For those of you that were looking to setup a table to sell at the Canadian Transformers Collectors Convention now is the time. Dealer regististration is now available, you can contact us now to register for your space.

Registration for attendees will be available this spring.

The 2012 Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be April 1st, 2012 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel – 600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill, Ontario

The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest releases from today such as Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Masters of the Universe (vintage and modern), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Super Heroes (Marvel Universe/Legends, DCUC etc), Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles. Many of the same dealers as TFcon and the Action Figure Expo will be at this event.

We are very happy to welcome back Hasbro Canada to TFcon 2012. Hasbro will be presenting a new product preview and question panel on upcoming Transformers products and answering your submitted questions. Attendees will also have the chance to talk to Hasbro reps in person, one-on-one as they show off the latest releases for Transformers toys.

The TFcon 2012 hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon 2012 by calling the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre reservation department direct and toll free at 1-800-422-8238. When booking by phone, please quote block code “GCCCO0712″ or ask for the TFcon rate. You can also book your room via the 2012 hotel reservation website at http://www.deltameadowvale.com/gccco0712

The group rate is good for July 25 to July 31, 2012 at the price of $109 per room. No deposit is required to reserve your room now. You have until July 25th to cancel your room if you can not make the convention.

The 10th anniversary of TFcon will take place July 27th to 29th, 2012.  Canada’s Annual Transformers Collectors Convention will return to the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, 6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario.  Hotel block information will be available in the near future.

TFcon will return the summer of 2012.  In the meantime, join us at the 8th Annual Canadian Action Figure Expo on October 30th, 2011 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel – Toronto Airport 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario for a great selection of vintage and new Transformers.

TFcon would like to thank everyone for the most successful TFcon in history.  Thanks to Hasbro Canada for their continued involvement in engaging the fan base and to Toys R Us Canada for their promotional sponsorship.  Thanks to our guests of honour Garry Chalk, Paul Eiding and Simon Furman for sharing the weekend with us.  Thanks to Alex Milne, Josh Perez and Dylan G for loaning their art talents to us.  Thanks to Headrobots and Robotkingdom for providing the exclusives.  Thanks to Rage Design and Inch Imaging for their graphic design and printing assists.  Thanks to Ryan for bringing Bumblebee and Barricade for us and to Logan for bringing the batmobile.  Thanks to AVW TELAV for the AV setup.  Thanks to The Perth Mint for the prize donations.  Thanks to the staff of the Delta for hosting us.  Thanks to the staff and volunteers that work tirelessly to execute the convention every year.  And of course thanks to all the attendees who came out and made the event a success.

You can prepare for your weekend at TFcon by downloading and printing the PDF version of the TFcon-2011-Schedule here

We are pleased to reveal toy images of the TFcon 2011 exclusive Toxin figure.  Limited to only 100 pieces it will sell out quickly at the convention.  It will only be sold to attendees that have also purchased the Stronghold exclusive and will go on sale Friday night at 6pm for weekend ticket holders and is 1 per person.

You can also check out this TFcon 2011 Exclusive Stronghold: Minor Paint Removal Tutorial for those of you that are interested in removing the green paint from your Onslaught.

Join Transformers voice actors Garry Chalk and Paul Eiding at the TFcon 2011 Live Script Auditions and Reading where fans audition for roles in the Live Script Reading with Transformers Voice Actors then perform live in front of everyone in attendance.  To get you ready check out the TFcon 2011 live script reading prelude comic below.

Amazing replicas of the Transformers Movie 1977 Bumblebee Camaro and Barricade cars will be in attendance at TFcon 2011 for photo opportunities with all attendees.

Send the 1977 Bumblebee Camaro Replica “Beaterbee” to this years Sema Car Show in Las Vegas by voting here.

Be the only TFcon 2011 attendee to get a PE-11X and Toxin reserved for you AND get in the TFcon dealer room 15 minutes before everyone else with help from your social media friends.

Use your Facebook, Twitter and/or You Tube account to promote TFcon in the most funny, interesting and creative way.   Images, captions, and poems are all accepted.  Twitter users use the hashtag #TFcon when looking for the most retweets.  Facebook users use @TFcon in your status to link to the TFcon Facebook account for the most likes and reshares.  You tube users should make a video response to the TFcon 2011 trailer.

The winner will be announced Friday morning via our social networking accounts, you have until Thursday 11:59 pm EST to enter, multiple entries are encouraged.  You can RSVP to the TFcon 2011 Facebook event here, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to us on You Tube.

TFcon is happy to welcome back Dan Khanna  to the 2011 convention.  Having penciled a number of Transformers convention books dating back to 2001, he has worked on everything from statue design for Hard Hero, to Transformers T-Shirts, commemorative plates, pin-ups, and art on many of the Transformers toy boxes for Hasbro. Dan will be setup in the artist alley all weekend sketching and signing for the attendees of TFcon.

TFcon is happy to welcome back Transformers toy designer and artist Marvin Mariano to the 2011 convention.  Marvin’s  involvement with the Transformers franchise includes concept works and toys designs for the Transformers Crossovers line.  Examples of Transformer characters he has  worked on are: Obsidian (Beast Machines), Transtech/Armada – Optimus, Megatron, Cheetor, Black Arachnia, Shockwave, and Starscream to name a few.  Marvin will be setup in the TFcon artist alley all weekend.

The 2nd TFcon 2011 exclusive is Toxin!
When Lord Zarak needed someone to help copy the Headmaster and Transtector technology that Stronghold pioneered, he turned to Toxin. Toxin biggest claim to fame back on Cybertron was the mass cloning process of Reflector which bulked out Megatron‘s army during the early days of the war. He made 3 special clones for himself Edge, Shield and Bullet (Dubbed the NIGHT OPS SFX) as his hired goons to help get him needed “materials” for future experiments.
All was going well for Toxin till he along with Lord Zarak got captured by the Autobots. His personal Transtector body was destroyed in the scuffle and now he hopes to break free and commandeer a new one.

Produced by Head Robots, you can now give your headless G1 figures a much needed upgrade.  This figure is limited to only 100 pieces and limited to one per attendee.

Thanks to the fine folks at The Perth Mint TFcon 2011 will be giving away Transformers Collectible Coins  as first prizes in our costume, 2D art and 3D customs contests this year.  Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place customs contest winners will also go home with custom trophies to commemorate their victories.  The other categories will go home with original Transformers comic book art thanks to comic book artist Alex Milne.

This is your last opportunity to preregister for TFcon 2011 or book your hotel room in the TFcon block. Online registration closes at 12pm Saturday July 16th, and the cutoff for hotel rooms is Friday July 15th. This includes preordering the TFcon 2011 exclusive Stronghold.
UPDATE: hotel reservations will continue to book rooms under our group block based on availability.

This is the last call for questions for the Hasbro Canada Transformers Q and A panel at TFcon 2011! Please post your questions in this thread by end of the day today Wednesday July 13th.

Hasbro will be presenting a new product preview and question panel on upcoming Transformers products and answering your submitted questions. Attendees will also have the chance to talk to Hasbro reps in person, one-on-one as they show off the latest releases for Transformers toys at TFcon.

The TFcon 2011 dealer room has sold out all available tables with just under 3 weeks until the convention.  This is a new record for Canada’s largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise.  The room will be packed with exhibitors selling Transformers toys from all eras including but not limited to Generation 1, Generation 2, Machine Wars, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Universe, Classics, Animated, Crossovers, Commemorative and Encore Reissues, Alternators and Binaltech, Masterpiece, Titanium, Alternity, Generations, plus Movie toys from all 3 films; Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon and 3rd party companies.