The 7th Annual Seibertron.com Meetup at BotCon

Hey, that's me and my fiance on the right! Sorry guy on the left, I forgot your name, but I remember you were a nice guy.

I'm not going this year, but to those of you who ARE going, I encourage you to go the meetup. For me, it was one of the highlights of the trip. And my fiance was surprised to find that TF collectors are fairly normal people, some with spouses and kids, and that some of them are actually female!

GuyIncognito wrote:

Hey, that's me and my fiance on the right! Sorry guy on the left, I forgot your name, but I remember you were a nice guy.

I'm not going this year, but to those of you who ARE going, I encourage you to go the meetup. For me, it was one of the highlights of the trip. And my fiance was surprised to find that TF collectors are fairly normal people, some with spouses and kids, and that some of them are actually female!

And this is exactly why the meetups are fun ... you get to put faces to online names and find out that we're all more normal than our obsessions lead others to believe.

Bummer you won't be attending this year, GuyIncognito. Hopefully next year.

And congrats on your engagement!

Oh SNAP!! Ultra Magnus AKA Q!!! Where has he been? Haven't seen him since Cincy.

I will definitely try to be there (though, no alcohol for me, thanks ).

Though, does one have to be a guest at the hotel in order to get in to attend this meetup?

And, out of curiousity, what's the usual attendance amount of Seibertronians for this occasion? Like, is it a select number of us who tend to show up, or a very large sum of us?

And, how late do these meetups of our usually run? (I waana get enough sleep to get up early enough for Saturday morning's entry line )

Sabrblade wrote:I will definitely try to be there (though, no alcohol for me, thanks ).

Though, does one have to be a guest at the hotel in order to get in to attend this meetup?

And, out of curiousity, what's the usual attendance amount of Seibertronians for this occasion? Like, is it a select number of us who tend to show up, or a very large sum of us?

And, how late do these meetups of our usually run? (I waana get enough sleep to get up early enough for Saturday morning's entry line )

Not sure if you will have to be a guest in the hotel, but since it's a bar, I am guessing you should be able to get there at least.

Attendance is always good for the meetups...well I didn't go to Botcon last year, so I can't vouch for that, but every year since 2007 this has been one of my favorite parts of Botcon.

The meetups go as long as you want it and as long as there are collectors willing to drink. I'm not a drinker, but during Botcon, I will always throw a few back.

Prime Evil wrote:Oh SNAP!! Ultra Magnus AKA Q!!! Where has he been? Haven't seen him since Cincy.

He still is around kickin' ass and takin' names here in Chi-town. Hopefully we can all convince him to go next year!

Best photos evarrrr

Barring any unforseen catastrophe I should be there. Looking forward to meeting everyone officially.



And after that looooong drive I'll probobly be ready for a brewsky or two.

Sabrblade wrote:I will definitely try to be there (though, no alcohol for me, thanks ).

Though, does one have to be a guest at the hotel in order to get in to attend this meetup?

And, out of curiousity, what's the usual attendance amount of Seibertronians for this occasion? Like, is it a select number of us who tend to show up, or a very large sum of us?

And, how late do these meetups of our usually run? (I waana get enough sleep to get up early enough for Saturday morning's entry line )

My first year in 2010 we took up a good size outdoor cabana resturant at disney . I had a hard time stumblin to each table to introduce myself

As for how late they run...oh boy.. I was a bit under the weather in 2010 but I know I was in the lobby until they stopped serving drinks soooo..ya never know .

The meetup itself was the highlight of my trip and im looking foward to it this year

G1 Legacy wrote:Barring any unforseen catastrophe I should be there. Looking forward to meeting everyone officially.



And after that looooong drive I'll probobly be ready for a brewsky or two.

Your driving from florida? Ouch..I've made that drive 4 times in my life and it is brutal but at least its a straight shot. Good luck and safe driving!

Holy crapmonkeys YES! I'm starting to get really excited about this!

I also like how I'm only in the last picture and I look either completely wasted, high, asleep, or all of the above. Man my hair was weird, too.

