TFcon

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 20th consecutive year in 2021 with events occurring in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in July and Baltimore, Maryland in October to celebrate the 37th Anniversary of the Transformers.

TFcon
StatusActive
GenreTransformers
VenueHilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport
Location(s)Toronto, Chicago
CountryCanada, USA
InauguratedNovember 10, 2002
Most recentOctober 25–27, 2019
Attendance3000+
Organized byColin Douglas
Websitehttp://www.tfcon.com

Description

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

History

The first TFcon was held in Hamilton, Ontario in 2002. Organized 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 the 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 2007, TFcon 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. Starting in 2012 TFcon has been hosting a charity auction for the Make-A-Wish Foundation each summer raising over $50,000 for the charity.[1] In 2014 TFcon expanded to two shows a year, with one in Canada and one in the United States so more fans could be included in the experience. Spring of 2019 saw TFcon hosting the first-ever Transformers Generation 1 cast reunion in Los Angeles featuring the largest reunion of talent from the original cartoon series ever assembled, featuring 50 guests from various Transformers media. In 2020 TFcon was not held in person for the first time since its inception in 2002 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ran a virtual event.

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
  • 2020: March 20–22 - DoubleTree By Hilton at the Entrance to Universal Orlando - canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2020: July 10–12 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario - canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2020: October 23–25 - Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center - canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2021: July 9–11 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario
  • 2021: October 22-24, Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland

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, Stephen Keener, Blu Mankuma, Colin Murdock, Bob Budiansky, Ron Friedman, Chris Zammit, Aaron Archer, Jack Lawrence, Kei Zama, Alex Milne, Livio Ramondelli and Sara Pitre-Durocher
  • 2019 (DC): Paul Eiding, Dan Gilvezan, Michael McConnohie, David Sobolov, Vince DiCola, Donald F. Glut, Aaron Archer, Rik Alvarez, Alex Milne, Jack Lawrence, Casey Coller, Josh Perez and Josh Burcham
  • 2020 (Orlando): Bob Budiansky, Gregg Berger, Hal Rayle, Victor Caroli, Venus Terzo, Vince Dicola, José Delbo, Mark Watts, Aaron Archer, Alex Milne, Jack Lawrence, Livio Ramondelli, Casey Coller, Josh Perez, Josh Burcham, and Andrew Griffith. - canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2020 (Toronto): canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2020 (Chicago): canceled due to COVID-19
  • 2021 (Toronto): TBA
  • 2021 (Baltimore): 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
  • 2007: Justitoys G2 Flamethrower and the Alternated Masterpiece Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne
  • 2008: No toy exclusive
  • 2009: FansProject Powered Commander and the Universe Divided Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne
  • 2010: Impossible Toys Night-bird
  • 2011: Headrobots Stronghold, Headrobots Toxin, Perfect Effect PE-11 Night Ops Version
  • 2012: iGear Shafter, Headrobots Garrison, Perfect Effect Shadow Bat
  • 2013: iGear Roswell, Mech IDeas [Project Z, Mech IDeas Prototype X, iGear Van Guardian
  • 2004 (Toronto): X-Transbots Masterpiece Shafter, Keith's Fantasy Club Pestilence
  • 2014 (Chicago): Toyworld Transformers TW-H04G Grant, X-Transbots Axis
  • 2015 (Toronto): TW06B – Purple Evila Star Figure LE350
  • 2015 (Charlotte): Voodoo Robots Animus Stealth Mode
  • 2016 (Toronto): PS-01S Sphinx Stealth Version
  • 2016 (Chicago): FansProject LER-04 Severo (SP) Diaclone Edition, PS-01S Sphinx Stealth Alternate Version
  • 2017 (Toronto): Diaclone Paris Dakar Rally Terraegis
  • 2017 (DC): MMC R-19AM Kultur Asterisk Mode, MMC R-27SG Calidus Shadow Ghost, Ocular Max PS-06O Offroad
  • 2018 (Toronto): Maketoys MTRM-09GII Maestro, Ocularmax Remix Enmitus, Ocularmax Catcall and Uproar
  • 2018 (Chicago): X-Transbots Crackup B1, Mastermind Creations R-29AM Aero Alpha Asterisk Mode, Fans Project Warbot WB011 Constructo Core
  • 2019 (LA): Make Toys MTCD-01D Delta Manus, Make Toys MTRM-11G2 Screamer, Make Toys G2 Ceasefire
  • 2019 (Toronto): Ocular Max PS-18 Zinnia, Mastermind Creations R-32 Broken Mirror Stray, X-Transbots MX-XVI G2 Overheat
  • 2019 (DC): Ocular Max PS-01R Sphinx Regenesis, G2 Planet X Vulcan, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R41 Ultio, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R37 Bedrock, Ocular Max Perfection Series PS01P Pharaoh
  • 2020 (Orlando): Ocular Max PS-04P Azalea Protoform and RMX-14 Doccat
  • 2020 (Online): PX-14B Helios Powered Commander, Ocular Max RMX-01Co Jaguar Covert, Fans-Hobby MB-12B Wheel Blade, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R-46 Vexo Prominon
  • 2021 (Toronto): TBA
  • 2021 (Baltimore): 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/
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