Tag Archives: BotCon 2007

Day 1 of HASCON 2017

With Bumblebee
Photo-A-Day #4531

Unfortunately, I can only attend Day 1 of HASCON. This is the Hasbro Convention in Rhode Island. I was given a press/influencer pass for the weekend to attend and today was the only day I could do. But I made a pretty full day out of the hours I could be there.

I headed down to the convention around 8am. I got there very quickly, parked at the mall and walked over. I went to the main entrance of the Dunkin Donuts center and waited for the doors to open at 10am. Doors only opened at 10am for VIPs and Press. I was press but wasn’t given clear directions as to where to enter. I asked a very helpful person who told me where to go and I headed over to the correct entrance. While I was standing around waiting there were people who came out and did temp tattoos. I got an Autobot symbol on my left inner forearm and a Decepticon symbol on my right inner forearm.

My Autobot Symbol

I also met some guys from a New England Transformers toy collecting group. We chatted for a while and that made the waiting much better.

When I did get into the convention I went right to the Transformers corner. I was going to do an interview at 11:15 and so I wanted to stick close. I met a bunch of nice people int he Transformers booth. They were all employees of Hasbro and they were super nice. I talked to as many as I could and asked them all about working with the Transformers brand. My jealousy over such a dream job must have been bubbling over. The display was a good one. I liked what I saw. Continue reading Day 1 of HASCON 2017

Photo-A-Day #814 07/01/07

Movie Jazz Repaint

Today was the end of BotCon 2007. I have to say I had so much more fun at the 2007 Convention than I had at the 2003 convention. Much of that had to do with seeing the movie, and much more of that had to do with my confidence in approaching new people and talking to them. I met some very nice folks while I was at the Convention. I also made up some BenSpark cards to give to people that I met. My networking skills are improving and I am happy about that. Continue reading Photo-A-Day #814 07/01/07