Editing Transformers Timelines (fiction)

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'''''Transformers Timelines''''' is the banner under which much of [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] fiction was published from 2005 to 2016. The stories were told across a wide variety of media and continuities - [[Marvel Comics continuity|some]] pre-existing, [[Transformers: TransTech|others]] created from scratch. Roughly half of the content was published in the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|club's magazine]] (not technically under the ''Timelines'' banner) and half was published as online prose stories and [[BotCon]]-exclusive comics.

Unlike [[Reaching the Omega Point|the leng]][[Transformers: Universe (comic)|thy stories]] with complex ties to [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|existing]] [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|fiction]] published by the previous convention organizers, [[3H Productions]], Fun Publications promised more standalone stories starting with [[Descent into Evil|a short comic]] accompanying the [[BotCon 2005]] boxed set.

While the BotCon issues were traditionally self-contained, most of the club's stories ended up being just as convoluted and referential as 3H's work ever was. The release order and chronology of all these sources is uniquely complicated, with many plot threads and characters across a multitude of universes being suddenly dropped only to get picked up again years later. When Fun Publications learned they'd be losing their fan club and convention license in 2016, they stepped up their fictional output, and were successfully able to resolve the majority of their storylines by midnight on December 31st that year.

[[File:TFCCTransformersCollectorsClubMagazineCollectedEditionMural.jpg|centre|thumb|upright=3|Combined cover of the five limited collected editions of the TFCC magazine.]]

==BotCon issues==
The only stories released under the ''Timelines'' banner to receive any kind of numbering system were the hard-copy-published comic book issues. Ironically, these were the stories that probably benefited least from such a system; the individual issues were almost all self-contained stories with no continuity from one to the next. The BotCon issues were each around 22 pages along, and were usually released in two versions: a convention edition, and a mass-retail Diamond Edition which included additional profiles featuring some of the characters available as exclusive toys at the convention.

{{chapters|title=''Transformers Timelines'' issues:|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">Vol. 1:</div>
*[[Descent into Evil|#1]]
<br><div class="list-header">Vol. 2:</div>
*[[Dawn of Future's Past|#1]]
*[[Games of Deception|#2]]
*[[Shattered Glass (issue)|#3]]
*[[Cheap Shots|TCC Special]]
*[[Wings of Honor|#4]]
*[[Generation 2: Redux|#5]]
*[[The Stunti-Con Job|#6]]
*[[Invasion (issue)|#7]]
*[[Termination|#8]]
*[[A Common Foe|#9]]
*[[Hoist the Flag|#10]]
*[[Cybertron's Most Wanted|#11]]
<br><div class="list-header">''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'':</div>
*"[[Dawn of the Predacus]]"
}}

==Text stories==
Thirty-six illustrated online prose stories were published by the club. They varied in length, mostly in the region of ten to thirty pages - though [[Derailment|the longest]] consisted of a whopping 179 pages. Like the BotCon issues, these stories usually starred characters with exclusive toys being sold by the club.

{{chapters|title=''Transformers Timelines'' text stories:|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">2007:</div>
*"[[The Dark Heart of Sandokan]]"
*"[[The Razor's Edge]]"
*"[[The New World]]"
*"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"
<div class="list-header">2008:</div>
*"[[Gone Too Far]]"
*"[[Force of Habit]]"
*"[[Withered Hope]]"
*"[[I, Lowtech]]"
*"[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]"
<div class="list-header">2009:</div>
*"[[Do Over]]"
*"[[Eye in the Sky]]"
*"[[Blitzwing Bop]]"
*"[[At Fight's End]]"
<div class="list-header">2010:</div>
*"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"
*"[[A Team Effort]]"
<div class="list-header">2011:</div>
*"[[Transhuman]]"
<div class="list-header">2015:</div>
*"[[Broken Windshields]]"
*"[[Head Games]]"
*"[[Burning Bridges]]"
<div class="list-header">2016:</div>
*''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' Part 1: "[[Sunrise]]"
*''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' Chapter 2: "[[High Noon (SG)|High Noon]]"
*"[[Micro-Aggressions]]"
*"[[The Truth We Make]]"
*"[[Life Finds a Way]]"
*"[[The Toxic Transformer]]"
*"[[Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim]]"
*"[[Intersectionality]]"
*"[[Trigger Warnings]]"
*"[[Identity Politics]]"
*"[[Lively Pursuit]]"
*"[[Not All Megatrons]]"
*"[[A Brush With Infamy–Prologue]]"
*''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' Part 3: "[[Journey's Eve]]"
*"[[Cultural Appropriation]]"
*"[[Safe Spaces]]"
*"[[Derailment]]"
*"[[Coalescence]]"
*"[[The Inexorable March]]"
*''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' Part 4: "[[Last Sunset]]"
}}

==Magazine==
A bi-monthly magazine titled the ''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' was published throughout the club's tenure, with each issue containing at least six comic pages, adding up to a complete 36-odd page story over the course of each year. These were supplemented by full-page profiles for characters appearing in the comic, usually two per issue, in the style of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' series. Some issues also included a one-page tie-in prologue or comic for upcoming online prose stories. Other recurring features of the magazine included interviews, previews of upcoming toys, and fan art.

