Transformers Collector's Club 2015 Exclusive #2 Revealed: Marissa Faireborn with Afterburner

Mindmaster wrote:Today's the day, the Transformers Collectors' Club has revealed their second 2015 exclusive. As many fans have guessed, the exclusive is GI Joe-related, but not in the way one would expect. The second Club exclusive is... Marissa Faireborn with Afterburner! No mock-up images as of the writing of this post, but according to the Club, Afterburner is a redeco of the GI Joe Wheel Blaster Bike from the GI Joe line in 2012 done up in the colors of the original Generation One Autobot of the same name.

The Transformers Collectors' Club brings the Humans!

Fort Worth, TX - August 14th, 2014 - Fun Publications, Inc., licensee for Hasbro's official Transformers Collectors' Club, is excited to announce their first ever 3 ¾ inch human figure from the Transformers mythos… Marissa Faireborn!

Fans of the Transformers franchise will recognize Marissa as the Earth Defense

 Command (EDC) pilot from season 3 of the original Transformers cartoon. What G.I. Joe fans will recognize is the name, “Faireborn”. As Season 3 of the Transformers series took place a couple decades AFTER G.I. Joe, this crossover character was in fact, as intended by Story Editor Flint Dille who worked on both Transformers and G.I Joe, the daughter of G.I. Joe members Flint and Lady Jaye!

In addition to this great action figure offering, Marissa will also be riding in to action with her Autobot ally, Afterburner! Both will be revealed tomorrow on the Transformers Collectors' Club Facebook page. However, in the meantime we are thrilled to present the art for Marissa Faireborn w/ Afterburner by Robert Q. Atkins and Jesse Wittenrich.

This figure, along with the motorcycle accessory, will be available for order through the Transformers Collectors' Club early Spring 2015. For more information on the exclusive figure offerings of the TCC, including Lio Convoy, Nova Prime and the TFSS 3.0, please visit Transformersclub.com.

About Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc.*(NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world class brand portfolio. *From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. *The Hub, Hasbro's multi-platform joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) launched on October 10, 2010. The online home of The Hub is http://www.hubworld.com. The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.

About Fun Publications, Inc.

For nearly 20 years, Fun Publications, Inc. has been a Hasbro licensee offering fans and collectors of pop culture memorabilia news, exclusive product and family events through different print offerings, websites, collector clubs and brand specific conventions such as GIJoeCon and BotCon. *Located in Fort Worth Texas, Fun Publications reaches a large audience, serving the United States and many other countries such as Japan, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia and Canada. For more information visit TransformersClub.com, GIJoeClub.com, GIJoeCon.com, and BotCon.com. *BotCon is a registered trademark of Fun Publications, Inc. (C) 2014 Fun Publications, Inc. *All rights reserved.

Are you into this exclusive? Are you not? Are you willing to enroll in the Collectors' Club today for a chance to get this exclusive? Sound off your thoughts in the Energon Pub!

Burn wrote:Another year ... another reason not to sign up.

More so given they seem to be forcing a crossover I've never wanted down our throats. I can see where this is leading, to get the full "set" you'll have to join the G.I. Joe club as well.

Smart move ... but nope.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So, basically it's like the SDCC G.I. Joe Crossover sets only on a smaller scale. Interesting, but the main draw to TF fans is Marissa and the deco of the bike.

What will be the base figure for Marissa? Barones?

Tigertrack wrote:Don't think you will. It will be a set available to both groups.

Burn wrote:More so given they seem to be forcing a crossover I've never wanted down our throats. I can see where this is leading, to get the full "set" you'll have to join the G.I. Joe club as well.

Burn wrote:

Tigertrack wrote:Don't think you will. It will be a set available to both groups.

So they'll take the lazy route. No big surprise there.

Nemesis Primal wrote:So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Well, this couldn't be much more disappointing. A non-transforming G1 homage bike at club prices has basically zero appeal to me. And it's not like Afterburner was that major a character anyway, was it? I suspect this will be a slow seller. Then again, I could be wrong... I'm fairly shocked Animated Cheetor wound up sitting around long enough for me to get one.

Burn wrote:More so given they seem to be forcing a crossover I've never wanted down our throats. I can see where this is leading, to get the full "set" you'll have to join the G.I. Joe club as well.

As long as they don't make an actual Transformer a G. I. Joe club exclusive, I don't care.

Burn wrote:

Tigertrack wrote:Don't think you will. It will be a set available to both groups.

