OTFCC 2003

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Date	July 25,2003
City	Rosemont, IL
Venue	Hyatt Regency O'Hare

The Official Transformers Collectors Convention 2003(commonly shortened toOTFCC2003) was held onJuly 25toJuly 27,2003, in Rosemont,Illinois,just outside ofChicago.

This convention was the first run after the somewhat acrimonious departure ofJonandKarl Hartmanfrom3H.As they owned theBotConname, the convention was given a new and unwieldy name, whose acronym provided endless entertainment for thefandom.

Venue

This is the view from the train station, which you'd know already if you'd bothered to go see the city!

OTFCC 2003 was held at theHyatt Regency O'Harein Rosemont, Illinois.

Merchandise

Convention-exclusive toys

Universe

Better hustle to get one! We'll never get another Sunstreaker toy!

• Sideswipe
• Roulette&Shadow Striker
• Sunstreaker

Sunstreaker was available only in limited quantities to those who booked a room in advance at the convention hotel.

For all of these toys, the clear plastic used for the "window" on their packaging was much softer than that on any official Transformer toy packaging before or since, feeling more like cellophane than shelf-ready protective plastic.

Heroes of Cybertron

• Decepticon Air Cavalry Troop Builder Set (Starscream,Skywarp,Thundercracker,& threeAir Warriors)
• Sunstorm

Sunstorm was available as a free incentive for preregistering forOTFCC 2004.

Other merchandise

These collectible plates caused endless, endless sorrow.

• Each dinner attendee was randomly given one of two collectibleWar Within-themed plates with art byDon Figueroa... or would have, if they had not been massively delayed; as it was, they were eventually sent through the mail. Each attendee was also given the option to purchase the plate they needed for a "full set" for an additional $50.

Fiction

• As thefirst issueof theUniversecomic was delayed, a preview consisting of the first few pages was inserted into the program guide.

Guests

• MusicianVince DiCola

Hasbro employees

• Aaron Archer
• Michelle Field
• Jerry Jivoin
• Eric Siebenaler

Voice actors

• Gregg Berger
• Garry Chalk
• David Kaye

Comics and animation

• Devil's Due Press:
• Josh Blaylock
• Mike Norton
• Clayton Brown
• Mark Brooks

• Dreamwave Productions:
• Simon Furman
• ?

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Events

Saturday

Nirvana is coming! The mystic portal awaits!

Man, cool! Hope it won't be hard to find these guys in the store!

• 8:00am: Doors open to the public. Two different video rooms run non-stop Transformer episodes 24 hours a day, one for Generation 1, one forBeast Wars,Beast Machines,Robots in Disguise,andArmada.The Hasbro display case features the first waves of the upcomingEnergontoyline, as well as the firstAlternatorstoy,Smokescreen,all of which would hit stores the following December.
• 11:00am:MSTF: The Musical
• 1:30pm:HasbroPanel, featuring first-look clips of stock transformation footage from the upcomingEnergoncartoon, with a fill-in soundtrack by Evanescence. These cleanly-animated, high-frame-rate sequences were met with wild cheers from the audience... the young, innocent, hopelessly naive and optimistic audience.
• 3:00pm: Voice Impression Contest;DreamwavePanel
• 4:00pm: Dreamwave andDevil's DueCrossovers Panel
• 5:00pm: Devil's Due Panel
• 6:00pm: Doors close for the day.
• 7:30pm:Voice actor script reading
• 9:00pm: The Allspark's Transgeneration 2003 party

Sunday

• 9:00am: Doors open
• 11:00am: From Discussion Forum to "The War Within": The Allspark in the Fan Community Panel
• 12:00pm: unclaimed preregistered toy merchandise becomes available for sale to the public
• 12:30pm: Charity Auction
• 2:00pm: Across the Generations: A Voice Actor Panel
• 3:30pm: Convention by Design - organizers panel
• 6:00pm: Doors close. Game over.