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[[Image:Balancingactcover.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Vector Prime]] can't get any privacy.]]
[[File:TFCCTransformersCollectorsClubMagazineCollectedEditionMural.jpg|centre|thumb|625px|Combined cover of the five limited collected editions of the TFCC magazine.]]


As part of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|official fan club]], license-holder [[Fun Publications]] publishes a bi-monthly magazine titled the '''Hasbro Transformers Collector's Club'''. The magazine includes stories, interviews, previews of upcoming toys, mini-comics such as [[Mini Mayhem!]] and [[Lil Formers]], fan art, and a comic story in the last half dozen pages (or so). Some issues include a one-page tie-in comic to upcoming [[Timelines]] text stories.
As part of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|official fan club]], license-holder [[Fun Publications]] published a bi-monthly magazine titled the '''''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club''''' from 2005 to 2016. The magazine included stories, interviews, previews of upcoming toys, fan art, character bios and comics. Some issues also included a one-page tie-in prologue or comic to upcoming [[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|''Timelines'']] text stories.


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!align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''<font color="white">Collectors' Club Magazine issues:</font>'''
!colspan="2" style="background:#69C;color:#fff"|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' issues:
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!align=center bgcolor=#66AACC|'''<font color="white">''Balancing Act'' TPB</font>'''
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2005 "Balancing Act"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2006 "Revelations"
|-
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|| [[Vector Prime: In the Beginning|#1]] | [[Balancing Act|#2]] | [[Balancing Act, Part 2|#3]] | [[Balancing Act, Part 3|#4]] | [[Balancing Act, Part 4|#5]] | [[Balancing Act, Pt. 5|#6]] | [[Revelations, Part 1|#7]] | [[Revelations, Part 2|#8]] | [[Revelations, Part 3|#9]] | [[Revelations, Part 4|#10]] | [[Revelations, Part 5|#11]] | [[Revelations, Part 6|#12]]
|[[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]]  
|-
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#66AACC|'''<font color="white">"Crossing Over" </font>'''
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2007 "Crossing Over"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2008 "Transcendent"
|-
|-
|| [[Crossing Over, Part 1|#13]] | [[Crossing Over, Part 2|#14]] | [[Crossing Over: Part 3|#15]] | [[Crossing Over: Part 4|#16]] | [[Crossing Over: Part 5|#17]] | [[Crossing Over: Part 6|#18]]
|[[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]]
|-
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#66AACC|'''<font color="white">"Transcendent" </font>'''
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2009 "Reunification"
!style="background:#6AC;color:#fff"|2010 "The Coming Storm"
|-
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  || [[Transcendent: Part 1|#19]] | [[Transcendent: Part 2|#20]] | [[Transcendent: Part 3|#21]] | [[Transcendent: Part 4|#22]] | [[Transcendent: Part 5|#23]] | [[Transcendent: Part 6|#24]]
|[[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]]
|}
==Regular features==
===Story-arc comics===
Six pages of each magazine were devoted to an ongoing comic story. These stories tended to be devoted to current toylines or exclusives and were split into six parts (or, [[Another Light|in one case]], seven), with one year of magazines being a single 36-page story. The first five years followed [[Nexus Prime|a band of dimension-hopping travellers.]] The next three were set in the ''Wings Universe'', and the last four were relatively standalone.
The annual story arcs were as follows:
*[[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|"Balancing Act"/"Revelations"]], set in the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] continuity.
*"[[Crossing Over]]", set in the "[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|Classicsverse]]", one extension of the [[Marvel Comics continuity]].
*"[[Transcendent]]", set in the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' continuity.
*"[[Reunification]]", set in the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' continuity.
*"[[The Coming Storm]]"/"[[Battle Lines]]"/"[[A Flash Forward (story arc)|A Flash Forward]]", set in the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'']] continuity.
*"[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]", set in the ''Shattered Glass'' continuity but featuring Classicsverse characters sporting [[beast mode]]s.
*"[[Alone Together]]", set in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' continuity.
