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Toy-World have posted some photographs from Chara-Hobby 2009 which show the Disney Label Haloween Mickey Mouse, a hard copy of the Donald Duck Disney Label figure, the Device Label toys as well as the re-issue of the Combaticons and what appears to be new Constructicons and Aerial-bots! You can view the images below.
Update:
More images from the event can be found here, here and here.
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Auto Assembly
announced the first details for next year's convention, including the
date, location, and (subject to commitments) the first guests who may
be attending:
Yes, it's on the way... we can now reveal the
first official details for Auto Assembly 2010! It will be another
weekend convention and this time it will be taking place on Friday 13th
- Sunday 15th August 2010 and once again it will be held in the Holiday
Inn Birmingham City Centre, on Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham. The
main convention will take place on the Saturday and Sunday again but
there will be bonus programmes of events on the Friday and Saturday
evenings for weekend attendees only.
We already have our first three guests confirmed for the convention -
regular Auto Assembly guest and Transformers artist Simon Williams,
colourist Liam Shalloo and making a welcome return to Auto Assembly
will be top Transformers artist Guido Guidi!
Remember to book early to make sure you get a place and to help finance more guests (remember Voice Actors need to be flown in from America).
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BBC Birmingham have published their coverage of Auto Assembly 2009 which includes a feature article as well as an image gallery.
The feature includes some quotes from Auto Assembly Organiser Simon Plumbe regarding how the event went, as well as making mention to the Lucky Draw display that was shown by the owners of this very website.
The image gallery includes photos of some of the female cosplayers, guest, dealers, staff, attendees as well as various items that were on display in our cabinets on the Saturday.
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Greetings from Auto Assembly 2009. The doors have been opened for about three hours now, though we have been in the hall since 7 setting up the display cabinets with todays Lucky Draw display. We have all but 12 Lucky Draws on display today along with a Beast Machines Cheetor hardcopy, testshot and final release piece which is kindly on load from The Space-Bridge.
During the official opening ceremony a video was shown with a greeting from the voice actor Scott McNeil who will be the guest of honour at next years show (should it go ahead).
It was also announced that todays attendance was 498 which is a new record for a European Transformers convention
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Greetings Transformers Fans!
Auto Assembly 2009 is already the biggest Eurpean Transformers convention ever – but we’re striving to break that glass ceiling of 500 fans, so please, pre-register today before it’s too late!
For full details on
Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at
www.autoassembly.org.uk
Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009
forum:
http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email:
autoassembly@aol.com
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Auto Assembly have sent out the following press release covering their showing of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen and the Next of Kin concert.
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update on the Revenge Of The Fallen cinema screening that we
are arranging for the Friday night bonus programme as part of this year's
convention as well as a mini update on the Saturday night party...
Revenge Of The Fallen
We have chosen the Odeon cinema on New Street in Birmingham City Centre to
hold the screening of Revenge Of The Fallen on Friday 14th August. While it
isn't an IMAX cinema, the IMAX was not only going to be quite an expensive
option but the cinema wanted us to guarantee over 250 ticket sales which we
couldn't do.
The Odeon is about 5 minutes walk from the hotel and we will be given
EXCLUSIVE use of one of their screens and tickets for the film will cost just
£4.50 although we may be offered a discount on these depending on how many
people go along. The plan is to meet up in the main convention hall at around
8:30 pm and then once everyone has gathered, walk over to the cinema, buy our
tickets and see the film!
What we need is to get a rough idea of how many of you would be planning on
joining us so we can let the cinema know what size screen they can reserve for
us. They have screens ranging in size from 67 people up to around 300 and we can
get the use of any of them for the convention but we will need to reserve it in
advance so we need to know pretty urgently so the sooner you reply to us the
better.
The screening is exclusive to weekend attendees only, as is the whole of
the Friday programme. The only thing we must remind everyone is that because the
cinema screening is an exclusive Auto Assembly event, you will need to wear your
passes when you go to the cinema to ensure that you are sold tickets to the
film.
Next Of Kin
If you haven't already heard online, our band Next Of Kin who have composed
Transform, the official anthem for Auto Assembly 2009, are playing a one-hour
set of different tracks from the animated Transformers movie as part of our
Saturday evening programme. After that, our plans for Saturday night have
changed somewhat...
Instead of a disco, Next Of Kin will be taking a short break after their
Transformers set, and will then RETURN to the stage for a rip-roaring show for
the rest of the night, playing their own songs, and a selection of cover songs
from various artists to suit all tastes! This will be a great show and it will
mean that we will have an entire evening of live music and entertainment for you
all!
Party Passes
For those of you only attending for the Saturday and who aren't able to be
there for the weekend because of work, travel or other reasons but who want to
attend the evening programme, then worry no more! We now have some spare
capacity on the night so we are releasing a limited number of PARTY PASSES.
