TFcon is happy to welcome back Transformers toy designer and artist Marvin Mariano to the 2016 convention in Toronto. Marvin’s involvement with the Transformers franchise includes Transformers: Rescue Bots (2013-2014), Star Wars Crossovers (2007–2010), the Transformers Movie (2007), as well as concept work for Armada (2001-2002) and Beast Machines/Beast Wars (1999) including the design of Obsidian, Transtech/Armada Optimus, Megatron, Cheetor, Blackarachnia, Shockwave, and Starscream. Marvin will be setup in the TFcon artist alley all weekend.

Happy Canada Day everyone. We are happy to reveal the TFcon Toronto 2016 exclusive PS-01S Sphinx Stealth Version which will be available to attendees at the Ages Three and Up booth at this year’s show. Limited to only 500 pieces, this figure will come individually numbered with a limited edition box and exclusive artwork on the packaging.

In addition there will be a raffle for 1 lucky draw completely clear Sphinx. Everyone that purchases a convention exclusive will automatically get a raffle ticket for this draw. There will be an additional 200 raffle tickets sold at $2 / ticket. Ages Three and Up will also be donating 1 lucky draw Sphinx to the TFcon Toronto 2016 charity auction.

TFcon is pleased to welcome back Matt Moylan to the convention this year. He is best known to Transformers fans as the man behind LilFormers and a former editor and post production manager for Dreamwave Productions. You can meet him in the TFcon Toronto 2016 artist alley all weekend long.

Check out our ‪TFcon Toronto 2016 T-shirt that will be available in Toronto this year. Preorders are already online. If you have already registered for the convention, you can add this to your existing order via our on-line registration system.

We are happy to welcome back IDW Publishing colorist Josh Perez to TFcon Toronto 2016. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of IDW’s, Transformers and More Than Meets The Eye books. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.

TFcon is proud to announce that Jim Byrnes will be a guest at the 2016 convention in Toronto. Known to Transformers fans as the voice of Inferno in Beast Wars and Thrust in Beast Machines, Mr. Byrnes will be appearing all weekend meeting with attendees.

We are very pleased to announce Flint Dille as a guest at TFcon Toronto 2016. Flint is a writer and story editor who wrote episodes for numerous Sunbow Productions in the 1980s, including G.I. Joe, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, and The Transformers. As a story editor on the original Transformers cartoon, he was responsible for approving and supervising the writing of scripts, as well as maintaining continuity, and developing the origin of the Transformers.  He is also the co-writer of IDW’s The Transformers: Autocracy and its two follow-up series, Monstrosity and Primacy.

The TransMissions Podcast Exclusive cover variant of the newest Transformers Comic: TILL ALL ARE ONE #1 will be available at both TFcon Toronto 2016, (July 15th-17th) and TFcon Chicago 2016, (October 21st-23rd). The cover is by Alex Milne with colors by Josh Perez, and is an homage to the classic US G1 Marvel Transformers #18.