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CyberconExpo Updates Again!

Peter Cullen The Voice Of K.A.R.R.

Lots of stuff to run down for the Cybercon Expo fans today!
If you missed it, Peter Cullen will be attending Cybercon Expo 2005. http://www.cyberconexpo.com

First off, the reaction to Peter Cullen attending the convnetion has been huge! Thanks to all our pre-registrants from the last couple days. We have hit record numbers at Cybercon Expo this week, registering well over 100 people in under 5 days. About 1/3rd of the available Peter Cullen autograph tickets online are now sold. If you plan on attending the show and desire to get Mr. Cullen's autograph, make sure to Pre-Register today before tickets sell out!

We have published an "official" press release for Peter Cullen attending the show. If you would like to utilize it on your website, newspaper, blog, RSS feed, etc, you can check it out here at PRWEB http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb239390.htm. The article as of 2 PM Friday has had over 20,000 page views in under 12 hours!

Second, four new music tracks are available previewing what will be on the convention exclusive CD. All tracks are done by Tony Bacala, and can be found here.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/music-cd.php

New prizes have been listed on the Giveaways page. Now, every door prize time slot will include a Dreamwave Blaster vs. Soundwave Lithograph PLUS a G1 Toys R Us Reissue, along with at least one more item, to be determined at a later date. To be entered in these door prize contests, all you need to do is show up!

Small Blue Planet has donated 2 of their Exclusive Palisades Skywarp Statues to the Mega Friday Giveaway Jackpot and one for a Pre-Registrant only door prize. Thanks to them for that, make sure to check them out and support them today.

Volunteer schedules are now being made. If you would like to volunteer to work at the show at various times, doing various things, make sure to email us at volunteers@cyberconexpo.com!

By early next week 20,000 flyers should be on the streets of cities along the east coast. Look for those Cybercon Expo 2005 flyers in a spot near you! If you would like to help distribute them in your town or city, email us at promo@cyberconexpo.com!

Dealers! Don't hesitate any longer, tables for Cybercon Expo 2005 are moving quick. The amount of spaces have been reduced and the demand increased this week, so get your spot before they are gone! Only payments received in full are guaranteed, none can be held without a deposit! Help make this one of the best shows for collectors and fans by being there this summer! Email us at cybercondealers@cyberconexpo.com for more information!

http://www.cyberconexpo.com
http://www.tfw2005.com

Grrr... convention sites like this really frustrate me.. . I hate having to dig for basic info like when/where:

July 29th and 30th, 2005
"630 Second" (This is the name of the convention location)
630 2nd Avenue
New York, NY

Would be very cool for some of the New Yorkers to get to see him.

I think I'm going to go. I'll already be in the city anyway. It's about time I get to go to something at least somewhat Knight Rider related!

Now thats a way to do a fan con! NYC you say... hm...

Tons of new information for Cybercon Expo fans today, check it out below.
First off, if you missed it, Peter Cullen - The Voice of the Original Optimus Prime - is set to attend the show. Click here for details.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/index.php

Pre-Registration Contest #1 has started!
We are holding a contest this week where one lucky winner will receive a FREE Binaltech Swindle, sponsored by Play With This toys and collectibles! Anyone who pre-registers for the show from Monday 6/6/2005 until Sunday 6/12/2005 will be entered automatically. We will randomly choose the winner and announce them here on the site next Monday. What are you waiting for, pre-register today!
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/preregistration.php

New Guests - James McDonough and Adam Patyk to attend!
Former Dreamwave writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk will be guests at Cybercon Expo 2005 on Saturday only. James (AKA Brad Mick) and Adam are known for their work on almost all of the Dreamwave comic book titles from 2002-2004. They will be available for meet and greet and autographs for a limited time on Saturday to all attendees.

New Guest - Dan Khanna to attend!
Dan Khanna, current comic artist for the Official Transformers Collectors Club and veteran Transformers artist all around will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005 on both days. Dan will have a selection of his artwork, have pages from the new comic, and will be available for autographs throughout the weekend.

