TFcon is very pleased to welcome Eric Siebenaler former Senior Product Designer on the Transformers brand as a guest at TFcon Chicago 2025.

Siebenaler is best known in the fandom for being largely responsible for developing the Transformers Animated series and toyline, serving as its lead designer. Presented by The Chosen Prime.

TFcon is thrilled to welcome Transformers creator Bob Budiansky to TFcon Chicago 2025. Mr. Budiansky is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformers comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive tech spec biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each character its own unique personality. Mr. Budiansky will be taking part in a Q&A panel, signing, and meeting with fans all weekend long.

Bob Budiansky is presented by The Chosen Prime.

TFcon is happy to welcome veteran toy designer, artist, and world builder Aaron Archer to TFcon Chicago 2025.

For 20 years at Kenner/Hasbro, Aaron created toys for Batman, GI Joe, Star Wars Episode One, Aliens Resurrection and many more. For 13 years Aaron was Hasbro’s creative lead on the Transformers franchise across all media. Aaron helped create the Unicron trilogy, Alternators, Transformers Classics, and Masterpiece product lines; and worked with Michael Bay’s art department on the first 3 feature films. He appeared as an expert contributor on the Netflix series “The Toys That Made Us”. Listen to Aaron share his inside stories on the YouTube podcast “The Toy Armada with Aaron Archer”

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheToyArmadawithAaronArcher/featured and to stay connected check out www.archermonster.com

TFcon is very pleased to welcome back Alex Milne to TFcon Chicago 2025.  Transformers fans will recognize his work as the primary artist on IDW’s Transformers: More than Meets the Eye comic book, Transformers vs ROM, the Unicron mini-series as well as the Transformers vs Terminator series. He will be attending all weekend while offering prints and commissions to attendees. Presented by The Chosen Prime.

TFcon is very happy to welcome David Kaye the voices of Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated and Hardshell in Transformers Prime to TFcon Chicago 2025.

David will be taking part in a Q&A panel and signing autographs for the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention. Presented by The Chosen Prime.

TFcon is very happy to welcome Daran Norris the voice of Knock Out in Transformers Prime and Heavy Load in Robots in Disguise (2001) as a guest at TFcon Chicago 2025.

Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Transformers Prime.

Daran will be taking part in a Q&A panel and signing autographs for the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention. Presented by The Chosen Prime.

TFcon is very happy to welcome Charlie Adler the voices of Starscream in Transformers (2007), Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon as well as Silverbolt, Triggerhappy and Vorath in Generation 1 as a guest at TFcon Chicago 2025.

Charlie will be signing autographs for the attendees of America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention. Presented by The Chosen Prime.