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Movie Producer Don Murphy and Actor Michael McConnohie to Attend Toronto TransformersCon 2006 on April 29th

Toronto TransformersCon; Canada?s 5th annual Transformers toy convention will be held on April 28th and 29th, 2006. This year?s program includes special guests Don Murphy, producer on the live action Transformers movie (2007) and Transformers voice actor Michael McConnohie. They will be attending the show as part of the Saturday events on April 29th, 2006. http://www.transformerscon.com/

Don Murphy is well-known for several blockbuster Hollywood films including Natural Born Killers, Permanent Midnight, Apt Pupil, From Hell, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Currently, he is producing Shoot ?Em Up starring Clive Owen, which just finishing filming. Don Murphy will be taking part in a question-answer panel, signing autographs and taking photographs with fans. Don Murphy is a producer for the live action Transformers movie by Dreamworks Pictures, with Executive Producer Stephen Spielberg and Director Michael Bay, which is scheduled for release on July 4th, 2007. His website can be found at http://www.donmurphy.net/

Also attending is veteran voice actor Michael McConnohie, who has a wealth of experience doing voices for various children?s cartoons, video games and more. He is well-known for being the voices of the Transformers characters Tracks and Cosmos, who were Autobots in the original Transformers cartoon series from the 80s. Furthermore, Michael McConnohie was the voice of Hotshot and Ironhide in Transformers: Robots in Disguise and a writer and co-director on the series. At the Toronto TransformersCon, he will be participating in live script reading with fans, a question and answer panel and an autograph and photograph session. For more on his career check out http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566332/

Also scheduled to be at Toronto TransformersCon 2006 are adept comic book artists Joe Ng and Alex Milne. They are known by Transformers fans for their work on many of the Dreamwave Transformers comic books including Generation One, The War Within, Transformers Energon, and Transformers More Than Meets the Eye. Joe Ng?s current project is the G.I. Joe versus Transformers: Art of War miniseries by publisher Devil?s Due and UDON Studios. Rob Ross and UDON Chief Erik Ko from this latest series will also be in attendance.

A 2006 Convention Exclusive Cover to GIJoe vs. Transformers #1 by UDON Studios will be available at Toronto TransformersCon. Limited to only 1000 copies this edition features original art by Transformers Comic Artist Joe Ng. Another item available through Toronto TransformersCon 2006 is a "Stealth" Cyclonus Bust produced by Hard Hero. Limited to 100 pieces, it was the last bust produced by Hard Hero, but was never saw release until now.

Toronto TransformersCon is the biggest Transformers Convention in all of Canada and one of the greatest attended Transformers conventions in the world, featuring Canada?s largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise. Toronto TransformersCon 2006 will be taking place on April 28th and 29th, 2006 at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel by Toronto's Pearson International Airport. This 5th annual convention will feature a dealer room of collectible merchandise, special guests, art and costume displays, exclusive items, contests and more. Visit http://www.transformerscon.com/ for up-to-the-minute details on the convention.

The Transformers, Cyclonus, Hotshot, Ironhide, Generation One, The War Within, Transformers Energon, Transformers More Than Meets the Eye. G.I. Joe, and Hasbro logo are copyright and trademark to Hasbro Inc, Pawtucket RI, USA. All rights reserved. http://www.hasbro.com

The Toronto TransformersCon is not affiliated, sponsored or supported by any of the aforementioned companies.

Michael McConnohie was also the voice of Cross Country in the 80s GIJoe series

[Jon S.]

I'm going to this. Anybody wanna join me?

[beekerzz24]

I am suppose to be going with underdogg, but we will have to see.

[Jon S.]

I've never spent so much money on toys in one day in my life... seriously.

But I finally completed Galvatron, I'm one seeker away from having all six (Thundercracker) and I have a nice new Octane figure who looks very nice on my shelf. I've also completed Computron, Devastator and I got some fun "little stuff". (i.e World's Smallest Pepsi Prime trailer)

The highlight of the day was script reading with Michael McConnahie (Tracks, Cosmos from G1 toon). The guy's still got it. I would've liked to have gotten a part for the reading, but my voice acting is sketchy at best (and my voice talents are best reserved for entertaining my drunken friends, not portraying cartoon characters)

Don Murphy was indeed on hand and did not say much about the movie. However, he did kill the rumor for me that Optimus would not be red in the movie. Thank goodness.