First Panel Topic Announced - Transformers the Movie and UK Transformers!
Long time UK Transformer collector Paul Hitchens will be in attendance at the show and presenting a panel on two topics. The first is an overview of the original Transformers the Movie where he will be sharing inside information he has collected over the years, and showing his extensive collection of storyboard and promotional artwork. The second topic will be on UK Transformers, where he will explain the variations and differences among them from over the years and field questions. This panel is free to all attendees of the show, and will take place on Friday the 29th.

Over 30 original pieces of Transformers Generation 1 Boxart available at the show!
Marc Patten of Destination Entertainment will have over 30 pieces of original Generation 1 Boxart on display and available for sale at the show. These are truely rare pieces from Transformers history, so even if you can't afford to take one home, make sure to come and see them before they're gone again! Some of the characters will include: AIR RAID, FIREFLIGHT, SKYDIVE, SLINGSHOT, BEACHCOMBER, COSMOS, POWERGLIDE, SEASPRAY, WARPATH, ROADBUSTER, CHOP SHOP, SKYLINX, METROPLEX, BLASTER, RED ALERT, ASTROTRAIN, BLITZWING, OMEGA SUPREME, WHIRL, PERCEPTOR, CLOUDBURST, SCATTERSHOT, SKULLCRUNCHER, SNAPTRAP, FINBACK and more!!!

Custom Shockini Kitbash Contest!
Shocker Toys, manufacturers of awesome fully articulated and customizible collectible toys called Shockinis, will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005. At their display area, they will be sponsoring a customizing contest. Each participant will be given a blank Shockini toy and provided with supplies at the table which they can use to customize their blank figure into a character of their choice. At the end of the weekend, we will judge all the entries and the winner will take home a gift package of cool and exciting items (prizes still to be determined). Make sure to check out Shocker Toys and see what they have to offer!
http://www.shockertoys.com/home.php

Canadian Bus Trip Scheduled by Colin Douglas and Transformerscon!
Colin Douglas, the owner and organizer of Transformerscon is organizing a bus trip to Cybercon Expo from the Toronto Ontario, Canada region. Round Trip from Canada to NYC and back will be available. On top of this, the bus will be stopping in several upstate NY cities to pick up attendees. If you are in the upstate New York or Toronto region and would like to travel down to NYC with your fellow transfans, contact Colin at tfcon@mountaincable.net.

New Sponsor - JRS Toyworld!
JRS Toyworld has donated some fantasitc prizes to our giveaways. Included are BT-12 Overdrive, BT-13 Laserwave, BT-14 Wheeljack, and MP-2 Ultra Magnus to our seen here. JRSToyworld also donated several more Binaltechs and GC-01 Galaxy Convoy, GD-01 Master Megatron to our regular hourly door prizes, seen here. Make sure to head on over to JRS Toyworld and support them today.
http://www.jrstoyworld.com/

Thanks to the fansites!
We have been linked to from several fan sites throughout the fandom, including TFArchive.com, MTMTE.com, Transformerstoys.co.uk, Allspark.com, Seibertron.com, and TFW2005.com. Thanks to them for supporting Cybercon Expo. If you are a webmaster and would like to link to us, or have us send you press releases for the show, email us at promo@cyberconexpo.com We will make sure to link to you from here, and may be able to give you guys passes to the show so you can cover it for your site.

More guests and info coming soon!
We can't announce quite yet, but we are working on even more guests, including comic artists, writers, and voice actors for this show. On top of this, we are organizing several panels which will be available for free to all attendees by several of our current and upcoming guests. So on top of the already announced good stuff like the giveaways, the guests, and the dealer room, we hope to have free Question and Answer Panels as well. Stay tuned!