The first two years' worth of comics were produced for the club by [[IDW Publishing]], and as such received a trade paperback release once complete. Beginning in 2007, the magazine comics were taken in-house under the "Fun Pub Comics" brand, first introduced the previous year on [[BotCon 2006]]'s [[Dawn of Future's Past|''Timelines'' vol. 2 #1]]

{|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto;text-align:center;" align="centre" id="toc"
!colspan="2" style="background:#69C;color:#fff"|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' issues:
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2005 "Balancing Act"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2006 "Revelations"
|-
|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|#01]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 2|#02]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 3|#03]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 4|#04]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 5|#05]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|#06]] 
 |[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 7|#07]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 8|#08]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|#09]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 10|#10]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 11|#11]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|#12]] 
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2007 "Crossing Over"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2008 "Transcendent"
|-
|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|#13]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|#14]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15|#15]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16|#16]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17|#17]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|#18]] 
 | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 19|#19]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20|#20]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21|#21]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|#22]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 23|#23]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|#24]]
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2009 "Reunification"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2010 "The Coming Storm"
|-
|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|#25]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|#26]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 27|#27]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28|#28]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 29|#29]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|#30]]
 | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 31|#31]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|#32]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 33|#33]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34|#34]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 35|#35]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|#36]]
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2011 "Battle Lines"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2012 "A Flash Forward"
|-
|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 37|#37]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 38|#38]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 39|#39]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 40|#40]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 41|#41]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|#42]]
 | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|#43]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|#44]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 45|#45]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 46|#46]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 47|#47]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 48|#48]]
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2013 "Beast Wars Shattered Glass"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2014 "Alone Together"
|-
|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|#49]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|#50]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 51|#51]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 52|#52]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 53|#53]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54|#54]]
 | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 55|#55]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 56|#56]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 57|#57]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 58|#58]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 59|#59]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 60|#60]]
|-
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2015 "Another Light"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2016 "Of Masters and Mayhem"
|-
| [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|#61]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 62|#62]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 63|#63]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 64|#64]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 65|#65]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 66|#66]]
 | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 67|#67]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 68|#68]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 69|#69]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|#70]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 71|#71]] | [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 72|#72]]
|}

==Other stories==
The rest of the content produced by the club came in the form of script readings, online mini-comics, pack-in bio cards (one for each ''Timelines'' figure), YouTube videos, and Facebook pages. Most BotCons featured a panel in which the voice actors present would perform a brand-new story (except the two readings at BotCon 2011, which were adaptations of other stories), often tying into the rest of the club's main continuities (albeit with a more comedic tone). "The Return of Blurr" was later adapted as an illustrated storybook. The mini-comics were occasionally printed as back-up features in the magazine or in the BotCon issues which they tied into ("Legacy" was only released as a pack-in one-page comic art print; "Epilogue Two" was released in the Diamond Edition of the GIJoeCon 2016 comic). Aside from the ''Beast Wars'' prologue "Theft of the Golden Disk", the videos were generally comedic fourth-wall-breaking advertisements for the convention. Finally, the Facebook pages often directly interacted with readers and responded to events in other ongoing fiction.

{{chapters|title=Other ''Transformers Timelines'' stories:|align=left|content=
<br><div class="list-header">Script readings:</div>
*"[[Intimidation Game]]"
*"[[Bee in the City]]"
*"[[The Stunti-Con Job]]"
*"[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]"
*"[[Bee in the City 2: Electric Boogaloo]]"
*"[[Unreliable Narratives]]"
*"[[Prevenge]]"
*"[[The Return of Blurr]]"
*"[[The Hot Rod]]"
<br><div class="list-header">Mini-comics:</div>
*"[[Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations]]"
*"[[The Desert Heat!]]"
*"[[Moving Violations]]"
*"[[Invasion Prologue]]"
*"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"
*"[[Solar Requiem]]"
*"[[Interlude...]]"
*"[[Timeless]]"
*"[[Collections]]"
*"[[The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted]]"
*"[[Legacy (issue)|Legacy]]"
*[[Armada Volume 5|''Armada'' Volume 5]]
*"[[Epilogue Two]]"
<br><div class="list-header">YouTube videos:</div>
*"[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]"
*[[BotCon 2009: Join the Elite Guard!]]
*[[BotCon 2009!]]
*[[BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux]]
*[[BotCon 2010 Promo]]
*[[Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like]]
*[[Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?]]
*[[BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!]]
*[[Blaster VS Soundwave 2013]]
*[[BotCon 2016 featuring Megatron!]]
<br><div class="list-header">Facebook pages:</div>
*[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]
*[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]
*[[Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist]]
*[[Axiom Nexus News Editor]]
*[[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]]
*[[Transformers: Spacewarp's Log|Spacewarp's Log]]
*[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric]]
}}

