Whew! It's been a very grueling 4 days in Pasadena while other staffers and I covered Botcon. Now that I'm back home and had some much needed rest, I wanted to share with the fandom my personal experience as well as some thoughts, both from a fan's point of view and a business point of view, on how I felt BotCon went. If you want to delve into my mind and and get an opinionated view of the show, feel free to click here.

TFormers.com was at Pasadena, CA for BotCon 2009! We poured our sweat and tears into our coverage to bring you every snippet of news that will be unveiled at the show. Take a look at all of the categories to make you sure you don't miss anything!

BotCon is over. Yet we're still reporting news for all you who missed what turned out to be a somewhat disappointing BotCon. Especially where Universe is concerned. Just three redeco figures from the ultra class we're on display this year. The Powerglide G1 colors, Hardtop from the Onslaught mold, and Skyjack recolored from the Superion mold. Check out the shots of them in robot mode with alternate shots from the previous day for reference.

BotCon 2009 is winding down with a bit of a bang thanks to Hasbro. After the Sunday Design panel they put out the unreleased Animated figures: Arcee, Rodimus Minor, and Cybertron Ratchet for all to see. Has has reported they are working very hard to release the action figures and they will be offered some time in 2009 and 2010. For now, enjoy the pics and pray to the retail gods that we'll get them as promised.

Join us for a special 2009 Botcon edition of the TFormers Podcast with Ironhide1975 (aka Anthony) who talks with BaCon, Ender and Blitzwing about all the goings on at Botcon 2009. Listen Now!

Get ready to drool hard over what is arguably the largest collection of Transformers collectibles you'll find anywhere in the world, The BotCon Dealers Room. If you can think of it, its probably for sale somewhere in the hall. From Diaclone to Revenge of the fallen they've got it all and then some. Check out over 200 images showing what's for sale at BotCon and more.

Robots in disguise in humans in disguise are roaming the convention floor en masse. Get a look at our first pass of images showing some of the incredibly fun transformers costumes fans are showing this year. We'll be updating this gallery over the weekend so check back later for more pics.

TFormers was at the BotCon 2009 Transformers review and Q&A panel that started at 1 PM PST. We posted live from the panel, so catch what's coming for the Transformers, and not.

Sadly, Activision’s panel had little new information, besides confirmation that Frank Welker will reprise his role as Megatron. Hinting about downloadable content option announcements “coming soon� begged the question, is there going to be a better time? For an in depth look at the preview of the game Activision shared with Revenge of the Fallen, click here.

IDW’s panel had some new covers and interiors which you can see here. Just enough to wet the appetite for Spotlights: Cliffjumper and Metroplex, and the climax of the comic all G1 fans need to read All Hail Megatron The panel, forced to compete with big name autograph lines, was under populated. IDW indicated that they were interested in the possibility of a continuation of the Transformers: Animated Universe and had discussed the possibility with Hasbro.

The folks from Shout! Factory are here at BotCon 2009 showing off their new releases from the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon DVDs. On display were the Season 1 DVD and the incredible complete Generation 1 boxed set that comes in a beautiful Matrix styled package with color booklet, magnets and of course all the G1 cartoons refreshed with a new print, remastered music and much more you won't want to miss.

Just in are more new images from BotCon 2009. Get a look at nearly 300 all new images from the Hasbro booth showing us the complete Revenge of the Fallen action figure display. There more than meets the with everything from leaders to even new Titanium figures.