Dealers, tables almost gone!
We are officially sold out of all 8 foot tables. We currently have some 6 foot tables left in the main ballroom, and several in one of the side rooms as well. If you are interested in coming to the show, do not delay any longer! Email us at cybercondealers@cyberconexpo.com for more details and to reserve your table today!

New Guests - James McDonough and Adam Patyk to attend!
Former Dreamwave writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk will be guests at Cybercon Expo 2005 on Saturday only. James (AKA Brad Mick) and Adam are known for their work on almost all of the Dreamwave comic book titles from 2002-2004. They will be available for meet and greet and autographs for a limited time on Saturday to all attendees.

Ha! I wonder if Pat Lee still owes them $$ from when Dreamwave went belly up this past January. Appearenty a lot of artists/writers were not reimbursed for thier work for Pat and his brother.

Pat Lee? ....alot of us want him accountable for his actions at dreamwave. The company left three comic books hanging and not likely to be finished anytime soon. Along with the fact that instead of paying the staff he spent the money on expensive cars.

.....actually scratch accountable and use lynched

Sarfraz

CyberConExpo 2005 NYC Updates Pre-Reg Contest
First off, if you missed it, Peter Cullen - The Voice of the Original Optimus Prime - is set to attend the show. Click here for details.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/index.php
The winner for last week's Pre-Registration contest has been chosen! Lucky fan Hector Perez has won a Binaltech Swindle just for pre-registering for the convention! Hector will be able to pick up his prize at the show along with his pre-registration packet. So congratulations!

Our next Pre-Registration contest begins today as well! This time, ALL Pre-Registrants are included. Anyone who is officially pre-registered for the show by Sunday June 18th (either previously or newly registered this week) will be entered to win a FREE Peter Cullen Autograph. These autographs are almost sold out online, and are extremely limited. So, if you have not pre-registered yet, all you have to do is sign up online this week, and you could get the bonus autograph ticket worth $20.00 completely free.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/preregistration.php

We should be updating with more guest and panel information soon, stay tuned!

Contest #3 Winner, Joe Ng and Alex Milne To Attend!


The winner for last week's Pre-Registration contest has been chosen! Lucky fan Gary Moye has won a FREE MEMBERSHIP TO THE OFFICIAL TRANSFORMERS COLLECTORS CLUB just for pre-registering for the convention! Congratulations!

Next up, we have added 2 more guests to the show's roster. Comic artists Alex Milne and Joe Ng will be attending the show on both Friday and Saturday. They will be available at their own tables to sign autographs, do sketches, and chit chat with the fans on their various projects. They are also slated to bring some of the original comic pages used to create the Dreamwave Transformers Energon and War Within comic books, some of which may be for sale.

Joe and Alex are also slated to do a panel on their run as Transformers comic artists, and give some insight on their
days at the Dreamwave camp. They will be joined by James McDonough and Adam Patyk, making it a well rounded Transformers comic panel! The date for this panel is still TBD, stay tuned for final days/times.

We woudld like to thank Tempting Toys for donating 2 more prizes to the Giveaway pot. Tempting Toys will be providing a Takara Reissue Soundblaster and E-Hobby Exclusive Desert Hound. Both of these items will be given away to a lucky winner at the show. All you need to do is attend and you are entered to win!

Also of note PRE REGISTRATION FOR CYBERCON EXPO 2005 WILL CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY JULY 13TH (2 weeks away). Make sure to get your packets and autograph tickets before then if you want to guarantee your spot at the show!
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/preregistration.php

Just a reminder to everyone, Pre-Registration for this month's Cybercon Expo 2005 event in NYC closes on Friday. The original date was Wednesday July 13th, but we have extended it to Friday in order to accomodate those of you who get paid later in the week. If you wish to pre-register for the event, and guarantee your spot in the Peter Cullen Question and Answer Panel, or grab autograph tickets, you must do so by this Friday at 11:59 PM EST.

