In nopCommerce 2.0, if you create a product variant (use a gift card or something in sample data) , create a few variants and then switch to the Product Variant Attributes tab and create a few variants using a drop down list. Specify color  green $1, color red $2
and save your changes.

If you choose add to cart, then choose one of the new attributes from the list, and try to add to cart, nopCommerce errors out with server error 500.

Tried this with several different products and same result.

Use the sample rock-a-billy 50s polka dot top and choose one of the sizes.  Same error.

Works in v 1.9, broken in 2.0

Update: Tested the nopCommerce.com demo site with the Rockabilly dress and it loads and adds to cart perfectly.

Installed a fresh install and database for 2.0 on IIS 7 and SQL 2008R2 windows 2008 R2.  Everything loads fine.  Add to cart for any items that use Product Variant Attributes fails with Entity Validation error.

Version 1.9 works swimmingly and does not exhibit this issue.

Any ideas?