BotCon is this weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. Running from June 28th to July 1, BotCon celebrates over twenty years of fandom love, both of the various series that have carried the name and also of the toys.  Collectors and non-collectors alike can join in on the fun, held this year in the same place as Hasbro headquarters.

Among planned highlights: the real truck used to play Optimus Prime in the film, the film’s screenwriters Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and most exciting of all, Peter Cullen, who voices Prime.
 
Brian Savage, director of the TRANSFORMERS Collectors’ Club, said “We invite all TRANSFORMERS fans -- whether they’ve been collecting TRANSFORMERS since the toys were introduced more than 20 years ago or have been drawn in by the excitement surrounding this truly awesome live-action movie -- to join us in Rhode Island prior to the movie’s premiere."

(Source: Business Wire)