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TFcon

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Description
History
Dates and locations
Special guests
Exclusives
References and media reports
External links

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| name = TFcon
| image =
| caption =
| status = Active
| genre = Transformers
| venue = Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport
| location = Toronto, Los Angeles
| country = Canada, USA
| first = November 10, 2002
| last = March 15-17, 2019
| organizer = Colin Douglas
| filing =
| attendance = 3000+
| website = http://www.tfcon.com
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TFcon is a Transformers fan convention held annually since 2002 in the Greater Toronto Area. The convention was created to give Canadians the opportunity to celebrate their love for the Transformers franchise. Now the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon will be held for the 18th consecutive year in 2019 with events occurring in Los Angeles, California in March, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in July and Reston, Virginia in October with 3 events to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Transformers.

Description

TFcon is the world's largest fan-run Transformers collectors convention. The event features world's largest dealer room for specifically Transformers merchandise, guest question and answer panels and autograph sessions, a 3rd party product presentation and question and answer panel, Transformers trivia and costume contests.

History

The first TFcon was held in Hamilton, Ontario in 2002. Organized by Aaron Black and Colin Douglas in less than a month, the convention had a modest 190 attendees. In 2003, TFcon got its first special guests in the form of Joe Ng and Dreamwave Productions team. In 2004, it got its first convention exclusive in the form of a variant convention exclusive cover of Transformers #1 Vol. 3 published by Dreamwave Productions. In 2006, the first 3D merchandise exclusive was released, a "stealth" recolor of the Cyclonus Hard Hero Bust. In 2007, TransformersCon finally got its first transforming toy exclusive, an unlicensed and downsized version of the Dinobot Slag in his green Generation 2 colors dubbed "Flamethrower". In its first 2 years the convention was moved around Ontario, but now finds a regular home in Toronto, Ontario. As of 2008, this convention formerly named TransformersCon is now officially called TFcon at the request of Hasbro. In 2009 TFcon expanded to a 2-day convention by merging with the 80s Toy Expo on the Sunday of the event. This was necessary due to many dealers completely selling out of merchandise on the Saturday requiring a dealer room restock if a 2nd day was to be added. Starting in 2012 TFcon has been hosting a charity auction for the Make-A-Wish Foundation each summer.^[1] In 2014 TFcon expanded to two shows a year, with one in Canada and one in the United States. In spring of 2019 TFcon hosted the first ever Transformers Generation 1 cast reunion in Los Angeles featuring the largest reunion of talent from the original cartoon series ever assembled.

Dates and locations

2002: November 10 – Lawfield Arena, Hamilton, Ontario
2003: June 22 – Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre, Burlington, Ontario
2004: March 12–13 – Holiday Inn Toronto Airport East, Toronto, Ontario
2005: March 25–26 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2006: April 28–29 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2007: April 27–28 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2008: June 20–21 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2009: April 24–26 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2010: July 16–18 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario
2011: July 29–31 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
2012: July 27–29 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
2013: July 25–28 - Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
2014: July 11–13 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
2014: October 24–26 – Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois
2015: July 17–19 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
2015: October 16–18 – Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord, Charlotte, North Carolina
2016: July 15–17 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
2016: October 21–23 – Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois
2017: July 14–16 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
2017: September 29-October 1 – Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia
2018: July 13–15 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
2018: October 26–28 - Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center, Rosemont, IL
2019: March 13–15 - Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport, Burbank, California
2019: July 12–14 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
2019: October 25–27 - Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia

