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Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online

Transformers News: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 12:20PM CDT

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We just received a message from the folks over at the Transformers Collectors' Club, who are letting everyone know that whatever leftover stock from BotCon is now available to purchase online on their store. The items include the Reflector 3 pack, the Dawn of the Predacus set (minus Terrorsaur) both boxed and loose, plus prints, t-shirts, sunglasses, shot glasses, autograph cards, pins, the comic, and some items even featuring autographs from the guests! Why not check out our own galleries of the toys to refresh your memory before heading to buy some, if you're so inclined.

Check it out...what's left is now online! Don't miss these last BotCon items! Please note that the boxed sets are a pre-order and will not arrive from the manufacturer until the end of May. If you pre-order the boxed sets along with other items, you will receive 2 shipments.

Thanks for your support!

Brian


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Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1782959)
Posted by jogunwarrior on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:22pm CDT
This looks like a really weird SS to go out on. I wouldn't have thought it'd have run its course, but based on this offering it may have.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:31pm CDT
I kinda wish I had the money to blow to get Unit-3 and Tigatron so that way I could have Magnaboss. And I wish I could get Predacus too. Both of those would be awesome things to own. :MAXIMAL:
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Posted by Diem on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:32pm CDT
Guess I'm getting Unit-3 off eBay then. I'd be dubious about buying that Tigatron at retail price, let alone as an exclusive.
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Posted by steals_your_goats on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:34pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I kinda wish I had the money to blow to get Unit-3 and Tigatron so that way I could have Magnaboss. And I wish I could get Predacus too. Both of those would be awesome things to own. :MAXIMAL:


Something tells me that those guys will stick around for a while. $120 is a lot for two figures and seeing as a lot of people didn't seem to care for tigatron you'll have a good chance at getting him later.
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Posted by Mkall on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:34pm CDT
Now all I need is Megatron and Airazor. I'm going to be shelling out big bucks for those two sadly :(
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:35pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I kinda wish I had the money to blow to get Unit-3 and Tigatron so that way I could have Magnaboss. And I wish I could get Predacus too. Both of those would be awesome things to own. :MAXIMAL:


Something tells me that those guys will stick around for a while. $120 is a lot for two figures and seeing as a lot of people didn't seem to care for tigatron you'll have a good chance at getting him later.

But I'm also not a club member, so there's that. and that 2-pack has the Magnaboss Sticker sheet as well. :MAXIMAL:
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Posted by steals_your_goats on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:36pm CDT
Diem wrote:Guess I'm getting Unit-3 off eBay then. I'd be dubious about buying that Tigatron at retail price, let alone as an exclusive.


Honestly if you're going to do that I'd just buy the two pack. All the unit-3 figures I've seen on eBay are selling for about the same price as the pair and even if you don't want tigatron you could just sell him and recoup some of the money spent.
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Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:42pm CDT
I'm crushed that there are no customization class Ratchets to sell on the club store. Why are they even selling the sticker sheets for him? Did they not offer them to people who bought him at BotCon?
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Posted by Lucky Logician on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:43pm CDT
Didn't other 2 packs go for like $80 in the past? But Tigatron plus Unit 3 plus stickers is $120? So the sticker set costs another $40? Too steep for my tastes.

Also, I thought I remembered them saying everything would be sold individually this year. Am I crazy?
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Posted by Lucky Logician on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:46pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm crushed that there are no customization class Ratchets to sell on the club store. Why are they even selling the sticker sheets for him? Did they not offer them to people who bought him at BotCon?

You could preorder him for non-attendees. They were very big on announcing he was a G1 bot and that you should preorder him or be sad forever.

It just sucks that they are selling the stickers separately, especially since they are needed. This isn't like the Primal figure with stickers for his surfboard.
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Posted by Diem on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:48pm CDT
steals_your_goats wrote:
Diem wrote:Guess I'm getting Unit-3 off eBay then. I'd be dubious about buying that Tigatron at retail price, let alone as an exclusive.


Honestly if you're going to do that I'd just buy the two pack. All the unit-3 figures I've seen on eBay are selling for about the same price as the pair and even if you don't want tigatron you could just sell him and recoup some of the money spent.


I'd expect the price on eBay to become more realistic if I wait a while. 'Quirky' figures like that tend to even out a bit.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm crushed that there are no customization class Ratchets to sell on the club store. Why are they even selling the sticker sheets for him? Did they not offer them to people who bought him at BotCon?