*"[[Another Light]]", set in the ''Shattered Glass'' continuity post-"[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]" featuring ''Shattered Glass'' and ''Classics'' characters.
*"[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]", set in a new Generation 1 universe featuring ''Classics'' humans and Pretenders.
More information can be found on their individual pages.
===Mini-comics===
Several humour strips were published in the magazine at the beginning of its run.
*''[[Another Con]]'', an intermittent humour comic by [[Pete Sinclair]] and [[Rob Meyer]] featured in #2, #5 and #10.
*''[[Lil' Jerry]]'', a photocomic by Pete Sinclair featured in #6-9.
*''[[Robot Parade]]'', a comic by [[Matthew Karpowich]], [[Andrew Sorohan]], and [[David Willis]], one lonely strip of was published in #10.
*''[[Mini Mayhem!]]'', a photocomic by [[Jesse Wittenrich]] which appeared in #10-15, #19-30 and #39.
*''[[Lil Formers]]'', a super-deformed comic by [[Matt Moylan]] which appeared in #11-15, #17, #18, #20 and #21.
Starting with [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 23|issue #23]], every magazine's back cover ran a variety of features which varied from issue to issue. Common features included reviews, fanart, bios, and more mini-comics including the following:
*''[[Around Cybertron]]'', a comic by [[Jesse Wittenrich]] which ran from #23-#40.
*''[[Recordicons]]'', a comic by [[David Willis]] featuring [[Ravage (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Ravage]] which ran from #34-59 and #61-63.
*''[[Transformers I.Q.]]'', a Transformers trivia quiz in comic format which appeared in #43-59.
*''[[Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts]]'', a feature by [[David Willis]] where [[Hot Shot (Armada)|''Armada'' Hot Shot]] interviews various 'bots which ran from #61-63
*''[[Bot on the Street]]'', another feature by [[David Willis]] where various Transformers are briefly interviewed which ran from #61-63
*''[[SD SG]]'' (standing for 'Super Deformed Shattered Glass'), a comic by [[Josh Perez]] which appeared in #65-71
===Story previews===
The magazine would sometimes feature previews for upcoming [[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|''Transformers Timelines'']] text stories, either in the form of prose or comics. Some of them would not be included in the online stories - see the individual pages for more information.
*"[[The Dark Heart of Sandokan]]" preview ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 11|#11]])
*"The Dark Heart of Sandokan" prologue ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|#13]])
*"[[The Razor's Edge]]" prologue ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|#14]])
*"[[The Wreckers: Finale Part 1]]" ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 16|#16]])
*"[[Gone Too Far]]" preview comic ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 19|#19]])
*"[[Withered Hope]]" preview comic ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20|#20]])
*"[[I, Lowtech]]" preview comic ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21|#21]])
*"[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]" prologue ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|#22]])
*"[[At Fight's End]]" 3-page preview comic ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|#30]])
*"[[Hoist the Flag]]" story preview ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 56|#56]])
*"[[Broken Windshields]]" prologue ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|#61]])


===Other===
*"[[The Transformers Menagerie]]" (#49-51, #53-54)
*"[[The Beast Wars Road Map]]" (#70)
*"[[A Change to the Agenda]]" ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 70|#70]])
*"[[Epilogue]]" ([[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 72|#72]])


==Overview==
===Character profiles===
===Balancing Act===  
Profiles were published in various formats, some in the style of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'', some as short write-ups, and some as [[Tech Spec]]s. Generally speaking the longer, ''More than Meets the Eye''-style profiles were devoted to characters appearing in that year's comic or the upcoming BotCon issue. Why did this matter? Well, these bios were often one of the main sources of fiction for the characters and toys they cover, filling in gaps between various appearances in other stories. This is particularly the case for many of the Mini-Cons, which would receive almost ''no'' characterisation without them.
The first comic storyline, published 2005-2006, was set in the ''[[Unicron Trilogy]]'' universe, concurrent with the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' animated series]]. This ''Cybertron'' story was told in two arcs, "Balancing Act" and "Revelations,". The two arcs were combined into a single trade paperback volume titled ''Balancing Act'' in 2007.  The story was scripted by [[Forest Lee]], pencilled by [[Dan Khanna]], and plotted by both.