==Continuities==

===''Universe'' and ''Cybertron''===
[[File:Wreckersfinale2-cover1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.5]]
The first two years/arcs of the club magazine comic were [[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|"Balancing Act" and "Revelations"]], which tied into the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoon and wrapped up loose ends from [[3H Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)| Universe]]'' and [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: Energon (comic)| Energon]]'' storylines. 2007's "[[The Dark Heart of Sandokan]]" (advertising ''Timelines'' [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Timelines|Astrotrain]]) and 2008's "[[Force of Habit]]" prose stories were also set in this continuity. Setting a trend that continued throughout Fun Publications' tenure, these stories mainly featured toys with very limited roles in previous fiction. To offer some final closure to 3H's stories, the last part of the cancelled ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|The Wreckers]]'' comic was released, with the four-page "[[The Wreckers: Finale Part 1]]" appearing in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16|issue #16]] and the prose story "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]" being released online.

The magazine soon started including profiles for the characters appearing in the comic, which further filled the gaps between storylines. [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Vector Prime]], [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]], [[Sentinel Maximus]], [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]], [[Unicron]], the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] all received full-size profiles by issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12|#12]]. A bio for [[Quickslinger (Cybertron)|Quickslinger]] was included in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|#6]]. Short profiles for the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] ([[Deepdive (Cybertron)|Deepdive]], [[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]] and [[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]]), [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]]'s [[Nightcruz (Energon)|part]][[Nightscream (Energon)|ners]] and [[Nightcreeper|their combined form]], [[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]], [[Stripmine]] and [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] were published in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|#13]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|#14]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15|#15]].

[[File:Snowblind.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.33]]
A large amount of short profiles for various other Mini-Cons were released in the members-only section of the club website: these included a load of Mini-Cons from the ''[[Transformers (PS2)|Transformers]]'' PlayStation 2 video game ([[Aftershock (Armada)|Aftershock]], [[Jumpstart]], [[Buildup]], [[Flashbang]], [[Hawkeye]], [[Highgear]], [[Kickback (Armada)|Kickback]], [[Smackdown]], [[Claymore]], [[Overwatch]], [[Covert]], [[Highjump (Armada)|Highjump]] and [[Lookout]]) and their combined [[Matrix Cannon]] form, a bunch of Japan-exclusive Mini-Cons (the [[Extreme Competition Team|Extreme Competition]], [[Noble Force Mini-Con Team|Noble Force]], [[Steel Reinforcement Team|Steel Reinforcement]], [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Aerial Extermination]], and [[Apocalypse Brigade Mini-Con Team|Apocalypse Brigade]]<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/129168-out-of-printhard-to-find-media-mega-thread/page-4#entry3430903 Trickshot's bio] was never published on the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] website like that of his teammates, but he was named in Flashdrive's bio... something that failed to be noted by Triac's TFWiki page, leading to the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] ascribing Triac a new identity in 2015. Er, whoops!</ref> teams, along with [[Drop-Test]], [[Heavy Barrel (GF)|Heavy Barrel]], [[Road Rebel]], and the Dead End [[Dead End General|General]]/[[Dead End Drone|Drones]]), the four ''Classics'' Mini-Cons re-released with a [[Walmart]] exclusive ''Cybertron'' [[Primus#Walmart|Primus]] ([[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]] and [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]]), Astrotrain's Mini-Cons ([[Starcatcher (Cybertron)|Starcatcher]] and the [[Sabotage Team]]), the unreleased ''[[Attacktix]]'' Mini-Con [[Bunker-Buster]], and [[Flashbox]] (a generic seen in an episode of [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|the ''Armada'' cartoon]]). Profiles for [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Wings Universe|Cop-Tur]], [[Snowblind]] and [[Liftor#Classics|Liftor]] were later published in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 31|#31]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|#32]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 33|#33]] respectively.

Many years later, the club's ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)#Timelines 2|Skywarp]] figure came with "[[Armada Volume 5]]", a mini-comic in the style of those packed with figures in the original ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)| Armada]]'' toyline.

