Editing Transformers Collectors' Club

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The '''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club''' is, naturally enough, the officially licensed fan club for the [[Transformers brand]].

==3H==
The first iteration of the fan club began during [[3H Productions]]' tenure as the convention license holder.  Initial efforts to get the fan club going were largely ineffectual.  A single magazine issue saw publication.  This version of the fan club essentially dissolved when 3H lost their license from Hasbro in 2004.

* [[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1]]

==Fun Publications==
In 2005, the fan club license was acquired (along with the official convention rights) by [[Fun Publications]].  Fun Pub immediately launched a new web site to raise interest in the reformatted club, and has actively posted news, updates, and new features since then.  The club web site is closely tied to that of BotCon.

Membership for United States fans starts at $40 for one year.  Rates are higher for international fans or quicker postage.  Current benefits with a 1-year membership include:

* <strike>12 issues of Fun Publications' ''[[Master Collector]]'' newsprint classifieds</strike>
* Six issues of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club Official Magazine]], each including an issue of the club comic.
* An [[exclusive]] ''Transformers'' figure, free with each year's paid membership:
** 2005: [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]
** 2006: [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]
** 2007: [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]]
** 2008: [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]]
** 2009: [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]]
** 2010: [[Dion|Elite Guard Dion]] (with [[Cop-Tur (Timelines)|Cop-Tur]])
** 2011: [[Side Burn (Timelines)|Side Burn]]
** 2012: [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
* Access to the Collectors' Club store, forums, and member-exclusive content on the Collectors' Club website, including [[exclusive]] [[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]] fiction and various character [[bio]]s.

* Ability to buy Collectors' Club exclusive toys.  To date, these toys have included:
** 2006: [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]] and [[Airazor (BW)#Timelines|''Chromia 10'' pilot (Airazor)]]
** 2008: [[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]] and [[Seacon (G1)#Timelines|Seacons]]
** 2010: [[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] and [[Cyclonus (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Cyclonus]]
** 2011: [[Ramjet (G1)|G2 Ramjet]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|''Animated'' Cheetor]]
** 2012: [[Runabout (G1)|Over-run]] and [[Drift (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Drift]]

* Discounts on [[BotCon]] preregistration

Only members receive membership benefits, making the organization an evil entity that exists solely for the purpose of denying fans benefits that they didn't pay for.



==External links==
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ http://www.transformersclub.com/]


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