Please note all Pre-Registration materials and bonus goods ordered will be PICK UP ONLY on the days of the events, nothing will be mailed out in advance.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/preregistration.php

Just a reminder to everyone, Pre-Registration for this month's Cybercon Expo 2005 event in NYC closes TODAY! Make sure to sign up if you want to guarantee your spot in the Peter Cullen interactive panel, guarantee yourself an autograph by Peter Cullen, and get all the bonus goodies available in the pre-registration packet. Click HERE for details.
http://www.cyberconexpo.com/preregistration.php

I so wish I could have gone to this. Last year Cullen attended BotCon (another transformers convention) in L.A and my boss would not let me have the weekend off.

Peter Cullen did the voice for KARR in S3 or S1? I might go. Bring some pictures of KARR to get autographed! It would be cool to meet up with some NYC KRO members!

I think they have to have you register to get autographs and that registration is already over with.

Peter Cullen did KARR's voice in the Season 1 episode "Trust Doesn't Rust".

AWW MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CyberConExpo 2005 NYC Final Info Round Up!

CYBERCON EXPO 2005 IS ONLY 1 WEEK AWAY! READ ON FOR DETAILED INFORMATION!

WHEN
July 29th and 30th - 2005
WHERE
The 630 Second Confrence Center (35th Street and 2nd Ave) New York City, New York

TIME
Pre-Registrants enter at 2 PM on Friday, General Public at 4 PM. Doors close at 11 PM.
Pre-Registrants enter at 9 AM on Saturday, General Public at 10 AM. Doors close at 5 PM.

COST
Friday and Saturday Pass = $20
Saturday Pass Only = $12

Quick Updates
- Pre-Registration is CLOSED!
- All Pre-Registrants have been emailed verification!
- Dealer room is SOLD OUT!
- Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman sign items for show!
- Wildman WWI V2 Pages available for sale at show!
- Parts Party Announced!
- New Panel on Profiles History
- Online Cullen Tickets done, only 250 left for show!
- Schedule Online!
- Small Blue Planet donates $1200 more in giveaways!
- Collectible Kingdom donates product for giveaways!
- Graig Weich to attend!
- Spawn.com donates goods for giveaways!
- Email cybercon@cyberconexpo.com for any questions!



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FEATURED GUESTS

Peter Cullen - "The Voice of the Original Optimus Prime"
Peter Cullen is currently one of Hollywood's lead voice actors, doing work for Warner Brothers, TNT, Cartoon Network, and countless movie promotions. To fans of the 80's, his deep baritone voice rings a bell as the one behind their childhood hero, one of Pop Culture's most prolific icons, Optimus Prime. At Cybercon Expo, fans in the New York and mid-Atlantic region will be able to meet Mr. Cullen and obtain his autograph for the first time. Peter Cullen has only made 2 other public appearances related to his voice-over character work in the last 8 years, once at Botcon 1997 in Rochester NY, and once at Botcon 2004 in Los Angeles. This will be Mr. Cullen's first time on the East Coast since the retro-rebirth of the original Transformers. Don't miss what could be your last chance to meet this Transformers legend!

Peter Cullen will be signing a total of 500 autographs all weekend. 250 have already been sold online. 250 will be available for sale at the show, starting at 2 PM Friday. First come first serve. Peter Cullen will also be participating in an interactive Question and Answer Fan Panel on Saturday.

Alex Milne and Joe Ng - Dreamwave Comic Artists
Comic artists Alex Milne and Joe Ng will be attending the show on both Friday and Saturday. They will be available at their own tables to sign autographs, do sketches, and chit chat with the fans on their various projects. They are also slated to bring some of the original comic pages used to create the Dreamwave Transformers Energon and War Within comic books, some of which may be for sale.

James McDonough and Adam Patyk - Dreamwave Comic Writers
Former Dreamwave writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk will be guests at Cybercon Expo 2005 on Saturday only. James (AKA Brad Mick) and Adam are known for their work on almost all of the Dreamwave comic book titles from 2002-2004. They will be available for meet and greet and autographs for a limited time on Saturday to all attendees.

