This week we talk recent news, David and Jen get some new toys, and More Than Meets The Eye #54 leaves us hanging. Spoilers ahead!
Tag: BotCon
Iacon Underground Radio – Episode 11 – I Can Has Con?
This week Alex and David have opinions on comic art, Jen is a music snob, and we discuss the past, present, and future of Transformers conventions.
Iacon Underground Radio – Episode 10 – Toys Toys Toys
This week we talk all the toy news from BotCon, the proper identification of Technobots, and getting lots of head(s)!
Oct 24
BotCon 2015 Announced, Will Be Vaguely in the Vicinity of Chicago
Fun Publications has officially announced the dates and location of BotCon 2015: It’ll be held June 18th-21st in Chicago…sort of. The actual location of the convention will be the Pheasant Run Resort, which describes itself on its own web site as “less than one hour from Chicago”. The “Beautiful 250 acre setting in historic St …
Oct 28
Fandom on the Other Side
For an American, knowledge of the Transformers fandom outside of the United States in the ’90s was fairly limited; not so surprising when one considers how limited the information about the line itself outside the US was, mind you, but the twin barriers of language and fledgling global inter-connectivity made foreign communications rather dicey all …
Aug 19
“Wreck And Rule” And Maccadams Tees Now Available Online
Have you seen the sweet “Wreck And Rule” and Maccadams tees in this summer’s convention pics but couldn’t make it to a con to pick one up? Now you can finally get them online! The woman behind the tees, Aimee (@ladyofwreck on Twitter and co-host of the Underbase podcast), has opened an Etsy shop to …
Aug 08
Renegade
As my first post on this Transformers-themed website, here is a sketch of Renegade GoBot leader Cy-Kill by Derrick Wyatt (art director of Transformers Animated), drawn on request at BotCon 2008. Contrarian! For a while, I had a theme of asking for GoBots character sketches from Transformers artists, but I stopped this practice when the …
Aug 05
The BotCon Experience
It’s 1999 and I’m standing on the sidewalk outside a hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. The sun is beating down from a cloudless sky and I’ve just embarked on one of the greatest adventures of my life thus far. My dad had chaperoned me as far as St. Paul, but now he’s dropped me off …
Aug 02
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Third Party Transformers
“Third Party” Transformers – Transformers-inspired toys made in relatively small runs by fans with pretty clear disregard for copyright law – are a pretty contentious business in the community. A lot of fans draw a line between the add-on sets like iGear’s IDW-style Kup heads that require you to own an official toy and standalone …