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.

The tentative TFcon 2011 event schedule is now online.  While it is subject to change between now and the convention this will give you a good idea as to what programming to expect at the show this year.

Check out this advance video review of the TFcon 2011 convention exclusive Stronghold upgrade set.  You can preorder this figure via the TFcon 2011 registration page until July 15th.

We are pleased to reveal the TFcon 2011 exclusive Stronghold.  Limited to 700 pieces this is a high-quality upgrade kit that contains a transforming head with ball joints and clear blue eyepiece, two photon rifles, one assault cannon, and a backpack. The backpack features many mounting points so the guns can be configured in many ways.  You can preorder this figure via the TFcon 2011 registration page until July 15th.  This set is produced by Head Robots and designed for the Universe Onslaught mold (not included) and cross compatible with Generation 1 Headmasters.  Click the thumbnails for a better look.

Limited to 500 pieces for distribution at conventions around the world in 2011, 50 pieces of the Perfect Effect PE-11 Night Ops Version will be sold at TFcon 2011.  This will be available at onsite registration on a first come, first serve basis starting at the Friday night registration pickup.  Limit of one per person.

TFcon is pleased to welcome back Matt Moylan to the convention this year. He is best known to Transformers fans as the artist behind LilFormers. You can meet him in the TFcon 2011 artist alley all weekend.

TFcon’s expansion to a 2 day convention was made possible through merging with the Canadian 80s Toy Expo on the Sunday of the event.  This was necessary due to many dealers completely selling out of merchandise on the Saturday requiring a dealer room restock if a 2nd day was to be added.  This year is no different with the Sunday bringing us Canada’s largest dealer room for 80s toy related merchandise consisting of dealers selling Super Heroes (Marvel, DC etc), Star Wars (new and vintage), Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), G.I. Joe (vintage and modern), Masters of the Universe (vintage and classics), Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles.  We will also welcome new guests to the convention on the Sunday.

We are happy to welcome back  Transformers comic book artist Alex Milne to TFcon 2011.  He will be setup in the TFcon artist alley all weekend long signing and sketching for fans.  Alex did the packaging art for our convention exclusive Stronghold this year as well as the art for the comic that will be included in the TFcon 2011 program.

Alex has worked on Transformers Energon #26-29 and 31; G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War #4 and 5; as well as IDW’s Megatron Origin;  the Transformers (2007) Official Movie Adaptation; Spotlight: Arcee; The Reign of Starscream; Transformers: Alliance; Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 3; Tales of the Fallen #5 Ravage, #6 Arcee; The Transformers: Drift; and The Transformers (issues 16-18).

We are very pleased to welcome Transformers voice actor Paul Eiding to TFcon 2011 for the 25th Anniversary of Transformers The Movie and his first ever Canadian convention appearance.

The voice of Generation 1 Perceptor; Mr. Eiding will be taking part in Q&A panel and autograph sessions with the attendees of the Canadian Transformers Collectors Convention.

With the growing popularity of 3rd party Transformers related products TFcon announces the first annual 3rd party product panel for TFcon 2011.  We have invited major 3rd party product manufacturers to contribute to a panel focusing on new images of upcoming and previously announced collector focused toys.  We encourage all 3rd party companies to contact us to be involved in this first ever presentation.

Speaking of which there is only 1 month left to preorder the TFcon 2011 exclusive Stronghold figure and preregister for TFcon 2011!

Check out the latest TFcon promotional video featuring the talents of David Kaye and Garry Chalk.

We are very pleased to welcome back former Transformers comic book artist Joe Ng to TFcon 2011. Joe will be signing along side Simon Furman who he worked with on the War Within: The Age of Wrath series.

Joe also worked on Transformers: Generation One #0, the Dreamwave Summer Special, Transformers: Energon #21-26, G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1-2, G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War 1-5 and will be at TFcon 2011 on the Saturday.

We are very pleased to welcome back Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to TFcon 2011 for the 15th Anniversary of Beast Wars.

The voice of the iconic Optimus Primal and G1 Megatron in Beast Wars, Optimus Primal and G1 Optimus Prime in Beast Machines, plus Optimus Prime in Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron; Mr. Chalk will be taking part in Q&A panel and autograph sessions with the attendees of the Canadian Transformers Collectors Convention.

2011 sees the return of the TFcon art and custom contest. There will once again be 2 categories attendees can enter; 2D, and 3D. Pieces entered in previous years cannot be entered again as well as no collaborative entries, the piece has to be 100% your own creation. Limit of two entries per person. For more details check out the TFcon contest information page.

TFcon 2011 online registration is now open. You can order the 2011 exclusive Stronghold along with tickets to the convention, TFcon T-Shirts and the limited TFcon customizing class online for TFcon 2011 via this link. Preregistration will run until July 16th at 12pm. If you don’t have a credit card you can email the convention to register via money order.