===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Timelines2-01.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.5]]
[[BotCon 2005]]'s comic, "[[Descent into Evil]]", and its follow-up script reading "[[Intimidation Game]]" were set between "[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]" and the [[Beast Era]]. [[BotCon 2006]]'s comic, "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", and its immediate prequel ([[BotCon 2007]]'s exclusive short animated film, "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]"), collectively formed an immediate prequel to the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon - with the 2007 prose story "[[The Razor's Edge]]" (advertising the club's exclusive [[Airazor (BW)#Timelines|Airazor]] figure) intended to bridge these two pairs of convention-exclusive stories.<ref>In an attempt to let "Dawn of Future's Past" stand alone as the "definitive" ''Beast Wars'' prequel, Pete Sinclair at one point stated that it took place in a separate continuity to "Descent into Evil". Despite the clear connections between these five early stories, and the lack of any major contradictions, this became the club's official stance (reception to "The Razor's Edge" had been - to put it lightly - mixed, so they were perfectly happy to sweep it under the rug). [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/101932-tfwikinet-thread-30/page-643#entry3886778 As discussed on the Allspark forums], this interpretation didn't last long; the events of "Dawn of Future's Past" were folded into both [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|IDW's own ''Beast Wars'' continuity]] and Fun Publications' ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.</ref>

''MTMTE''-style profiles for [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] were released in the Diamond Edition of "Dawn of Future's Past" along with short bios for [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and the [[Maximal Command Security Force]]. The individual MCSF members [[9K]], [[Overshoot]], [[Switchblade (BW)|Switchblade]], [[High Beam]], [[Shatterpoint]] and [[Getout]] received similar bios in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|issues #13]] [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|and #14]] while [[Stopgap]] was given one on the Club website.<ref>[[Nitrostreak]] and [[Tigatron]] were the only MCSF members not to get profiles like this, as they appeared exclusively in "Dawn of Future's Past".</ref> ''MTMTE''-style profiles were also published online for [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]] and his minions from "Theft of the Golden Disk" [[Backslash]], [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] and [[Buzzbomb]]. Of note, Cryotek's profile referenced both [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] from "Descent into Evil" and, vaguely, Cryotek's activities in 3H's stories. Likewise, "Wreckers: Finale Part II" contained mild references to both "Dawn of Future's Past" and "Theft of the Golden Disk", suggesting all of these new ''Beast Wars''-related stories to be part of the existing 3H Beast Era continuity.

===''Classics''===
[[File:TimelinesVol2 2 Diamond.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.5]]
The third year/arc of the club storyline, "[[Crossing Over]]", was the first in a series of ''[[Transformers: Classics| Classics]]'' stories set after the end of the Marvel US ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comics (but ignoring the UK continuity, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)| Generation 2]]'' and''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One| Regeneration One]]''). [[BotCon 2007]]'s comic "[[Games of Deception]]" brought more characters to [[Earth]] and included a prologue to the prose story, "[[The New World]]", which focused on the ''Classics'' [[Mini-Con]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. A "Spring Special" ''Classics'' comic ("[[Cheap Shots]]") was released in 2008 with ''Timelines'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]], starring him, Siren, Slag and Sludge.<ref>Hosehead perished in "[[Still Life!]]", so couldn't appear. The rest of the Dinobots had previously appeared in other stories.</ref> The last prose story of 2009, "[[At Fight's End]]", seemed to be an attempt at closure for the universe and included an in-fiction appearance of the ''Timelines'' [[Seacon (G1)#Timelines|Seacons]].

Profiles for ''Classics'' characters continued to be published in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|#13]]-[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|#18]]: [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. The Diamond Edition of "Games of Deception" included profiles for [[Springer (G1)#Classics|Springer]] and [[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Timelines|Bug Bite]]. All twelve ''Classics'' Mini-Cons got short profiles in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16|#16]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17|#17]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|#18]].<ref>[[Snarl (Classics)|Snarl]] and [[Divebomb (Classics)|Divebomb]]'s were previewed online in a slightly different format.</ref> Profiles for [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s [[Lug (G1)|Lug]], [[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]], [[Muzzle]] and [[Quig]] were published in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|#22]] as a "Cheap Shots" tie-in. 

===''TransTech''===
The fourth year/arc of the magazine introduced [[Axiom Nexus]], the world of [[Transformers: TransTech| TransTech]], taking the concept of interdimensional travel up to eleven, with characters from countless continuities interacting on-panel. Many characters used their designs from the cancelled ''[[Transtech]]'' series, which would have been a sequel to ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'', but the setting and story were wholly original, a first for Fun Publications. To give the impression of a vibrant metropolis, all five stories released during this time (the "[[Transcendent]]" comic arc, the "[[Gone Too Far]]", "[[Withered Hope]]" and "[[I, Lowtech]]" prose stories and [[BotCon 2008]]'s "[[Bee in the City]]" script reading) took place roughly concurrently, with minor plot threads tying them together. The magazine's back-up humour strip ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' also tied into various events in those stories.

Six ''TransTech'' characters ([[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]], [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]], [[Prowl (TransTech)|Prowl]], [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]]) were given profiles in issues #22-24 of the magazine as part of "The World of... TRANSTECH," a feature which sported a unique design and layout but was textually almost indistinguishable from the regular ''MTMTE''-style profiles. Two lowtechs, [[Blackarachnia (TransTech)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], got normal profiles in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|#25]]. [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]], who initially went unnamed when he was released at BotCon 2007, was given a full profile online.

