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held annually since 2002. The convention was created to give fans the opportunity to celebrate their love for the Transformers franchise. Now the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon will be held for the 20th consecutive year in 2021 with events occurring in

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in October and

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in December to celebrate the 37th Anniversary of the Transformers. TFcon will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2022 with events happening in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Chicago.

Description

TFcon is the world's largest fan-run Transformers collectors convention. The event features the world's largest dealer room for specifically Transformers merchandise, guest question and answer panels and autograph sessions, a 3rd party product presentation, Transformers trivia, and a Transformers costume contest.

History

The first TFcon was held in Hamilton, Ontario in 2002. Organized in less than a month, the convention had a modest 190 attendees. In 2003, TFcon got its first special guests in the form of Joe Ng and the

Dreamwave Productions Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996. Best known for its comic book adaptations of Transformers, the company shut down on January 4, 2005. History Brothers Pat Lee and Roger Lee founde ...

team. In 2004, it got its first convention exclusive in the form of a variant convention exclusive cover of Transformers #1 Vol. 3 published by Dreamwave Productions. In 2007, TFcon finally got its first transforming toy exclusive, an unlicensed and downsized version of the Dinobot

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in his green ''Generation 2'' colors dubbed "Flamethrower". In its first 2 years the convention was moved around Ontario, but now finds a regular home in

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, Ontario. As of 2008, this convention formerly named TransformersCon is now officially called TFcon at the request of Hasbro. In 2009 TFcon expanded to a 2-day convention. Starting in 2012 TFcon has been hosting a charity auction for the

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each summer raising over $50,000 for the charity. In 2014 TFcon expanded to two shows a year, with one in Canada and one in the United States so more fans could be included in the experience. Spring of 2019 saw TFcon hosting the first-ever Transformers Generation 1 cast reunion in Los Angeles featuring the largest reunion of talent from the original cartoon series ever assembled, featuring 50 guests from various Transformers media. In 2020 TFcon was not held in person for the first time since its inception in 2002 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ran a virtual event.

Dates and locations

*2002: November 10 – Lawfield Arena,

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*2003: June 22 – Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre,

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*2004: March 12–13 – Holiday Inn Toronto Airport East,

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*2005: March 25–26 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2006: April 28–29 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2007: April 27–28 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2008: June 20–21 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2009: April 24–26 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2010: July 16–18 – Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario *2011: July 29–31 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre,

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*2012: July 27–29 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario *2013: July 25–28 - Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario *2014: July 11–13 – Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario *2014: October 24–26 – Hyatt Regency O'Hare,

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*2015: July 17–19 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2015: October 16–18 – Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord,

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*2016: July 15–17 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2016: October 21–23 – Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois *2017: July 14–16 – Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2017: September 29-October 1 – Hyatt Regency Reston,

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*2018: July 13–15 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2018: October 26–28 - Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center,

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*2019: March 13–15 - Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport,

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*2019: July 12–14 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2019: October 25–27 - Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Virginia *2020: March 20–22 - DoubleTree By Hilton at the Entrance to Universal Orlando - canceled due to COVID-19 *2020: July 10–12 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario - canceled due to COVID-19 *2020: October 23–25 - Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center - canceled due to COVID-19 *2021: October 22–24, Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor,

*2021: December 10–12 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2022: March 11–13 - Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport, Burbank, California *2022: July 8–10 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2022: October 21–23 - Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center *2023: March 10-12 - Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport, Burbank, California *2023: July 14-16 - Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario *2023: October 20-22 - Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at Seaworld

Special guests

*2002: None *2003:

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and various members of the Dreamwave Productions team *2004: David Kaye, Pat Lee, Joe Ng,

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and

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. *2005:

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, James "Brad Mick" McDonough, Adam Patyk, Joe Ng, Alex Milne,

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and Pete Sinclair. *2006:

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, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan, Espen Grundetjern and

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Canada *2009:

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, Alex Milne, Matt Moylan and Hasbro Canada *2011:

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, Garry Chalk,

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, Joe Ng, Marvin Mariano, Dan Khanna, Alex Milne,

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, and Hasbro Canada *2012:

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, Derrick J. Wyatt,

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, Josh Perez, Silas Zee, Dan Khanna, Matt Moylan,

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, Chris Ho and Hasbro Canada *2013:

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, James Roberts,

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, Livio Ramondelli, Casey Coller, Alex Milne, Andrew Griffith, John-Paul Bove, Josh Perez and Marvin Mariano *2014 (Toronto): Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk,

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(via Skype),

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, Casey Coller, Brendan Cahill, Corin Howell and Josh Burcham. *2016 (Toronto):

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, Dan Gilvezan,

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, Jim Byrnes, Flint Dille, Alex Milne,

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, Jason Marnocha, Frank Todaro,

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, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller, Brendan Cahill, Corin Howell, Josh Perez, Josh Burcham and Matt Moylan. *2017 (Toronto): Michael Bell,

