The UK/European Transformers event Auto Assembly 2005 scheduled to take place on 4th June 2005, has now confirmed it’s first few guests and has opened bookings over a year before the event is due to take place…!
The event is being held at The Clarendon Suites, Birmingham, England which is a dedicated conference centre and the hall being used for the event is capable of holding 750 people. The guests who have already confirmed are convention veterans Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman who will be attending their third Auto Assembly event.
Tickets are just £7.50 for adults or £10 on the door although we would recommend pre-booking. All those who pre-register will be entered into one or more prize draws depending on how early you pre-book and the first 150 pre-registrants will get extra free gifts in addition to the traditional “Auto Assembly Goodie Bag” that all our attendees will receive.
The event is, as with all Auto Assembly events, non-profit making, and willbe raising funds for charity through a charity auction and raffle.
Full details, including online booking facilities, guest profiles and much more can be found on the Auto Assembly website and your questions can be answered online via the Auto Assembly forum.
Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2005web – www.autoassembly.org.uk
email – enquiries@autoassembly.org.uk
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We’ve also set up a forum for the event here for those that wish to ask about it and find who’s going.
Auto Assembly Podcast
Auto Assembly, Europe’s Premier Transformer Convention, has started podcasting. Here’s the email announcing the release:
Hi everyone!Just thought we’d let you all know about a new development we’ve been working on to compliment the Auto Assembly conventions that you might be interested in… Podcasts!!
Basically, we’re producing a series of what can be best described as FREE downloadable radio shows in MP3 format and each show is going to be a mixed bag of things. The main thrust of the show will be to bring you all the latest news and developments of each forthcoming convention with a lot of news being exclusive to the show, weeks before it will appear on the website or the Auto Assembly forum. As well as that, the shows will have interviews, chat, competitions, music, live “phone-ins” and much more besides!!
The first show is available now is runs for 35 minutes and you can find it at http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/podcast.htm and we have even set up a section on the Auto Assembly Forum dedicated to the podcasts at http://autoassembly.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=podcast
Anyway, we hope you enjoy the show and if you want to comment on it, you can get in touch at podcast@autoassembly.org.uk or chat about it on the forum. See you around on the board and hopefully we’ll see you at Auto Assembly Target 2006 in June!!
Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly Target 2006
IDW Comic News
At AA2005, Simon Furman gave some updates as to the direction that the new comics would take. To sum up what he said, Simon has posted some points on TFW2005 to clear up the confusion that had been occurring on other sites
Hi everyone– some quick responses and clarifications to the AA-feedback.1) First of all, when I mentioned ‘younger age bracket,’ what I meant was we’re aiming to appeal to an age group under 30! While we definitely want the long-time fans to read and enjoy the book, we also want to make it accessible and resonant with teenagers too.
2) There’ll be a range of ages for the human characters, but the youngest will be maybe fifteen/sixteen. We’re not going ‘junior’ here.
3) Character (alt-mode) updates will be by necessity only. If we can get away with using a ‘classic’ car in the 2005/2006 setting, we will. I have no burning urge to reinvent the wheel here, I just want to make stuff fresh and believable in a modern setting. These guys want to blend in, so they’re hardly going to pick a make of car or whatever from 1984.
4) BUT, and I stress this, we are taking pains to update, not reimagine. All of us (me, EJ, Hasbro, Chris and Dan at IDW) are looking for the most natural fits, those that won’t require major tweaks to the robot modes. We want you to look at any given vehicle on a page and know right off it’s Wheelie (just kidding!).
5) Megatron. Honestly, I always thought the gun was a bad idea. You’ve got the most powerful, feared being in the known galaxy and he turns into a handgun (and mostly he needs someone else to hold and point him!). Gimme a break. No, when Megatron transforms, it should be epic, grandiose. Hardened battle veterans should feel their exhaust ports loosen.
6) And finally, trust me that I won’t take everything you know and love throw it out the window. I won’t. Why? Because I know and love it too. It just don’t want to tell exactly the same story. Again.
Cheers– Simon Furman (honest!)
Auto Assembly Podcast Show 2 Released!
Hi Everyone!
Just to let you know that the second Auto Assembly podcast has just been uploaded to the server this monday. This time it’s a massive show running in at just under 56 minutes and we’ve got a few surprises in store this time…
Once again, the show has all the latest news and developments on Auto Assembly Target 2006 including exclusive news on our latest guest confirmed for the convention this weekend, details on a convention exclusive being produced by Wildfur, a competition to win some Transformers DVD box sets, more great music plus a special guest appearance from RiD voice actor Wally Wingert!
You can download the show, and the first one if you haven’t already heard it, from http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/podcast.htm where it is available in high and low quality versions for downloading. Feel free to send us your comments and suggestions about it to us at podcast@autoassembly.org.uk or alternatively you can leave them on the forum at http://autoassembly.proboards7.com
Enjoy the show and we’re looking forward to seeing many of you in June at Auto Assembly Target 2006 and thanks to all of your for your support so far with the show and the convention!
Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly Target 2006
Auto Assembly 2005 Update
Auto Assembly 2005 Pre-Bookings CLOSED!!
We have now closed the pre-bookings for Auto Assembly 2005 as we are in the final packing stages and getting ready to go over to the Clarendon Suites so we can’t process any more bookings properly! If yuo have already pre-booked, your confirmation slips have been posted and should be with you in time for AA2005 if you have not already received them.
We do still have around 100 places available for those of you planning on coming along on the day, but we would advise you all to get here early to get a good place in the queue as once we hit the cut-off point, we will not be able to let anyone else in! On-the-door prices are £10 for adults and £7.50 for children, students etc.