Hoitytoity wrote:Holy crapmonkeys YES! I'm starting to get really excited about this!

I also like how I'm only in the last picture and I look either completely wasted, high, asleep, or all of the above. Man my hair was weird, too.

Looking forward to seeing you next week as well. I'm getting excited about BotCon at long last finally too.

As for that pic, I think a lot of us were three sheets to the wind that night so that might explain the looks on some of our faces.

I get the feeling that I'll be one of the only few of us who will be completely sober that night.

Darn, I have school that day!

Deltabot wrote:Darn, I have school that day!

Do you have it at night? We're meeting up around 8pm.

LiKwid wrote:

G1 Legacy wrote:Barring any unforseen catastrophe I should be there. Looking forward to meeting everyone officially.



And after that looooong drive I'll probobly be ready for a brewsky or two.

Your driving from florida? Ouch..I've made that drive 4 times in my life and it is brutal but at least its a straight shot. Good luck and safe driving!

When are you getting into Dallas, LiKwid?

I wish I could attend, but... don't have the funds/means of transportation to do so. Woulda been nice to meet my fellow Seibertronians... remember to raise a glass for all those who couldn't attend this year!

Ugh, way to ruin the story by having my ugly mug in one of the pics, thankfully its a little blurry.

I will be there!

Like Sabrblade I don't drink, but I love to pop in on these gatherings for a while.... I'd love to meet more of you!

LIKWID wrote:

Your driving from florida? Ouch..I've made that drive 4 times in my life and it is brutal but at least its a straight shot. Good luck and safe driving!

Brutal you say? Yep, don't remind me LOL Actually I'm leaving from South West Georgia, and I'll hit I-10 in Marianna Florida and then cross over to I-20 at some point (I think). I still gotta double check my routes, but I'm heading out Thursday morning at 4:30am so I should be getting there around 4 or 5 central time. Hauling ass like Cliffjumper all the way...(the little four cylinder that could).

Actually I think the Porsche 944 is a flat-6 cylinder so scratch that...I'll be hauling ass like Bumblebee...........(slow).

ROAD TRIIIIIIIP!!!


*EDIT
Nope, 944 is an inline 4cylinder, I was right the first time. Pardon my rambling folks LOL
Lets just say for the sake of argument that I'll be hauling booty.

See you guys there !!!

Thanks for the photo Ryan !

I am so eff'n bummed I can't go this year. I was saving up for it too, but then my GF got pretty sick and it was up to me to pay the bills. Sucks, but that's love n' life. I will be there for sure next year, I'mma even book my room as soon as it goes live! I ain't eff'n around next year!

Until I get there, then I'm 100% eff'n around.

You all know to have a few drinks for me, and I'll have a few for all of you!

EDIT: Love seein the pictures! Young me in the last pic! Good times!

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS! so there. look me up!

JON3.0 wrote:

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!

Whats funny is I actually heard that in my head in Optimus Primes voice LOL

At the very least I hope to hear you do drunken Megatron atleast once during the trip

"I remember the good 'ol days on Cybertron..."

G1 Legacy wrote:JON3.0 wrote:

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!

Whats funny is I actually heard that in my head in Optimus Primes voice LOL

At the very least I hope to hear you do drunken Megatron atleast once during the trip

"I remember the good 'ol days on Cybertron..."

made this just for the occasion.

Should be fun...

HA! I just LOL'd all over myself.

G1 Legacy wrote:HA! I just LOL'd all over myself.

I'm glad it's LOLs and not something else.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Hey, that's me and my fiance on the right! Sorry guy on the left, I forgot your name, but I remember you were a nice guy.

That would be LIFTGATE and you are right, he is a nice guy.

jON3.0 wrote:

G1 Legacy wrote:JON3.0 wrote:

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!

Whats funny is I actually heard that in my head in Optimus Primes voice LOL

At the very least I hope to hear you do drunken Megatron atleast once during the trip

"I remember the good 'ol days on Cybertron..."

made this just for the occasion.