===''Shattered Glass''===
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[[BotCon 2008]] introduced perhaps Fun Publication's most iconic setting: the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)| Shattered Glass]]'' mirror universe. As an [[April Fools' Day]] prank, what were supposedly the first three pages of that year's convention comic, "[[Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations]]", were "leaked" online. Upon seeing the overwhelmingly positive reaction to this, Fun Publications got the pages' writers to punch up the script for the ''actual'' comic (simply "[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]"), which was originally much more serious in tone. From there, the story split in two roughly-parallel branches. The magazine's 2009 comic arc, "[[Reunification]]", maintained the tone of the BotCon comic and continued the interdimensional plot threads from previous arcs, with ''Around Cybertron'' also making the jump to the new universe. Meanwhile, the writers of "Shattered Expectations" continued their campier approach across "[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]", "[[Do Over]]", the preview comic "[[The Desert Heat!]]", "[[Eye in the Sky]]" and "[[Blitzwing Bop]]". Another prose story tying these two branches back together, "[[Transhuman]]", was eventually published in 2011.

''MTMTE''-style profiles for ''Shattered Glass'' characters were published in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|#25]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|#30]], though for the first time the amount of space given to each character varied. [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]], [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]], [[Computron (SG)|Computron]], [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]], [[Dirge (SG)|Dirge]], [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]], [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], [[Hound (SG)|Hound]], [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]], [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]], [[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]], the [[Technobot (SG)|Technobots]], the [[Terrorcon (SG)|Terrorcons]], [[Whisper (SG)|Whisper]], and [[Nexus Prime]] all got profiles during this time. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] were each given a profile in the Diamond Edition of "[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]". In 2011, a contest was held on Twitter to decide [[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]]'s bio, and the winning submission was expanded into a full-sized online profile. Jesse Wittenrich created six profiles to complement his ''Around Cybertron'' strips - [[Andromeda (SG)|Andromeda]], [[Countdown (SG)|Countdown]], [[Esmeral (SG)|Esmeral]], [[Mirage (SG)|Mirage]], [[Monstructor (SG)|Monstructor]] and the [[Wireless Automated Sales Person]] - but these were never printed.<ref>The profiles for ''Shattered Glass'' [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/SG-Andromeda-MTMTE-Profile-349976392 Andromeda], [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/SG-Countdown-MTMTE-Profile-349976478 Countdown], [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/SG-Esmeral-MTMTE-Profile-349976566 Esmeral], [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/SG-Mirage-MTMTE-Profile-349976583 Mirage], [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/SG-Monstructor-MTMTE-Profile-349976593 Monstructor] and [https://www.deviantart.com/jeysie/art/The-WASP-MTMTE-Profile-349976609 WASP] were sent to DeviantArt user Jeysie by Wittenrich. In [https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1200777774019104769 a 2019 tweet], Wittenrich stated that they'd been intended for the magazine, but that there were never enough spare pages.</ref>

===''Wings Universe''===
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Having concluded stories set in most major continuities of the time, the club turned to the distant past of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original "Generation 1" cartoon]], before "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", recounting one of [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]'s earliest missions in [[BotCon 2009]]'s "[[Wings of Honor]]". Pete Sinclair made sure to explain that these so-called ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' stories would deviate from the cartoon in several ways, some cosmetic and some not, and more so as they progressed. 2010's comic arc, "[[The Coming Storm]]", was set ten years later, with the prose stories "[[Flames of Yesterday]]" and "[[A Team Effort]]" taking place between parts [[The Coming Storm: Part 2|#2]]-[[The Coming Storm: Part 3|#3]] and [[The Coming Storm: Part 4|#4]]-[[The Coming Storm: Part 5|#5]] respectively. 2011's comic arc, "[[Battle Lines]]", was an immediate sequel. ''Around Cybertron'' continued for another ten strips set in this universe.

[[BotCon 2010]]'s "[[Generation 2: Redux]]" comic jumped forward in time to 2010, and 2012's comic arc "[[A Flash Forward]]" picked up from there, leading into [[BotCon 2013]]'s "[[Termination]]" and its immediate sequel "[[A Common Foe]]", which told a "G1"-cartoon version of the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]] and advertised the third series of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]]. A single-panel "[[Interlude...]]" was given in the customization class handbook for that convention. As a prelude to [[BotCon 2014]], a Facebook page was created for "[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]", with his journal entries leading into the convention comic "[[Hoist the Flag]]". This issue, branded as ''Timelines'' #10 (with "A Common Foe" being #9), took another time-skip to post-''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', and served as a celebration of both Fun Publications' tenth convention and the 20th anniversary of BotCon as a whole. It also incorporated some version of 3H's stories into the ''Wings Universe''. A [[Pack-in material|pack-in]] comic released with the "BotCon Legacy Collection", simply titled "[[Legacy (issue)|Legacy]]", further strengthened these ties.

