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All The Cool Stuff is pleased to announce the third
Roll Out/ Roll Call, the UK Fan Show Convention dedicated to
Transformers, Action Force & GI Joe, 10th-11th March 2012 at
Southampton's largest hotel, Jurys Inn overlooking East Park.
We are very proud to welcome some very special guests from the world of Transformers, Action Force & GI-Joe.
Our first two announced guests are the legendary comic writers Larry Hama & Simon Furman.
This is Larry's first signing in the UK, do not miss out on this amazing opportunity.
http://www.allthecoolstuff.co.uk/ROLL-O ... 0-182.aspx
More guests will be announced shortly.
There
will also be special presentations and panels on the toys, comics and
cartoons from special guest presenters, plus in addition there will be
show exclusives and trading affiliates, who will be attending the show
with a host of the latest, and in some cases, unique range of
merchandise. Tickets will be on limited availability, so please book in
advance to avoid disappointment. Tickets will go on sale soon.
Be sure to tune in to our sponsors for the latest news and announcements for the show:
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/ for the latest Transformers news in the UK.
http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/index.html the UK's premiers website for Action Force.
http://whatsonjoemind.podbean.com/ the fancast about the world of GI-Joe.
http://www.fullmetalhero.com/ for the latest toy release news.
or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/RollOutRollCall
If you are looking for anything that you cannot see on the site, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
All the best,
Dave.
All The Cool Stuff
64 High Street
Fordingbridge
Hampshire
SP6 1AX
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on: Thursday, 6th October 2011 at 18:17:31 BST
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Hasbro has started to show of it's exclusives for the 2011 New York Comic-Con. First up are a pair of Cuponk cups featuring Megatron (with a headband and Wrestling Belt) and Optimus Prime (with headband and gold medal).
Hasbro have also annouced their "NERF N-Strike Barricade RV-10 Blaster, featuring Bumblebee
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on: Tuesday, 4th October 2011 at 08:54:49 BST
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Dairycon have made an annoucement regarding Dairycon 2012
Dairycon 2012 Announced
The Dairyland Transfans present:
In association with Fredsworkshop.com
Directed by Some Other Guy Who Likes Explosions:
"Dairycon 2012: The Moo-Vie!"
Friday & Saturday, April 27-28th, 2012!
The historic Ramada Plaza's Crystal Ballroom in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin!
For Immediate Release
You read that right, folks! Due to the a steady increase in
attendance since the inception of Dairycon in 2001, as well as two
years' of RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE; Dairycon is going to be hosted in
the largest space in the city! The Historic Ramada Plaza's Crystal
Ballroom!
Larger Dealer Space, the ever-popular Dairycon Convention
Exclusives, Prizes, Drawings, Events, & A Large Screen TV showing
your favorite episodes!
It's beyond Gouda. Beyond Evil. Beyond your Wildest Expectations!
Mark your calendars! PreRegistration opens December 1st!
Reserve your space for the Event of the Year!
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on: Monday, 3rd October 2011 at 09:10:40 BST
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Roll Out Roll Call, the
UK convention show for Transformers, GI-Joe & Action Force is back,
announcing their first weekender dates for 2012 and a new bigger venue.
Taking place over the
10th and 11th of March 2012 at The Jury's Inn in Southampton, England, the show
promises to be even more popular bringing together fans and collectors under
one roof.
As part of the launch,
the first two guests have been announced in the form of two legendary writers,
GI-Joe A Real American Hero writer Larry Hama (who will be signing for the
first time in the UK) and Transformers & Action Force writer Simon Furman.
More guests will be
announced, as will additional features for the show, including presentations
and panels. Tickets will go on sale soon and will have limited availability.
For more launch details on the show visit Roll Out Roll Call or
follow @rolloutrollcall on Twitter
We'll be there, make sure you are!