On the plus side, you could probably do something interesting with a spare First Aid.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1782977)
Posted by kurthy on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:49pm CDT
Got my Reflector, huzzah!
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Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 20th, 2016 @ 12:51pm CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm crushed that there are no customization class Ratchets to sell on the club store. Why are they even selling the sticker sheets for him? Did they not offer them to people who bought him at BotCon?

You could preorder him for non-attendees. They were very big on announcing he was a G1 bot and that you should preorder him or be sad forever.

It just sucks that they are selling the stickers separately, especially since they are needed. This isn't like the Primal figure with stickers for his surfboard.


But, I didn't want the Predacus set...so, yeah. That sucks.

kurthy wrote:Got my Reflector, huzzah!


At least there is that. I'm happy to have gotten my Reflector order in at least. Is it weird that $68 seems "reasonable" for a set of three identical Legends class figures?
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Posted by o.supreme on April 20th, 2016 @ 1:13pm CDT
so..in order to purchase form their site, you have to be a member, but they are not offering memberships. :BANG_HEAD:
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Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2016 @ 1:21pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm crushed that there are no customization class Ratchets to sell on the club store. Why are they even selling the sticker sheets for him? Did they not offer them to people who bought him at BotCon?
No they didn't. Assembled class figures never came with sticker sheets. Only those who attended the classes got the stickers.
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Posted by Omegatrion84 on April 20th, 2016 @ 1:26pm CDT
Nice. I'm glad they made that sticker sheet available for Ratchet. I wonder why they weren't available at the show... :-?
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Posted by Omegatrion84 on April 20th, 2016 @ 1:38pm CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:Didn't other 2 packs go for like $80 in the past? But Tigatron plus Unit 3 plus stickers is $120? So the sticker set costs another $40? Too steep for my tastes.

Also, I thought I remembered them saying everything would be sold individually this year. Am I crazy?
You are correct. The figures were sold individually at the show this year. It looks like they paired them up for the club store though. Probably to ensure more product moves out of their warehouse. I believe they were $49 a piece at Botcon for figures like Tigatron and Unit-3 if I remember correctly.
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Posted by Veritas Prime on April 20th, 2016 @ 1:56pm CDT
I just got off the phone with Angie at FunPub (incidentally, she's been fantastic to work with in the past when I've needed assistance). If you're one of the club members like me who got caught in the window where your membership expired after March 16 (date when they cut off new/renewal memberships), their system is not ready to handle letting you in. I confirmed that we will have access to the store through the end of the club. They (FunPub) hope to have the system updated to allow those members access in a week or so. In the meantime, you'll have to call and place a phone order. Hope that helps!
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Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2016 @ 2:11pm CDT
Omegatrion84 wrote:Nice. I'm glad they made that sticker sheet available for Ratchet. I wonder why they weren't available at the show... :-?
That's just the way things were. Assembled class figures never came with stickers, as they were reserved only for those who attended the classes.
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Posted by joevill on April 20th, 2016 @ 2:27pm CDT
I dislike how they bundle everything together rather than buying individually. I don't need another program if I wanted to get the rubber ducky and I don't need another Tigertron and Unit-3 just to get the sticker sheet. :(
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Posted by First Gen on April 20th, 2016 @ 2:50pm CDT
Why cant i like combiner wars? They just dont appeal to me at all.
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Posted by megatronus on April 20th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CDT
Omegatrion84 wrote:
Lucky Logician wrote:Didn't other 2 packs go for like $80 in the past? But Tigatron plus Unit 3 plus stickers is $120? So the sticker set costs another $40? Too steep for my tastes.

Also, I thought I remembered them saying everything would be sold individually this year. Am I crazy?
You are correct. The figures were sold individually at the show this year. It looks like they paired them up for the club store though. Probably to ensure more product moves out of their warehouse. I believe they were $49 a piece at Botcon for figures like Tigatron and Unit-3 if I remember correctly.

That's right - each was $49 at the show.

The $120 price point isn't awful, all things considered. Reflector was $59 at the show and is $68 at the Club Store right now. If the Unit-3/Tigertron duo is priced at $120, it looks like they increased the price of figures by 15%, and then added the sticker sheet at show cost.