These will be on sale throughout the day on Saturday for just £10 each and they
will admit you into the evening programme so if you want to see the script
reading, the two shows from Next Of Kin, and the performance by Ray Curran, then
snap these up while you can!
Party Rules
We don't want to put a dampener on things, but we do want to put a couple
of minor rules in place for the Saturday night. First, because we will be
filming part of the evening for our own DVD release and because it is exclusive
for weekend attendees, video cameras and video recording of the script reading
and Next Of Kin show is BANNED. If anyone is found to be recording either of
these without prior written permission, then your cameras, mobile phones, or any
other recording devices may be confiscated and recordings will be deleted.
Secondly, because the party will be taking place in the convention hall,
carrier bags, shopping bags, sports bags etc or bags of any other kind (apart
from ladies handbags) are NOT permitted in the convention hall. There will still
be some dealers tables set up in the hall albeit covered up and sectioned off,
but to reduce the risk of theft, bags will not be allowed.
Sorry about these, but we want to ensure that everyone can enjoy the
evening with as little hassle as possible!
That's it for now and we're looking forward to seeing you all next
weekend!
The Auto Assembly 2009 Team!
Auto Assembly
2009 - The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England
www.autoassembly.org.uk - official
Auto Assembly website
http://autoassembly.proboards7.com
- official Auto Assembly forum
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With just ONE WEEK to go before Auto Assembly 2009, things are still happening with the convention and moving along at a breakneck speed...
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Simon Furman has updated his blog regarding Auto Assembly
Just a quick reminder that Auto Assembly, the UK’s premier (in fact, only) dedicated Transformers convention is just over a week away now. This year’s AA is a full weekend, Saturday and Sunday (15th & 16th of August), with two US voice actor guests (Gregg Berger and Ian Corlett so far confirmed) and a host of comics professionals including Nick Roche, Jon Davis-Hunt, Andrew Wildman and Lee Sullivan.
Sadly, due to personal commitments, I can’t be there this year, but I’ll be there in spirit as I’ve supplied the script for AA’s live voice actor drama on the Saturday night and I’m one half of the convention-exclusive edition of All Hail Megatron #13 (keep hold of those for next year’s AA and I’ll scrawl all over the cover then!).
So what can I tease about the voice actor drama? Well, it’s set in the Beast Wars era for a start, though expect it to be somewhat cross-continuity in nature (as there might still, I believe, be a third voice actor guest). Gregg has two roles.
Don’t expect anything too dramatic from the drama, it’s played more for laughs than anything (anyone who caught my two previous Botcon voice actor dramas will know what to expect). There are four roles to be filled by convention attendees (maybe a comics pro getting a look-in there) and artist Simon Williams is narrating in the style of WWE.
So, anyway, sad to miss out myself, but I’ll be back for AA 2010. Enjoy!
For more details on AA09, check out their website here
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Auto Assembly 2009 Ten Day Update - Prize Draws And More!
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Auto Assembly 2009 Two Weeks To Go!
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Well its official, Auto Assembly 2009 will be Europe's largest (in terms of guests and attendance) dedicated Transformers convention ever! Yes we have received word from the organisers that over night it has broken the previous European record set by Auto Assembly in 2008 of 423.
Transforce held the record for a few years at 400 in 2002 until Auto Assembly beat that in 2005 with 409 attendees. In 2008 the event sent a new record of 423.
Remember we will be in attendance putting on the worlds largest display of Lucky Draws (though u will need to be their on the Sunday to see everything we have), so remember to stop by and introduce yourselves.
Auto Assembly 2009 Releases Final Single-Day Tickets!
With
Just 20 days to go before Auto Assembly 2009, we are now releasing the
FINAL batch of single day tickets for those of you unable to attend for
the full weekend...!
We have now released a further 45 single day passes for
the Saturday and Sunday and once these have sold out, the only way you
will be able to get a one-day pass will be as an on-the-door attendee
and these will be sold on a first come, first served basis subject to
availability. We do have plenty of full weekend passes available still
and these are not subject to any restrictions on sales numbers so if
you want a full weekend pass you still have time to book these, but as
the convention is getting closer, you don't want to miss out...
The cut-off dates for pre-registrations are looming
ever closer and for those of you living within the UK, you MUST get
your bookings in by 10th August 2009 to allow us enough time to process
them and post your passes out to you. If you live outside of the UK, we
are recommending that you book no later than 3rd August. Any later and
we can not be held responsible for delays in the postal system.
If you wish to collect your passes on the weekend
itself in person, we will be looking into this for WEEKEND ATTENDEES
ONLY but please contact us to discuss this.
