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Auto Assembly Europe have announced the date and location of the 2011
convention on the official Auto Assembly Europe website,
www.autoassemblyeurope.eu. The convention, which was formerly known as Nordcon before the group merged under the Auto Assembly banner, will takeg place at
the
Clarion Hotel Gillet in Uppsala, Sweden, on November 12th and 13th 2011. The first guest announced for the event is the legendary
Transformers comic writer Simon Furman.
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I have uploaded the photographs that we took whilst at Auto Assembly 2011 here in the UK. The convention took place last week end in Birmingham and was another outstanding success.
We'd once again like to thank everyone who attended the event from the guests, the dealers, the volunteers, the committee, the hotel staff and, of course, Simon and Trish for all their work throughout the year
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First of all I would like to say thank you to everyone who attended Auto Assembly in one capacity or another. Everyone worked their butts off from the committee, the volunteers, the dealers and their helpers to try to make the show as smooth as possible despite the problems that were faced. The guests were once again warm and welcoming and once again went out of their way to entertain everyone. Finally everyone who attended the convention needs to be thanked. There were a lot of first-timers this year and the general consensus was overwhelmingly positive.
During Auto Assembly it was announced that David Kaye is voicing a role in Transformers Prime, but it was also hinted, during his promo video, that David Sobolov, voice of Beast Wars Depth Charge, may also have a role in the current Transformers show.
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Are you in the UK? Are you attending Auto Assembly 2011? That's right, Auto Assembly 2011 kicks officially kicks off today in Birmingham and if you haven't already purchased your ticket(s) to the event do not worry, you can buy them on the door tomorrow.
With over a dozen guests ranging from voice actors to cartoon episode writers, comics writers and comic artist there will be someone there for you. The event will also have plenty of dealers so you can pick up some Transformers figures form which ever line(s) interest you and hang out with fellow fans of the Transformers line.
If you do attend, don't forget to drop by the toy display where Transformers At The Moon will be running a display this year based around the Japanese Beast Wars figures.
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Simon Plumbe has sent out another press release regarding Auto Assembly 2011 and the possible effects that the recent disturbances in Birmingham may have on transport to and from the hotel
Birmingham Update Press Release
Naturally, we know that many of you are still concerned about events in Birmingham but we wanted to reassure you about what is happening and keep you up to date about what we are doing to ensure the convention continues as smoothly as possible.
First, some of you may have heard that coaches to Birmingham have been cancelled. As far as we have heard, Digbeth Coach Station has been temporarily closed but coaches are being diverted to Edgbaston which is approximately 1 miles outside of the city centre so this will just be a short taxi ride to the convention hotel. As there are still a few days to the convention, we believe that there is still time for the station to re-open.
Secondly, while there were still incidents last night, they were significantly reduced following the increased police presence in the city centre. Last night over 500 police officers were in the centre and did a fantastic job containing the violence and disruptions and keeping this to a minimum.
For those of you coming to the convention this weekend, don't forget that we have an active Event Page on Facebook that you can join:- http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141185125921522 . We are leaving to head off to the convention at noon today but we will still be posting updates throughout the day on Facebook and leading right up to the convention and other attendees will post details of travel share plans and general discussions of incidents that they may find out in relation to the convention. To allay any concerns that you may have regarding part of the content of the convention this year, both David Kaye and David Wise are already in the UK and Gregg Berger is leaving the US today to arrive tomorrow morning so all our guests of honour will be in the UK by tomorrow morning!
Just remember guys... "Nothing's going to stand in our way!". We're very close to setting a NEW European attendance record and with YOUR help, we are determined to make this the BEST convention we have ever held!
People are already looking at making car share or travel share plans, arrangements to travel to hotels together or in groups for those not staying in the convention hotel so we are making every effort to cover ever eventuality this year.
Simon Plumbe
Committee Head, Auto Assembly
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Auto Assembly sent out the following press release yesterday
Transformers Actors Rally behind Auto Assembly 2011!
With less than a week to go before the Transformers event of the year, it’s
decision time - are you going to join us in giving a thunderous farewell to
the Holiday Inn, in it’s final year as AA central?
We’ve done all we can to persuade you – we’ve told you about our room full
of Transformers dealers, our guest panels, exclusive giveaways, our unveiling of
new and never before seen video game information from Jagex... we’ve even told
you that Hasbro will be in attendance this year to add a final shine to what is
certainly going to be the biggest and most phenomenal event we have ever
hosted.
But still, with just four days until pre-registration closes, some of you
are undecided... so how about, rather than taking our word you listen to what
some of our friends have got to say about us... and my, do we have friends in
high places!