Still, I'll hold off on buying additional product from the Store until the inevitable fire sale at the end of the year...
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Posted by joevill on April 20th, 2016 @ 3:04pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Still, I'll hold off on buying additional product from the Store until the inevitable fire sale at the end of the year...
;)^
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Posted by megatronus on April 20th, 2016 @ 3:24pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:If Impactor is part of this particular combiner, that means the bonus 7th figure of 5.0 will likely be the 5th member of the team.
Or the 7th figure of 4.0.

Good point! I had forgotten about that. Man, I hope 4.0 starts arriving soon...



Is anyone else digging Scorponok from Scamper? I was a little bummed that he was Legends-sized at first, but I'm really starting tot dig the look of him. Especially in car mode, the deco is so different I had to go back and check it wasn't a reshell.
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Posted by RNSrobot on April 20th, 2016 @ 3:28pm CDT
joevill wrote:
megatronus wrote:Still, I'll hold off on buying additional product from the Store until the inevitable fire sale at the end of the year...
;)^


Machine Wars would like a word with you. ;)

It's entirely possible but I'm going to order Tigatron/Unit-3 in a couple weeks. Picked up CW Prowl and Ironhide extras for half-price the other day and Silverbolt is still cheap on BBTS. EDIT: I really hope the Predacus set will be available later this summer. I simply can't afford or justify the price right now given the Canadian exchange rate.

Disappointed I won't be able to get my hands on Airazor or the custom class Ratchet. I'll survive. ;)

I still think Megatron going for $1000 dollars right now (check ebay sold listings) is spectacularly absurd. Eh. Wonder if I'll ever be able to pick up Terrorsaur for around $100 shipped.

Cool!
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Posted by megatronus on April 20th, 2016 @ 3:48pm CDT
RNSrobot wrote:
joevill wrote:
megatronus wrote:Still, I'll hold off on buying additional product from the Store until the inevitable fire sale at the end of the year...
;)^


Machine Wars would like a word with you. ;)

It's entirely possible but I'm going to order Tigatron/Unit-3 in a couple weeks. Picked up CW Prowl and Ironhide extras for half-price the other day and Silverbolt is still cheap on BBTS. EDIT: I really hope the Predacus set will be available later this summer. I simply can't afford or justify the price right now given the Canadian exchange rate.

Disappointed I won't be able to get my hands on Airazor or the custom class Ratchet. I'll survive. ;)

I still think Megatron going for $1000 dollars right now (check ebay sold listings) is spectacularly absurd. Eh. Wonder if I'll ever be able to pick up Terrorsaur for around $100 shipped.

Cool!

That's 1000 CDN right? Right now I see him going from 600-650 in USD which is still nuts.

Talking to the Fun Pub folks at the show, it seemed like they had a ton of loose sets left. It's obviously not a sure thing, but it seems like you should be able to pick up Predacus later this year.

Terrorsaur's another question entirely...
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Posted by Prowl4 on April 20th, 2016 @ 4:39pm CDT
I'm not a member of the club. Is there any chance someone would be willing to buy two items and sell them to me????

Pm me if possible.
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Posted by Omegatrion84 on April 20th, 2016 @ 4:44pm CDT
megatronus wrote:
RNSrobot wrote:
joevill wrote:
megatronus wrote:Still, I'll hold off on buying additional product from the Store until the inevitable fire sale at the end of the year...
;)^


Machine Wars would like a word with you. ;)

It's entirely possible but I'm going to order Tigatron/Unit-3 in a couple weeks. Picked up CW Prowl and Ironhide extras for half-price the other day and Silverbolt is still cheap on BBTS. EDIT: I really hope the Predacus set will be available later this summer. I simply can't afford or justify the price right now given the Canadian exchange rate.

Disappointed I won't be able to get my hands on Airazor or the custom class Ratchet. I'll survive. ;)

I still think Megatron going for $1000 dollars right now (check ebay sold listings) is spectacularly absurd. Eh. Wonder if I'll ever be able to pick up Terrorsaur for around $100 shipped.

Cool!

That's 1000 CDN right? Right now I see him going from 600-650 in USD which is still nuts.

Talking to the Fun Pub folks at the show, it seemed like they had a ton of loose sets left. It's obviously not a sure thing, but it seems like you should be able to pick up Predacus later this year.