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, Alec Willows, Scott McNeil, Aaron Archer, John Barber, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Nick Roche, Andrew Griffith, James Raiz, Marvin Mariano, Josh Perez and Matt Moylan. *2017 (DC): Neil Ross, Jack Angel, David Kaye, Aaron Archer, James Roberts, Alex Milne, Casey Coller, Sara Pitre-Dorocher, Andrew Griffith, Josh Burcham and Matt Moylan. *2018 (Toronto):

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, David Kaye, Garry Chalk,

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, James Roberts, Aaron Archer, David Wise, Nick Roche, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Dorocher, Josh Perez, James Raiz, and Matt Moylan. *2018 (Chicago):

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, Ian James Corlett, Alec Willows,

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, Dan Gilvezan,

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, David Kaye, David Mendenhall,

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, Frank Todaro, Gregg Berger, Ian James Corlett, Jack Angel, Jason Marnocha,

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, Jon Bailey, Laurie Faso, Marlene Aragon, Michael Bell, Michael Horton, Morgan Lofting, Neil Ross, Paul Eiding,

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, Alex Milne, Brandon Easton,

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, Bob Skir, Bryce Malek,

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, Casey Coller, David Wise, Derrick J. Wyatt,

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, Flint Dille, Jack Lawrence, Jim Sorenson, Josh Burcham, Josh Perez, Mae Catt, Mairghread Scott,

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, Ron Friedman, Sara Pitre-Durocher and

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*2019 (Toronto): Michael Chain, Stephen Keener,

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, Bob Budiansky, Ron Friedman,

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, Mark Watts, Aaron Archer, Alex Milne, Jack Lawrence, Livio Ramondelli, Casey Coller, Josh Perez, Josh Burcham, and Andrew Griffith. - canceled due to COVID-19 *2020 (Toronto): canceled due to COVID-19 *2020 (Chicago): canceled due to COVID-19 *2021 (Baltimore): Garry Chalk, Venus Terzo, Gregg Berger, Hal Rayle,

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, Bob Budiansky, Rik Alvarez, Livio Ramondelli, Andrew Griffith, Josh Burcham, and Casey Coller *2021 (Toronto): Jerry Houser,

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, David Sobolov, Paul Eiding (virtually), Bob Skir, Alex Milne and Andrew Griffith. *2022 (Los Angeles):

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, Adin Rudd, Alan Oppenheimer,

André Sogliuzzo André Sogliuzzo (born August 10, 1966) is an American voice actor. His voice-work includes several animated series, including ''American Dad!'', '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', ''Harvey Beaks'', '' Jackie Chan Adventures'' and '' Star Wars: Clon ...

, Bill Rogers, Brook Chalmers, Dan Gilvezan,

Dan Woren Dan Woren is an American voice actor who is known for providing voice work for anime, television, and video games. His role was voicing Roy Fokker in the ''Robotech'' series in the 1980s. Other major voice roles include Jagi in ''Fist of the N ...

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Doug Stone Doug Stone (born Douglas Jackson Brooks; June 19, 1956) is an American country music singer and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single " I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)", the first release from his 1990 self-titled debut album for Epic Rec ...

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, Frank Todaro,

Greg Berg Greg Berg (born November 26, 1960) is an American voice actor, best known for his work in cartoons, video games Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input de ...

, Gregg Berger,

Grey Griffin Grey DeLisle (; born Erin Grey Van Oosbree; August 24, 1973), sometimes credited as Grey Griffin, is an American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter. DeLisle is known for various roles in animated productions and video games. On Sept ...

, Ian James Corlett, Jason Marnocha,

Jeanne Carr Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431) * Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374) * Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Amer ...

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Josh Keaton Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known by his stage name Josh Keaton, is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', Spider-Man in various media in addition to ...

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Lex Lang Lex Lang (born November 12, 1965) is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the ''Crash Bandicoo ...

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Melendy Britt Melendy Britt (born October 31, 1943) is an American actress who has been active in television and voice acting since the 1970s. Career Britt's most notable animated work is for Filmation, voicing characters such as She-Ra, and the second a ...

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Sandy Fox Sandra Marie Fox (née Kessler; born July 13, 1963) is an American voice actress who has had numerous roles in various animated cartoon, anime and video games. She portrayed the live-action Betty Boop and has provided her voice for Universal St ...

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Chris "Doc" Wyatt Christopher Aaron Wyatt, sometimes credited as Chris "Doc" Wyatt, (born October 5, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, writer, and second unit director. He produced the 2004 film ''Napoleon Dynamite'', the 2006 film ''Think T ...

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, Travis Artz,

Wally Wingert Wallace Eugene Wingert (born May 6, 1961) is an American voice actor. His roles include Almighty Tallest Red in ''Invader Zim'', Renji Abarai in ''Bleach'', Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger in '' Tiger & Bunny'', The Riddler in the '' Batman: ...

