Author Topic: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach  (Read 3929 times)

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The discounted Power-Con hotel block at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach, the location of Power-Con, opens to attendees on Friday, February 2nd, 2018 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.

In 2017, the discounted hotel block sold out in a few weeks. We expect it to sell out even faster this year. So do NOT delay in reserving your room!

IMPORTANT: In order to make sure people do not sit on discounted hotel rooms, the first night’s stay will be charged to the cards of those who reserve discounted rooms for Power-Con 2018. This charge is non-refundable. So be sure you plan to attend the show before you reserve your room in the discounted hotel block!

For those of you who are not 100% certain you will be attending, we will also post links to other hotel options nearby. Plus you will have the option of reserving via Torrance Marriott’s website at their regular room rates which gives you the option to cancel a reservation at a later date, per their cancellation policy. We hope to see you at the show!

We bet you’re wondering about tickets, exclusives, and more, right? We have some early info for you!

We hope to have ticket & exclusive pre-sales open in late February. But it might be as late as early April before they go on sale, similar to 2017. Pre-sales are tied to our show’s toy exclusives, which are in production right now. As soon as we have prices finalized on those, then ticket & exclusive pre-sales will follow.

For tickets, we will again have Saturday, Sunday and Weekend passes.
There will also be our extremely limited Power Pass tickets that give holders early access to the show, guaranteed front row access in the panels, and access to the green room! Power Pass benefits do not extend to children 12 or under who have free entrance to the convention. Power Passes sold out in less than 10 minutes last year!

For the toy exclusives, we are moving to a smaller number of offerings. The exclusives are important for helping to make Power-Con the awesome experience that it is, but we’re also aware of how taxing it can be on your bank account if there’s too many exclusives to purchase. So for 2018, we will have just three Masters of the Universe Classics exclusives: one will be Collector’s Choice and two will be Club Grayskull. We won’t spoil what they are right now, but you could see their reveal as soon as Toy Fair this February! Also, there may be some other items in addition to MOTU Classics, similar to 2017.

For exhibitors, booth and table registration will open around the same time as Attendee registration. In 2017, we sold out of table and booth space in a record four days. So if you are interested in exhibiting at Power-Con, be sure to inquire about space as soon as registration opens! Stay tuned for the day and time that exhibitor registration will begin.

Guest announcements will start soon! Power-Con 2018 will focus primarily on the 35th anniversary of Filmation He-Man, and the 10th anniversary of MOTU Classics. So expect many of our guests to represent those two important anniversaries.

We will have a cosplay contest for 2018, and Pixel Dan will be back to MC! We’ll have info on that coming soon. But don’t let that slow you down on starting the creation of your awesome cosplay costume for Power-Con!

Volunteer & press registration will also open around the same time as Attendee registration. More info is coming!

Programming for Power-Con is usually not posted until about a month before the show. That’s because all programming is based on our guest roster, which isn’t finalized until closer to the show.

We’re excited to bring you more news soon. And please spread the word about Power-Con to anyone you know who loves Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power. It’s always better to celebrate He-Man and She-Ra with other fans! Thank you so much for your interest and support of Power-Con.
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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2018, 04:15:46 PM »
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Power-Con’s 2018 hotel block is 75% sold out

It’s been one day, and Power-Con’s 2018 discounted hotel block at the Torrance Marriott is already 75% sold out! We’re not sure if we can expand the discounted room block as it’s already large. So if you know you are coming to Power-Con, be sure to reserve your discounted room before they are gone! For the reservation link, and links to other nearby hotel options in the surrounding Torrance area, please visit our Hotel section.

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2018, 12:51:59 PM »
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Power-Con Ticket & Exclusive Sales coming in April

We anticipate a reveal of the Power-Con toy exclusives from Super7 some time in mid to late March. Following that reveal, we will begin our ticket and toy exclusive pre-sales in April!

Around the time of ticket pre-sales, we will also begin registration for Exhibitors, Volunteers, and Press.

Even with an expansion, our discounted hotel block at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach has sold out! This was a record sellout for Power-Con. But there are still plenty of other hotel options available. Please click here to check out our Hotel section so you can reserve your room for Power-Con today.

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2018, 02:16:53 PM »
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Power-Con 2018 exclusive reveals coming this week

The three Power-Con toy exclusives will be revealed this coming week. In the meantime, Power-Con Event Director Val Staples has been posting cryptic teasers on the He-Man.Org forums. The four teasers thus far are in the above image.

So you can better prepare for the pre-orders, we hope to go live with pre-sales on Friday, April 6th. But that exact start date may change. We’ll post the exact date and time as soon as we have it locked in.

The pre-orders for the toy exclusives will run until Sunday, May 13th. Ticket sales to the show will continue after that date. That gives everyone approximately one month to place their toy exclusive pre-orders. In order to move into production, we can’t extend the end date. All pre-orders are a pre-payment, in full like prior Power-Con events.

The three exclusives will all be featured separately on the standard Club Grayskull packaging. You can purchase individual figure releases for $50.00 each. But we will also offer offer a set of all three for $135.00 ($45.00 each); a 10% discount for the set of all three.