Special guests

2002: None
2003: Joe Ng, Roger Lee and various members of the Dreamwave Productions team
2004: David Kaye, Pat Lee, Joe Ng, James "Brad Mick" McDonough, Adam Patyk and Rob Ruffalo.
2005: Garry Chalk, James "Brad Mick" McDonough, Adam Patyk, Joe Ng, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan, Karl Hartman and Pete Sinclair.
2006: Don Murphy, Michael McConnohie, Joe Ng, Alex Milne, Rik Alvarez, Rob Russ and Erik Ko.
2007: Michael Bell, Joe Ng, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan and Matt Hansen.
2008: Gregg Berger, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan, Espen Grundetjern and Hasbro Canada
2009: Dan Gilvezan, Derrick J. Wyatt, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan and Hasbro Canada
2010: David Kaye, Mark Ryan, Derrick J. Wyatt, Marvin Mariano, Dan Khanna, Eric Bauza, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan and Hasbro Canada
2011: Simon Furman, Garry Chalk, Paul Eiding, Joe Ng, Marvin Mariano, Dan Khanna, Alex Milne, Smith Hart, and Hasbro Canada
2012: Bob Budiansky, Scott McNeil, Neil Ross, Wally Burr, Derrick J. Wyatt, Andrew Griffith, Josh Perez, Silas Zee, Dan Khanna, Matt Moylan, Ben Dolle, Chris Ho and Hasbro Canada
2013: Dick Gautier, Jack Angel, Venus Terzo, James Roberts, Marilyn Lightstone, Livio Ramondelli, Casey Coller, Alex Milne, Andrew Griffith, John-Paul Bove, Josh Perez and Marvin Mariano
2014 (Toronto): Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, Susan Blu (via Skype), Neil Kaplan, Aaron Archer, Sarah Stone, Andrew Griffith, Alex Milne, Marvin Mariano, Matt Moylan, Dan Khanna, Ben Dolle (Peaugh), Chris Ho (Vangelus) and a live performance by The Cybertronic Spree.
2014 (Chicago): Dan Gilvezan, Alan Oppenheimer, Venus Terzo, Aaron Archer, Bob Skir, James Roberts, Andrew Griffith, Sarah Stone, Casey Coller, Josh Burcham, Josh Perez, Ken Christiansen, Brendan Cahill and J.E “Rik” Alvarez
2015 (Toronto): Peter Cullen, John Moschitta, Jr., Michael McConnohie, Richard Newman, James Roberts, Alex Milne, Livio Ramondelli, James Raiz, Marvin Mariano, Josh Perez and Matt Moylan.
2015 (Charlotte): Gregg Berger, Dan Gilvezan, Richard Newman, James Roberts (via Skype), Flint Dille, Casey Coller, Brendan Cahill, Corin Howell and Josh Burcham.
2016 (Toronto): Frank Welker, Dan Gilvezan, Ian James Corlett, Jim Byrnes, Flint Dille, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Brendan Cahill, James Raiz, Marvin Mariano, Josh Perez and Matt Moylan.
2016 (Chicago): Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, Richard Newman, Bob Budiansky, Jon Bailey, Jason Marnocha, Frank Todaro, Nick Roche, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller, Brendan Cahill, Corin Howell, Josh Perez, Josh Burcham and Matt Moylan.
2017 (Toronto): Michael Bell, Arthur Burghardt, Alec Willows, Scott McNeil, Aaron Archer, John Barber, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Nick Roche, Andrew Griffith, James Raiz, Marvin Mariano, Josh Perez and Matt Moylan.
2017 (DC): Neil Ross, Jack Angel, David Kaye, Aaron Archer, James Roberts, Alex Milne, Casey Coller, Sara Pitre-Dorocher, Andrew Griffith, Josh Burcham and Matt Moylan.
2018 (Toronto): Hal Rayle, David Kaye, Garry Chalk, David Mendenhall, James Roberts, Aaron Archer, David Wise, Nick Roche, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Dorocher, Josh Perez, James Raiz, and Matt Moylan.
2018 (Chicago): Stephen Keener, Ian James Corlett, Alec Willows, Arlene Banas, Rik Alvarez, James Roberts, Kei Zama, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Dorocher, Casey Coller, Ken Christiansen, Josh Burcham, Josh Perez and Matt Moylan.
2019 (Los Angeles): Alan Oppenheimer, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Ratner, Clive Revill, Dan Gilvezan, Danny Mann, Daran Norris, David Kaye, David Mendenhall, David Sobolov, Frank Torado, Gregg Berger, Ian James Corlett, Jack Angel, Jason Marnocha, Jerry Houser, Jon Bailey, Laurie Faso, Marlene Aragon, Michael Bell, Michael Horton, Morgan Lofting, Neil Ross, Paul Eiding, Peter Renaday, Bill Forester, Bob Skir, Brandon Easton, Bryce Malek, Buzz Dixon, David Wise, Donald F. Glut, Douglas Booth, Flint Dille, Jim Sorenson, Mae Catt, Mairghread Scott, Marty Isenberg, Michael Charles Hill, Paul Davids, Ron Friedman, Alex Milne, Casey Coller, Derrick J. Wyatt, Eric Siebenaler, Jack Lawrence, Josh Burcham, Josh Perez, Sara Pitre-Durocher and Vince DiCola
2019 (Toronto): Michael Chain, TBA
2019 (DC): TBA