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on: Thursday, 29th September 2011 at 08:41:54 BST
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Auto Assembly Europe's website at
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 in Uppsala
is finally fully live - now you can find lots of informative pages on
general info, our guests, goodie bag contents, the hotel and how to get
the discounted hotel rooms, tips on how to reach Uppsala when you travel
by plane, train, bus and ferry, and so on. More pages will be added
frequently!
Don't forget to register for the convention, which takes place in Uppsala, Sweden, on the weekend of 12-13 November!
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on: Wednesday, 28th September 2011 at 11:24:05 BST
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Auto Assembly have released a few tweets over the last couple of days regarding the 2012 event.
First up was that Lee Bradley will be at the convention as the 10th guest.
The second tweet was the Information Pack for the 2012 convention.
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on: Sunday, 25th September 2011 at 10:53:49 BST
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Savcon have announced another guest for their upcoming Transformers convention as Neil Kaplan, voice of Optimus Prime in Robots In Disguise. Here's the official announcement,.
With great pleasure Savcon would like to announce that Mr. Neil Kaplan Will be attending Savcon!!
Mr.Kaplan
was the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers 2001 RobotsIn
Disguise series as well as the voice of Tychus Findlay inStarcraft II :
Wings Of Liberty. This is indeed an honor and we can't wait to meet him!!
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on: Wednesday, 21st September 2011 at 09:47:40 BST
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New Auto Assembly Fanzine, CT Alpha Is Released!
That’s right at long last Issue Zero of our new fanzine CT Alpha from the
creative team behind Auto Assembly’s convention magazine The Cybertronian Times,
is available as promised this issue is entirely free of charge. 32 pages for the
cost of your time.
So what do you get in Issue Zero I hear you ask? Well kicking off the
magazine we have a six page prologue to the ongoing comic story that will be in
CT-Alpha – Transformers: Animated Season Four. Nothing ever stays dead in
the Transformers universe, and it’s never as simple as waving a magic wand and
coming back in this tale courtesy of myself and Ralph Burns.
Other comic strips include – The Story of Drift – Matt Marshall crafts a
delightfully skewed look at the most divisive Transformers character in recent
years. Life Goes On – Sam Palmer shows us that while many did lose their
lives in the events shown in Last Stand of the Wreckers it is not the end of
Impactor’s story. Inheritance from Fox and Jasmine Smith and Malmunis show
us an Optimus Prime reflecting back on the life of another. Rounding out the
comic content is the delightfully off-kilter Tales From Esoteria by Gav
Spence. He dreams about Transformers and draws it for you!
Fans of good quality text stories we have plenty of good things for you to:
A Rock and a Hard Place by Aimee Morgan – Kup’s Cygar is the only thing holding
him back from falling into the madness that beset him before (Spotlight: Kup),
but is it the best possible solution to his problem? Verity Carlo doesn’t
seem to think so. Predatory Instinct sees us look at the legendary hunters
of the Great War – The Predacons. Some legends fade into memory, while
others live again as we will see in this tale by Nick Snowden. Robert Lock
gives us Just because you are Paranoid: A life in the day of Venom – as
the new Decepticon head of security conducts interviews for his
assistance. He needs the right sort of personality for the role and
he’s going to be thorough! For Survival – David Underwood
takes us into the mindscape of Sentinel Prime. Just why did the one-time
leader of the Autobots find himself allied with Megatron? Finally –
Revenge of a Medic by Nicola Piazza. Ratchet spends far too much of his
time patching up Sunstreaker and Sideswipe over the years with their
excesses. Today he gets one back on them.
All wrapped up in a beautiful cover by Guido Guidi (which eagle eyed
readers will recognise as the basis for Cybertronian Times Issue 11 in
2010). This time in it’s pristine monochrome glory. Well that’s your lot
for now.
You want more? Well okay then, but you’ll need to wait. Check
back in two month’s time we will have CT-Alpha Issue 1 waiting for you.
As for the price... We’ve been trumpeting on about the fact that Issue Zero
is free, but haven’t yet mentioned the series proper. We just want to make it
clear that the cover price of CT-Alpha will go entirely towards the costs of
running Auto Assembly which is run on a non-profit making basis. The costs of
website hosting/traffic are not included in the cover price, so if you buy a
copy it’s going directly to AA.
