#botcon 2025

[rinovarka]

The Decepticon Ladybug finds herself unwillingly having to work together with the Autobots Bumblebee and Glyph against the horde of Insecticons! Piece made exclusively as a stamp rally prize at BotCon 2025, as its based on the BotCon origin’d Glyph and Ladybug, and one of the custom class figures being Bombshell

Theres some BotCon lore issues that lead to the character Ladybug now being female Cliffjumper. Still proud of the work done tho!

[misqnon]

botcon 2025 haul!!!! 90% of the ppl i talked to didnt have tumblr rip 💔 but the red soundwave print & cyclonus button is from @wyrmwright , deadlock/drift sticker is from @bowen-arrow-art , the ID cards and prowl getting thrown off a cliff standee is from @dewhander , and ofc the deadlock standee is from @starheavenly

if youre curious where I got anything else please ask 👍 i got everyone's business card and/or twitter for the most part !!

[my2t3rry]

BotCon ref 😭🙏

[cabalex]

Metal Cardbot at BotCon '25 - What's new?

4 PM PST: Updated to clarify TCG information. (It's not being planned at the moment.)

Thank you to @rinovarka for covering this event! Please see the full Twitter thread for more info.

What's new since Toyfair in February?

Names have been changed, again. See below.

They showcased the first episode of the dub at the panel. The dub appears to be the same as the existing one, even down to the old names (Blue Cop, Mega Trucker). Rino writes that "A light apology is given for the English dubbing, as it was done for affordability, and that Season 2's localization should be better."

If the first wave is received well, then there's more justification for quality dubbing, marketing, etc.. Lots of things (human figures, comic, etc) were answered with "if it does well, then maybe!",

There are talks about making a new Metal Cardbot TCG for the US audience, since TCGs don't attract much attention in Asia, but it's hypothetical (source)

They hope that MCB becomes good competition in the transforming robot market (people who work on MCB know TF and the American market, and study them for fresh views/ideas).

Planned to be distributed at Entertainment Earth, BBTS, and Amazon in Fall 2025. They hope to distribute to larger, in-person retailers in the future... "maybe"

Prototype packaging was shown off (see below) - not final

Prototype Packaging (Toyfair vs BotCon)

Toyfair coverage: misswhynowhy on Twitter

Cardbots

Season 1, Wave 1 (releasing Late 2025/2026)

Names are not final, and "they acknowledge the translated names arent that great right now", and that they're still tweaking them (and possibly the names in the dub).

Names marked in blue are new.

Blue Star (Blue Cop, formerly Blue Cobalt) - $23.99

Shadow X - $23.99

Bluster Gale (Buster Gallon) - $23.99

Mech Tackle (Mega Trucker) - $32.99

Steel Hook (Black Hook) - $32.99

Heavy Iron - $49.99

Season 1, TBD price and release date

Wild Guardian (Wild Guardy)

Buffalo Crush

Med Alert (Mega Ambler)

Fire Buster (Phoenix Fire)

Dextrous (Dexter)

Fleta Z

Ultimate Blue Star (Ultimate Blue Cop)

While Season 2 toys were shown off at the event, there was no timeline or plans announced to bring them to US retailers.

TL;DR: Dub is the same. More names changed, though none of it is final. The first wave'll come out in late 2025, along with the dub on Tubi and YouTube, which'll probably be very similar to the one we already have. "Loud support when MCB hits the Western Market greatly needed to justify bigger and better things :]" - Rino

[vangeluscentral]

tonight at 7pm eastern, Aaron Aksmth and I go back to school as we head into September 2005 in our Transformers Newsdive, live,

[stunticonbreakdown]

Fun Breakdown Fact of the Day: G2 Breakdown was the first BotCon toy ever! Only 300 were made and only 204 were available at BotCon.

Additionally, a G2 Legacy Breakdown has been leaked on TFW2005 (with no images as of yet) for 2025.

[actionfigureinsider]

BotCon '25 Rolls Back Into Fort Wayne This Father's Day Weekend June 12–15, 2025 | Grand Wayne Convention Center

[a-warping-raccoon]

Guys! I'm procrastinating stuff late at night while high and I've thought of a genius idea for a cosplay! Transformers Elita One but

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Just a human Elita One stuck in the 80's and completely glows in blacklight!!

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I'm making it and will bring it to Botcon 2025!!!!!

[rinovarka]

Throughout my years in Transformers fandom, I have heard A Lot of things about the convention known as BotCon. So, this year, I decided to see what the event was like for myself! 💫Here's how it went— 💫

[rinovarka]

My BotCon 2025 table and my post-con haul! Lots of mixed feelings about this event, of which I was curious given its reputation online. Had high hopes and really put work into improving my set up and organization. My full thoughts and more deeper looks into my table and haul to be put in a vlog coming soon. It didnt turn out how I expected, but was an interesting experience and the company I was with made it better!

[rinovarka]

Aaand behold! My new gimmicky tip jar — Dadimus Prime and his Aerialbot sons! Help this (at the moment) single father have a good time with his sons!

Made using cheap and or old materials, an Optimus Prime and Megatron Blokee, and the tiny Aerialbot planes from the Titans Return Broadside Figure! To make its debut at BotCon 2025 next month :]!