Terrorsaur's another question entirely...
I'm looking at two completed listings on Ebay right now from a couple days ago. One Megatron went for $789.99 and the other for $799.99. While not quite $1000 USD that is absolutely ridiculous. I should have bought ten of them #-o
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Posted by megatronus on April 20th, 2016 @ 4:55pm CDT
Omegatrion84 wrote:I'm looking at two completed listings on Ebay right now from a couple days ago. One Megatron went for $789.99 and the other for $799.99. While not quite $1000 USD that is absolutely ridiculous. I should have bought ten of them #-o

Were those Buy It Now listings (which it sounds like) or auctions? And all in USD?
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Posted by steals_your_goats on April 20th, 2016 @ 6:17pm CDT
megatronus wrote:
Omegatrion84 wrote:I'm looking at two completed listings on Ebay right now from a couple days ago. One Megatron went for $789.99 and the other for $799.99. While not quite $1000 USD that is absolutely ridiculous. I should have bought ten of them #-o

Were those Buy It Now listings (which it sounds like) or auctions? And all in USD?


I don't know about those particular listings but I saw about 4 ongoing auctions that were at about $550+ and there were quite a few bids on then. Terrorsaur is another one I feel is going for crazy prices at about $150 at auction.

Side note, if anyone is wanting to sell their Terrorsaur at a reasonable price PM me :-D
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Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 20th, 2016 @ 7:09pm CDT
RNSrobot wrote:Disappointed I won't be able to get my hands on Airazor or the custom class Ratchet. I'll survive. ;)


I was hoping to pick up at least one Ratchet for my nephew (or two, so I could have one as well). I've been helping him build up his base of "G1" characters with some of the '84 Autobot Combiner Wars releases. He loves his Optimus Maximus, and I thought some more limbs to work with would be great for him. I suppose I could still get him the upcoming RiD '15 Ratchet. That's how I got him a "G1 Jazz" anyway.
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Posted by Lucky Logician on April 20th, 2016 @ 7:10pm CDT
Omegatrion84 wrote:I'm looking at two completed listings on Ebay right now from a couple days ago. One Megatron went for $789.99 and the other for $799.99. While not quite $1000 USD that is absolutely ridiculous. I should have bought ten of them #-o

I complained about this back in January.

Lucky Logician wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:I wouldn't count on that this year since previous reports have stated the centerpiece figure to be very limited this year to increase its value.

I understand not wanting to produce too much so that it doesn't sale. But I don't understand making less of something with the specific purpose of helping scalpers make more money. I just do not get that.
But I was told that this wasn't to help scalpers make money.

TF_JW wrote:"Helping scalpers" really isn't what that means.

They don't want to have to reduce the price on leftover back stock because that is seen as reducing the figures' value. Because, well, it is.

The value of the Machine Wars souvenirs right now is $10, which is absurd for something that is supposed to be an awesome keepsake souvenir of your trip out to the convention. So they want to avoid having to do anything like that again; they want the toys to retain their value for the sake of those attendees that buy them at the show so they don't feel "ripped off" later.
So if there were only 850 made, why does eBay show over 100 completed listings for Botcon 2016 Megatron? Sounds like a bunch of people decided to scalp these instead of having an awesome keepsake souvenir...
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Posted by Psychography on April 20th, 2016 @ 7:15pm CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:So if there were only 850 made, why does eBay show over 100 completed listings for Botcon 2016 Megatron? Sounds like a bunch of people decided to scalp these instead of having an awesome keepsake souvenir...


Well, there were 110 Golden Ticket holders who got to buy three each, so theoretically 220 Megatrons could have been bought and sold by people who still got to keep one for themselves.

By that note, theoretically there could have been 330 Megatrons who went to one group of people, and only 520 who went one-per-person until Saturday morning when they all left with one or two people.
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Posted by Zeedust on April 20th, 2016 @ 7:56pm CDT
I sure picked a lovely time to be broke.
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Posted by Flashwave on April 20th, 2016 @ 10:35pm CDT
Whoo Lifeline! I had a bot ifn HMW by that name. Not that its original or anything, I adopted him from another member. Still cool.

Gotta be honest though, there's too much vatiety in this set. I am glad that TFCC does ranges to cover all interests, but this is too scattered. I am not a child a g1, Pretenders don't excite me. I like the SPacewarp Homage, and the Hi-Q targetmaster. but I don't need the shells or the figures. Scorponok's a meh, although I would like a Fractyl. Counterpunch is a No, just doesn't fit my need. Although come to think of it, he might make a nice Slicer being the Wheeljack mold. Means I need a Wheeljack now. Hmm. and Toxitron, He'd be fun for inclusion, but I can't say as I ever thought I would want a Combiner Wars Toxitron.

