DAIRYCON 2005

Saturday, April 9th, 2005
Ramada Plaza Hotel
Fond du Lac, WI

Wisconsin transfans present the fifth-annual Dairycon, a one-day event. Dealer tables, large-screen showing your favorite tf episodes, and special Dairycon-exclusive items available to those who have pre-registered for the con.

Pre-registration forms are available by clicking here. Registration is free, but you have to be pre-registered to get in. No walk-ins allowed.(Note: Dairycon is now over. Thank you to everyone who participated! See you next year! And see below for stats and pics).

Hotel Accomodations: Individuals have a variety of options for lodging during Dairycon. For a listing of places to stay, click here. If you wish to stay at the Ramada itself, mention that you will be attending Dairycon, and you will recieve the special discount rate on your room ($79 versus $139)

Food/Beverage: Dine at the Ramada, or go next door to Cousin's Subs. Across the street is a Chinese Buffet. Kitty Corner from the hotel is a sports bar and grill. Within a few minutes driving distance are Hardees, McDonald's, and a host of other fast food resturants and fine dining establishments.

Dairycon Convention exclusives: Pre-registrants for Dairycon 2005 recieved one piece of the Stormsword. DTF members recieved Crackup, and for those who stayed until the end of the show, we picked raffle tickets and gave away Bailjumper, the mystery exclusive. Attendees were also treated to Ducky, the Lost Artifact (last seen in the possession of Beastwars Megatron).

For a preview of *all* Dairycon Exclusives and storylines, click here!

Dairycon art contest: 2-d, 3-d, whatever! Bring your kitbashes, or your drawings, and display them! Everyone gets a secret ballot. Highest number of votes for an item wins! First, Second, and Third prizes each recieved the yearly cool, 'Donation Box' for each catagory. 1st place was Jack, with Heffer. 2nd place was Shawn, with Trtanstech Prime and Megatron. 3rd place was a tie between Crow and Mike.

Dairycon Special Guests/Features: This year marks the 1st annual Jumpstarter Races :-) Whoever gets theirs to travel the farthest(run, jump, and remain standing) wins a prize! We had 15 participants in 5 heats, with elimination rounds (winner of each heat got to compete in the final). Eric took the win with Jumpstarter #2, and won himself a Dairycon exclusive!

The Raffle Pete K won the raffle for a complete set of Dairycon Exclusive figures! All 3 Stormsword bits, Crackup, Bailjumper, and Ducky. In-addition, for those that stuck around till the end of the show, we held a secret raffle! Many lucky folks got to take home their own Secret Raffle Bailjumper figure!

Dairycon Schedule of Events:

9AM	Dealer and art-contest set-up; show-up, find your table, set up your stuff!
10AM	Doors open to pre-registrants :-) Trade, dicker, sell, and what-have you!
2PM	Jumpstarter Rally Races !
3PM	Raffle for complete set of Dairycon Exclusives !
4PM	Announce Art Contest Winners ! Take your prize box home.
5PM	Dairycon ends; pack it up, and go home!

Dairycon 2005 event write-ups and pictures: Writeups can be found on the various boards (here, for example). Pictures of the event can be found here and here and of course here.

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