Post by Raymond T. on Oct 27, 2007 22:25:49 GMT
Hi everyone!
I am Raymond T. Earlier this year, together with 4 other guys I held a dutch Transformers convention called TRANSFORMATIONS. As it turned out, it was the only OFFICIAL Transformers Convention in Europe, with complete and active backing from Hasbro. The convention, which was held on june 10th of this year in the city of IJsselstein, was a huge succes by dutch standards. We expected 100 plus fans to show and hoped to reach about 150 people for that day. It ended up having 216 paying visitors. Plus, unlike previous years, the fans didn't just visit, buy their stuff, make some small talk and leave. Most of them stuck around for the entire day. Most of the stands there just cleaned house and some were completely sold out by the time our convention had ended.
Since that convention, I've gotten some mails from fans in the UK asking if we would do a second one in 2008. Well, earlier this week the crew came together and decided to indeed put on a second convention. The messages and mails I got from UK fans were asking me if they would be welcome to come by then.
There is still no word if TransForce or AutoAssembly will put on a UK convention for 2008, and both had already cancelled their 2007 conventions. So I can imagine that the UK fans want to have a convention too. I would like to ask the UK fans, if they would be interested in attending our dutch Transformers Convention! If enough people from outside the Netherlands let us know that they want to be part of this, we might take this up in our plans and maybe look into arranging in the shape of Hotels and stuff.
Let me know here. I personally would love to have more fans there. If you want to get an impression of this past convention, the pictures of the event are up on www.trypticon.nl
I am Raymond T. Earlier this year, together with 4 other guys I held a dutch Transformers convention called TRANSFORMATIONS. As it turned out, it was the only OFFICIAL Transformers Convention in Europe, with complete and active backing from Hasbro. The convention, which was held on june 10th of this year in the city of IJsselstein, was a huge succes by dutch standards. We expected 100 plus fans to show and hoped to reach about 150 people for that day. It ended up having 216 paying visitors. Plus, unlike previous years, the fans didn't just visit, buy their stuff, make some small talk and leave. Most of them stuck around for the entire day. Most of the stands there just cleaned house and some were completely sold out by the time our convention had ended.
Since that convention, I've gotten some mails from fans in the UK asking if we would do a second one in 2008. Well, earlier this week the crew came together and decided to indeed put on a second convention. The messages and mails I got from UK fans were asking me if they would be welcome to come by then.
There is still no word if TransForce or AutoAssembly will put on a UK convention for 2008, and both had already cancelled their 2007 conventions. So I can imagine that the UK fans want to have a convention too. I would like to ask the UK fans, if they would be interested in attending our dutch Transformers Convention! If enough people from outside the Netherlands let us know that they want to be part of this, we might take this up in our plans and maybe look into arranging in the shape of Hotels and stuff.
Let me know here. I personally would love to have more fans there. If you want to get an impression of this past convention, the pictures of the event are up on www.trypticon.nl