#tfnation2018

So remember the DJD and the “Sparkeater” Blip?  At the Lost Light panel, James Roberts said that the scene with Blip waking up to find his own brain in his mouth was originally meant to have one of the DJD members remove the brain with their mouth. It was obviously scrapped but that is so... dark? Even crazier than the scene we got.

Transmission_Initiated Transmission ID: 00037 TFNation_2018 Operation: What It’s Worth

There are only a handful of days left to TFNation 2018, and we wanted to help everyone still not on it to hop onto the hype train, by reminding attendees what a ticket to the event entails. There are of course three tiers of tickets (Saturday only, Sunday only, Weekend), with some differences between them in terms of full access depending on the programme – but the main content below is available to all!

With order then:

Your basic,

one-day (Saturday or Sunday) TFNation ticket

grants you access to the following:

20 traders, in the trader hall (Monarch), from across the Transformers and action figure market, including the major outlets in the UK and more; please note: there is no trading on Friday.

20 fan creators in The Forge (Warwick), including some of the best creatives in the Transformers fandom selling their wares, arts, crafts, pins, magnets, stickers, comics and more.

13 guest professionals (Monarch), personalities behind multiple aspects of the Transformers franchise, from comics to movies, toys to cartoons, ready to sign and talk and be included in photos.

12 hours of panels across the two days (6 on Saturday, 6 on Sunday, Pavillion), from fan panels to professionals talking about their work, spanning from toy creation at Hasbro, IDW Publishing comics, voice acting work, and beyond!  Strictly no access to Friday Panels

A weekend ticket for TFNation

also grants you access to:

Club Con (Kings)! Featuring a Script Reading (with event guests reading an original piece of Transformers fiction, in character) and Cosplay Contest, which takes place on the Saturday night!

11 more hours of panels, brought to you by fans (Friday, Pavillion), spanning from YouTube communities, via cosplay and toy photography to more niche interests!

Please note: there is no trading on Friday.

If you purchased the

extra

tickets, you will also be able to attend the now sold out:

Stan Bush Live Concert @TFNation (Saturday night, Kings)!

Not part of the ticket, though still part of the convention, will be the live action movie Transformers vehicle replicas, courtesy of

Transformers Car Hire

, for photo opportunities and more; a

display

of attendees’ custom work on Transformers toys and action figures; the free full convention

programme

, available at registration; exclusive TFNation

merchandise

, only available for purchase at the event.

Obviously also included in the event, though entirely thanks to our attendees, are a good time, robot chats, robo capers and silly hi-jinks, getting to know the UK and wider European community, international guests and friends, new discoveries, and a shared passion for a hobby that just keeps growing, and changing, and

leaves us all transformed.

We look forward to welcoming you to TFNation 2018!

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https://tfnation.com.

Further transmissions to follow.

TFNation

Where All Are One

Picture with Percy!! We wreck and rule.

(Featuring an absolutely gorgeous Tarantulas - Verity probably still has PTSD from Sins of the Wreckers with this character. Loved the conclusion in Requiem. Tara will always be one of my favourites!!) Such amazing costumes...!

I didn’t take many photos at TFN this year (because I found myself spacing out a lot- maybe too much).

Highlights this year (for me):

- People got a kick out of my “Victimized by Starscream Getaway” badge; in particular, Jack Lawrence and Nick Roche had a good laugh about it.

- Stan Bush concert!

- Meeting Stan Bush and telling him that his music saved me life in some of my darkest hours. He is a really, really cool guy and I’m glad that I got to see him perfom live. He signed on my hoverboard (because a hoverboard was in TFTM when Dare played). I got so overwhelmed and cried after I left his table. Many thanks to the woman and the volunteer who checked on me and gave me tissue!

- Got a good laugh from Nick when I asked him to cross out Getaway on my copy of the Lost Light print. He happily did it.

- Meeting @hopperlicious!

- Seeing @stlplaybox again!

I went to the Forge first on Saturday and spent 113 pounds at @coralus’s table lol.

I cosplayed two versions of human Tailgate this year- the hoodie rendition on Saturday, and the baby dress from MTMTE#43 on Sunday. I think other people got photos of my cosplays.