happy to welcome Brendan Cahill to TFcon Charlotte. Fans will recognize his art from various issues of both Transformers ongoing #21, #25, #27, #29, Robots in Disguise #7, 2012 Annual and More than Meets the Eye #12, #27 and #40.

He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

Josh Perez (dyemooch), who works on colours for IDW's Transformers comics, has revealed the new print he will have available at conventions starting with TFcon Charlotte.

He revealed the print today on his facebook page with the accompanying message:

dyemooch wrote:Print for TFcon Charlotte and onwards; wanted to make a print of some of IDW's Transformers cast but with their QTF models(with a bit of IDW flare)!

TFcon just annouce yet another guest for TFcon US - taking place in Charlotte, NC, this October. And this time it is writer and story editor Flint Dille who wrote episodes for Sunbow Productions in the 1980s, including The Transformers!

We are very pleased to announce Flint Dille as a guest at TFcon Charlotte 2015. Flint is a writer and story editor who wrote episodes for numerous Sunbow Productions in the 1980s, including G.I. Joe, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, and The Transformers. As a story editor on the original Transformers cartoon, he was responsible for approving and supervising the writing of scripts, as well as maintaining continuity, and developing the origin of the Transformers. He is also the co-writer of IDW’s The Transformers: Autocracy and its two follow-up series, Monstrosity and Primacy.

TFcon Charlotte – America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention will be the weekend of October 16th to 18th, 2015. TFcon Charlotte will take place at the Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord.

Remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Not long left now for TFcon USA, in Charlotte, and yet we have received another guest announcement: the voice of Bumblebee from G1, Dan Gilvezan! Read more below from TFcon HQ, and make sure to let other Seibertronians know if you'll be attending.

We are happy to welcome the voice of the Generation 1 Autobot Bumblebee Dan Gilvezan to TFcon Charlotte. Also known as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1981 animated series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, he also voiced Goldbug, Hot Spot, Outback, Rollbar, Scamper, Skids and Snapdragon in Transformers Generation 1 and has returned to the character of Bumblebee for the upcoming video game Transformers: Devastation..

Dan will be taking part in Q&A panels and signing for the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

Any one else going? Ill only be able to be there for Saturday but I hope to see some forum members while I'm there.

With less than two weeks left to TFcon Charlotte (16-18 October), their site offers another guest update, adding the voice of Rhinox from Beast Wars to the list of professionals from across the Transformers franchise through the years - find out more about Richard Newman below.

Also, if you're attending the event, make sure to comment in the Energon pub and find the other Seibertronians going for a meet-up!

TFcon is proud to announce that Richard Newman will now be appearing as a guest at this years convention in Charlotte. Known to Transformers fans as the voice of Rhinox in Beast Wars, Tankor in Beast Machines and Vector Prime in Transformers Cybertron. Mr. Newman will be taking part in Q&A panels and signing for the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.

I will be there of course, so when is the meet up? I haven't seen the time/date.

Man, I'm glad they are getting Richard Newman to come in. Rhinox was my favorite character from Beast Wars (Dinobot tied with him of course).
I will admit I was looking forward to meeting a Prime (Garry Chalk) and that's a bummer, but Rhinox is a great character for the Beast Wars side and the perfect choice to me, especially since I want his Gatling guns if he is done with them!

Looks like there have been a few people that have been to TFcon or two. I hear it's pretty good, it's usually too far for me to go. I'm curious though how does it stand up to a Botcon?

Okay, I'm a bit confused here. I went on the website to look for prices and times for general admission, and I'm not clear what to do. I will most likely not make it there until Saturday morning, so if I just walk to the place, can I get a ticket that just lets me walk in without getting any exclusives or anything, yet I can still participate in signings and Q&As? I mean, that's pretty much what I would be going for, aside from meeting fellow fans, hopefully some of you from here. Do we have a concrete time and place for a Seibertron members meetup yet?

jrgreer74 wrote:I will be there of course, so when is the meet up? I haven't seen the time/date.

Sustain wrote:Looks like there have been a few people that have been to TFcon or two. I hear it's pretty good, it's usually too far for me to go. I'm curious though how does it stand up to a Botcon?

Rodimus Prime wrote:Okay, I'm a bit confused here. I went on the website to look for prices and times for general admission, and I'm not clear what to do. I will most likely not make it there until Saturday morning, so if I just walk to the place, can I get a ticket that just lets me walk in without getting any exclusives or anything, yet I can still participate in signings and Q&As? I mean, that's pretty much what I would be going for, aside from meeting fellow fans, hopefully some of you from here. Do we have a concrete time and place for a Seibertron members meetup yet?

Be on the lookout for a post later this afternoon (or tomorrow afternoon if work gets too busy) to help out with next week's TFcon adventure! I was waiting on the weather forecast to get it all together.

Super quick answers to these questions, in order: Saturday night with exact time TBD, Way less hectic, yes that kind of ticket exists should be the $50-ish one.

This time next week you will probably already be more than halfway through TFcon Charlotte, but they still have a couple of guest announcements ready for everyone. First up is regular IDW Transformers colourist, currently on Sins of the Wreckers, and artist Josh Burcham!

We are happy to welcome IDW Publishing colorist Josh Burcham to TFcon Charlotte 2015. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of Transformers More Than Meets The Eye and dozens of other one shots and mini series. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

And also attending will be former Transformers Creative Manager Rik Alvarez, who will focus on his past work with the brand and Fun Publications.

J.E “Rik” Alvarez is an author that was formerly the Transformers Creative Manager at Hasbro, as well as a writer and editor with Fun Publications. [...] At TFcon Charlotte he will be speaking about his work on the Transformers brand.

Got a commission set up for a Vector Prime sketch by Mr. Burcham. Can't wait to see how it turns out! This weekend is going to be excellent.

Caption: "I ordered the LOBSTER!"

ScottyP wrote:Got a commission set up for a Vector Prime sketch by Mr. Burcham. Can't wait to see how it turns out! This weekend is going to be excellent.

Convention newbie question: how does commissioned art work?

Did he just colour that image? Cos the lineart looks like it's by (the legend) Geoff Senior. I haven't seen it before.

NOOOOOO Springer!!! Fudge you Megatron!

Optimizzy wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Got a commission set up for a Vector Prime sketch by Mr. Burcham. Can't wait to see how it turns out! This weekend is going to be excellent.

Convention newbie question: how does commissioned art work?

Burcham solicited pre-orders via Twitter, so I did it that way. The other thing to do is to find them the first day, see if they're taking any (sometimes they fill up on pre-orders), and if so then inquire about rates, what it includes, etc. Pricing varies wildly by artist but expect to pay $50-ish minimum for simple sketch work to avoid disappointment. If you just want to throw an artist $10-$20, they usually have prints for sale of their other work at those types of rates. Hope that helps out! I'm certainly not an expert on it, so if someone chimes in and says "Scotty is soooo wrong about this", listen to them instead

This year is way to late for me, but I think I'm going to plan on going next year.

Meet up is Saturday night at the hotel bar. Exact time, who knows. Many of us will have on "official" Twincast shirts.

If drinking isn't your thing, come hang out anyway. They have soda and water, I'm sure. If you show up super late though, I can promise you I won't remember your name, and only might remember your face.

I'll also be on a panel with some other TF podcasters from around the 'net on Sunday at 4 PM to curtain jerk the end of the convention. Stop by and check that out if you're still around!