Snipenose video by ENCLINE

Check out this awesome video of Snipenose by the class's instructor: Encline! If you've been on the fence about this guy he won't last much longer, we have less than five spots in the attendee class and only a couple non-attendee kits left! Click here to order!

Charticon 2013 Hotel Name Change

If you have already made a reservation with our hotel you may have received an email notifying you that the Charlotte Marriott Executive Park hotel is changing to the Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park effective June 1st, 2013. We wanted to let everyone know this change will not affect any part of Charticon 2013. All the reservations are still in place and as far as our convention is concerned this is a name change only. If you haven't yet placed your reservation we will have new information up soon about where and how to reserve your rooms. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. Thanks for supporting Charticon 2013 and we look forward to seeing you at the show!

Snipenose Revealed!

Encline has stopped by to let us know he has finished the prototype of the Custom Class Snipenose! This figure is based on the Generations Sky Shadow figure with a new head by Wheeljack and this gives you a good idea what the figure will look like once you have finished. Check out the pictures below. Encline has also let us know class attendees will have the option of changing up the red on the figure to green if they wish.

Click on the Exclusives Link above to order Snipenose! There are only a few spots left in the attendee class and the non-attendee kits are selling out quick!

Vehicle Mode

Robot Mode

Charticon welcomes Ken Christiansen!

In our ever expanding line-up of guests we are very happy to welcome Ken Christiansen to Charticon 2013!  Ken has been working as an illustrator and concept designer for over fifteen years.  Starting as a video game concept artist, at Nintendo of America (Ridge Racer 64, Pokemon Puzzle League), then moving to Los Angeles to work in games for the Walt Disney Company (Kingdom Hearts, Finding Nemo).  In 2004, Ken started his own company, Bad Flip Productions, working for video game clients like Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and Activision. After working with Activision on Transformers the Game, and the Revenge of the Fallen game, he began working freelance in media development for Hasbro Inc. (Transformers), doing concept art for their film, tv, book, games, and toy initiatives. That expanded into media development beyond the Transformers brand, including Star Wars, Spider-Man, and more.

Ken’s current work includes the cover runs on the Transformers Prime series (IDW), Star Wars Fighter Pods, and Ultimate Spider-Man Spider Pods.  Along with other random bits and pieces, hanging off pegs in the toy aisles, book shelves, and video game departments…

Read more about Ken here:
 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bad-Flip-Productions/214146041944051  The Facebook Page

http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/ The Blog

Charticon 2013 welcomes Paul Eiding to Charlotte!

We are very pleased to announce Paul Eiding, the iconic voice of Generation One Perceptor will be joining us in August!

Paul has an impressive and extensive resume; in addition to Perceptor, he also portrays Colonel Roy Campbell in the Metal Gear series, the narrator in Diablo, Judicator Aldaris in Starcraft, and Grandpa Max Tennyson in every Ben 10 cartoon series, including Ben 10, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse, in which he also voices Blukic, Eye Guy, Liam, and others. Not only that but he has also voiced various characters in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Monsters, Inc., Up, Cars, A Bug's Life, and the soon to be released Monsters U.

Paul, an American actor, is equally comfortable on stage or in front of the camera. He appeared as Ambassador Loquel in the Star Trek: TNG episode: Liasons, and has guest starred on CSI:Miami, The Drew Carey Show, ER, The West Wing, My Name is Earl, The Charmings, Picket Fences, The Pretender, Providence, and many other shows.

 

Please help us welcome Paul to our inaugural show!

Charticon T-Shirts Now Available for Purchase!

We are pleased to announce our exclusive T-Shirt design for Charticon 2013! We will have a limited number of shirts available at the show for sale, however if you want to lock in your order now to make sure we haven't sold out of your size, head on over to our Exclusives page to order. Please note: T-Shirts are for attendees only.

Announcing the Charticon Custom Class!

After months of work, we have our new customization class ready to go! Hosted by master customizer Encline, this class will teach you how to disassemble, prepare, paint, and customize a Transformer figure! Based on the Generation One character Needlenose, you'll receive all materials, paints and tools necessary for customization, a brand new custom head to create your figure, base body, instructional DVD (in case you don't finish) and even a couple of extras! Everything you need will be provided. There will even be special prizes given out during the class! Limited to just 20 spots; the class will take place from 8am until 4pm on Sunday, August 11th.

We have also reserved a larger number of these sets for non-attendees. For non-attendees the same rules apply, once you have made your purchase, wait for an invoice from us for the shipping cost. Once that invoice has been paid your order will be complete. Non-attendee kits will be shipped out the week of August 12^th.

Go to our Exclusives page now to purchase this kit!