And not to be outdone, with the appliance of science we are able to bring
you this special presentation put together for you all by Mr Paul Eiding
himself - the voice of Generation 1 Perceptor.
Friends, your heroes have spoken! Come to Auto Assembly 2011! And let’s
break that European attendance record one more time! If you can't make it this
year, don't forget you can book NOW for Auto Assembly 2012 and beat the
rush!
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Transformers Universe
MMO Panel At Auto Assembly 2011!
You may have thought
that you had seen all of our major announcements regarding Auto Assembly 2011,
but we said we had a few more special announcements that we had held back - and
here's one of the biggest that we have been wanting to tell you all about for
quite some time...
The upcoming
Transformers Universe MMO is on course to be one of the most eagerly awaited
Transformers games EVER. The online MMO will be giving players the chance to
take charge of a brand new self-created Autobot or Decepticon and play against
thousands of other players across the globe!
The game is being
created by Jagex, the British developers who are responsible for Runescape
which is the world's most popular free-to-play MMOG and over 40 other online
titles.
Jagex will be at Auto
Assembly 2011 and will be taking to the stage for a presentation on the game
and for a Q&A Session on the Saturday afternoon which promises to be one of
the hits of the convention, where they will be revealing some new information
about the game EXCLUSIVELY to Auto Assembly attendees!
That's not all though,
we can also now reveal that we are being joined by our SIXTEENTH guest! A late
addition to our already stunning line-up is Marvel G1 artist and inker Stephen
Baskerville who will be making his Auto Assembly debut this year. He will be
taking to the stage as part of our revised comic panel on Saturday afternoon
joining Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman to talk about Transformers #81...
Auto Assembly 2011 is
taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn
Birmingham City Centre, 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
We hope to see you all in August!
The Auto Assembly 2011 Team
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2011 is sponsored by
Toyz and Gamez - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Transformers @ The Moon - www.transformertoys.co.uk
TransformersAnimated.com - www.transformersanimated.com
Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
The Transformers.net - www.thetransformers.net
Titan Books - www.titanbooks.com
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
Full Metal Hero - www.fullmetalhero.com
3 Darths Comics - www.3darths.co.uk
Robot Kingdom - www.robotkingdom.com
Xyber Toys - www.xybertoys.com
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The Auto Assembly team have sent out the following press release
Guest Number
15 For Auto Assembly 2011!!
Only 19 days
to go before Europe's biggest Transformers convention takes place once again,
but we're
still hitting hard and fast with even more great news and announcements about
Auto
Assembly 2011. We're now pleased to announce that our guest line-up has grown to
mammoth
proportions...
We are now
being joined by comic colourist John Paul Bove who will be making his Auto
Assembly
debut this year and making a staggering 15 guests! John Paul has worked for IDW
and Marvel
and has worked on the New York Comic Con variant cover of Transformers Issue 12
alongside
Casey Coller, copies of which will be on sale at Auto Assembly 2011 on the 3
Darth's
Comic table, who have generously sponsored his appearance at the
convention.
John Paul
will be on the 3 Darths table to sign autographs and colour sketches for fans
throughout
the weekend, and will join our other comic guests on stage for the Q&A
session on
Saturday.
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The true legendary scribe of Transformers, Simon Furman, have updated his blog with a small entry regarding the SDCC announcement by IDW that Transformers #81 will indeed be published with a special 20 part run (issue 80.5 through 100) with the original Generation One crew of Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman back on board. Here is Simon's post
"Announced live yesterday at San Diego Comicon — the original
Marvel Transformers comic series (cancelled back in 1991 at issue #80)
is being continued by IDW Publishing, thanks in large part to an online
fan petition (big shouts for Luke and Ron of the IDW forums) and the
tireless efforts of IDW EiC Chris Ryall. Transformers (‘classic’) will
(re-) launch in Spring 2012 with issue 80 and a half, and reunites the
previous writer/artist team of myself and Andrew Wildman. The
reinvigorated run will build to a monumental 100th issue conclusion,
pulling together and tying up every dangling plotline you can think of
and a whole lot you can’t! What else can I tell you about the series?
Nada. Niente. Zilch. So don’t ask. For the time being anyway we’re
keeping this tightly under wraps. But it is going to shatter your
trousers! Guaranteed! "
Do not forget that Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman will both be in attendance at Auto Assembly next month in Birmingham where you can give them your reactions in person
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Another news story, another convention press release. Yes following on from SDCC its time to bring you the latest Press Release from Auto Assembly.
Auto Assembly 2011 Bookings Close In 3 Weeks
If you haven't already pre-registered, it's time to hurry up! Pre-registration for Auto Assembly 2011 closes in just THREE WEEKS at 10:00 pm GMT on Wednesday 10th August 2011!