If you have pre-registered and not received your confirmation slips by the time you leave to come along you will need to ensure that you bring the following – PayPal order confirmation (including the transaction ID), proof of personal ID including address (such as mobile phone bill). If you don’t have either of these, it could delay your admission into the event.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all this weekend!!
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Also, because of staff shortages, Maximum Entertainment have just informed us today that they will not be able to make it this year. However, we will be still filming Auto Assembly 2005 ourselves (and we are still looking for volunteers!) and hopefully the edited footage will be used on the RiD box set appearing later this year. They are going to be sending some items along for us to give away as prizes though.
Geoff Senior To Attend Auto Assembly 2005!!
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Neil Kaplan confirmed for AA 2005
Wreck and Rule. of the forums has reported that Neil Kaplan, the voice of RID Optimus Prime, is coming to Auto Assembly 2005! Here’s what Simon Plumbe had to say on the announcement
Okay, we’ve just confirmed our latest guest for AA2005… and it’s a voice actor!
Making his first appearance at Auto Assembly is RiD’s Neil Kaplan, the voice of Optimus Prime and Ro-Tor!!
We had been in talks with another voice actor for some time which was 100% dependent on sponsorship. That sponsor started making very unreasonable demands of the actor, to the point that they wanted to by-pass Auto Assembly completely and go directly to the actor in question! As you can imagine, that resulted in that deal falling apart.
Neil stepped in about two weeks ago and asked if he could come along. He made us an absolutely fantastic offer regarding his appearance and combining the offer Neil made, plus the wonderful support we have had from all of you booking early and through funds raised from our online auctions and fundraising through the adverts on our website we have been able to make Neil’s appearance happen without the need for sponsorship!!
Neil will be involved quite extensively with the Auto Assembly 2005, and he is also going to be helping us with the auction and as we write this, is arranging for some rather special items to be signed from many of his fellow RiD cast members in the States…!
Simon
Auto Assembly 2005 First Details
The UK/European Transformers event, Auto Assembly, has already confirmed the first few details for Auto Assembly 2005, just over a week after it’s 2004 convention has ended!!
The provisional date for the event is Saturday 4th June 2005 and ticket prices for those who pre-book are going to be £7.50 for adults and £6 for children/concessions with on-the-door tickets likely to be slightly higher. Prices next year do not include Issue 7 of the event magazine, The Cybertronian Times, which will be available as an optional add-on.
Auto Assembly 2005 is being held in Birmingham, England and is in a brand new venue for 2005. We have been looking at venues for a while and there is one in particular that we are VERY excited about at the moment which offers a very spacious single hall with everything that we are looking for.
We just have a few details that we need to finalise with the venue and other issues and if all goes well we hope to be able to make the final announcements and start taking bookings in the next couple of weeks as well as announcing the first few guests! The event is, as with all Auto Assembly events, non-profit making, and will be raising funds for charity through a charity auction and raffle.
In 2004, we were joined by over 320 Transformers fans from all over the UK (with some visiting from overseas), we had seven guests from the world of Transformers, and we expect Auto Assembly 2005 to be even bigger! With our fundraising efforts we managed to raise over £1,000 for our two charities and we’d like to thank everyone for their support. Reports and photos are being added to the Auto Assembly website on a daily basis.
Full details will be on the Auto Assembly website at www.autoassembly.org.uk and we’ll be posting updates and answering questions on the Auto Assembly forum. Alternatively, email us for more details.
Simon Plumbe and Sven Harvey
Auto Assembly 2005
web – www.autoassembly.org.uk
email – enquiries@autoassembly.org.uk
forum – http://autoassembly.proboards7.com
Auto Assembly 2005 Teams With Store4DVD For Cheap Online DVDs!
To help with fundraising for Auto Assembly 2005 to try and bring more voice
actors over for next years event, we have teamed up with online DVD retailer
Store4DVD to bring you a great source of cheap Region 1 DVDs…We will be featuring adverts on the Auto Assembly website for Store4DVD and
when you click on these banner adverts and make ANY DVD or CD purchase from
them after following that link, Auto Assembly will receive a commission of 4%
on any sale. All of the money raised this way will go towards our guest fund
to try to help bring Wally Wingert back for next year’s event and possibly other
voice actors as well…!Store4DVD have a massive range of over 30,000 Region 1 DVDs in stock as well
as Region 2 discs and CDs and they ship these FREE to anywhere within Europe.
They currently have almost 50 Transformers discs in stock including 30 Region
1 titles and as they are all shipped from within the UK, there are no worried
about customs charges. All the latest box sets are available and they even have
the Transformers The Movie soundtrack CD available!Obviously, we know people are interested in other DVDs as well and they’ve
got a massive range of other titles including WWE, other animated titles and
a vast range of other sci-fi/fantasy shows so it’s worth checking them out and
if it’s not in stock you can pre-order anything in their list.Sorry about the blantant plug, but if you do buy a lot of Region 1 DVDs anyway,
this could be a way of getting your discs, avoiding the risk of customs charges
AND helping us to get voice actors for next years Auto Assembly at the same
time!The adverts will be on the Auto Assembly website from about 6 00 pm on Friday
18th June 2004 at www.autoassembly.org.uk to raise money for the event on 4th
June 2005. If you want more info or have questions about the event and we’ll
be posting updates and answering questions on the Transformers@TheMoon, Transformers.Net
and Auto Assembly forums. Alternatively, email us for more details.Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2005web – www.autoassembly.org.uk
email – enquiries@autoassembly.org.ukforum – http://autoassembly.proboards7.com
