Transformers Collectors' Club

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

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.

• The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1

Fun Publications

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

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.
• Discounts on BotCon preregistration

Exclusive figures

With each year of a paid subscription, a subscriber was given one free Transformers figure. The first five years built up to an exclusive combiner, Nexus Maximus. After that, the characters used could be found in the current stories told by Fun Publications.									NSFW: Not Safe for Wallet
2005: Skyfall 2006: Landquake 2007: Breakaway 2008: Topspin		2009: Heatwave 2010: Elite Guard Dion (with Cop-Tur) 2011: Side Burn 2012: Runamuck		2013: Depth Charge 2014: Rampage 2015: Lio Convoy 2016: Ramjet

Exclusive figures

Further, members had the ability to purchase exclusive figures in the Collectors' Club store starting in 2007. They also often tied in with the current fiction. Several times, the exclusive figure would tie in with the free one, either in fiction or mold re-use. Or both.									Everyone wants him, few can have him.
2007: Astrotrain 2007: Chromia 10 pilot (Airazor) 2008: Nightbeat 2008: Seacons		2010: Punch-Counterpunch 2010: Shattered Glass Cyclonus 2011: Generation 2 Ramjet 2011: Animated Cheetor		2012: Over-Run 2012: Shattered Glass Drift 2014: Trans-Mutate 2015: Nova Prime 2016: Skywarp

Club crossovers

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.
2015: Marissa Faireborn with Afterbreaker 2015: Old Snake with Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo		2016: Synthoid Rodimus and Arcee 2016: Scarlett, Cobra Commander, Sidney Biggles-Jones, Ratbat, and Megatron

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. Both were used in one of the final story lines from Fun Publications, Of Masters and Mayhem.

TFSS 1.0 (2013) Scourge (redeco of Reveal the Shield Optimus Prime) Breakdown (redeco of G2 Redux Breakdown) Jackpot (retool of Animated Jazz)

Slipstream (retool of Prime First Edition Starscream) Circuit (redeco of Hunt for the Decepticons Axor) Ultra Mammoth (redeco of Beast Wars Big Convoy)

Scourge

TFSS 2.0 (2014) Chromedome with Stylor (retool of Prime: Robots in Disguise Wheeljack with a redeco of S.2) Rewind (retool of United Frenzy) Eject (redeco of Rewind)

Treadshot with Catgut (redeco of Generations Warpath with a redeco of Jida) Fisitron (redeco of Fall of Cybertron Roadbuster) Barricade with Frenzy (redeco of Prime: Beast Hunters Prowl with a redeco of Sou) Thrustinator (retool of Beast Wars Dirgegun)

Fisitron

TFSS 3.0 (2015) Krok with Gatoraider (retool of Thrilling 30 Megatron with a redeco of Dai) Carzap (retool of Thrilling 30 Bumblebee with G.B. Blackrock Kreon G2 Starscream (redeco of Classics Starscream)

Nacelle (retool of Classics Starscream) Tarantulas with Arachnoids (redeco of United Scrapheap with two redecos of Ida) Serpent O.R. (redeco of Generations Ratbat) Nightracer & Shakar (redeco of Thrilling 30 Tailgate and Groundbuster)

Serpent O.R.

TFSS 4.0 (2016) Bludgeon (retool of Combiner Wars Onslaught) Spinister with Shrute and Singe (redeco of Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo with redecos of Thrilling 30 Caliburst and Thrilling 30 Holepunch) Grabuge (redeco of Combiner Wars Offroad)

Needlenose with Sunbeam and Zputty (redeco of Combiner Wars Firefly with redecos of Thrilling 30 Caliburst and Thrilling 30 Holepunch) Windsweeper (redeco of Combiner Wars Skydive) Impactor (retool of Combiner Wars Protectobot Rook) Bluestreak (redeco of Combiner Wars Prowl)

Thunder Mayhem

TFSS 5.0 (2017) Lifeline with Quickslinger (redeco of Thriling 30 Arcee with a redeco of Thrilling 30 Flanker) Wrecker Toxitron (retool of Combiner Wars Motormaster) Wrecker Fractyl with Scorponok (redeco of Dawn of the Predacus Terrorsaur with a redeco of Thrilling 30 Scamper) Double Pretender Optimus Prime with Hi-Q (retool of Cybertron's Most Wanted Oilmaster)

Double Pretender Megatron with Spacewarp (redeco of Thrilling 30 Legends Megatron with redecos of Thrilling 30 Payload and Masterforce Grand's Pretender shell) Wrecker Counterpunch (retool of Combiner Wars Wheeljack) Shattered Glass Starscream (redeco of Unite Warriors Ghost Starscream)

Double Pretender Optimus Prime and Hi-Q

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

• http://www.transformersclub.com/