===Crossing Over===
These profiles had a slow start, with just fifteen published in the first two years of the magazine. These covered basically all of the main characters from [[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|''Balancing Act'' and ''Revelations'']]. [[Quickslinger (Cybertron)|Quickslinger]]'s bio wasn't a ''More than Meets the Eye''-style one, but rather a short preview for the custom how-to feature which would appear in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 7|issue #7]]. When the main story arc changed universe in 2007, so too did the profiles. Slag and the Headmasters got profiles in #22. When ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'' and ''[[Another Light]]'' brought some ''Classics'' characters back to the fore, they started getting profiles again starting with issue #50. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] has the unique distinction of being given ''three'' different profiles as part of three different storylines! Two profiles were each published in #22-24 of the magazine as part of "The World of... TRANSTECH," which featured a unique design and layout but was textually almost indistinguishable from the regular ''More than Meets the Eye'' profiles. A few lowtech denizens of [[Axiom Nexus]] got normal profiles later: Blackarachnica and Topspin in #25; "Hero Prime" and Depth Charge in #49; Rhinox in #54. The ''Shattered Glass'' profiles deviated from the typical "one page per character" layout for the first time. The profiles ran at a fairly consistent two-per-issue during 2010-2012's ''Wings Universe'' storyline.
Starting with issue thirteen in Jan/Feb 2007, the magazine was rebranded with the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' version of the original ''Transformers'' logo, and began a new 6-part storyline titled "Crossing Over", centered on the Classics toy characters and set after the Marvel [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' comics]]. The arrival of two dimension-hopping characters from "Balancing Act" ties it to that storyline.


The Lee/Khanna creative team produced the story.
Starting with [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|issue #13]], profiles for [[Mini-Con]]s were published on the "Micro-Sized" page of the magazine. The "Micro-Sized" banner was dropped for the issues featuring the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Mini-Cons. This feature ended with #18, but [[Whisper (SG)|Whisper]] got a full ''More than Meets the Eye''-style profile in issue #25 and three more Mini-Cons received small profiles on the back pages of issues #31-33.


The  BotCon exclusive story "[[Games of Deception]]" immediately follows "Crossing Over".
In [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|issues #13]] [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|and #14]], profiles for the [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] from "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" were published. [[Stopgap]]'s profile was the exception to this; it was instead added to the members-only section of the Club website. The last two MCSF members, [[Nitrostreak]] and [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]], didn't get profiles as they only appeared in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]".  


===Transcendent===
''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' [[Tech Spec]]s written by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] were published starting with ten in issue #24 and two in each of issues #25-30. Six new Tech Specs and four reprints were published years later in issue #71.
With issue #19 in Feb/Mar 2008, a new storyline entitled "Transcendent" began, set in the [[Transtech]] universe.  As with "Crossing Over", it is tied to the previous story by three characters who journey to this new universe.  Forest Lee is providing scripts; pencils and inks are by [[Alex Milne]].


Various text stories under the [[Timelines]] banner are slated to further flesh out this universe.
{{see|Transformers Timelines (fiction)/profiles}}


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Combined cover of the five limited collected editions of the TFCC magazine.

As part of the official fan club, license-holder Fun Publications published a bi-monthly magazine titled the Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club from 2005 to 2016. The magazine included stories, interviews, previews of upcoming toys, fan art, character bios and comics. Some issues also included a one-page tie-in prologue or comic to upcoming Timelines text stories.

