Missing photos in Iphoto Data migration between iMacs

OMG, Please help! I got my new iMac yesterday and did a data migration from my old mac. 2 hours later all my files and stuff are on the new machine.
I just went into iPhoto and it says there are 16,000 pics there, but instead of photos all I have are 16,000 blank boxes. You click on them as if you were opening a pic and all you get is a triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle.
Have I lost all my pictures??

it says iPhoto libary 129.82 GB
Sounds like the photos are there anyway.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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