The convention is fast approaching and if you want to get a personalised name badge and have some of the better, more limited free gifts in your goodie bag, as well as earlier admission to the convention, then you need to book your tickets online as soon as possible. We will have tickets available on the day for one day and full weekend passes, but as you will need to complete registration forms when you arrive, these will take longer for you to get into the convention.
Passes won't be sent out in advance of the convention this year. Instead we will be making them available for all of you to pick up at the convention in a series of designated pick up times starting from noon on Friday and continuing on Saturday and Sunday allowing for those of you who can only make in on those days and for single day attendees so even if you can't book until a few days before, you will still have a pass waiting for you to collect along with your bag of free gifts!
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Auto Assembly Launches New Fanzine - CT Alpha
We're in the last
couple of weeks before Auto Assembly 2011 and currently putting this
year's edition of The Cybertronian Times to bed. It's shaping up to be
another cracking edition, in a similar vein to last year's sell-out
edition and we can't wait to let you see it on the day, although we
aren't going to be stopping with that and sitting back and relaxing, oh
no! There are times when a year's gap between Auto Assembly and new
editions of The Cybertronian Times is a bit too long. With that in mind
we are putting together a new ongoing fanzine to help tide you over in
those months where AA seems just too far away, so later this year we
will be launching CT Alpha, an ongoing companion to The Cybertronian
Times...
So why tell us now you ask? The answer is fairly
straightforward... Instead of just churning something out, we'd like to
offer you the chance to help shape the look and feel of the magazine. So
at 11:30 am on Sunday 14th August 2011 we will be holding an open forum
for you to come along and do just that at Auto Assembly 2011! We'll be
discussing the fanzine, and getting your feedback and some of your ideas
and if anyone is interested in contributing then they can let us know.
Now we know there is lots already taking place at the convention, and
and we have a fairly packed event so if you can't make it and still want
to pass on your ideas to us, we'll have contact information available
on the day for you.
Now there will be all sorts of questions
going through your heads right now, mostly about how often it will come
out, how many pages and how much is this going to cost me? We are going
to have to be coy about some of these details for the time being and
more will be revealed at the discussion itself. However, what we can
tell you just now, aside from a promise that each issue will have more
than 16 pages in it is that the first issue of CT Alpha will be released
on 19th September 2011 and will be absolutely free. That's right -
FREE!
We are looking forward to seeing you there at the discussion forum at Auto Assembly 2011, and sharing some great ideas with you.
Auto
Assembly 2011 is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August
2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, 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.ukWe hope to see you all in August!
The Auto Assembly 2011 Team
Web:
www.autoassembly.org.ukYoutube:
www.youtube.com/autoassemblyTwitter:
www.twitter.com/auto_assemblyForum:
http://autoassembly.proboards.comEmail:
autoassembly@aol.comTel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2011 is sponsored by
Toyz And Gamez -
www.toyzandgamez.co.ukTransformers @ The Moon -
www.transformertoys.co.ukwww.transformersanimated.comwww.thetransformers.netTitan Books -
www.titanbooks.comScience Fiction Collectables -
www.sf-collectables.co.ukBig Bad Toy Store -
www.bbts.comXyber Toys -
www.xybertoys.comMoonbase 2 Podcast -
http://moonbase2.libsyn.com
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Auto Assembly have issued another press release for the upcoming UK Transformers Convention
14th Guest For Auto Assembly 2011 And Workshops Announced!
26 days to go until fans from across Europe and the rest of the world gather in Birmingham for Auto Assembly 2011, and we're still working hard to make this the biggest and best convention we have ever created. Not satisfied with what we have already go lined up for you, we can now bring you details of our next guest...
Returning once again as our FOURTEENTH guest this year is comic artist Lee Bradley. Lee's work will be familiar to UK fans through his ongoing work for Titan Magazines on their Transformers comic doing interior illustrations, comic strips and their "How To Draw..." series.
Lee joins our extensive line up which already includes Gregg Berger, David Kaye, David Wise, Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, Nick Roche, Geoff Senior, James Roberts, Simon Williams, Liam Shalloo, Kris Carter, Jason Cardy and Kat Nicholson!
Fourteen guests not enough for you? Well, we can now confirm details of this year's FREE Workshops that will be taking place during the convention weekend as well! Spread throughout the weekend will be a series of workshops open to all attendees run by some of our guests! Lee Bradley will be running a "How To Draw..." Workshop on the Sunday for anyone wanting to learn how to draw their favourite Transformer and Kris Carter and Liam Shalloo will be hosting a Colourist Workshop on Saturday. Kat Nicholson will be running a Transformers Animated themed Children's Art Workshop on Sunday and our Kitbash Workshop, a popular part of the programme in 2009, is making a welcome return!!
