BotCon has grown throughout the 1990's into a must-attend convention for Transfans. The following is a basic summary of where Botcon was held each year and what happened there. Each category is broken down by convention year.

BotCon Location
1994 - Fort Wayne, Indiana (Grand Wayne Center)
1995 - Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Convention Center)
1996 - Chicago, Illinois (Clarion Resort Rosemont)
1997 - Rochester, New York (Rochester Riverside Convention Center)
1998 - Anaheim, California (Anaheim Convention Center)
1999 - St. Paul, Minnesota (Rivercenter)
2000 - Ft. Wayne, Indiana (Grand Wayne Center)
2001 - Durham, North Carolina (Durham Marriott at the Civic Center)

Organizers
1994 - John and Karl Hartman
1995 - Raksha
1996 - Men In Black Collectibles
1997 - 3H Enterprises
1998 - 3H Enterprises
1999 - 3H Enterprises
2000 - 3H Enterprises
2001 - 3H Enterprises

Attendance
1994 - 175 people
1995 - 275 people
1996 - 400 people
1997 - 740 people
1998 - 850 people
1999 - 1104 people
2000 - 1647 people
2001 - 1850 people

Hasbro Representatives
1994 - Tom Bowman and Carl Fritz
1995 - None
1996 - George Boznos and Anthony Gaud
1997 - Dawn Berryman, George Boznos, and Jerry Palmer
1998 - Andy Espenshade and Jennifer Donahoe
1999 - Brian Chapman
2000 - Joe Mattiko, Jamie Overbey
2001 - Joe Mattiko

Special Guests
1994 - None
1995 - None
1996 - None
1997 - Stan Bush, Peter Cullen, Vince DiCola, Bob Forward, Simon Furman, David Kaye, Venus Terzo, and Andrew Wildman
1998 - Susan Blu, Gary Chalk, Vince DiCola, Larry DiTillio, Bob Forward, Simon Furman, David Kaye, Bryce Malek, Scott McNeil, Doug Parker, Rob Tokar, and Andrew Wildman
1999 - Jim Byrnes, Asaph Fipke, and Scott McNeil
2000 - Ian James Corlett, Vince DiCola, John Moschitta, Venus Terzo, Alex Willows
2001 - Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, Paul Davids, Vince DiCola, Gary Falcone, Simon Furman, Scott McNeil, John Stephenson

Exclusive Toys (Quantity)
1994 - Breakdown (300, 204 for BotCon)
1995 - Nightracer (294)
1996 - Onyx Primal (1700 Total: 1490 Regular, 170 Dealer, 40 VIP)
1997 - Fractyl (570) and Packrat (600)
1998 - Vice Grip (600) and Antagony (600)
1999 - Windrazor (1200) and Sandstorm (1200)
2000 - Apelinq (1200) and Shockaract (1200)
2001 - Tigatron (?) and Arcee (?)

Special Events
1994 - None
1995 - Laser light show to soundtrack from movie
1996 - Charity auction
1997 - Pre-convention dinner, live concert, charity auction
1998 - Pre-convention party, live script reading, charity raffle
1999 - Pre-convention pizza party
2000 - Friday night dinner, theatrical showing of TF:TM
2001 - Friday night dinner, Saturday night concert, theatrical showing of TF:TM

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