So they'll take the lazy route. No big surprise there.

So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

shajaki wrote:i cant help but think... arent there bike-formers they could have used that would fit a gijoe? only remolding would probably be the handlebars to fit a joe hand.

Convoy wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Well, this couldn't be much more disappointing. A non-transforming G1 homage bike at club prices has basically zero appeal to me. And it's not like Afterburner was that major a character anyway, was it? I suspect this will be a slow seller. Then again, I could be wrong... I'm fairly shocked Animated Cheetor wound up sitting around long enough for me to get one.

Burn wrote:More so given they seem to be forcing a crossover I've never wanted down our throats. I can see where this is leading, to get the full "set" you'll have to join the G.I. Joe club as well.

As long as they don't make an actual Transformer a G. I. Joe club exclusive, I don't care.

Burn wrote:

Tigertrack wrote:Don't think you will. It will be a set available to both groups.

So they'll take the lazy route. No big surprise there.

So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

How come every time a TF/Joe crossover is done in the real world with plastic they leave out the Transformer?

Burn wrote:

Tigertrack wrote:Don't think you will. It will be a set available to both groups.

So they'll take the lazy route. No big surprise there.

Sabrblade wrote:Character-wise, I honestly don't really see how this set would appeal all that much to Joe fans as it would to Transformers fans since Marissa Faireborn is a TF character who originated in TF fiction, along with Afterburner being from this brand rather than the Joe brand.

I guess using Joe toy molds might have some appeal to the Joe fans, but I'd be willing to bet that anyone whoever had any interest in owning an action figure of Marissa Faireborn was a TF fan above all else.

After all, there was that one other (unofficial) convention that had a figure of G.B. Blackrock for its exclusive one year, and that was made from a figure of DC's Commissioner Gordon, yet I highly doubt there were any DC fans who wanted it for any DC appeal over TF appeal.

Sabrblade wrote:Character-wise, I honestly don't really see how this set would appeal all that much to Joe fans as it would to Transformers fans since Marissa Faireborn is a TF character who originated in TF fiction, along with Afterburner being from this brand rather than the Joe brand.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, in-fiction she has ties to G.I. Joe as two members were her parents: Flint and Lady Jaye as explained in the news story.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Speaking of fiction, which branch of the G1 fiction would she belong to?

Rated X wrote:I dont need this. I wouldnt mind it if it was in scale with actual transformers. Couldnt they have used legends arcee and the mefan fox human alliance figure ?

Burn wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

When it comes to me and FunPub? No, there isn't.

The only decent thing they've done in recent years is Runabout and Runamuck. Nothing else has really interested me (except Scorponok, but I couldn't afford him anyway) and their business sense is rather lacking.
(That's how I feel anyway)

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Burn wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

When it comes to me and FunPub? No, there isn't.

The only decent thing they've done in recent years is Runabout and Runamuck. Nothing else has really interested me (except Scorponok, but I couldn't afford him anyway) and their business sense is rather lacking.
(That's how I feel anyway)

I like Jackpot, Scourge, Thrustinator, and the BW Uprising stuff... But I do agree there's room for improvement. For starters, get your freakin' website back up, people, it's been how long now?

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:I dont need this. I wouldnt mind it if it was in scale with actual transformers. Couldnt they have used legends arcee and the mefan fox human alliance figure ?

The Club has no access to either onscreen Movieverse molds (Legends Arcee) or Human Alliance humans designed to represent characters played by the movie actors.

Rated X wrote:Actually I meant tf prime legends arcee.

Rated X wrote:I would think any mold could be for the right so it can make money rather than collect dust in some chinese Warehouse. The club did start using off screen movieverse molds to make spinister, octopunch, and machine wars sandstorm. Change the paint colors and it isnt megan fox anymore. Its not like its a GM car or something. Its a mini doll.

fenrir72 wrote:Will she be as kawaii as Marissa in KISS Players?

Skywarp64 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will she be as kawaii as Marissa in KISS Players?

I thought the fandom had collectively agreed to never speak of that again?

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Burn wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:So, you were annoyed that you'd have to be part of both clubs to get a full set, and now you're annoyed that this isn't the case? Just no pleasing some people.

When it comes to me and FunPub? No, there isn't.

