Auto Assembly 2008 UPDATE: Dan "Bumblebee" Gilvezan Attending.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:11 pm
After a years break the main (well, only really at the moment) UK Convention is back for next August, and the initial guest line up has been announced:
http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/
Hi everyone,
Yes, after a year's break, we're finally back in action and we're
running another Auto Assembly convention!! We've confirmed the date for
Saturday 2nd August 2008 and once again we'll be back at the Clarendon
Suites right here in Birmingham, England. After taking a much needed year
off to recharge our batteries, we're hoping to bring you the biggest and
best Auto Assembly convention EVER with loads of activities, and what
could well be our biggest guest line-up to-date...
This time we're running the event to raise funds for Help A Local Child
(formerly known as Cash For Kids) - a local children's charity founded
by BRMB radio station - through a charity auction and raffle and any
excess funds left over from the convention.
Help a Local Child was launched in 1994 with a commitment to helping
the children and young people of the West Midlands, who experience the
negative effects of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence,
crime, illness and disability. There are many children in and around the
Birmingham area who are carers for their own parents or who are indirect
victims of domestic violence or suffer daily pain due to illness. In
this world of glamour and gain, these are the children that BRMB want to
help. Their focus is local fundraising, with all money raised being
awarded locally and really benefiting our community. With the help and
support of their listeners, local celebrities, corporate partners,
volunteers, and their employees, the fundraising year on year will help more
and more children in the area, enabling them to achieve dreams and
ambitions they would never have thought possible.
Back to the convention and we're going to be having the usual mix of
activities - plenty of dealers, video screenings, a bar or two(!), toy
and art displays, competitions and guest talks. We're hoping to have our
usual mix of UK comic guests including all of our "regulars", another
voice actor (who we will announce as soon as possible) but this time -
as we said earlier - we want to have the biggest guest line-up ever at a
British Transformers convention!
Even though we only confirmed the venue last week and announced Auto
Assembly 2008 a week ago, we've already confirmed no fewer that SEVEN
guests for next year. Joining us once again are regulars Simon Furman,
Andrew Wildman, Simon Williams and Geoff Senior, and making their debut
are artists Staz Johnson, and Lew Stringer, and colourist Liam Shalloo!!
Not Satisfied with those? Well we're still waiting to hear from a LOT
more including a Transformers actor to be our guest of honour so watch
this space!
Ticket prices are £16 for adults and £8 for concessions (children,
students and OAPs) and once again we'll be producing another issue of our
fanzine, The Cybertronian Times, and giving you all another one of our
infamous "goodie bags" with plenty of great free gifts including two
more convention exclusive postcards, and much more!
In 2005 Auto Assembly was the biggest ever held in Europe with 409 fans
attending and last year we had 400 attendees and we are confident that
we're going to smash the European record next year. Every year we have
a fantastic amount of interest for the convention with fans booking up
from across Europe and as far afield as Australia and America and
people have already started booking their places so hurry NOW and book
online or download the booking form from the website to guarantee your
place!
Anyway, we hope to see many of you there next year and feel free to get
in touch if you want to know more! The website is being updated daily
with more news and information and if you have any questions, feel free
to email us or post them on the forum!
Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2008
http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/
Hi everyone,
Yes, after a year's break, we're finally back in action and we're
running another Auto Assembly convention!! We've confirmed the date for
Saturday 2nd August 2008 and once again we'll be back at the Clarendon
Suites right here in Birmingham, England. After taking a much needed year
off to recharge our batteries, we're hoping to bring you the biggest and
best Auto Assembly convention EVER with loads of activities, and what
could well be our biggest guest line-up to-date...
This time we're running the event to raise funds for Help A Local Child
(formerly known as Cash For Kids) - a local children's charity founded
by BRMB radio station - through a charity auction and raffle and any
excess funds left over from the convention.
Help a Local Child was launched in 1994 with a commitment to helping
the children and young people of the West Midlands, who experience the
negative effects of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence,
crime, illness and disability. There are many children in and around the
Birmingham area who are carers for their own parents or who are indirect
victims of domestic violence or suffer daily pain due to illness. In
this world of glamour and gain, these are the children that BRMB want to
help. Their focus is local fundraising, with all money raised being
awarded locally and really benefiting our community. With the help and
support of their listeners, local celebrities, corporate partners,
volunteers, and their employees, the fundraising year on year will help more
and more children in the area, enabling them to achieve dreams and
ambitions they would never have thought possible.
Back to the convention and we're going to be having the usual mix of
activities - plenty of dealers, video screenings, a bar or two(!), toy
and art displays, competitions and guest talks. We're hoping to have our
usual mix of UK comic guests including all of our "regulars", another
voice actor (who we will announce as soon as possible) but this time -
as we said earlier - we want to have the biggest guest line-up ever at a
British Transformers convention!
Even though we only confirmed the venue last week and announced Auto
Assembly 2008 a week ago, we've already confirmed no fewer that SEVEN
guests for next year. Joining us once again are regulars Simon Furman,
Andrew Wildman, Simon Williams and Geoff Senior, and making their debut
are artists Staz Johnson, and Lew Stringer, and colourist Liam Shalloo!!
Not Satisfied with those? Well we're still waiting to hear from a LOT
more including a Transformers actor to be our guest of honour so watch
this space!
Ticket prices are £16 for adults and £8 for concessions (children,
students and OAPs) and once again we'll be producing another issue of our
fanzine, The Cybertronian Times, and giving you all another one of our
infamous "goodie bags" with plenty of great free gifts including two
more convention exclusive postcards, and much more!
In 2005 Auto Assembly was the biggest ever held in Europe with 409 fans
attending and last year we had 400 attendees and we are confident that
we're going to smash the European record next year. Every year we have
a fantastic amount of interest for the convention with fans booking up
from across Europe and as far afield as Australia and America and
people have already started booking their places so hurry NOW and book
online or download the booking form from the website to guarantee your
place!
Anyway, we hope to see many of you there next year and feel free to get
in touch if you want to know more! The website is being updated daily
with more news and information and if you have any questions, feel free
to email us or post them on the forum!
Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly 2008