Single day attendees will get access to the FULL
convention on your chosen day including all the dealers, workshops, all
the guest talks, FREE autograph sessions, our goodie bags, and
everything else that weekend attendees have. However, weekend attendees
gain earlier admission to the convention and have access to the
exclusive Saturday evening programme with our voice actor script
reading, live band and disco and the bonus Friday evening programme.
Single day passes are just £25 for adults and £18 for
children/concessions.
Full weekend tickets are still available and are £45
for adults and £35 for children/students/senior citizens with under 5s
being FREE. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are just £145
saving £15. Don't miss out on your chance to be a part of what is going
to be a great weekend celebrating 25 years of the Transformers!! The
convention is already about to break the European attendance record
from pre-registrations alone so isn't now the time you should be a part
of it?!
Finally, our main convention hotel is now FULL for the
Saturday night for accommodation so we have now moved onto an overflow
hotel nearby and are also investigating a THIRD for accommodation. If
you are travelling and do need somewhere to stay, we can't stress the
urgency now of booking sooner rather than later to get somewhere to
stay as well as your ticket for the event! Hotel details will be sent
with your booking confirmation. The Holiday Inn, and our overflow hotel
have ample rooms for the Friday and Sunday evenings but Saturday is
only available in the overflow hotel.
For full details on Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009
Auto
Assembly 2009 is a non-profit making convention for fans of
Transformers and is being held on 15th - 16th August 2009 at the
Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England.
web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
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TFW2005, and their sister sites HissTank and ToyArk, have uploaded more images from the SDCC which official starts tomorrow. You can find images of the Hasbro Booth here, and here with image of the Marvel Universe figures that were on display here and G.I-Joe images here and here.
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Both TFormers and TFW2005 have already started their coverage of his weekends SDCC. You can view their images thus far by visiting their sites. TFW2005, TFormers
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As the date for Auto Assembly 2009 draws nearer, we are still adding to our extensive list of activities throughout the weekend and we are now pleased to announce that we are now being joined by our FIFTEENTH guest for the convention...
Joining us for the SUNDAY ONLY is comic artist Jon Davis-Hunt. Jon has recently joined the team working on Titan Magazine's Transformers comic as their new regular artist for their UK-originated strip, although he has produced cover artwork for them previously. He has also worked for IDW on the adaptation of Revenge Of The Fallen and was one of the artists for 2000 AD. Prior to switching to the comic industry, Jon previously worked in the video games industry.
Jon will be taking to the stage along with some of our other comic guests on Sunday
(our comic panels will be split throughout the weekend) and he will be joining the rest of our comic guests in our guest area to sign autographs and meet fans.
Jon is joining what is the biggest ever line-up of guests seen at a European Transformers event which currently includes our two guests of honour Gregg Berger (G1 Grimlock), Ian James Corlett (Cheetor), and our comic guests - Andrew Wildman (Saturday only), Simon Williams, Staz Johnson, Nick Roche, Liam Shalloo, Lew Stringer (Saturday only), Jason Cardy, Kat Nicholson, Lee Bradley, Lee Sullivan, Mike Collins, and Kris Carter. As we have three guests who will only be able to attend for a single day, the ONLY way you will get to meet all of our guests this year is to attend for the FULL weekend!
We have a very limited number of single tickets available for the Sunday, but plenty of weekend tickets available. More single day passes for Saturday may be released soon but with the convention being less than four weeks away, you need to hurry to pre-register for what will be the biggest ever Transformers convention that Europe has ever seen!
For full details on Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009
Auto Assembly 2009 is a non-profit making convention for fans of Transformers and is being held on 15th - 16th August 2009 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England.
web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
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On 19 July for the first time in Germany, finaly it was there, the C.O.N.S. "Cybertrons Opend New Spaceport" the first german Transformers Fan Convention !
Fan Convention cause it was just from Fans for Fans, we had no big Sponsor this year and did it all with only the help from our Fans!
Thanks to our Dealers, Fan Dealers, Fans and Guests that was there we earned so much fun and happy faces that all the work before was payed, cause just the fun is what counts in the end.
We had 18 different tables with dealers and 153 peoples there and that was so cool for the very first time of a Convention that we are really happy to say we have to bring it on and next year can come, we do it again for sure on 11 July 2010 in Germany.
There was Costum Contest, Fan Art Contest, Attacktix Tournament plus Catering in rooms and Barbecue outside.
Also there was a special Dealer we orderd with exclusive Transformers Costums Jewellery. Also Raymond T. was there with Crew, for us special guests cause he managed each year the netherlands Transformers Convention "TF-ConVersions" and we stay Partners now.
Please take a look in our Galleries here and you see how we have transformed germany for the first time:
The Crew from NTF-Archive and the C.O.N.S. Team who made it possible can only say big thanks to all ! And see all back next year on C.O.N.S. 2010.
We made it also to a big german papers:
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Devil Gigatron
Choose Your Fate
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
US Sheet 1
Transformers Animated