Dan Khanna - Official Fan Club Newsletter Comic Artist
Dan Khanna, current comic artist for the Official Transformers Collectors Club and veteran Transformers artist all around will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005 on both days. Dan will have a selection of his artwork, have pages from the new comic, and will be available for autographs throughout the weekend.

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PANELS

Panel Topic - Transformers the Movie and UK Transformers
Long time UK Transformer collector Paul Hitchens will be in attendance at the show and presenting a panel on two topics. The first is an overview of the original Transformers the Movie where he will be sharing inside information he has collected over the years, and showing his extensive collection of storyboard and promotional artwork. The second topic will be on UK Transformers, where he will explain the variations and differences among them from over the years and field questions. This panel is free to all attendees of the show, and will take place on Friday the 29th.

Panel Topic - Joe Ng, Alex Milne, James McDonough and Adam Patyk from Dreamwave Productions
Former artists of Dreamwave Productions Joe Ng and Alex Milne will be doing a panel on their experience at Dreamwave productions. They will give insight to the unfinished series they worked on (Transformers Energon and The War Within Volume 3), field questions from the fans regarding a range of topics, and have artwork to show. James McDonough and Adam Patyk will join them, giving insight on their writing and the stories we read during the DW Transformers era.

Panel Topic - Unused Histories of the G1 Transformers Revealed!
The untold origins of over half of the Classic G1 Transformers are revealed at last, in this panel discussion by original Transformers Profiles / More Than Meets the Eye co-writer, Marc Patten of Destination Entertainment. Learn the real story behind the Dreamwave comic series that was supposed to streamline the modern Hasbro G1 Transformers continuity and reveal the untold origins and backstories of 400+ characters - but never did! From combiner groups to micromasters, the secrets can now be told! Find out why the history that was to be the new bible for Hasbro ended up on the chopping block, and the answers to questions fans wondered about for years like, did Transformers have families, who created Devastator? How are Megatron and Galvatron connected, and much more! Copies of the unused profiles text (almost 200 characters) will be given out to the first 25 participants!

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GIVEAWAYS

MEGA FRIDAY NIGHT GIVEAWAY
On Friday evening, we will be giving away one mega package to a lucky winner. The prize package currently includes all Takara Binaltechs, MP Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, the entire Rhino DVD Boxset series, busts and statues from Hard Hero and Palisades, and more! To enter, all you have to do is be in attendance on Friday. Each person who enters via paying at the door will receive 1 ticket with a unique number. Each person who pre-registers will receive 3 tickets within their pre-registration packet, therefore getting 3 chances to win! The prize list for Friday night is listed here, and is worth well over $1000 dollars!.

Hourly Door Prizes
Door Prizes will be given out to a lucky winner every hour for the duration of both days of the convention! Every winning package will consist of AT LEAST a Dreamwave Litho and a G1 TRU Reissue. Bonus items will be added on top of these as well for each round, including Binaltechs, Galaxy Force/Cybertron toys, and more! All you have to do is attend to be entered to win!

McFarlane Toys Prize Pack Giveaways
Todd McFarlane's Spawn.com has donated a very large case of various McFarlane toys to give away to the fans. We will be giving away special multi packs of McFarlane figures to attendees throughout the weekend! Thanks to McFarlane Toys for the hook up!

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ATTRACTIONS

Friday Night Parts Trading Party hosted by Rugby's Battlestar Base!
On Friday night from 10-11 PM, Rugby's Battlestar Base will be hosting a Parts Trading Party in a side room at the expo center. All attendees are welcome to attend and bring their parts and lots to trade away with other fans!

