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The Dorks of OTFCC 2004 (56k beware!)

Postby Ian on Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:03 am

As some of you know, I was at OTFCC (Official Transformers Collectors Convention) this weekend. I consider myself to be a casual fan. I enjoy Transformers, but won't kick your ass for saying that Beast Wars sucked. As you can imagine, there are some pretty hard core fans out there. Some of which drag themselves out of their parents' basement only for these kinds of things. Anyway, I snapped a few pictures of some of the more hard core fans I saw.

Here's a picture of the line to get in. As you can see, there was also some boardgame contest being held in the same building. Talk about uber dorks..

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There were three lines to get in. Two of which went pretty much no where. Knowing that everyone would run as soon as the doors opened, wife and I went and stood right in the front.

At first I thought this guy was JamieW, but alas it wasn't. If you didn't know, the guy is dressed as the Autobot Prowl. Nice sweat pants dude!

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OK, women at conventions like this are rare and ones that dress up are even rarer. There were actually two of them dressed up as seeker jets, but only one would pose for me.

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Lastly, there were a few guys dressed up as Vader, a Sandtrooper and some Mandalorian. Nice costumes, but why the hell are you guys at a Transformer convention?

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The highlight for me was talking to Simon Furman (right) and Andrew Wildman (left). These guys have been doing Transformers comics since the 80's. Yes, they are signing a comic for me. :D

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Postby JamieW on Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:37 am

What Ian didn't say was that he was dressed as Autoboy George.
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Postby hoxlund on Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:56 am

ok that one pic of the supposed female, wow, how can you be sure thats a female?
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Postby Alejandra on Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:49 pm

hoxlund wrote:ok that one pic of the supposed female, wow, how can you be sure thats a female?


Easy, the way she pose her hands...

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Postby aviationwiz on Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:26 pm

All I have to say is...odd...
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Postby CowboySlim on Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:32 pm

Sure is slow around here when Monte is between. :cry:

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Postby UALOneKPlus on Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:15 am

I've only been to software conventions, seems like same folks, different costumes... :lol:
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Postby Ian on Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:53 am

Believe it or not, there were some hotties at OTFCC:

http://www.bwtf.com/gallery/otfcc2k4ladies

They must have been hiding, because I didn't see some of these chicks.
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Postby dodecahedron on Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:36 pm

hotties ???

you should check this topic again:
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Postby Alejandra on Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:28 pm

dodecahedron wrote:hotties ???

you should check this topic again:
E3 Booth Babes


For our "puritan" Ian, those are hotties, don't you see [-o<
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Postby Ian on Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:10 pm

Ok.. you gotta put it in perspective. For a Transformers convention, those are hotties.
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Postby Ian on Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:20 pm

More Transformer dorks...

http://www.truffulatree.com.au/badoptimus.php

Damn, some of those costumes are BAD. Especially the Shithouse Ninja Optimus.
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Postby dodecahedron on Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:38 pm

but what i wanna know, are there more transformers hotties ??? :lol:
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Postby Ian on Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:00 pm

Someone posted this picture on another forum. It's from the French Japan-Expo (shinbun.japan-expo.com). Talk about a bunch of dorks.
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