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Profiles were published at a steady rate of two per issue throughout those three years (issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 31|#31]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 48|#48]]). The characters to receive profiles were [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]], [[Magnum]], [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]], [[Sentinel Major]], [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]], [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]], [[Gyronian Sentry]], [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]], [[Hauler]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]], [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], [[Windbreaker]], [[Flamefeather (G1)|Flamefeather]], [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], [[Fizzle|Blaze]], [[Soundwave (G2)|Soundwave]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Frenzy (G2)|Frenzy]]. The Diamond Edition of "Wings of Honor" contained profiles for [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]], [[Flak (G1)|Flak]], [[Leozack]] and [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]; "Generation 2: Redux" included profiles for [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], [[Rapido]], [[Slicer (Decepticon)|Slicer]] and [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]]; "Termination" included profiles for [[Strika (BM)#Wings Universe|Strika]], [[Obsidian (BM)#Wings Universe|Obsidian]], [[Megaplex]], [[Thundercracker (MW)|Thundercracker]] and [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Wings Universe|Mirage]]; "A Common Foe" included profiles for [[Krok (G1)#Wings Universe|Krok]], [[Serpentor#Wings Universe|Serpent O.R.]], [[Carzap (BT)#Wings Universe|Carzap]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)#Wings Universe|Tarantulas]]; and "Hoist the Flag" included profiles for [[Cheetor (BW)#Wings Universe|Alpha Trizer]], [[Apelinq (BM)#Wings Universe|Apelinq]] and [[Flareup (G1)#Wings Universe|Flare-Up]]. [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] was to receive a ''Wings Universe'' bio card for his [[Action Master]] form, but when that figure was released as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] instead the bio was shelved and later published in non-canonical form in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|#42]]. A series of features titled "[[The Transformers Menagerie]]" were released in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|#49]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54|#54]] and provided information on the [[Primitive]]s.<ref>Though the continuity of these features was never explicitly defined or discussed, [[Jim Sorenson]] later clarified the intended setting as being a [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunbow cartoon]]-esque continuity, specifically the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.</ref> As a tie-in to "Hoist the Flag", profiles were published in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 56|#56]] for [[Squirm]] and [[Olin Zarak]] and in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 58|#58]] for the [[Dread Pirate Crew]] and [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. 

===''Animated'' and ''Aligned''===
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A two-page online comic, "[[Moving Violations]]", was the first ''Timelines'' story to be entirely set in the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] universe. It doubled as both an advertisement for [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]]'s exclusive toy and as a prologue to [[BotCon 2011]]'s comic, "[[The Stunti-Con Job]]". Both stories were set after "[[Endgame, Part II]]". A live script reading of "The Stunti-Con Job" was performed at the convention, along with a script reading of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' episode "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]". Both performances included extra scenes not present in the original versions. BotCon 2013's script reading, "[[Unreliable Narratives]]", had ''Prime'' Kup tell [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] a tale (taking place between ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)| War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron| Fall of Cybertron]]''). BotCon 2015's script reading, "[[The Return of Blurr]]", proved to be the last ''Animated'' story, and was later re-released at BotCon 2016 as an illustrated storybook.

Supplementary material for ''Animated'' came in the form of ''[[The AllSpark Almanac Addendum]]'', printed in the Diamond Edition of "The Stunti-Con Job" and issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|#43]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|#44]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 45|#45]] of the magazine. A series of [[Tech Spec]]s were published: ten in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|#24]], two each in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|#25]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|#30]], and six (plus four reprints) years later in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 71|#71]]. All twenty-eight of these plus twenty-four extras were also released as a BotCon 2011 exclusive lithograph. A single ''MTMTE''-style profile for the ''Animated'' [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Jrs.]] ([[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]] and [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]]) was published in issue #71.

==="Invasion"===
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[[BotCon 2012]] returned to the ''Classics'' and ''Shattered Glass'' universes with its "[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]" crossover. A six-page "[[Invasion Prologue]]" comic was released online during the build-up to the convention and reprinted in the Diamond Edition of the convention comic, while the convention's script reading "[[Bee in the City 2: Electric Boogaloo]]" saw the [[Megatron (BW)#TransTech|Megatron]] of BotCon 2008's script capitalise on events of the crossover. A two-page "[[Invasion: Epilogue]]" later followed online and in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 48|#48]] of the magazine,<ref>This story served as something of an advertisement for the first series of [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] figures, with only [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]] and [[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]] not making an appearance. [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]] is recruited to intercept Ultra Mammoth, showing up in 2013's comic arc, but Scourge never got any fiction from the club. This is because another two-or-three page ''Wings Universe'' prologue story set prior to "Termination" was planned but never released, in which he would have been one of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s clones and would have killed both Optimus and Galvatron.</ref> leading into 2013's comic arc "[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]", which focused on two temporally-displaced teams of ''Classics'' refugees on the prehistoric Earth of the ''Shattered Glass'' universe. The seven-page ''TransTech'' comic "[[Timeless]]" spun out of this arc, advertising the second series of subscription figures.