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Massive Titan Books Giveaway At At Auto Assembly 2011
With just FOUR WEEKS until Auto Assembly 2011 things are stepping up a gear
again! We said we still had some big announcements to make and some surprises up
our sleeves for all of you regarding the convention, and here's the
first...
We are pleased to announce that Titan Books, publishers of the UK
Transformers comic, has come on board as an official sponsor of this year's
convention. Titan have very generously supplied us with an astonishing 650
copies of their UK comic for us to give away to attendees this year as part of
the goodie bag! That's not all though... in conjunction with their sister
company, Forbidden Planet, Titan have also been a great help by giving us the
bags themselves for all the bundles of gifts that you will all receive.
But that's not all! They have also donated TEN copies of the Dark Of The
Moon movie adaptation novel written by Peter David. To be in with a chance of
winning one of these, all you need to do is pre-register for the convention! Ten
lucky winners will be chosen at random and when you collect your passes and
convention packs on the day, ten of you will find a winning ticket hidden in
your packs. Just take these along to our Control Desk and exchange them for your
prize so remember to check your packs carefully! Please note that ALL prizes
mush be claimed by the end of the Sunday afternoon!
We can't thank Titan enough for their support and generosity with this
fantastic package which is worth almost £1,700! If you want a goodie bag with
one of these comics in, you need to be amongst the first 650 people to attend
the convention, and you MUST pre-register if you want to be in with a chance of
winning the novel... and there will be MORE pre-registrant draws announced
soon!!
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The Auto Assembly team have issued the
Auto Assembly 2011 Youtube Competition
You've all seen all of our video announcements for Auto Assembly 2011 that
we have been producing for our official channel on Youtube. We've been using the
channel for the last couple of years to bring you all some great updates and
information about the convention, as well as exclusive footage of the events and
guest interviews, but now we're doing something a little different...
It's time for us to stop telling you how great we think Auto Assembly 2011
is going to be! We run the convention every year for YOU, the fans and now we
want to hear from you as well. We're running a competition in conjunction with
our Youtube channel and we want to know what you are looking forward to about
this year's convention. Is it the guests? Are you looking forward to meeting up
with all your friends? Are there any toys you are hoping to buy from the
dealers? Just record a video and post it online as a video response to this
video on youtube here:-
This video gives you more details on the competition, along with a brief
summary of the rules. All videos must be uploaded by no later than 1st August
2011. The winner will receive a bundle of autographs from various Transformers
celebrities and voice actors... so what are you waiting for??!!
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Be An Internet Video Star At Auto Assembly 2011
Auto Assembly 2011 is doing something brand new this year and giving fans the chance to be the stars of online videos seen all over the world just by talking about your interest in Transformers and science fiction / fantasy...
The filmmakers behind new British comedy film "Pulp" are offering you the chance to get involved in this great new series of online videos at Auto Assembly 2011 all weekend. "Pulp" is the story of struggling comic book writer Tony Leary, who becomes embroiled in a dastardly plot by nefarious geordie criminals and an alien bear. Aided by his geek dream team; Rick and Keith, Tony must embark upon a journey which takes him to the very edge of reality... And Birmingham.
As part of the publicity drive for the film; the filmmakers are holding a series of interviews with Sci-Fi and film fans. Like Descartes, Plato, Hume, Mulder from ‘The X Files’ and Dr Mark Sloan from "Diagnosis Murder" – Pulp is constantly searching for answers to the most fundamental mysteries of the Universe. Questions such as "Who would win in a fight, Batman or Superman?", "Who is the better captain, Kirk or Picard" and "Is Inception any good?".
Pulp cannot hope to get to the heart of these pressing issues alone, so we have recruit the finest minds on Earth to share their views with us... Some people take it more seriously than others...
If you feel you have the answers to incisive questions such as these, come along to the Alternative Programme Room at Auto Assembly 2011 to share your thoughts on a range of subjects and you too can get involved! The interviews will be broadcast online across over 20,000 websites through AOL's channel. So if you fancy some pulping, come along!
To find out more, visit their sites at:-
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http://www.pulpthemovie.com/
-
http://www.facebook.com/pulpthemovie
http://twitter.com/pulpthemovie
Auto Assembly 2011 is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, 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
We hope to see you all in August!
The Auto Assembly 2011 Team
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2011 is sponsored by
- Toyz And Gamez-www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
- www.transformertoys.co.uk
- www.transformersanimated.com
- www.thetransformers.net
- Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
- Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
- Xyber Toys - www.xybertoys.com
- Moonbase 2 Podcast - http://moonbase2.libsyn.com
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