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Exclusives

*2004: Variant cover of Transformers #1 Volume 3 published by Dreamwave Productions with artwork by

Don Figueroa Don Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both the defunct Dreamwave Productions and with IDW Publishing. Dreamwave Productions One of ...

*2005: Convention Exclusive Dinobots Poster and 2005 Convention Exclusive T-shirt with artwork by Joe Ng *2006: Stealth Cyclonus Hard Hero Bust, Alternate Cover to Transformers vs. G.I.Joe #1 with art by Joe Ng *2007: Justitoys G2 Flamethrower and the Alternated Masterpiece Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne *2008: No toy exclusive *2009: FansProject Powered Commander and the Universe Divided Lithograph featuring art by Alex Milne *2010: Impossible Toys Night-bird *2011: Headrobots Stronghold, Headrobots Toxin, Perfect Effect PE-11 Night Ops Version *2012: iGear Shafter, Headrobots Garrison, Perfect Effect Shadow Bat *2013: iGear Roswell, Mech IDeas [Project Z, Mech IDeas Prototype X, iGear Van Guardian *2014 (Toronto): X-Transbots Masterpiece Shafter, Keith's Fantasy Club Pestilence *2014 (Chicago): Toyworld Transformers TW-H04G Grant, X-Transbots Axis *2015 (Toronto): TW06B – Purple Evila Star Figure LE350 *2015 (Charlotte): Voodoo Robots Animus Stealth Mode, MMC Reformated Azalea * Asterisk Mode *2016 (Toronto): PS-01S Sphinx Stealth Version, MMC Reformated Feral Queen & Nero Queen *2016 (Chicago): FansProject LER-04 Severo (SP) Diaclone Edition, PS-01S Sphinx Stealth Alternate Version *2017 (Toronto): Diaclone Paris Dakar Rally Terraegis *2017 (DC): MMC R-19AM Kultur Asterisk Mode, MMC R-27SG Calidus Shadow Ghost, Ocular Max PS-06O Offroad *2018 (Toronto): Maketoys MTRM-09GII Maestro, Ocularmax Remix Enmitus, Ocularmax Catcall and Uproar *2018 (Chicago): X-Transbots Crackup B1, Mastermind Creations R-29AM Aero Alpha Asterisk Mode, Fans Project Warbot WB011 Constructo Core *2019 (LA): Make Toys MTCD-01D Delta Manus, Make Toys MTRM-11G2 Screamer, Make Toys G2 Ceasefire *2019 (Toronto): Ocular Max PS-18 Zinnia, Mastermind Creations R-32 Broken Mirror Stray, X-Transbots MX-XVI G2 Overheat *2019 (DC): Ocular Max PS-01R Sphinx Regenesis, G2 Planet X Vulcan, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R41 Ultio, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R37 Bedrock, Ocular Max Perfection Series PS01P Pharaoh *2020 (Orlando): Ocular Max PS-04P Azalea Protoform and RMX-14 Doccat *2020 (Online): PX-14B Helios Powered Commander, Ocular Max RMX-01Co Jaguar Covert, Fans-Hobby MB-12B Wheel Blade, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R-46 Vexo Prominon *2021 (Baltimore): Newage Pistolonyx, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R-49 Mentis *2021 (Toronto): X-Transbots Master X Series Ono, Ocular Max Perfection Series PS-09IMP Hellion IMP, Ocular Max Remix Series RMX-06CO Furor and RMX-07CO Riot Covert 2 Pack *2022 (Los Angeles): Fans hobby x The Chosen Prime MB-14B Arson, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R-46A Vexo Prominon Alternative, Ocular Max Perfection Series PS-19 Grifter, X-Transbots The Chosen Prime MX-30B Fuzz G2 (sold online after convention) *2022 (Toronto): X-Transbots The Chosen Prime MX-33B Jocund G2, Mastermind Creations Reformatted R-48SG Optus Prominon Severed Geist *2022 (Chicago): MB-06E/MB-11E God Delta, Ocular Max Remix Series RMX-11EX Tempo (First Edition)

Media Reports

TransformersCon 2004 documentary appears on Metrodome's 2004 release of Transformers season one DVD set, as well interviews with voice actors David Kaye & Garry Chalk from TransformersCon appear on the Madman Beast Wars 2006 Season 2 DVD sets. TFcon was featured in the Shout Factory Season 3&4 DVD in the Special Features Featurette "The Autobots, The Decepticons & The Fans", including mention in the "Special Thanks" section of the special feature credits.
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References

External links

TFcon Toronto Official WebsiteTFcon USA Official WebsiteTFcon Los Angeles Official WebsiteOfficial TFcon message boardCanadian Transformers News and DiscussionCanadian Action Figure News and Discussion
Events in Toronto Multigenre conventions Recurring events established in 2002 Science fiction conventions in Canada Transformers (franchise) 2002 establishments in Ontario