The only decent thing they've done in recent years is Runabout and Runamuck. Nothing else has really interested me (except Scorponok, but I couldn't afford him anyway) and their business sense is rather lacking.
(That's how I feel anyway)

I like Jackpot, Scourge, Thrustinator, and the BW Uprising stuff... But I do agree there's room for improvement. For starters, get your freakin' website back up, people, it's been how long now?

http://www.transformersclub.com/

Sabrblade wrote:

Skywarp64 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will she be as kawaii as Marissa in KISS Players?

I thought the fandom had collectively agreed to never speak of that again?

Nay, good sir (or ma'am, not sure ), for if one were to carefully and strategically eradicate any and all elemental traces of gross/skeevy material from the Kiss Player fiction, one would see that it does contain two very intriguing storylines. One involving the EDC leading an anti-Transformers propaganda and hunting down the Cybertronian TFs with manmade TF drone soldier (before the concept fell into overuse a few years later), and one involving Unicron's servants leading the protagonists on a multiverse-spanning journey that results in Primus battling Unicron on prehistoric Earth and sealing him away, planting the seeds for events to come in both Car Robots, Beast Wars II, and Beast Wars Neo.

If only it weren't for the perverted skeeviness hiding these grander stories.

Skywarp64 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skywarp64 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Will she be as kawaii as Marissa in KISS Players?

I thought the fandom had collectively agreed to never speak of that again?

Nay, good sir (or ma'am, not sure ), for if one were to carefully and strategically eradicate any and all elemental traces of gross/skeevy material from the Kiss Player fiction, one would see that it does contain two very intriguing storylines. One involving the EDC leading an anti-Transformers propaganda and hunting down the Cybertronian TFs with manmade TF drone soldier (before the concept fell into overuse a few years later), and one involving Unicron's servants leading the protagonists on a multiverse-spanning journey that results in Primus battling Unicron on prehistoric Earth and sealing him away, planting the seeds for events to come in both Car Robots, Beast Wars II, and Beast Wars Neo.

If only it weren't for the perverted skeeviness hiding these grander stories.

Huh. Never would've guessed in a million years something good came out of Kiss Players.

For the record, it's sir. You got it right the first time.

Can't access any of the molds sculpted to look like actors, that's for sure. Well they could if they wanted to fund a new head sculpt, but since cutting a tooling for a head is pretty much the same regardless of size, I'm pretty sure Fun Pub would prefer to fund a Deluxe or Voyager head sculpt rather than a Human Alliance head.

Right. But that doesn't matter in the paperwork. It could be a blob with a smiley face etched in it (which some of the HA aren't far from) but if Hasbro said that it's supposed to represent an actor that's all that counts.

Dead Metal wrote:That looks pretty good. Actually wouldn't mind having that as a novelty.

Though, I do question why the hell they decided to name the bike Afterburner, not only is it not a TF, but she never had a connection to Afterburner in the first place.

Super Megatron wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:That looks pretty good. Actually wouldn't mind having that as a novelty.

Though, I do question why the hell they decided to name the bike Afterburner, not only is it not a TF, but she never had a connection to Afterburner in the first place.

I take it you have never watched the G1 cartoon episode "Money Is Everything".

Dead Metal wrote:That looks pretty good. Actually wouldn't mind having that as a novelty.

Though, I do question why the hell they decided to name the bike Afterburner, not only is it not a TF, but she never had a connection to Afterburner in the first place.

Sabrblade wrote:Looks good, but I kinda wish the eyes of that Cover Girl headsculpt weren't so squinty.

Though, it is a rather tiny image compared to this one:

Super Megatron wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:That looks pretty good. Actually wouldn't mind having that as a novelty.

Though, I do question why the hell they decided to name the bike Afterburner, not only is it not a TF, but she never had a connection to Afterburner in the first place.

I take it you have never watched the G1 cartoon episode "Money Is Everything".

Dead Metal wrote:

Super Megatron wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:That looks pretty good. Actually wouldn't mind having that as a novelty.

Though, I do question why the hell they decided to name the bike Afterburner, not only is it not a TF, but she never had a connection to Afterburner in the first place.

I take it you have never watched the G1 cartoon episode "Money Is Everything".

I would hardly call that a teamup worthy of homaging in this way. IT would have been better had this simply been a bike.

mooncake623 wrote:Just yesterday's we reported the reveal of the TCC exclusive MARISSA FAIREBORN and AFTERBURNER here and today we already have the first mock up toy image thanks to the TFCC facebook page. We've Mirrored the below images for your viewing pleasures and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

RhA wrote:More G1 humans in this fashion would be very nice. This is a good start.