The latest update from Cybertron Expo
Optimus Prime – is set to attend the show. —
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/index.php#cullen Click here for details.
Pre-Registration Contest #1 has started!
We are holding a contest this week where one lucky winner will receive a
FREE Binaltech Swindle, sponsored by Play With This toys and collectibles!
Anyone who pre-registers for the show from Monday 6/6/2005 until Sunday
6/12/2005 will be entered automatically. We will randomly choose the winner
and announce them here on the site next Monday. What are you waiting
or, —
New Guests – James McDonough and Adam Patyk to attend!
Former Dreamwave writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk will be guests at
Cybercon Expo 2005 on Saturday only. James (AKA Brad Mick) and Adam are
known for their work on almost all of the Dreamwave comic book titles from
2002-2004. They will be available for meet and greet and autographs for a
limited time on Saturday to all attendees.
New Guest – Dan Khanna to attend!
Dan Khanna, current comic artist for the Official Transformers Collectors
Club and veteran Transformers artist all around will be in attendance at
Cybercon Expo 2005 on both days. Dan will have a selection of his artwork,
have pages from the new comic, and will be available for autographs
throughout the weekend.
First Panel Topic Announced – Transformers the Movie and UK Transformers!
Long time UK Transformer collector Paul Hitchens will be in attendance at
the show and presenting a panel on two topics. The first is an overview of
the original Transformers the Movie where he will be sharing inside
information he has collected over the years, and showing his extensive
collection of storyboard and promotional artwork. The second topic will be
on UK Transformers, where he will explain the variations and differences
among them from over the years and field questions. This panel is free to
all attendees of the show, and will take place on Friday the 29th.
Over 30 original pieces of Transformers Generation 1 Boxart available at the
show!
Marc Patten of Destination Entertainment will have over 30 pieces of
original Generation 1 Boxart on display and available for sale at the show.
These are truely rare pieces from Transformers history, so even if you can’t
afford to take one home, make sure to come and see them before they’re gone
again! Some of the characters will include AIR RAID, FIREFLIGHT, SKYDIVE,
SLINGSHOT, BEACHCOMBER, COSMOS, POWERGLIDE, SEASPRAY, WARPATH, ROADBUSTER,
CHOP SHOP, SKYLINX, METROPLEX, BLASTER, RED ALERT, ASTROTRAIN, BLITZWING,
OMEGA SUPREME, WHIRL, PERCEPTOR, CLOUDBURST, SCATTERSHOT, SKULLCRUNCHER,
SNAPTRAP, FINBACK and more!!!
Custom Shockini Kitbash Contest!
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fully articulated and customizible collectible toys called Shockinis, will
be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005. At their display area, they will be
sponsoring a customizing contest. Each participant will be given a blank
Shockini toy and provided with supplies at the table which they can use to
customize their blank figure into a character of their choice. At the end
of the weekend, we will judge all the entries and the winner will take home
a gift package of cool and exciting items (prizes still to be determined).
Make sure to check out — http://www.shockertoys.com — Shocker Toys and
see what they have to offer!
Canadian Bus Trip Scheduled by Colin Douglas and Transformerscon!
Colin Douglas, the owner and organizer of —
to Cybercon Expo from the Toronto Ontario, Canada region. Round Trip from
Canada to NYC and back will be available. On top of this, the bus will be
stopping in several upstate NY cities to pick up attendees. If you are in
the upstate New York or Toronto region and would like to travel down to NYC
with your fellow transfans, contact Colin at —
mailto tfcon@mountaincable.nettfcon@mountaincable.net.
New Sponsor - JRS Toyworld!
— http://www.jrstoyworld.com — JRS Toyworld has donated some fantasitc
prizes to our giveaways. Included are BT-12 Overdrive, BT-13 Laserwave,
BT-14 Wheeljack, and MP-2 Ultra Magnus to our —
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/giveaways.php Mega Friday Night Giveaway.
JRSToyworld also donated several more Binaltechs and GC-01 Galaxy Convoy,
GD-01 Master Megatron to our regular hourly door prizes, —
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/giveaways.php seen here. Make sure to head on
over to — http://www.jrstoyworld.com — JRS Toyworld and support them
today.
Thanks to the fansites!
We have been linked to from several fan sites throughout the fandom,
including — http://www.tfarchive.com — TFArchive.com, —
http://www.mtmte.com — MTMTE.com, — http://www.transformerstoys.co.uk —
Transformerstoys.co.uk, — http://www.allspark.com — Allspark.com, —
http://www.seibertron.com — Seibertron.com, and — http://www.tfw2005.com
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TFW2005.com. Thanks to them for supporting Cybercon Expo. If you are a
webmaster and would like to link to us, or have us send you press releases
for the show, email us at promo@cyberconexpo.com We will make sure to link
to you from here, and may be able to give you guys passes to the show so you
can cover it for your site.
More guests and info coming soon!
We can’t announce quite yet, but we are working on even more guests,
including comic artists, writers, and voice actors for this show. On top of
this, we are organizing several panels which will be available for free to
all attendees by several of our current and upcoming guests. So on top of
the already announced good stuff like the giveaways, the guests, and the
dealer room, we hope to have free Question and Answer Panels as well. Stay
tuned!
Dealers, tables almost gone!
We are officially sold out of all 8 foot tables. We currently have some 6
foot tables left in the main ballroom, and several in one of the side rooms
as well. If you are interested in coming to the show, do not delay any
longer! Email us at cybercondealers@cyberconexpo.com for more details and
to reserve your table today!