Theory: If Counterpunch Fractyl and Toxitron are Wreckers, that leaves us short 2limbs. One, if you add in the bodiless Impactor. So what if then, the bonus figure from 4.0 is other limb bot for Wreckage?
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Posted by megatronus on April 20th, 2016 @ 10:59pm CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:
TF_JW wrote:"Helping scalpers" really isn't what that means.

They don't want to have to reduce the price on leftover back stock because that is seen as reducing the figures' value. Because, well, it is.

The value of the Machine Wars souvenirs right now is $10, which is absurd for something that is supposed to be an awesome keepsake souvenir of your trip out to the convention. So they want to avoid having to do anything like that again; they want the toys to retain their value for the sake of those attendees that buy them at the show so they don't feel "ripped off" later.
So if there were only 850 made, why does eBay show over 100 completed listings for Botcon 2016 Megatron? Sounds like a bunch of people decided to scalp these instead of having an awesome keepsake souvenir...

So what? This happens every year, and I don't think you can blame the Club. It really comes down to what certain members of the fandom are willing to pay.

Full disclosure: I decided to get the Golden Ticket this year. I bought 3 Megatrons (among other things), sold 2, and made a handsome profit. I took a financial risk for the privilege of purchasing 3 of each souvenir exclusive, and I won't apologize for taking full advantage of what I paid for. Still, it's absurd Megatron ever topped $250, let alone $750.

Again - it's hard to blame the Club. The amount they produce is largely predicated on the previous Botcon's sales, and last year was a really big miss for the Club. Those Diaclone-inspired figures did NOT sell well, and now FunPub is left with a whole bunch of stock it will be difficult to unload. So this year, they revised their production runs down - way down. The fact they're losing their license may have compelled them to lower those runs even further, as they have a much smaller window of time to unload excess stock.

The Club isn't trying to help scalpers. It's just that this year in particular was a big hit for the Club - they got a lot of toys right, and people want them. If some fans are going to drop crazy money on the secondary market for these exclusives, you can be sure people will find a way to sell them. Heck, if Megatron is still selling for $750+ next week, I will definitely sell the one I was going to keep for myself, because there are so many better things in life to buy for that sum than that Megatron. I'm sure others have made the same calculation.
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Posted by Lucky Logician on April 21st, 2016 @ 12:09am CDT
megatronus wrote:
Lucky Logician wrote:So if there were only 850 made, why does eBay show over 100 completed listings for Botcon 2016 Megatron? Sounds like a bunch of people decided to scalp these instead of having an awesome keepsake souvenir...

So what? This happens every year, and I don't think you can blame the Club. It really comes down to what certain members of the fandom are willing to pay.

Again - it's hard to blame the Club. The amount they produce is largely predicated on the previous Botcon's sales, and last year was a really big miss for the Club. Those Diaclone-inspired figures did NOT sell well, and now FunPub is left with a whole bunch of stock it will be difficult to unload. So this year, they revised their production runs down - way down. The fact they're losing their license may have compelled them to lower those runs even further, as they have a much smaller window of time to unload excess stock.

The Club isn't trying to help scalpers. It's just that this year in particular was a big hit for the Club - they got a lot of toys right, and people want them. If some fans are going to drop crazy money on the secondary market for these exclusives, you can be sure people will find a way to sell them. Heck, if Megatron is still selling for $750+ next week, I will definitely sell the one I was going to keep for myself, because there are so many better things in life to buy for that sum than that Megatron. I'm sure others have made the same calculation.

Let me amend my complaint. I'm not actually mad that the Club 'tries to help scalpers.' When I think it through, I'm really just upset that the Club doesn't understand the fanbase. I'm also annoyed with basing sales on previous years instead of future predictions; that doesn't work well when the two products are extremely different. So much comes into play - Characters, Molds, Decos, Storyline, etc. Just because no one wants a Diaclone named Lift-Ticket doesn't mean that people won't love a Beast Wars Megatron.

