POWER-CON! Programming Schedule & guest appearances, ticket & exhibitor sales & more!

[JVS3]

Power-Con*, the first annual MOTU and POP fan convention in the US, is coming!
Tentatively scheduled for fall of this year, Power-Con is working with He-Man.org to help provide the best fan experience possible.

Power-Con wants to know what you'd like to see at a MOTU and POP fan convention!
Please post your feedback in this thread.

We'll be posting more information as it develops!



*This convention is not sponsored by, or affiliated with Mattel, Inc. or Classic Media, Inc.

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UPDATE 1:

As far as location, I can tell you now it will most likely be NY or CA. Those states have the highest concentration of fans who visit this site, as well as the highest concentration of talent involved in MOTU and POP both past and present, so please don't suggest locations. Any posts doing so will be edited or deleted.
I'll let you know when I hear more and can post the info.

As far as exclusives, I wouldn't count on any toy exclusives.
Though nothing is being ruled out as this stage.
Just know that this is a fan convention, that will no doubt start out modest in size, with a focus on fans, special guests and vendors,
just like with other fan conventions in the past (Bot-Con, My Little Pony Fair, Jem Con, etc)

Please suggest things you'd like to see at the con itself. That's what the Power-Con team would love to hear about. Thanks!

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UPDATE 2 (May 11, 2011):

Off the main page

"Get ready He-Fans and She-Ravers!

Power-Con will take place Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th at the Four Points at the Los Angeles Intl Airport! You can fly directly into LAX, jump on the free hotel shuttle and be there in no time!

Show hours are from 10am to 6pm on Saturday followed by a limited attendance dinner (details coming soon) and then an after-hours mixer open to everyone
and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday.

The official Power-Con fan convention website will be launching VERY soon!
http://www.thepower-con.com/

It will have advanced and onsite order info for attendees and exhibitors,
our first guest announcements,
discounted hotel reservation info (so don't call in your reservations yet!),
and many more details.
So please spread the word to fans you know!

We know so many fans are going to love Power-Con. It's going to be packed with programming and have an amazing guest list.

Stay tuned for more info and make sure you are there. You won't want to miss out!"

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UPDATE 3 (May 18, 2011):

Off the main page

"Power-Con, the first annual MOTU and POP fan convention, has launched their website.

http://www.thepower-con.com

The website has announced the first round of guests to appear at Power-Con in addition to ticket, exhibitor, and hotel information.

Please continue to check the site actively as this is just the beginning! More guest and other announcements are right around the corner.

Make sure to follow Power-Con on both Facebook and Twitter to receive Power-Con news as quickly as possible."

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The Voices of She-Ra and Skeletor Coming to Power-Con!

Melendy Britt, the voice of She-Ra: Princess of Power, and Alan Oppenheimer, the voice of Skeletor, will be appearing at the convention only on Sunday, September 25.

Ms. Britt and Mr. Oppenheimer will be participating in two events on Sunday: a General Admission Panel and a Ticketed Autograph Signing Session.

For more information:
http://www.thepower-con.com/2011/08/...-to-power-con/

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Programming Schedule (Panels, Signings, After Hours Events)

http://www.thepower-con.com/programming-schedule/

Guest List
http://www.thepower-con.com/guest-list/

 

[MegaGearMax]

HOLY-CRAP!!!!!!

It's great to see MOTU join the big boys!

[Mike Bock]

Really?! Is this true? Oh man this is awesome!!

[Agostinho]

minicomics!

[adol]

I wanna go!

[kinggreyskull2011]

Wish we had one here in Oz...

[RyanSD]

Where is it going to be held? Any ideas?

[Swanmarsh]

Wish we had one here in Oz...

Ditto

[Mosquitor]

Now here's another excuse for me to fly over to the States this year...

[13977]

Now this might make up for me missing out on SDCC tickets, looks like my US road trip might happen this year after all.

In terms of what I'd like to see, would be great if the 4HM could be there and bring the 200x 2ups like they recently did at Toypocalypse.
I know a exclusive figure or comic is probably out of the question but how about an t-shirt and exclusive poster by Emiliano?

[super-munkyboy]

I want to go too! LOL. If flights from the UK are cheap, I'll save.

[AmericanLegend]

Please be on the east coast....

[HordeMonkey]

Dang, now I have to start saving for a trip to the States. Thanks guys! Sheesh. :P

Seriously tho. This. Is. Awesome.

As for what I'd like to see. I don't even know where to start.

[jerec350]

Here are a few things that I'd like to see:

• Held on the East coast.
• A Mattel display.
• A Four Horsemen display
• Exclusive Item(s)
• Stars from the shows/movie (Actors, writers, producers, etc...)
• Custom figure contest

[biggieboy69]

Awesome. Can't wait for more details!

Josh

[Fabulous]

Well now I don't feel as bad about missing SDCC. Some exclusive reveals and maybe figures would be cool. I think it should be in Dallas but thats just me being greedy

[ash]

I probably don't care too much where it is... just when so I can get the time off in advance.

[Snake Hunter]

This is a great event. It need their own Exclusive figure in the same way Orko was. A special feature for the figure and a Mattycollector release for the event.

My suggestion -

Spirit of He-Ro (Glow in the Dark - PowerCon Exclusive)
Spirit of He-Ro (Translucent - MattyRelease)

[Tallstar]

Interesting.

Please make the Power-Con exclusives available to the He-Man.org community directly after the convention.

[bamf1980]

It figures...the one year I make arrangements to go to SDCC...and the one year I live outside of the US...

I'm expecting it to be held in my old hometown of Orlando....

[stprime]

Interesting.

Please make the Power-Con exclusives available to the He-Man.org community directly after the convention.

this!

and be in kentucky please, louisville.

[bamf1980]

Oh, and is this con put on by the .org? If so, a Gorpo exclusive is a must!

[Teacher of Madness]

I vote for Buffalo, NY. Everyone can go see Niagara Falls, it's close to Canada (two hours from Toronto) so it can be a North American con instead of a "US" con, and Mattel has a presence here (Fisher Price is located in its suburbs), so maybe if you held a con here they'd be more likely to step in and do something for it.

Just a thought. Also I live here. :-D Rooting for the home town like everyone.

[starbasetoys]

I'm gonna use my massive powers of thought and reasoning and guess that it's going to be somewhere near where Val lives (Kentucky) since I'll be he's going to be doing the lion's share of the prep and planning.

Oh how I wish this would be somwhere in MO, AR, OK, or TX though so I could find a way to go.

Since the question has been officially asked "what I'd like to so in a MOTU & POP fan convention, I will officially answer...

I'd like for the con to be closer to where I live so that I could attend.

[jerec350]

I'm gonna use my massive powers of thought and reasoning and guess that it's going to be somewhere near where Val lives (Kentucky) since I'll be he's going to be doing the lion's share of the prep and planning.

Oh yeah! Bring it home to the "Dirty South" I'd have said Atlanta but that was before attending Atlanta Wizard-Con back in December. Not as big of a turn out as I would have thought. Never been to Dragon*Con so I'm not sure of the turn out then.