Over 30 original pieces of Transformers Generation 1 Boxart
Marc Patten of Destination Entertainment will have over 30 pieces of original Generation 1 Boxart on display and available for sale at the show. These are truely rare pieces from Transformers history, so even if you can't afford to take one home, make sure to come and see them before they're gone again! Some of the characters will include: AIR RAID, FIREFLIGHT, SKYDIVE, SLINGSHOT, BEACHCOMBER, COSMOS, POWERGLIDE, SEASPRAY, WARPATH, ROADBUSTER, CHOP SHOP, SKYLINX, METROPLEX, BLASTER, RED ALERT, ASTROTRAIN, BLITZWING, OMEGA SUPREME, WHIRL, PERCEPTOR, CLOUDBURST, SCATTERSHOT, SKULLCRUNCHER, SNAPTRAP, FINBACK and more!!!

Beyond Comics Graig F. Weich in attendance!
Graig F Weich will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo signing autographs, promoting his various projects and doing sketches for the fans. Make sure to stop by his booth and check them out at BeyondComics.TV.

Custom Shockini Kitbash Contest!
Shocker Toys, manufacturers of awesome fully articulated and customizible collectible toys called Shockinis, will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005. At their display area, they will be sponsoring a customizing contest. Each participant will be given a blank Shockini toy and provided with supplies at the table which they can use to customize their blank figure into a character of their choice. At the end of the weekend, we will judge all the entries and the winner will take home a gift package of cool and exciting items (prizes still to be determined). Make sure to check out Shocker Toys and see what they have to offer!



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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY:
11:00 AM - Pre-registration pick-up begins in convention center lobby.
02:00 PM - Doors open to pre-registrants and press.
04:00 PM - Doors open to general public.
05:00 PM - UK Transformers and TF:TM Panel Begins
07:00 PM - Peter Cullen autograph session begins.
09:00 PM - Drawing for Mega Friday Night Give Away!
10:00 PM - Parts Party hosted by Rugby?s Battle Starbase.
11:00 PM - Doors close for the evening. Go out and have fun!

SATURDAY:
08:00 AM - Pre-registration pick-up begins in convention center lobby.
09:00 AM - Doors open to pre-registrants and press.
10:00 AM - Doors open to the general public.
12:00 PM - Peter Cullen autograph session begins.
01:00 PM - Joe Ng, Alex Milne, James McDonough, Adam Patyk panel begins.
04:00 PM - Art Show/Costume Contests winners announced.
05:00 PM - Dealer room closes. Go out and have a meal and enjoy NYC!
09:00 PM - Peter Cullen Question and Answer Panel begins.

TurbomanKnight -

OptimusPrime wrote: Peter Cullen will be signing a total of 500 autographs all weekend. 250 have already been sold online. 250 will be available for sale at the show, starting at 2 PM Friday. First come first serve. Peter Cullen will also be participating in an interactive Question and Answer Fan Panel on Saturday.

You might even have a chance after all!

Hey, do you think you could get me one too? PM me. I don't know if they will do more than one autograph though. If they do only one, you want to keep that one for yourself.

It all depends if I am going. Since I can say i'm officially broke (again) The chances of me going is pretty slim. But I Might ask my dad for some cash. I'll let you know.

Botcon Convention Exclusives Unveiled!
Hasbro's Official Transformers Collectors Club and Convention will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005. At their tables, representatives will have on display several of the upcoming exclusives available at the September convention for the first time in public. The already released Buzzclaw will be there, along with what we are told is a "friend". Make sure to head over to the show to get your sneak peak at what are soon to become collector's favorites for years to come!
http://cyberconexpo.com

Destination Entertainment will be in attendance at Cybercon Expo 2005, and have an extremely limited amount of these books available for sale - for the first time ever - before hitting the mass market via Diamond Comic Distributers later in the year. Remember, Alex Milne, the artist for many Transformers Energon issues will be in attendance as well, so you can get your newly purchased copies signed right there at the show.
http://cyberconexpo.com

TurbomanKnight - Hopefully he'll let you get to the show. Maybe he could come along or is your dad into Transformers stuff?

My dad is into..... um..... I really don't know. We don't talk much anymore. But, I'll see by next week if I am going.