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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2017 16:11:54 GMT
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Post by Benn on Oct 30, 2017 17:50:31 GMT
Not next year?
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Post by blueshift on Oct 30, 2017 18:00:41 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2017 18:12:37 GMT
Apparently not unless the date is wrong on the graphics. 6th-8th September 2019 is right for a Friday-Sunday event though. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 30, 2017 18:21:16 GMT
It's hard to be moved by an announcement of something two years away.
Perhaps Hascon did well but not well enough to be a yearly event. Or perhaps the resources aren't there at Hasbro to make it yearly. Who knows.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 30, 2017 22:24:17 GMT
Yeah bit surprised.
From what Ive heard from people there it was fine for what it is, but what it wasn't is a convention. It basically a trade show, but with fans, actually families mostly. I get the sense it was almost like a corporte take on the old Worlds Fairs concept.
It does seem the location could have held significantly more people than were there though.
I dont get the gap year. 12 months would surely have been enough to rejig things if the intention had been for a yearly event. And if it was always intended to be every other year why drop Botcon, even if Hasbro plan their own club thing, there would still be space in the calendar for a proper convention every other year run by FP, Hasbro or other.
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Post by legios on Oct 31, 2017 19:29:03 GMT
It's hard to be moved by an announcement of something two years away. Perhaps Hascon did well but not well enough to be a yearly event. Or perhaps the resources aren't there at Hasbro to make it yearly. Who knows. -Ralph Or perhaps they don't feel it is necessary to make it yearly. It might depend on their promotional strategies and their expected "cycle" time for kids moving through their product-lines. Or, indeed, perhaps it is felt to be effective enough for what it was, but not effective enough to make it an annual expense? We aren't really privy to the criteria that it was being judged against by Hasbro so it is difficult to make more than educated guesses really. Karl |
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Post by inflatabledalek on Nov 1, 2017 7:05:38 GMT
Apparently the equivalent big Disney event is biannual as well, so presumably Hasbro are just straight up nicking their format.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 25, 2018 9:52:04 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2018 19:45:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2018 19:47:13 GMT
Oh dear.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 23, 2018 20:47:20 GMT
I'll be interested to find out the reason or reasons behind this.
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 23, 2018 21:31:14 GMT
I hear Hasbro have plans to move out of Rhode Island which may have something to do with it.
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Post by browny87 on Dec 24, 2018 17:41:53 GMT
not a good sign really though
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