In the aftermath of "Invasion", ''Classics'' Earth was brought into the ''Shattered Glass'' universe. This premise was explored in "[[Solar Requiem]]", a comic collaboration between Fun Publications and [[e-HOBBY]] packed in with the ''Shattered Glass'' Soundwave and Blaster set, and in the 2016 four-part ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' series of prose stories ("[[Sunrise]]", "[[High Noon (SG)|High Noon]]", "[[Journey's Eve]]" and "[[Last Sunset]]"), which starred the [[GoBots]] from "Withered Hope".<ref>Production delays on this series meant that "Last Sunset" was the final piece of material produced by the club, being shared via Google Docs just before midnight (EST) on New Year's Eve 2016-2017.</ref> Additionally, ''[[Recordicons]]'', starring ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage and the other [[Mini-Cassette]]s, was published as a back-up strip in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34|#34]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 63|#63]], before being replaced by ''[[SD SG]]'' for issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 65|#65]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 71|#71]].

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The BotCon 2014 script reading "[[Prevenge]]" plucked characters from a wide range of continuities for a ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''-style battle royale. The three-page online comic "[[Collections]]" starred [[Packrat]],<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/156561-future-of-the-g1-cartoon/page-2#entry3816193 On the Allspark], Jesse Wittenrich later stated that "Collections" is technically part of the 3H Beast Era timeline, but that the Packrat it features was a duplicate created as a side-effect of ''Shattered Glass'' Ultra Magnus' interdimensional meddling. The intent of the story was to explain why the artifacts left behind on prehistoric Earth were never rediscovered in later stories.</ref> leading into his appearance in the [[BotCon 2015]] comic "[[Cybertron's Most Wanted]]" and following up on threads from "Timeless". Several [https://www.facebook.com/ Facebook] pages sprang up during this time, building on the success of Tornado's journal: "[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]", "[[Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist]]" and "[[Axiom Nexus News Editor]]" all ran in parallel and were soon joined by "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", "[[Transformers: Spacewarp's Log| Spacewarp's Log]]" and "[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric]]". Three back-up features in the magazine, ''[[Transformers I.Q.]]'', ''[[Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts]]'' and ''[[Bot on the Street]]'', were generally set in the ''TransTech'' universe but often touched on events from other continuities. ''TransTech'' Rhinox featured in "[[The Beast Wars Road Map]]", a flowchart published in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|#70]] explaining the chronology of the various Beast Era stories until then, along with the [[Rhinox (BW)#Transformers Legends comic 2|Rhinox]], [[Rattrap (BW)#Transformers Legends comic 2|Rattrap]] and [[Airazor (BW)#Transformers Legends comic|Airazor]] from the Japanese ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' comic (another of [[Hayato Sakamoto]]'s stories, the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O Transformers]]'' webcomic, received a tie-in with 2015's "[[The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted]]").

The "Beast Wars: Shattered Glass" survivors returned to the present day just in time for 2015's comic arc "[[Another Light]]", which served to wrap up most of the major plot threads left dangling since the club's very inception. "[[Coalescence]]", the long-awaited sequel to "Transhuman", was finally written and released in 2016, with its epilogue offering some closure for Depth Charge. A single-page "[[Epilogue]]" published in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 72|#72]] revealed the fates of some of those left unaccounted for in the aftermath of "Invasion", while the two-page "[[Epilogue Two]]" published in the Diamond Edition of GIJoeCon 2016's comic "Project Downfall" (of all places) wrapped up the ''TransTech'' story.

Profiles for a variety of characters were published during this time. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hero Prime|Optimus Prime ("Hero Prime")]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]] got profiles in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|#49]], and [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] got one in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54|#54]]. A Tech Spec for the [[INSIRT]] was published on Facebook. The Diamond Edition of "[[Cybertron's Most Wanted]]" included profiles for [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]], [[Battletrap]] and [[Zaptrap]] with [[Beet-Chit]]. ''Classics'' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Scylla#Classics|Scylla]], [[Autojetter#Classics|Autojetter]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], [[Autolauncher#Classics|Autolauncher]] and [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]] got profiles from issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|#50]] to [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 54|#54]]; [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Prowl]] later received his own profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 62|#62]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Grimlock]] later received a ''third'' in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 63|#63]]. ''Shattered Glass'' [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] finally got a profile in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 65|#65]], and artwork for [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Nova Prime]] and [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] was published in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 66|#66]]'s feature. On its last day, the club's Twitter released four profiles [[Repurposing|repurposing]] the BotCon 2015 [[Waruder]]s as other characters: [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], [[King Waruder]], [[Skywasp]] and ''Shattered Glass'' [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator]].

