The following is a breakdown of the registration fees for BotCon 2002. The only fee required is the basic registration. Everything else is optional, but adds to the BotCon experience. To print out the official form for registration, go here. Confirmation material will be mailed out in June.

Basic Registration - $40
This is the only required fee. Everyone must pay this fee, whether you are a dealer or non-dealer. A basic registration provides a weekend admittance, name badge, and a program. Additionally, this year's preregistrants will receive a free mint-in-package toy. Please note that you can buy admittance during any days of BotCon, but you don't receive all the perks mentioned above. At the door, it cost $15 for one day admittance, and $25 for two-day admittance. Please also note than children born after July 15, 1991 are admitted free. All preregistration forms must be postmarked by June 1st. Below are pictures of past giveaways for basic registration.
1994 - Badge and Button and Program
1995 - Badge,Program,and Magnet
1996 - Program
1997 - Badge and Program
1998 - Badge and Program
1999 - Badge and Program
2000 - Badge and Program
2001 - Badge and Program

Toy #1 - $12, up to two may be ordered
Toy #2 - $30 for preregistrants, $35 otherwise
Toy #3 - $47 for preregistrants, $52 otherwise

Each year, BotCon allows those who attend BotCon to purchase very limited edition repaints of recent molds. Preregistrants can only buy one of each toy at "preregistrant" price, but can purchase another at full price. Those who do not preregister have the opportunity to buy any surplus sometime during the Sunday of BotCon at full price. The exclusive toys are yet unknown at this time. The past years have seen the following exclusives:
1994 - Generation 2 Breakdown
1995 - Nightracer
1996 - Onyx Primal
1997 - Fractyl and Packrat
1998 - Vice Grip and Antagony
1999 - Windrazor and Sandstorm
2000 - Apelinq and Shockaract
2001 - Tigatron and Arcee

Friday Night Semi-Formal Dinner - $60
On Friday night, Transfans have the opportunity to attend a semi-formal dinner. This party is limited to 300 preregistrants. At this time, it is unknown what the attendees will experience. It is known that the dinner will have exclusive give-away items. Friday nite "parties" were sponsored in 1997, 2000, and 2001. In 1997, the exclusive items were painted decoys and storyboards. In 2000, the exclusive items were a limited edition collector's plate and a Reaching the Omega Point comic with a variant cover.

2001 presented the guests with Maximal and Predacon posters as well as a voice chip with their Arcee Toy Exclusive.

Robots in Disguise Collectors Plate - $45
To celebrate the success of the Robots in Disguise series, 3H is producing a limited edition collector's plate for pre-registrants only. 2001 produced a TFTM Collectors Plate.

BotCon T-Shirt - $18
This year, T-Shirt sizes and colors will all cost the same. Shirts come in small, medium, large, extra-large, and extra-extra-large. Check out shirts from BotCon's past:
1994 - Front (Red) and Front (Purple)
1995 - Front (Red) and Front (Purple)
1996 - Front
1997 - Front and Back
1998 - Front and Back
1999 - Front and Back
2000 - Front and Back
2001 - Front and Back

Additional Exlusives - Unknown
Every year, BotCon allows attendees to purchase additional exclusive items that are not announced until convention time. Prices for the items are therefore unknown. Exclusive items from previous BotCons are:
1994 - Ten Year Retrospective Magazine and Transformer Comic
1995 - Fan Magazine
1996 - None
1997 - Til All Are One CD Set, Beast Wars Comic , highlight video, concert video, and Fan Magazine
1998 - Botcon '97 Concert CD Set, Highlight Video, and "Visitations" script
1999 - Optimus Prime Poster, Megatron Poster, and Watches
2000 - Lanyard, Canvas Tote, Comic Mini-Poster, and Supreme Cheetor Toy Poster
2001 - Wreckers #1 Comic, Lighting Their Darkets Hour CD, The Protoform Sessions CD, Artistic Transformations, All Fall Down Collection w/ exclusive cover, Limited Editon TFTM Autobots Shirt, Limited Edition TFTM Decepticons T-Shirt, and Lanyard.
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