Exclusives

2002: 2002 Convention Exclusive T-shirt with artwork by Derek Douglas
2004: Variant cover of Transformers #1 Volume 3 published by Dreamwave Productions with artwork by Don Figueroa
2005: Convention Exclusive Dinobots Poster and 2005 Convention Exclusive T-shirt with artwork by Joe Ng
2006: Stealth Cyclonus Hard Hero Bust, Alternate Cover to Transformers vs. G.I.Joe #1 with art by Joe Ng, and the 2006 Convention Exclusive T-shirt with art by Alex Milne
2007: Exclusive Justitoys G2 Flamethrower toy, 2007 Convention Exclusive T-shirt, and the Alternated Masterpiece Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne
2008: 2008 Convention Exclusive T-shirt
2009: Exclusive FansProject Powered Commander toy, 2009 Convention Exclusive T-shirt and the Universe Divided Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne
2010: Impossible Toys Night-bird toy and 2010 Convention Exclusive T-shirt
2011: Headrobots Stronghold & Toxin, the Perfect Effect PE-11 Night Ops Version and 2011 Convention Exclusive T-shirt
2012: iGear Shafter, Headrobots Garrison and Perfect Effect Shadow Bat
2013: iGear Roswell, Mech IDeas Project Z, Mech IDeas Prototype X and iGear Van Guardian
2018 (Toronto): Maketoys MTRM-09GII Maestro, Ocularmax Remix Enmitus and Ocularmax Catcall and Uproar
2018 (Chicago): X-Transbots Crackup B1. Mastermind Creations R-29AM Aero Alpha Asterisk Mode and Fans Project Warbot WB011 Constructo Core
2019 (LA): TBA
2019 (Toronto): TBA
2019 (DC): TBA

References and media reports

TransformersCon 2004 documentary appears on Metrodome's 2004 release of Transformers season one DVD set, as well interviews with voice actors David Kaye & Garry Chalk from TransformersCon appear on the Madman Beast Wars 2006 Season 2 DVD sets. TFcon was featured in the Shout Factory Season 3&4 DVD in the Special Features Featurette "The Autobots, The Decepticons & The Fans", including mention in the "Special Thanks" section of the special feature credits.

1. ^http://www.villagegamer.net/2012/07/24/transformers-collectors-convention-to-hold-charity-auction-for-make-a-wish-foundation/

*TFcon Toronto Official Website

TFcon USA Official Website
Electric Playground Television Feature [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]
Televised YTV Shorts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxwQ86PnY4][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlpOve_ej0Q][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBZEukXNVI][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdWH19s5jhI&NR=1]
Toyfare Magazine Mention
City TV Breakfast Television Guest Spot
680 News article about TFcon
Dorkshelf.com article
Mississauga.com Article
TFcon Article in the Toronto Star [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/622817]
TFcon segment from The Circuit on Space Channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr15WeVZ7g]
Breakfast Today Toronto interview Phil Gervais about TFcon 2011
680News reports on TFcon 2011
TFcon 2012 reported in the Mississauga News
Press Plus 1 report on the TFcon 2012 voice actor panel

External links

TFcon Toronto Official Website
TFcon USA Official Website
Official TFcon message board
Canadian Transformers News and Discussion
Canadian Action Figure News and Discussion

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