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The '''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club''' is run by [[Fun Publications]]. With the purchase of a year's membership, each member receives:
The '''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club''' was, naturally enough, the officially licensed fan club for the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]].


* 12 issues of Fun Publications' ''Master Collector'' newsprint classifieds
==3H Productions==
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.


* Six issues of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club Official Magazine]]
*[[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1]]
{{--}}


* A free [[exclusive]] ''Transformers'' figure
==Fun Publications==
:* 2005: [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]
[[File:Collectorsclub.png|right|thumb|Fun Publications TFCC logo, 2005–2014.]]
:* 2006: [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]
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 would actively post news, updates, and new features. The club web site was closely tied to that of BotCon as well. After Fun Publications lost the Transformers fan club license at the end of 2016, they spent a transitional year liquidating merchandise (including TFSS products). They would sell said merchandise for ''extremely'' discounted prices, with no membership required. Some examples include the exclusive freebie figure Ramjet, for ''$4'' and the BotCon 2013 set for '''''$77'''''.
:* 2007: [[Breakaway]]
{{--}}


* Access to the Collectors' Club store, forums, and member-exclusive content on the Collectors' Club website
===Membership benefits===
Membership for United States fans started at $42 for one year. Rates were higher for international fans or quicker postage. Benefits with a 1-year membership included:


* Ability to buy Collectors' Club exclusive toys
*<s>12 issues of Fun Publications' ''[[Master Collector]]'' newsprint classifieds</s> (discontinued January 2010)
:* [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]]
*Six issues of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club Official Magazine]], each including an issue of the club comic.
:* [[Airazor (BW)#Timelines|Chromia-10 pilot (Airazor)]]
*An [[exclusive]] ''Transformers'' figure, free with each year's paid membership (see below).
*Access to the Collectors' Club store and the ability to buy Collectors' Club exclusive toys.
*<s>Access to the Collectors' Club Forums</s> (discontinued in early 2012)
*<s>Member-exclusive content on the Collectors' Club website, including [[exclusive]] [[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]] fiction and various character [[bio]]s.</s> (discontinued alongside the forums, although online fiction would later return in 2015, now available to non-members as well)
*Discounts on [[BotCon]] preregistration
{{--}}


* Discounts on [[BotCon]] preregistration
===Membership freebie figures===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="99%"
|width="100%" valign="top" colspan="8"|
Included in each year's paid membership was an exclusive ''Transformers'' figure, who would then typically be featured in that year's club magazine comic strip. The first five years' figures could be assembled into a combiner, [[Nexus Prime#Cybertron.2C Classics.2C and Timelines|Nexus Maximus]].
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan="2"|[[Image:Timelinestoy-NexusMaximus.jpg|right|thumb|200px|NSFW: Not Safe for Wallet]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|2005: [[Skyfall (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Skyfall]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2006: [[Landquake (Timelines)#Timelines|Landquake]]}}
{{Bp-a1|2007: [[Breakaway (Classics)#Classics 2|Breakaway]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2008: [[Topspin (Classics)#Classics|Topspin]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-sd|2009: [[Heatwave (Timelines)#Timelines|Heatwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|2010: [[Dion (G1)#Timelines|Elite Guard Dion]] (with [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Timelines|Cop-Tur]])}}
{{Bp-a1|2011: [[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Side Burn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2012: [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|2013: [[Depth Charge (BW)#Timelines|Depth Charge]]}}
{{Bp-p1|2014: [[Rampage (BW)#Timelines|Rampage]]}}
{{Bp-m1|2015: [[Lio Convoy (BW)#Timelines|Lio Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2016: [[Ramjet (Universe)#Timelines|Ramjet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}


* And other super exciting awesome things, perhaps
===Additional exclusive figures===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="99%"
|width="100%" valign="top" colspan="8"|
Further, members had the ability to purchase additional exclusive figures in the Collectors' Club store starting in 2007. To promote them, the figures would typically appear in club fiction around the time of their release, although not with as consistent a pattern as the freebie figures. In later years, the club store exclusives would often be a redeco of and/or companion to the same year's freebie figure, with several even featuring extra space in their packaging for you to store the freebie.
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan="2"|[[Image:SGtoy-Drift.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Everyone wants him, few can have him.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|2007: [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)#Timelines|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-m1|2007: [[Airazor (BW)#Timelines 2|''Chromia 10'' pilot (Airazor)]]}}
{{Bp-a1|2008: [[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2008: [[Seacon (G1)#Timelines|Seacons]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|2010: [[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch-Counterpunch]]}}
{{Bp-sd|2010: [[Cyclonus (SG)#Timelines|''Shattered Glass'' Cyclonus]]}}
{{Bp-d2|2011: [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|''Generation 2'' Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|2011: [[Cheetor (Animated)#Timelines|''Animated'' Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|2012: [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]}}
{{Bp-sa|2012: [[Drift (SG)#Timelines|''Shattered Glass'' Drift]]}}
{{Bp-m1|2014: [[Transmutate (BW)#Timelines|Trans-Mutate]]}}
{{Bp-sa|2015: [[Nova Prime#Timelines|Nova Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2016: [[Skywarp (Armada)#Timelines 2|Skywarp]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{--}}