For Non-Attendees, there will be no Merchandise Access Fee this year. Instead, the Non-Attendee toy exclusives prices will be the same as the Attendee prices, plus USPS Priority shipping (domestic & international) and a small handling fee to cover shipping supplies and packing labor. Also, because we have a fairly quick turn around on factory production, we have to pay extra to air ship the Power-Con Attendee stock to the show. The Non-Attendee stock will be received via ocean freight and should arrive by November 30th, after which shipping to customers will begin and should be completed by the end of December. For the Power-Con Non-Attendee pre-orders, we will not be pre-selling them at the same time from BigBadToyStore, but we should have one German pre-sale partner to help with distribution in Europe for interested fans. We’ll have more info on that later.

Please keep in mind we’re a fan-supported operation and we can’t ship as fast as big companies. So we want to be up front about planned dates and shipping times. If you ordered from us in 2017, then you will be familiar with our turn around times. Thank you for your understanding and support of Power-Con!

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2018, 11:10:06 PM »
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Say hello to the first of three Power-Con 2018 toy exclusive reveals: Spikor from the Club Grayskull (Filmation) series!

Sculpted by the Four Horsemen and produced by Super7, Spikor goes up for pre-order (along with ticket pre-sales) on Saturday, April 7th at 9:00am Pacific / 12:00pm Eastern time!

We pushed the start date to Saturday to make initial ticket and exclusive pre-sales more convenient for most fans. The pre-orders for the toy exclusives will run until Sunday, May 13th. Ticket sales to the show will continue after that date. That gives everyone approximately one month to place their toy exclusive pre-orders. In order to move into production, we can’t extend the end date. All pre-orders are a pre-payment, in full like prior Power-Con events.

The three toy exclusives will all be featured separately on the standard Club Grayskull packaging. You can purchase individual figure releases for $50.00 each. But we will also offer a set of all three for $135.00 ($45.00 each); a 10% discount for the set of all three. We will also have one German distributor available for fans who are interested. Ordering through them will save money for German fans, and should also save money for most western European fans as well.

We’ll have more info as the pre-sale date draws closer! And please check back tomorrow for the next reveal.

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2018, 10:42:21 AM »
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toyhypeusacom#PowerCon 2018 Exclusive #MastersOfTheUniverse Club Grayskull Chopper Figure

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2018, 01:13:54 PM »
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toyhypeusacom #PowerCon 2018 Exclusive #MastersOfTheUniverse Club Grayskull Uncle Montork & Dree Elle Figures

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2018, 07:59:42 PM »
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We have two videos uploaded to help you prepare for the pre-order process, which begins this Saturday, April 7th, 2018 at 9:00am Pacific / 12:00pm Eastern! Plan to be an Attendee at Power-Con 2018, and will be pre-ordering tickets, exclusives, and souvenir shirts? This is the video for you:


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Can’t attend Power-Con 2018, but will be pre-ordering the toy exclusives? This is the video for you:


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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2018, 10:27:34 AM »
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thepowercon Tickets, exclusives and souvenir t-shirt pre-orders start today, April 7th, 2018 at 9:00am Pacific / 12:00pm Eastern!

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2018, 09:43:35 PM »
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thepowercon Power-Con is proud to announce Tim Seeley will be attending Power-Con this August 25 & 26 in Torrance, California!

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2018, 08:46:36 PM »
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thepowercon Get Spikor, Chopper, Montork & Dree Elle. Preorders close on May 13th!

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2018, 01:07:00 AM »


Thanks for the reminder [member=2163]AzT[/member] !

Bought one set of the Flying Orkos/Non-Attendee.  Shipping was $18.50 but considering that in the past PowerCon required you to "buy a day" I rationalized that I saved $25.

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Re: Power-Con: August 25-26, 2018 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2018, 03:21:18 PM »
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Say hello to this year’s program guide cover. The lineart is by Axel Giménez and the colors are by Francisco Etchart. The cover is a tribute to the very first MOTU minicomic cover drawn by Alfredo Alcalá, and to the MOTU concepts created by Mark Taylor for the original toy line. It taps into the essence and the beginnings of Masters of the Universe. Don’t miss out on this year’s show on August 25 & 26 in Torrance, California. Click here to get your Power-Con ticket and exclusives today.

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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2018, 09:57:32 PM »
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Power-Con is proud to announce Super7 will be exhibiting at Power-Con this August 25 & 26 in Torrance, California! Super7 currently produces Masters of the Universe Classics (Collector’s Choice and Club Grayskull), and retro 5″ vintage style MOTU adult collector action figures, along with a variety of officially licensed He-Man and She-Ra merchandise.

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Power-Con is proud to announce War Machine Marketing will be exhibiting at Power-Con this August 25 & 26 in Torrance, California! War Machine Marketing will have some amazing and insanely rare and unique MOTU items, as well as other items from Star Wars, to Doctor Who, to all sorts of other fun craziness. They can also make YOU into an action figure! Their custom action figures are as unique as the people who commission them.

Come check out what War Machine Marketing has to offer! Click here to get your Power-Con ticket and exclusives today.


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thepowercon Power-Con is proud to announce that Rudy Obrero will be attending Power-Con this August 26 in Torrance, California! Obrero was the original vintage MOTU box art painter and also painted a number of the maps and some box art for MOTU Classics. He has worked on many properties and was the style guide artist for E.T., Woody Woodpecker, Peter Pan, The Scorpion King, The Mummy Returns, Universal Monsters, Curious George, Sitting Ducks and The Power Rangers.

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