Definitely one way to get folks to sign up.

http://www.transformersclub.com/

That's some serious patience for a complete gestalt...I'm in!

How do you prove your an old member? Send them your magizine, Hope I have the first letter they mailed me? WTF!?!
I hope I can get into the club WITHOUT repaying!!!

hopefully you have some kind of evidence of when you paid your dues last time, if you used a credit card (or parents) or a check (or parents), that evidence should be readily available to you

Nope payed up front at the first OTFCC. Member number 80 something here...
Darn now I goto go through all of my junk to find this letter, I hate myself sometimes.....

so when was the last time you paid your dues? i was under the impression that you had to pay every year

That's what it sounds like, and I think they're pro-rating it somewhat if your membership was about to expire.

You have to have "membership credit due" from the old club, which has to be verified by Hasbro.

yeah, based on quotes like " For example. If you signed up with us and your end date is 1/01/06, we would extend your membership end date to 1/01/07." leads me to believe that you only get into the new club free if you are currently (or were currently) a member of the old one, regardless of the fact that you may have been a member at some point

If this is just a repaint, they can bite me

man...may have to drop some $ though if *I* designed the site I would have put more than Energon figures.
My prediction for the figure: the "other" superion.

I barely care about the "other Superion" now, let alone in 2010! Maybe 2010 is some kind of hint to that series.

The only thing I could stand to wait that long for would be a diecast, articulated Dinobot Combiner.

I haven't been in a "fan club" before but $40 seems kind of pricey for a newsletter...although I guess $200 would be acceptable to pay for an exclusive Combiner...an exclusive Dinobot Combiner that is!

...hmm Alt jets, helicoptors, & trucks coming out...can you say Alt Bruticus!

If they release details soon, and it's worthwhile (E. Superion would certainly not be), I'm sure they'll get plenty of people to join/rejoin

Don't expect to see new molds for the combiner. It's just too expensive to create five new molds and 'give' them away as a nice bonus with your membership. Maybe they'd do unreleased molds that would later on be comercially available, but that's the best I can think of. My guess would be a recolour. Maybe G2 Menasor?

Don't think I'll join this club. The $ 90 membership fee (international) is a bit too expensive for my taste. Don't think you get enough to warrant the membership fee ($ 40 maybe, but not $ 90).

Considering the fanclub/convention figs of previous clubs (BotCon & OTFCC), there's very little doubt in my mind this will be a repaint of an existing mold. Which one, will be obvious when the first limb is available.

I assume the combiner would be an original mold, or else they'd give it all out at the same time. If you got a repainted limb of the superioron this year, would you sign up again? No. I bet that it's not related to energon, as Energon will (hopefully) be forgotten by 2010. It will either be something very new, or something very classic. My bet: Prediking. Hasbro never reissued it, so why not do it this way?

The combiner exclusive has my interest. A slight remold of an existing something would probably be good enough for me, but I'm still debating if I'm going to sign up or not.

Unless they release news earlier, I bet plenty of us will sign up just to see (and not miss out on) the first limb.

Exactly. Just sign up and see what the first limb is before anyone complains. Either you get it and say "oh crap in a hat, it's a repainted Blast-Off" and are out of 40 bucks, or you find its a new mold and keep going. Don't get pissed off before you know, people.

I don't know...Obviously, with no evidence of what actually combiner will be available, it's silly on my part to complain...but in the same respect...kinda feels like Hasbro is pulling the ole bait & switch move...*FLASHY* *GOTTA SUBSCRIBE NOW* *YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT* *NEW NEW NEW*....then you end up with a hot pink Landfill...

wtf? I read the whole page and see absolutely nothing what soever on any gestalts. Were are you guys getting this info?

EDIT: Oh wait, i see it now

My Guess is a Combanation of Limbs from the 3 Combiners with new heads.

hmmm Im still debating joining this club. Although I am impressed by Hasbro's initiative on starting this up.

here we go again... promised items long delays, little results.... dont get me wrong I want to... and I know the cool kids are doing it... but I just ... ah what the hell.... here hasbro... I'll sign my check over... you just better start adding to the alternators....

sidenote: if hasbro jumped of a bridge... I might.. but hasbro has to go first and I want to know what takaras doing next.

wouldnt it be a kick in the lugnuts if the Gestalt repaint was ANOTHER RUINATION

Fans: The Dinobot Combiner from "The Beast Within" please?