===Club crossovers===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="99%"
|width="100%" valign="top" colspan="8"|
Starting in 2015, Fun Publications began a crossover with the G.I. Joe Collectors' Club to make crossover toys. These toys included:
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan="2"|[[File:Oldsnake Bat Pack TFCCPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Old Snake and B.A.T.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|2015: [[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Faireborn]] with [[Afterburner (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Afterbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2015: [[Cobra Commander#TCC2015|Old Snake]] with [[Battle Android Trooper#TCC2015|Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|2016: [[Synthoid]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Transformers Collectors Club|Rodimus]] and [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Transformers Collectors Club|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|2016: [[Scarlett#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Scarlett]], [[Cobra Commander#FubPub|Cobra Commander]], [[Sidney Biggles-Jones#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Sidney Biggles-Jones]], [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ratbat]], and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ClubCrossover|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{--}}


They really like to write bios for [[Mini-Con]]s, apparently.
===Transformers Figure Subscription Service===
Starting in 2012, the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] (TFSS) was introduced, where six exclusive figures were offered at cheaper prices. In the final two years, the service went for broke and introduced two more exclusive combiners: [[Thunder Mayhem]] and [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]]. Both were used in one of the final story lines from Fun Publications, ''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]''.


{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TFSS 1.0''' (2013)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-cm|[[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]] (redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RTSDeluxe|''Reveal the Shield'' Optimus Prime]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (G1)#G1TimelinesBreakdown|Breakdown]] (redeco of [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|''G2 Redux'' Breakdown]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (Animated)#Timelines|Jackpot]] (retool of [[Jazz (Animated)#Deluxe Class|''Animated'' Jazz]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|Slipstream]] (retool of [[Starscream (WFC)/toys#First Edition|''Prime First Edition'' Starscream]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|Circuit]] (redeco of [[Axor#Transformers (2010)|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Axor]])}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]] (redeco of [[Big Convoy (BW)#Beast Wars|''Beast Wars'' Big Convoy]])}}
|[[File:TL-toy ScourgeTFSS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Scourge]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TFSS 2.0''' (2014)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromedome (G1)#Timelines|Chromedome]] with [[Stylor#Timelines|Stylor]] (retool of [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Deluxe|''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Wheeljack]] with a redeco of [[S.S.#Toys|S.S.]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]] (retool of [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#United|''United'' Frenzy]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]] (redeco of Rewind)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Treadshot (G1)#Timelines|Treadshot]] with [[Catgut#Timelines|Catgut]] (redeco of [[Warpath (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Warpath]] with a redeco of [[Jida#Toys|Jida]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Fisitron (Timelines)#Toys|Fisitron]] (redeco of [[Roadbuster (Prime)#Toys|''Fall of Cybertron'' Roadbuster]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (WFC)#Timelines 2|Barricade]] with [[Frenzy (WFC)#Timelines|Frenzy]] (redeco of [[Prowl (WFC)#Beast Hunters|''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Prowl]] with a redeco of [[Sou#Prime|Sou]])}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Timelines|Thrustinator]] (retool of [[Dirge (BW)#Dirgegun|''Beast Wars'' Dirgegun]])}}
|[[File:TL-toy FisitronTFSS.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fisitron]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TFSS 3.0''' (2015)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]] with [[Gatoraider#Timelines|Gatoraider]] (retool of [[Megatron (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Megatron]] with a redeco of [[Dai#Prime|Dai]])}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Carzap (BT)#Timelines|Carzap]] (retool of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Bumblebee]] with [[G.B. Blackrock#Toys|G.B. Blackrock]] Kreon}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Timelines|G2 Starscream]] (redeco of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Starscream]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Nacelle (G1)#Timelines|Nacelle]] (retool of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Starscream]])}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Timelines|Tarantulas]] with [[Arachnoid#Timelines|Arachnoid]]s (redeco of [[Scrapheap (G1)#United|''United'' Scrapheap]] with two redecos of [[Ida#Prime|Ida]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Serpentor#Timelines|Serpent O.R.]] (redeco of [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Ratbat]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nightracer (G2)#Timelines|Nightracer]] & [[Shakar#Timelines|Shakar]] (redeco of [[Tailgate (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Tailgate]] and [[Neutro#Generations|Groundbuster]])}}
|[[File:TFSS3 Serpent O R.jpg|200px|thumb|Serpent O.R.]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TFSS 4.0''' (2016)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bludgeon]] (retool of [[Onslaught (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Onslaught]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Spinister (G1)#Combiner Wars|Spinister]] with [[Hairsplitter#Combiner Wars|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Combiner Wars|Singe]] (redeco of [[Alpha Bravo#Generations|''Combiner Wars'' Alpha Bravo]] with redecos of [[Tracer (Targetmaster)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Caliburst]] and [[Holepunch (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Holepunch]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]] (redeco of [[Offroad (CW)#Generations|''Combiner Wars'' Offroad]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Combiner Wars|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Combiner Wars|Zputty]] (redeco of [[Fireflight (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Firefly]] with redecos of [[Tracer (Targetmaster)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Caliburst]] and [[Holepunch (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Holepunch]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]] (redeco of [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Skydive]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Impactor (G1)#Combiner Wars|Impactor]] (retool of [[Rook (CW)#Generations|''Combiner Wars'' Protectobot Rook]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] (redeco of [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Prowl]])}}
|[[File:CombinerWarstoy-ThunderMayhem.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Thunder Mayhem]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TFSS 5.0''' (2017)</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Lifeline (G1)#Generations|Lifeline]] with [[Quickslinger (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] (redeco of [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|''Thriling 30'' Arcee]] with a redeco of [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Flanker]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Toxitron (Universe)#Combiner Wars|Wrecker Toxitron]] (retool of [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Motormaster]])}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Fractyl#Generations|Wrecker Fractyl]] with [[Scorponok (BW)#Generations|Scorponok]] (redeco of [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Generations|''Dawn of the Predacus'' Terrorsaur]] with a redeco of [[Scamper#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Scamper]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Optimus Prime]] with [[Hi-Q#Timelines|Hi-Q]] (retool of [[Oilmaster#Timelines|''Cybertron's Most Wanted'' Oilmaster]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Megatron]] with [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]] (redeco of [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Megatron]] with redecos of [[Blast Master#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Payload]] and [[Grand Maximus#Super God Masterforce|''Masterforce'' Grand]]'s Pretender shell)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Punch (G1)#Generations|Wrecker Counterpunch]] (retool of [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Wheeljack]])}}
{{Bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]] (redeco of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Ghost Starscream]])}}
|[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Optimus-Prime.jpg|200px|thumb|Double Pretender Optimus Prime and Hi-Q]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
==Notes==
*Only members received membership benefits, making the organization an evil entity that existed solely for the purpose of denying fans benefits that they didn't pay for.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ http://www.transformersclub.com/]
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ Transformers Collectors' Club official website]
*[https://www.transformersclub.com/members/TFmembersHeader.cfm Transformers Collectors' Club Members ONLY section] (now open to the public)




