On Sunday, I went to BotCon in Pasadena! BotCon is a con dedicated solely to everything Transformers. I have little to no experience with anything Transformers, so I was a bit out of my element. But hey, I love conventions, so I wanted to go! I was happy to see there was at least one person there who shared my aesthetic sense:
In case you're confused, those are Transformers made to look like cats, and it says "Transformers: more than meets the cat's eye." Perfect.
Luckily, several of the booths were selling other stuff than just Transformer stuff. For example, I bought a Crimson Typhoon Pacific Rim figure (the last Jaeger I needed to buy), and I also got an "Enhanced
I also saw some cool Godzilla action figures, like this MechaGodzilla here:
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| Why didn't I buy this?? |
I also randomly saw some Frozen dolls in one booth. See, there's something for everyone!
We went to one panel - a retrospective of the old Transformers cartoon. Hal Rayle, Michael Miconnohie, Jack Angel, and Samantha Newark were on the panel. Samantha voiced Jem in the incredibly awesome 80s cartoon, Jem & The Holograms. So classic. And check out her pink hair, just like Jem's! It was a really great panel, fun and irreverent. I enjoyed it even without having seen the cartoon before.
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| Pink hair!!! |
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| Exhibit floor - so many goodies! |
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