Botcon 2001
Day 1

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Botcon Badge for this year
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Enterance to the Dealer room. Everything was going ok this year till they delayed the opening of the Dealer room for almost an Hour without telling everyone. Many People were starting to get ticked at that point. Then the dealer rooms (yes there were 2 this year) opened and the feeding frenzy started.
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Scott Mcneil  and Garry Chalk (beast wars voice Actors)
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Fan made Megatron Outfit
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Another view with Optimus on floor
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Optimus getting packaged up
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Art room
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Art Room Teeshirts
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Megs in Bathtub
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Repaints from fans
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RiD Toys for Auction
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More RiD
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Fan Diorama - Notice Prime in Lounge chair and Blurr pukling in Toilet =)
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Fan made Stuff
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Fan Made Display
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Art
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Fan Made Gestalt
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Fan Art
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Repaints from Wreckers
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Exclusive Plate
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Program from the Show
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Reprinted Hard Cover Comic. Covers issues 69-80 with forwards from Furman and the Artists

Well The First Day of the Con is over. My haul so far isn't that bad. Here's the links to my toys so far. 1 and 2. Not to bad. Some of the Highlights of the Day:

Day Started off on bad note cause of the delay of the dealer room cause of the need for phone lines for Credit card sales. Really bummed out people who'd be waiting for 2 hours to get in.

The Dealer rooms were super cramped at first. But there were 2 rooms with 130 dealers (only 83 last year so there alot more toys to go around). But once everyone spread out it was really nice to have a large selection.

G1 Voice Actor Panel was pretty cool. Gave some decent Info on what went on behind the scenes back in the classic 80's Eps. But the highlight for me was the BW voice actors panel. Garry and Scott are two funny guys who really know how to put on a good show. and were quite candid about their negative opinions about the Beast machines show. Both Admitted to not liking the direction the show went and what the writers did to their characters from Beast Wars.

Charity Auction was also a good time. Nothing amazing for sale. Mostly RiD stuff and some tee-shirts. But near the end of the auction it got quite silly when they started auctioning off DNA from the voice actors (in the form of used drinking glasses) incase you care...a glass used by Scott got 25$, Garry got $20 for his glass..and they auctioned off a glass of water for 5$. All good fun for a good charity - Make a Wish

Art Room. Only really had a few minutes to go threw. Will get more photos tomorrow. Along with photos of the dealer tables.


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