Transformers Collectors' Club
The Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club was, 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.
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 would actively post news, updates, and new features. The club web site was closely tied to that of BotCon as well. Fun Publications lost the Transformers fan club license at the end of 2016, but will continue to sell merchandise (including TFSS products) for the time being, with the current plan being to sell off their remaining merchandise by the end of 2017.
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.
- 2011: Side Burn
- 2012: Runamuck
- 2013: Depth Charge
- 2014: Rampage
- 2015: Lio Convoy
- 2016: Ramjet
- 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.
- 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. To date, these toys have included:
- 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 storylines 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 2010 Transformers Axor)
- Ultra Mammoth (redeco of Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy)
TFSS 2.0 (2014):
- Chromedome with Stylor (retool of Prime 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 Beast Hunters Prowl with a redeco of Sou)
- Thrustinator (retool of Beast Wars II Dirgegun)
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)
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 30th Caliburst and Thrilling 30th Holepunch)
- Grabuge (redeco of Combiner Wars Offroad)
- Needlenose with Sunbeam and Zputty (redeco of Combiner Wars Firefly with redecos of Thrilling 30th Caliburst and Thrilling 30th Holepunch)
- Windsweeper (redeco of Combiner Wars Skydive)
- Impactor (retool of Combiner Wars Protectobot Rook)
- Bluestreak (redeco of Combiner Wars Prowl)
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 30th Legends Megatron with redecos of Thrilling 30th Payload and Grand's Pretender shell)
- Wrecker Counterpunch (retool of Combiner Wars Wheeljack)
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.