Hasbro: A Ruination re-paint it is then!

Don't even start. This is a completely new start. We have a group of people here that know what hte hell they are doing. Afterall, they DO do the GI Joe Convention and Club.

FRANENTRON! IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIIIIVEEEE!

But seriously. I'm probably going to join. I've never been part of a fan club. And the promise of an exclusive gestalt is even more convincing. But it sure as h3!! better not be anoter Ruination repaint. Make it something like a very articulated Dinobot Gestalt. Each figure in turn is also very articulated. That would be worth it. Not to mention, the weapons and everything.

That's what I was going to say. These guys have a track record and some experience so it should work out for the best.

I want to...but I'm weary of what it is...Whatever it is it has to fit in some form of a toyline either planned or current (2005-2006). So I'm unsure...

Ah screw it...guess I'll join....*sigh...

It could could be a special G1 paint job on an upcoming GF/Cybertron Combiner...Cybertron Convoy Devastator, Convoy of the planet of gestalts!

Well, it's NOT going to be brand new molds, lets just realize that. At 40 bucks a year per unit (and really less after you add in how much the newsletter itself runs) they're simply not going to make enough money to make a wholey new engineered gestault feasible with the number of people in the club and the number of units produced. Might see some minor retooling, like new heads or new energon weapons. Maybe. Personally, I'm want to say a Franken-Energon combiner is most likely-- perhaps one of each Bruticus limb, and one of each of Superions or something.

For the ones that didn't get the reissue: I hope you're gonna get Predaking. I won't be signing up, I'll buy it off Ebay in 5 years and pay a years salary for a recolor. Hell yeah!

im so torn on what to do!
im thinking i might join, just to see what it is...at the same time i might do what R h A said and just wait five years and buy it then, when its complete...but i just dont know yet...

Would be nice but has anyone thought that it may be an ALT GESTALT? I'm thinking that if (and I hope that Hasbro will not disappoint us) they are going to make an offer like this, they may pull out all the big guns and make an ALTENATOR GESTALT. Maybe MENASAUR? Would make sence if they need so much time to make the main body. Maybe the most perfect MOTORMASTER we've seen yet? But then again I'm only speculating ...dreaming a little actually. Would be worth the price of admission in my opinion.

That sounds like Hasbro dosen't even have enough money to put shirts on their backs. I think at this point that there will be a lot more in shameless promotion, especially with the fandom continually growing at a nice rate. I vote that we'll be seeing something new and the $40 per year won't make too much of a difference.

What is this "OTHER" Superion that you've been talking about?

Wouldn't that be the coolest thing EVER??!!!

Oh well...here's to hoping...but I don't expect something that awesome.

In the VERY BEST case...I expect a repaint of a planned future toy-group from a toyline that they are doing after Galaxy Force/Cybertron. they may even have a few molds ready to roll already and such. Now even that seems a bit far-fetched.


And the "OTHER" Superion is from the Super-Link show. He was killed pretty early on I think.

It's possible SG...I hope not personally...I'd rather have a nice Uniform Gestalt.

If they repainted Energon Devastator or Bruticus in a solid, nice color scheme instead of the crappy mix-matched beast they are, I'd love that and would feel pretty well satisfied. Even though I hope it's a GF/Cybertron gestalt.

Anyone got pics of the "Other" Superion? Is it any different than ours? I'm just intrigued.

i just became a member at 10:00 this morning

I'll be a member if Mom'll give me $40. I'm pretty sure she will, cause I'm her "baby boy" but I won't get much else for a while.

In the episode of Energon that first introduces the combiners, there are 4 statues. 2 are re-animated into Devastator (Buildron/Constructicon Maximus) and Bruticus, and 1 is re-animated into Superion. The 4th statue however, crumbles, and dies in the process, but in the shots of it before the re-animation process, it looks just like a clone of Superion. Some assume it was Superion's brother, who could be released later as a repainted Superion

Five. Damn. Years.

This thing better be made out of solid gold.

What a stupid idea.

(BTW here's a tip: if the BotCon/OTFCC exclusives are all repaints, you can bet this guy will be as well.)

