Bloomington, Minnesota – April 30, 2012 – MetaCon 2012, the largest upcoming comicon, sci-fi, and anime con to come to Minneapolis is thrilled to announce that two more stars from Power Rangers will be joining the convention in 2012. Michael Copon (Blue Ranger, Time Force) and Nakia Burrise (Yellow Ranger, Turbo, Zeo, Mighty Morphin’) will join MetaCon from August 31 – September 2, 2012 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minneapolis for autograph signings and question and answer sessions. MetaCon will gather thousands of fans of TV, comics, sci-fi, anime, and popular culture to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area for a three-day weekend celebrating fandom and nerd life.
Press Release: 18th Annual Transformers Convention
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The TRANSFORMERS Global Entertainment Phenomenon Rolls Into Texas With Special Guests, Interactive Experiences and Much More
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (April 24, 2012) – Thousands of TRANSFORMERS fans from around the world will celebrate the iconic brand from Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) in Dallas as the TRANSFORMERS fan convention known as “BOTCON” serves up a Texas-sized helping of AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from April 27-29. Hasbro and the TRANSFORMERS Collectors’ Club, will be offering opportunities to engage in and learn about the TRANSFORMERS brand that can only be experienced at BOTCON. » Read more..
MetaCon 2012 Guest Announcement – Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey
Meta Con Announces Power Rangers Stars Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey
Bloomington, Minnesota – April 23, 2012 – MetaCon 2012, the newest and hottest comic, sci-fi, and anime con to come to Minneapolis is excited to announce stars of Power Rangers: Time Force and Power Rangers: Wild Force, Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey, will be appearing at the 2012 Meta Convention. MetaCon will gather thousands of fans of TV, comics, sci-fi, anime, and popular culture at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota for a three-day weekend celebrating fan culture. Jason and Jessica will be joined by numerous other guests soon to be announced, in addition to previously announced anime-star Todd Haberkorn and Internet hacker YTCracker. MetaCon lasts for three days, from August 31 to September 2, 2012.
C2E2: Costume/Cosplay Roundup
As in past years, the costumers came out in full force for C2E2 in 2012. The creations of these talented and creative fans are one of the highlights of the convention floor.
The convention is simply too large to see every costume, so I’m sure our team missed out on seeing many fantastic costumes throughout the weekend. We did our best to photograph as many as we could to share with our readers.
C2E2: Transcript of our live tweets from the Josh Gates – Destination Truth panel
In case you missed it (or in case you don’t use Twitter), here is the transcript of our live tweets from Josh Gates’s Saturday evening panel at C2E2. Josh, the host of Destination Truth on SyFy, took some questions from Twitter and the audience. In the days prior to C2E2, Josh had promised that a big announcement would be made during this panel. Follow the link and read the transcript of ASM’s tweets for the full scoop:
C2E2 Day 1 – The Displays
On the show floor were multiple displays from Marvel, DC Comics, Diamond Select Toys, The CS Moore Studio and The Captain America Auction. We’ll be getting more pictures over the weekend, but for right now, check out the galleries below:
CS Moore Studio
DC Comics and Collectibles
Diamond Select Toys
Marvel
The Captain America Auction
The props from Captain America and Thor were AWESOME! I wish I had unlimited funds so I could bring some home.
More pictures tomorrow! All our C2E2 Galleries can be found here!
C2E2 Day 1 – The Costumes
We have never been at a comic convention on a Friday, so we weren’t sure how many costumes we’d see on the floor. While there weren’t as many costumers as we wanted, we did see some great work and we hope that the cosplay will kick up tomorrow when there will be more people.
You can find our entire Costume Gallery for Friday by clicking this link, and we have some of the highlights below. For the full size picture, click the link above.
All our C2E2 Galleries can be found here!
ASM – The Geekly Rewind Invades C2E2!
This weekend, ASM invades C2E2! We’ll be there to bask in the comic, geek and pop culture goodness as Chicago hosts its third show by ReedPop. I will be handling pictures of the displays, the booths, the games, and whatever nice geeky stuff I find. My cosplay cohort, Rogue Z, will be covering the costumes.
Speaking of costumes, we want to see yours! Rogue Z wants to put together a costume gallery for C2E2, so get out your finest comic/movie/TV/sci-fi/geek costumes and make sure to find us.
Even if you aren’t in costume, we want to meet you. Keep an eye out for the ASM logo and say hi! You’ll probably find us hanging out at the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion tables at some point, as well as stalking the John Barrowman and David Newell autograph lines. If you don’t see the ASM logo, it might be because we’re incognito as well….
To take a look at some coverage of other conventions we’ve done, hit up Convention Central!