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issues:
2005 "Balancing Act" 2006 "Revelations"
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12
2007 "Crossing Over" 2008 "Transcendent"
#13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24
2009 "Reunification" 2010 "The Coming Storm"
#25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36
2011 "Battle Lines" 2012 "A Flash Forward"
#37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 #43 | #44 | #45 | #46 | #47 | #48
2013 "Beast Wars Shattered Glass" 2014 "Alone Together"
#49 | #50 | #51 | #52 | #53 | #54 #55 | #56 | #57 | #58 | #59 | #60
2015 "Another Light" 2016 "Of Masters and Mayhem"
#61 | #62 | #63 | #64 | #65 | #66 #67 | #68 | #69 | #70 | #71 | #72

Regular features

[edit]

Story-arc comics

[edit]

Six pages of each magazine were devoted to an ongoing comic story. These stories tended to be devoted to current toylines or exclusives and were split into six parts (or, in one case, seven), with one year of magazines being a single 36-page story. The first five years followed a band of dimension-hopping travellers. The next three were set in the Wings Universe, and the last four were relatively standalone.

The annual story arcs were as follows:

More information can be found on their individual pages.

Mini-comics

[edit]

Several humour strips were published in the magazine at the beginning of its run.

Starting with issue #23, every magazine's back cover ran a variety of features which varied from issue to issue. Common features included reviews, fanart, bios, and more mini-comics including the following:

Story previews

[edit]

The magazine would sometimes feature previews for upcoming Transformers Timelines text stories, either in the form of prose or comics. Some of them would not be included in the online stories - see the individual pages for more information.

Other

[edit]

Character profiles

[edit]

Profiles were published in various formats, some in the style of Dreamwave's Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, some as short write-ups, and some as Tech Specs. Generally speaking the longer, More than Meets the Eye-style profiles were devoted to characters appearing in that year's comic or the upcoming BotCon issue. Why did this matter? Well, these bios were often one of the main sources of fiction for the characters and toys they cover, filling in gaps between various appearances in other stories. This is particularly the case for many of the Mini-Cons, which would receive almost no characterisation without them.

These profiles had a slow start, with just fifteen published in the first two years of the magazine. These covered basically all of the main characters from Balancing Act and Revelations. Quickslinger's bio wasn't a More than Meets the Eye-style one, but rather a short preview for the custom how-to feature which would appear in issue #7. When the main story arc changed universe in 2007, so too did the profiles. Slag and the Headmasters got profiles in #22. When Beast Wars Shattered Glass and Another Light brought some Classics characters back to the fore, they started getting profiles again starting with issue #50. Grimlock has the unique distinction of being given three different profiles as part of three different storylines! Two profiles were each published in #22-24 of the magazine as part of "The World of... TRANSTECH," which featured a unique design and layout but was textually almost indistinguishable from the regular More than Meets the Eye profiles. A few lowtech denizens of Axiom Nexus got normal profiles later: Blackarachnica and Topspin in #25; "Hero Prime" and Depth Charge in #49; Rhinox in #54. The Shattered Glass profiles deviated from the typical "one page per character" layout for the first time. The profiles ran at a fairly consistent two-per-issue during 2010-2012's Wings Universe storyline.

Starting with issue #13, profiles for Mini-Cons were published on the "Micro-Sized" page of the magazine. The "Micro-Sized" banner was dropped for the issues featuring the Classics Mini-Cons. This feature ended with #18, but Whisper got a full More than Meets the Eye-style profile in issue #25 and three more Mini-Cons received small profiles on the back pages of issues #31-33.

In issues #13 and #14, profiles for the MCSF from "Theft of the Golden Disk" were published. Stopgap's profile was the exception to this; it was instead added to the members-only section of the Club website. The last two MCSF members, Nitrostreak and Tigatron, didn't get profiles as they only appeared in "Dawn of Future's Past".

Transformers Animated Tech Specs written by Derrick J. Wyatt were published starting with ten in issue #24 and two in each of issues #25-30. Six new Tech Specs and four reprints were published years later in issue #71.

For further information, see: Transformers Timelines (fiction)/profiles
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