If you just want to buy a single issue it will be £1.25 (that includes any
issues that are larger than the standard 32 page issue). Initially we will be
offering 3 and 6 issue subscriptions. A 3 issue subscription will cost £3.00 and
a 6 issue subscription will cost £6.00. A link to the subscriptions will be
available in the next 24-48 hours on the CT Alpha website -
http://www.ct-alpha.comWe hope that you'll give this new fanzine a try, maybe become regular
subscribers and subscribe to the updates on the website and let us know your
views by email or on the CT Alpha section on the Auto Assembly Forum.
If you get the chance, why not pay the newly revamped Auto Assembly website
a visit as well. With new support for Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds, our Youtube
Channel and Forum and a much easier to navigate approach, this is an ideal time
to visit to get all the latest updates on CT Alpha, Auto Assembly Europe and
Auto Assembly 2012.
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 13th
November 2011 at the Clarion Hotel Gillet in Uppsala, Sweden and our first
confirmed guest is Simon Furman and tickets are on sale from our website now at
www.autoassemblyeurope.euAuto Assembly 2012 is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August
2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England and tickets
are available from the website now. For more details on the convention, to see a
full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to
book your tickets, visit the website at
www.autoassembly.org.uk
The
Auto Assembly Team
Assembly 2012 - 3rd - 5th August 2012.
The
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England
Auto Assembly is sponsored by:
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on: Sunday, 18th September 2011 at 14:48:44 BST
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The Allspark are reporting that the wave 5 deluxe figures from
Transformers Dark of the Moon, Air Raid, Armor Topspin and Darksteel, are now out in Malaysia retail shops. They are also reporting that Human Alliance
Basic Wave 4 Reverb and Crosshairs has also been sighted.
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on: Sunday, 18th September 2011 at 10:33:48 BST
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The Auto Assembly website has been updated with the following announcement:
Dealers Tables available for Auto Assembly Europe 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012!
Have you ever wanted to attend a Transformers convention as a dealer
but not had the opportunity? Or have you attended in the past but not
been for a while? Or are you one our our regular dealers looking to make
a return to the convention? Well, we are now accepting bookings for
Dealers Tables for Auto Assembly Europe 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012!
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 is taking place on 12th – 13th November
2011 in Uppsala, Sweden in the Clarion Hotel Gillet, and as a special
offer this year as the innaugural year of Auto Assembly Europe we are
offering dealers tables at the incredible bargain rate of just €50 each!
This covers the cost of a single dealers table and it
also covers the cost of one of a full weekend pass to the convention! If
you are interested in attending, the contact Peter Casselo at bigpete@ntfa.net.
Auto Assembly 2012 is taking place on 3rd – 5th August 2012 and will
be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, in Birmingham,
England. We have slashed the prices of dealers tables for 2012 and they
are just £100 and include up to two members of staff per table. Each
staff pass gives you full access to the convention weekend, the same as
any attendee, and all dealers also get our full goodie bag which will
include the convention magazine, comic and much more. This is a great
bargain to get dealer access and tickets to Europe’s largest Transformers convention! For more details on dealers tables, get in touch with us at contact@autoassembly.org.uk
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on: Sunday, 18th September 2011 at 10:30:57 BST
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There were a lot of discussions about this after the Auto Assembly 2011 to see what we could do to get the 3rd Party toys back at Auto Assembly. Well here's the official word.
For the last few years we have had an official policy here at Auto
Assembly regarding the sale of unofficial and third party products at
the convention. We know that many of our dealers do stock a wide range
of third party produced toys and toy upgrades, and a growing number of
fans do collect these alternatives to Hasbro and Takara Tomy produced
products so there is a genuine demand for them at Auto Assembly.