===''Beast Wars: Uprising'' and "Dawn of the Predacus"===
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The universe first glimpsed in the bios for Blackarachnia and Depth Charge was finally given a dedicated story in "[[Alone Together]]", 2014's comic arc (starring [[Rampage (BW)#Timelines 2|Rampage]] and [[Transmutate (BW)#Timelines|Trans-Mutate]] in their ''Timelines'' forms). Then, from 2015 to 2016, twelve prose stories written by [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[David Bishop]] were released: "[[Broken Windshields]]", "[[Head Games]]", "[[Burning Bridges]]", "[[Micro-Aggressions]]", "[[Intersectionality]]", "[[Trigger Warnings]]", "[[Identity Politics]]", "[[Not All Megatrons]]", "[[Cultural Appropriation]]", "[[Safe Spaces]]", "[[Derailment]]" and "[[The Inexorable March]]". Unlike the vast majority of Fun Publications' stories, which often dealt heavily in interdimensional shenanigans, this new continuity was much more isolated and grounded (despite the best attempts of "[[A Change to the Agenda]]", a screen-capture comic published in issue [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|#70]]). A small set of profiles for [[Rampage (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Rampage]], [[Transmutate (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Trans-Mutate]], [[Jawbreaker]], [[Bigmos]], [[Medusa]], [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] and [[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars: Uprising|Lio Convoy]] were released in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 55|#55]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 57|#57]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 59|#59]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|#61]].

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The [[BotCon 2016]] comic was originally pitched as a ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' story, but once IDW Publishing was brought on-board plans changed to ostensibly focus on their own ''Beast Wars'' continuity, resulting in "[[Dawn of the Predacus]]" and its associated script reading "[[The Hot Rod]]". 

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
The last new continuity to be created by the club saw the relocation of the humans and ''Classics'' [[Pretender]]s from the ''Shattered Glass'' universe in the aftermath of "Another Light" and served to advertise the fourth and fifth series of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]]. It also saw the return of [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] - last seen in "Revelations" - who received [[Ramjet (Universe)#Timelines|a new figure]] from the club. Five prose stories ("[[The Truth We Make]]", "[[Life Finds a Way]]", "[[The Toxic Transformer]]", "[[Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim]]" and "[[Lively Pursuit]]") supplemented the main "[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]" comic arc.

Five profiles for [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], [[Lifeline (G1)|Lifeline]], [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], [[Gnash]] and [[Thrashclaw]] were published in issues [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 67|#67]], [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 68|#68]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|#70]].

===Back-up strips===
In its earliest years, the magazine included a variety of newspaper-style strips, none with a strict continuity: ''[[Another Con]]'', ''[[Lil' Jerry]]'', ''[[Robot Parade]]'', ''[[Mini Mayhem!]]'' and ''[[Lil Formers]]''.

===YouTube videos===
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The club's official YouTube channel uploaded [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrrSq1iPTtQ its first video] to promote BotCon 2008, with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIJVSjIuNYg both] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRYFCO7fpo parts] of "Theft of the Golden Disk" being released on the channel after the convention. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMSOUKT4vyY A teaser] for 2008's membership figure, Topspin, was released which consisted of about seventy seconds of text and three seconds of stop-motion animation. From [[2009]] to [[2013]], the club teamed up with media professionals [[Randall Ng]] and [[DR.SMOOV]] to produce several short promotional videos. [[BotCon 2009: Join the Elite Guard!|The first of these]] was an [[Elite Guard]] recruitment video, starring young Kup and advertising BotCon 2009. [[BotCon 2009!|The second]] had [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] making plans to go to the convention. Advertising BotCon 2010, the club released [[BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux|a parody]] of the original ''Generation 2'' cartoon opening sequence along with [[BotCon 2010 Promo|another video]] starring Megatron, the exclusive-toys-obsessed Starscream, [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], Optimus, and [[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]]. They also released [[Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like|a parody]] of an Old Spice commerical advertising club membership. [[Gregg Berger]] voiced G1 Grimlock in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf1uo3cM6SM a video] asking fans to vote for him in the 2011 [[Transformers Hall of Fame/2011|Transformers Hall of Fame]]. [[Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?|Another animated video]] was released to advertise BotCon 2011, in which Starscream finally found [[Starscream (Animated)|someone]] to share his passion for exclusive toys with, and [[BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!|another]] for BotCon 2012. [[Blaster VS Soundwave 2013|The last animated video]], advertising BotCon 2013, had [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] battle in a... dance-off. For [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M76OAFBmxTA their promotional video for BotCon 2016], Fun Publications worked instead with voice actor [[David Kaye]].

==Legacy==
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Despite the relative obscurity of most ''Timelines'' stories, many of Fun Publications' concepts have cropped up again in more mainstream ''Transformers'' media.

The ''Shattered Glass'' continuity in particular has been [[Shattered Glass (Legends)|referenced]] by the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. Hasbro and Takara have directly referenced [[Optimus Prime (SG)#Generations|some of]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#RodimusUnicronus|its characters]] in their own mass-retail toylines.

''[[Ask Vector Prime]]'' ultimately had a large influence on some high-profile stories, most notably in the portrayal of [[Maccadam]] in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)| Cyberverse]]''.
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==Footnotes==
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