Now THAT is a filmfest video I would vote for!

Seibertron wrote:

G1 Legacy wrote:HA! I just LOL'd all over myself.

I'm glad it's LOLs and not something else.

Come next Friday, all bets are off haha.

Btw, for those of you who aren't heavy drinkers (or don't drink at all), don't worry. This event isn't a frat party, so just come out and chill with us. Heck, your first coke or ginger ale is on me!

Btw, for those of you wondering about how many people will be there, my guess based on past years in close to 40. So far our Facebook Event page has 35 people confirmed so it may even be more than that.

One of these years I will take the plunge and spend the amount of money that is needed to properly attend Botcon. Hopefully sometime it's in the Northeast (like Philly). I have met a few of you guys before at some of the PA meetups, and it was always a great time. Have fun!

SJ21 wrote:One of these years I will take the plunge and spend the amount of money that is needed to properly attend Botcon. Hopefully sometime it's in the Northeast (like Philly). I have met a few of you guys before at some of the PA meetups, and it was always a great time. Have fun!

An interesting thing to note is that I regularly attend such group outings as well, yet we have never been at one at the same time.

(Maybe SJ21 is my secret alter ego )

Delicon wrote:

SJ21 wrote:One of these years I will take the plunge and spend the amount of money that is needed to properly attend Botcon. Hopefully sometime it's in the Northeast (like Philly). I have met a few of you guys before at some of the PA meetups, and it was always a great time. Have fun!

An interesting thing to note is that I regularly attend such group outings as well, yet we have never been at one at the same time.

(Maybe SJ21 is my secret alter ego )

I thought your secret alter ego was WhiteChocolate69?


Anyway, I agree with SJ, (super nice guy BTW) I would really like a north eastern Botcon, I would love to have all you guys come and invade Philly with us!

This is a our first time attending BotCon, I'm looking forward to the whole experience; we are all crazy about transformers in our family so not much arm twisting needed. I'm not able to make it until late friday evening (11:00 PM), as I cannot get the kids out of school (too many abcentees). I will keep an eye on for any Seibertron-ians at the event, are you guys wearing anything in particular? Seibertron-ians shirts of some sort? See you there.

Thanks,

I will definitely be there. It's been some time since I got to experience a Con, and my fondest memories are still the comradery I felt with you guys. I'll be staying at the Hyatt House Dallas on Harry Hines Blvd., I've got a small living room area and a small kitchen. I'll be arriving in Dallas on Tuesday the 24th, so consider this an invite as well!

--B-- wrote:Anyway, I agree with SJ, (super nice guy BTW) I would really like a north eastern Botcon, I would love to have all you guys come and invade Philly with us!

At this point I'd settle for anywhere we could drive to. I'd love a return to Providence!

Transformado wrote:This is a our first time attending BotCon, I'm looking forward to the whole experience; we are all crazy about transformers in our family so not much arm twisting needed. I'm not able to make it until late friday evening (11:00 PM), as I cannot get the kids out of school (too many abcentees). I will keep an eye on for any Seibertron-ians at the event, are you guys wearing anything in particular? Seibertron-ians shirts of some sort? See you there.

Thanks,

I was a little confused reading your post, are you bringing your family or flying solo? Friday at 11 pm we will be rocking out at Monduel's, which is the bar inside the hotel.

As far as Seibertron.com T-shirts go, most of us own a couple so that's one way to find us. If you send me a PM with your cell number, I can make sure you are able to meet up and mingle with us.

(That goes for anyone else, too)

Delicon wrote:

--B-- wrote:Anyway, I agree with SJ, (super nice guy BTW) I would really like a north eastern Botcon, I would love to have all you guys come and invade Philly with us!

At this point I'd settle for anywhere we could drive to. I'd love a return to Providence!


Agreed. It wouldn't have to be in Philly, I just thought that would be a good city in which to hold a Con.

BTW: I put something the sightings forum about a local meetup.

Time to get nuts mothas!!