Transformers Appearance Review from Many Years Ago
12:48PM on January 20, 2009
A FAN MET WANKUS (Prowl) AT A TRANSFORMERS CONVENTION QUITE SOME TIME AGO:
The road to CyberCon Expo started much earlier than last time. Part of this was due to the increased distance from New York City, the rest was from picking up a portion of #WiiGii! NY. So, after picking up Rapido, McFly, superspy, and Thylacine2000 (of Altered States Mag) at various points in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, we were on our way.
Wankus and Neil Kaplan were great guests, though the tiny table outside the dealer room for the pair seemed a bit off-kilter. Neil and Wankus even stayed around after the dealer room closed to entertain questions and the crowd of stragglers waiting for the Binaltech Smokescreen drawing. The RiD voice actors were doing a giveaway themselves, too. To the two best questions, one would receive a copy of the script for "Battle Protocol" (the first episode of RiD) and the other would receive the series bible. Yours truely was awarded the script. Sadly, we didn't have time to stick around for the usual round of drunkeness that follows in Wankus' wake.
Overall Thoughts: The convention was a lot of fun, again. the dealer room had lots of deals, Wankus and Kaplan were engaging, and the time went quickly. However, though ambitious, the con was still very disorganized. In order for this show to really gain a status other than "glorified toy show," they organizers need to make sure they do just that, organize. Aside from the room being unaccomodating to the shoppers, the time between the con and the event after forced the dealers to begin packing an hour before the end of the convention.
Still, until the show becomes more organized, it'll still be just a snack inbetween meals and not a sufficient substute for OTFCC.
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