Auto Assembly 2007 Cancelled

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:27 pm

Sadly this years Auto Assembly has been cancelled, leaving the UK without a convention for 2007......

News courtesy of Dough-bot @Seibertron.....

http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=9450

Post by **Best First** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:53 am

hmm. Need to Transfest rising...

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:26 am

shame we didnt do a transfest last year, perhaps we can do somthing this year...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:43 am

It's movie year! There should be conventions! There should be popularity and mainstream whatever and stuff like that!

Suckage.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:13 am

We've not had much luck with UK conventions lately...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:10 am

let's have another Transfest this year then... it's not quite on the same scale i'll admit, more than likely just a pub somewhere... but maybe if we bribe some guests with a free pint we could get them to turn up?

Post by **Best First** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:40 am

Legion wrote:let's have another Transfest this year then... it's not quite on the same scale i'll admit, more than likely just a pub somewhere... but maybe if we bribe some guests with a free pint we could get them to turn up?

Yes, that would get me there.

you did mean me right?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:55 pm

Best First wrote:
Legion wrote:let's have another Transfest this year then... it's not quite on the same scale i'll admit, more than likely just a pub somewhere... but maybe if we bribe some guests with a free pint we could get them to turn up?
Yes, that would get me there.

you did mean me right?

And you are?

Sounds good, and, we will have some interesting topics to talk about at that point - the new TF movie - which leads me to...

What if we all went to the premmier of TF, or perhaps the first weekend showing of it or somthing? then off down the pub.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:00 pm

Best First wrote:
Legion wrote:let's have another Transfest this year then... it's not quite on the same scale i'll admit, more than likely just a pub somewhere... but maybe if we bribe some guests with a free pint we could get them to turn up?
Yes, that would get me there.

you did mean me right?

errr... yes? yes! of course i meant you besters...

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote: What if we all went to the premmier of TF, or perhaps the first weekend showing of it or somthing? then off down the pub.

sounds like a cunning plan to me mate!

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:03 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:What if we all went to the premmier of TF

Sneak a few bottles of vodka into the theatre? It'll probably help the experience.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:12 pm

Ill bring along some rose tinted specs, and if i drink enough it might just work!

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:47 pm

Denyer wrote:
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:What if we all went to the premmier of TF
Sneak a few bottles of vodka into the theatre? It'll probably help the experience.

I doubt we would be able to get Karly-boo to come along though

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:04 pm

Would Karly-boo not come out to see us all ?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:18 pm

Maybe if we hold it in Canterbury?

Legion wrote:Let's have another Transfest this year then... it's not quite on the same scale i'll admit, more than likely just a pub somewhere...

Not sure if we can downscale TransFest to "just a pub somewhere", makes my mind conjure up images of elephants and minis.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:31 am

A showing of the movie and then down to the pub? Sounds like a plan!

Post by **Best First** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:51 am

Rebis wrote:Maybe if we hold it in Canterbury?

Tradition has estbalished that Transfest will always, always be in London.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:04 am

With the afterparty being held at an indie disco.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:06 am

Right.

Well I was going to post this over in the Transfest forum - things have been in a bit of flux here lately, so I wanted to be sure first. As of the 20th this month, Mrs. V won't be working at the Blue Posts any more, she's being transferred to the George in Borough High Street (near London Bridge). The George is a 16th Century galleried coaching inn owned by the National Trust and as such is a bit of a step up from the last venue. It has proper dining rooms and restaurant-like areas. So I was thinking that we could formalise Transfest a bit this year - maybe have a proper sit-down three course dinner - before going out on the lash and drinking our livers out in an indie disco. Perhaps even have a guest speaker or something, I'm not sure what Mr. Furman's fee would be, but I bet we could persuade him to come down to London and say a few words if we arrange transport, book him a nice hotel, buy him dinner and drinks and all that.

I dunno, just throwing out possibilities here - we could swap the order around a bit, either:
Dinner > Movie > Drinking
Movie > Dinner > Drinking
Drinking > Dinner > Drinking > Movie > Drinking

Whaddy'all think?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:27 am

I think there needs to be drinking prior to the Movie. Just to dull our capacity for overthinking things - at the end of the day it is a Michael Bay action film.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:34 am

Drinking > Dinner > Drinking > Movie > Drinking > Indie Disco?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:26 am

i think the movie could be a waste of valuable drinking time actually...

Drinking > Dinner > Drinking > Drinking > Drinking > Indie Disco > Jail ?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:28 am

You know it'll be more like

Drinking > Dinner > Drinking > Drinking > Drinking > Indie Disco > Emvee's gaff until 6 in the morning again

Post by **Best First** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:53 am

The George is a farking quality boozer.

Think we would need to formalize things quite a bit to get Furmy involved.

also there's the question of whether, given there is no UK event this year, we just put up signs everywhere saying 'we are having a bit of a knees up' so people can get involved if they want - of course that could lead to endless nut ache.

Also, i know this is crazy talk, but we don't have to do it at the venue where Mrs V happens to be working.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:14 pm

As long as its made clear that its just knees-up of trans-fans, and not some Transformer Expo, to save disappointment, then im sure it would be ok.

Personally, Id love to have a meet, a drink, and go to watch the TF movie, then perhaps off to dinner, drink and from there on, who knows...

I think the movie, like it or not, is a big thing for the TF community, and I think it would be nice to see it together, as a fan base.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:35 pm

Count me in! Seriously, I plan to cancel everything else this time, its been awhile since I've seen your pretty little faces.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:40 pm

Or, as part of it, we could all head over to Davey's and guest host The Download.

You know that would be awesome.

Post by **Best First** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:40 pm

my face is pretty and average sized thank you very much.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:54 pm

Mine is pudgy.

Brendos, anytime bruv.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:59 pm

Ok, so: Pub - TF:M Film - Dinner - Pub - Club etc... ???

wot you different shape faces fink?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:34 pm

I know we don't have to hold it at the missus's but the opportunity to get the George is a bit too good to miss...besides, if we were to have a formal dinner-type affair to which we could invite SF as a guest speaker we'd probably need somewhere of that magnitude. I dunno, I just thought it would be fun if we could sit around like some old-fashioned gentlemen's club eating big dinners and drinking fine wines...if Furman doesn't want to get involved, I could probably get limabean to say a few words

Getting people from other boards involved could be fun, depends what they would be expecting from Transfest. If we make it clear what's involved from the start I don't see a problem with opening it up to other boards. We'd probably need a bit of Transfans webspace to put together an information/registration page and all that, but otherwise it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

On a similar note, please pass on any comic strips/scripts/ideas for this as I've just sent my bit off to the artist and I'm awaiting the artwork back. I know Preds is itching to colour something too

Pub - TF:M Film - Dinner - Pub - Club sounds like a good working plan. If we're going to formalise it, the movie/dinner bit is the only part we need to worry about, before and after we can play it a bit more fast and loose.