P.S. In 5 years this TF is gonna look totally outdated...

*cough*lazyCGanimators*cough*

If we were actively placing bets, I'd say a completely G1-accurate recolor of one of the Energon gestalts its what we'd get. I guess they could make the Constructicons orange vs yellow if they used that one.

I didn't say it was a GOOD idea, just what I'd expect.

Optimal Madhammer:


Which is why I think it'll be something timeless. It won't be an Energon repaint, and it's not something from Cybertron either. I still say it's Predaking. Although the alternator combiner is a nice wish, I doubt that would be an exclusive. It'd bring in too much $$ in a wide release.


Just a thought--What happens to the people who join up in 2006? Do they just miss out? The more I think about it, the more I don't think this "piece per year" gestalt is a good idea.

Sounds very interesting, makes me wish I had the cash to spare for a five year membership

As for who the combiner is, I'm gonna guess its gonna take different members from the three Energon combiner teams, throw in some remolds and create a new character or maybe Computron? I dunno, either way, its an exciting prospect! Also wouldn't be suprised if pics emerged soon, these new guys probably know that pics would speak a thousand words (and the opening of wallets everywhere) in this fandom

The problem is that we all look at it like "join up and after 5 years you get a figure, an awesome combiner figure", when they want us to (and we should) feel like "$40 gets me an exclusive newsletter, comic, package reductions for the convention, an a figure...and after 5 years, the added bonus of being able to combine them into a gestalt."

It really is worth the price (as long as it ain't some stupid Energon combiner).

Please don't give us another Bruticus Re-paint in Flourescent pink and call it Fanny-tron!! LoLz!!

Since this Collector's club will be mostly G1 fans(The last Botcon Convention had over 4,000 attendees & had a G1 theme w/ a majority of G1 patrons over 18)
Why not give us a die-cast combiner G1 Dinobot or better yet just scrap that combiner idea & give us

THIS:

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb...tcon_arcee.html

OR THIS:

http://www.bigbot.com/custom-figures/quintesson/

Let's Face it, isn't that what any G1 fan really wants? It would be nice to see a G1 Homage for the exclusive, but if my ideas never make it to the collectors club exclusive, will Fans of G1 get what they've been waiting 20 years for to be released? Does Hasbro or Takara know fans are dying to get these two pieces officially made(I know the dinobot combiner will never happen)? If Hasbro can not make these two pieces, will someone pass this on to Takara to make it for us?

I hope Hasbro/Takara takes their Transformers fans requests seriously, without us, there could be no ongoing Transformers line. We support you guys, but you guys need to listen to us, so that we may continue to support the Transformers line, so that it may continue to exist for future generations ;-)

Without Hasbro/Takara listening to the fans, it could spell disaster for the company(ie.- {hint}, the Movie!), as fans get frustrated by not getting what they want, they could stop buying all together. Please make the toys the fans want, put us first, & we will continue to support you :-) It just makes financial sense to listen to the G1 Fans, b/c they are old enough to buy they're own toys & make decisions on purchasing a toy line, esp. at higher price points(alts/Binal Tech), thus earning Hasbro or Takara a higher profit. I know plenty of fans who would definitely spend huge sums of cash for those two pieces, it they were to be mass produced(Namely me, for one!!). Thank you for listening.

Also did anyone notice this post on TFormers.com?

"Re: Transformersclub.com Updated: Become a member! (Score: 1)
by HighPrime on Friday January 07, 2005 09:01 AM CST
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I'm ready to sign up, but the sign up process seems suspect....even half-ass. The site looks goofy rendered in Firefox as well as Internet Explorer. Further, no SSL encryption offered so there's no way I'm submitting credit card info until this is corrected....

Designers spelled "Member" wrong, too, on the sign up button, but that's nitpicking... a bigger problem is when clicking the button, you only receive the radio buttons to select your membership (you have to highlight the page to read it...) If you click the TF logo at the top then you receive the writing on a white background... it adds up to the larger issues I mentioned previously... Looks like the Site is still a work in progress (hopefully).

Holding off, for now."

I'd still like to know what members get if they don't sign up until 2006.

How 'bout a Predaking Re-paint in Lilac named Predaqueen!