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[[Category:Fun Publications]]

Latest revision as of 04:25, 1 April 2026

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

3H Productions

[edit]

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.

Fun Publications

[edit]
Fun Publications TFCC logo, 2005–2014.

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 would actively post news, updates, and new features. The club web site was closely tied to that of BotCon as well. After Fun Publications lost the Transformers fan club license at the end of 2016, they spent a transitional year liquidating merchandise (including TFSS products). They would sell said merchandise for extremely discounted prices, with no membership required. Some examples include the exclusive freebie figure Ramjet, for $4 and the BotCon 2013 set for $77.

Membership benefits

[edit]

Membership for United States fans started at $42 for one year. Rates were higher for international fans or quicker postage. Benefits with a 1-year membership included:

  • 12 issues of Fun Publications' Master Collector newsprint classifieds (discontinued January 2010)
  • Six issues of the Transformers Collectors' Club Official Magazine, each including an issue of the club comic.
  • An exclusive Transformers figure, free with each year's paid membership (see below).
  • Access to the Collectors' Club store and the ability to buy Collectors' Club exclusive toys.
  • Access to the Collectors' Club Forums (discontinued in early 2012)
  • Member-exclusive content on the Collectors' Club website, including exclusive Timelines fiction and various character bios. (discontinued alongside the forums, although online fiction would later return in 2015, now available to non-members as well)
  • Discounts on BotCon preregistration

Membership freebie figures

[edit]

Included in each year's paid membership was an exclusive Transformers figure, who would then typically be featured in that year's club magazine comic strip. The first five years' figures could be assembled into a combiner, Nexus Maximus.

NSFW: Not Safe for Wallet

Additional exclusive figures

[edit]

Further, members had the ability to purchase additional exclusive figures in the Collectors' Club store starting in 2007. To promote them, the figures would typically appear in club fiction around the time of their release, although not with as consistent a pattern as the freebie figures. In later years, the club store exclusives would often be a redeco of and/or companion to the same year's freebie figure, with several even featuring extra space in their packaging for you to store the freebie.

Everyone wants him, few can have him.

Club crossovers

[edit]

Starting in 2015, Fun Publications began a crossover with the G.I. Joe Collectors' Club to make crossover toys. These toys included:

Old Snake and B.A.T.

Transformers Figure Subscription Service

[edit]

Starting in 2012, the Transformers Figure Subscription Service (TFSS) was introduced, where six exclusive figures were offered at cheaper prices. In the final two years, the service went for broke and introduced two more exclusive combiners: Thunder Mayhem and Wreckage. Both were used in one of the final story lines from Fun Publications, Of Masters and Mayhem.

TFSS 1.0 (2013)
Scourge

TFSS 2.0 (2014)
Fisitron

TFSS 3.0 (2015)
Serpent O.R.

TFSS 4.0 (2016)
Thunder Mayhem

TFSS 5.0 (2017)
Double Pretender Optimus Prime and Hi-Q

Notes

[edit]
  • Only members received membership benefits, making the organization an evil entity that existed solely for the purpose of denying fans benefits that they didn't pay for.
[edit]
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