Since Auto Assembly 2011, we have been looking at this carefully and
we are going to be revising this policy extensively for Auto Assembly
2012 and we hope to be announcing details this week of a new policy
which we believe will be much fairer to dealers and attendees
alike, ensuring that a much wider range of third party products will be
on sale at Auto Assembly 2012. There will still be some products that
will be on our “banned” list which are in direct breach of Hasbro or
Takara Tomy’s trademarks / copyrights, but we are convinced that
everyone will be happy with what we will be announcing!
Don’t forget, Dealer Table bookings are open now for Auto Assembly
2012 and with table prices at our lowest rate for years and with cheaper
hotel rates than ever before, there’s never been a better time to come
along and trade at Auto Assembly!
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on: Tuesday, 13th September 2011 at 09:56:54 BST
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After much anticipation, we can proudly announce that tickets for
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 are about to go on sale in the next 24 hours
through the Auto Assembly Europe
website. Tickets will cost €45 for the full weekend for adults, €30 for
youths, with single days tickets costing €25. Children under 12 are
free and dealers tables are available for the bargain price of just €50
each!
Our first guest this year is man-of-the-moment Simon Furman and with
hopefully more guests to be announced, this is set to be a great event!
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on: Tuesday, 13th September 2011 at 09:48:56 BST
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The official Botcon Twitter has been busy, sending out tweat after
tweat on the 2012 set. The short version is that the mockups for the set
are done and looking very good in the opinion of Fun Publications, that
three of the toys in the set are seeing their first updates ever, and
that for two, they have drawn on the "distant" past.
Two
things we confirmed, it's not Transformers Animated themed,
and it's not Trailbreaker, Gears or Brawn.
The distant pastfits in with the rumour we had been told regarding the set. A rumour we think is cool and will be very popular to a small select group, though we are not sure how the larger community would feel.
Below are their tweets
Oh, no, as SOON as we get everything finalized with the PTB and locked up we will announce.
NOBODY wants the locale and date announced more than us. We are working on it every day... LOTS of factors involved.
Read on to view the original text of all the tweats involved!
The 2012 BotCon Convention Set mock ups are done, and they are absolutely amazing! We have went all out...
And if you are an 80's fan, one character will be the MUST HAVE Transformer of the year!
Start saving... Attending or not, as a whole, this may be the best set we have ever done. Def in top 3 based on concept/mock ups
@mrlumptastic Top 3? 2006, 2011 and 2012... Other sets had good unique pieces, but maybe one feel flat here or there.
@mrlumptastic Really don't think there is a bad piece in the 2012 set. Every one of them would make a great stand alone piece.
Now for the hint(s)... Three are seeing their first updates ever, and what an update(s) it is!
For two of them, we have drawn upon the "distant" past... what that means will be known soon enough!
@GeneralTekno We are not doing TFA for 2012...
Trailbreaker, Gears and Brawn...
are NOT being done by us.
They need the good ol' Hasbro Classics treatment first and foremost...
We'll take care of some of the other, equally awesome characters!
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on: Wednesday, 7th September 2011 at 21:14:20 BST
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Thanks to Simon Furman for dropping by to let us know some more information on Nor-Con
Writer Simon Furman [Transformers #81 et al] and artist Barry Kitson [Wrath of Grimlock/Guardian, Icarus Theory, Dinobot Hunt] will be among the guests (including virtually the entire main cast of Red Dwarf) at Nor-Con, the Norwich Sci-Fi Convention, this coming Sunday (Sept 11th).
Simon will be bringing scripts, comics and more for sale/signature. The event is being held at the University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, from 10AM to 5PM.
For more details, check out their website: http://www.nor-con.co.uk/
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on: Wednesday, 7th September 2011 at 13:45:44 BST
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Savcon, the Transformers convention that takes place in Savannah, Georgia has annouced their second guest, Lee Tockar. Mr Tockar was the voice of Beast Wars Ravage and wil join Gregg Berger on the 23rd and 24th of June 2012.
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on: Wednesday, 7th September 2011 at 08:43:14 BST
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