Overall, this is me letting out the last of my exasperation with another one of TFCC's decisions. When they do good, they do great. But when they do bad, they fail so hard. My love/hate relationship with the TFCC is something I won't miss.
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Posted by megatronus on April 21st, 2016 @ 12:34am CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Lucky Logician wrote:So if there were only 850 made, why does eBay show over 100 completed listings for Botcon 2016 Megatron? Sounds like a bunch of people decided to scalp these instead of having an awesome keepsake souvenir...

So what? This happens every year, and I don't think you can blame the Club. It really comes down to what certain members of the fandom are willing to pay.

Again - it's hard to blame the Club. The amount they produce is largely predicated on the previous Botcon's sales, and last year was a really big miss for the Club. Those Diaclone-inspired figures did NOT sell well, and now FunPub is left with a whole bunch of stock it will be difficult to unload. So this year, they revised their production runs down - way down. The fact they're losing their license may have compelled them to lower those runs even further, as they have a much smaller window of time to unload excess stock.

The Club isn't trying to help scalpers. It's just that this year in particular was a big hit for the Club - they got a lot of toys right, and people want them. If some fans are going to drop crazy money on the secondary market for these exclusives, you can be sure people will find a way to sell them. Heck, if Megatron is still selling for $750+ next week, I will definitely sell the one I was going to keep for myself, because there are so many better things in life to buy for that sum than that Megatron. I'm sure others have made the same calculation.

Let me amend my complaint. I'm not actually mad that the Club 'tries to help scalpers.' When I think it through, I'm really just upset that the Club doesn't understand the fanbase. I'm also annoyed with basing sales on previous years instead of future predictions; that doesn't work well when the two products are extremely different. So much comes into play - Characters, Molds, Decos, Storyline, etc. Just because no one wants a Diaclone named Lift-Ticket doesn't mean that people won't love a Beast Wars Megatron.

Overall, this is me letting out the last of my exasperation with another one of TFCC's decisions. When they do good, they do great. But when they do bad, they fail so hard. My love/hate relationship with the TFCC is something I won't miss.

I get what you're saying here, and agree for the most part. It's certainly been a bumpy roller coaster with the Club.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783244)
Posted by G.B. Blackrock on April 21st, 2016 @ 9:47am CDT
Flashwave wrote:Whoo Lifeline! I had a bot ifn HMW by that name. Not that its original or anything, I adopted him from another member. Still cool.

Gotta be honest though, there's too much vatiety in this set. I am glad that TFCC does ranges to cover all interests, but this is too scattered. I am not a child a g1, Pretenders don't excite me. I like the SPacewarp Homage, and the Hi-Q targetmaster. but I don't need the shells or the figures. Scorponok's a meh, although I would like a Fractyl. Counterpunch is a No, just doesn't fit my need. Although come to think of it, he might make a nice Slicer being the Wheeljack mold. Means I need a Wheeljack now. Hmm. and Toxitron, He'd be fun for inclusion, but I can't say as I ever thought I would want a Combiner Wars Toxitron.

Theory: If Counterpunch Fractyl and Toxitron are Wreckers, that leaves us short 2limbs. One, if you add in the bodiless Impactor. So what if then, the bonus figure from 4.0 is other limb bot for Wreckage?


While Wreckage hasn't been officially mentioned in conjunction with the 4.0 mystery figure, I believe that it has been confirmed to be a limb, so this is fairly likely.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783247)
Posted by Omegatrion84 on April 21st, 2016 @ 10:01am CDT
megatronus wrote:
Omegatrion84 wrote:I'm looking at two completed listings on Ebay right now from a couple days ago. One Megatron went for $789.99 and the other for $799.99. While not quite $1000 USD that is absolutely ridiculous. I should have bought ten of them #-o

Were those Buy It Now listings (which it sounds like) or auctions? And all in USD?

Yes sir, both of those listings were Buy It Now and USD.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783254)
Posted by Lucky Logician on April 21st, 2016 @ 11:01am CDT
G.B. Blackrock wrote:While Wreckage hasn't been officially mentioned in conjunction with the 4.0 mystery figure, I believe that it has been confirmed to be a limb, so this is fairly likely.

Am I the only person who thinks this would be kind of a jerk move? You can only complete the combiner if you had the psychic forethought to buy something unrelated in advance. How was I to know that the 5.0 combiner I like can only be completed if I bought the 4.0 combiner I didn't like?
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783258)
Posted by RNSrobot on April 21st, 2016 @ 11:13am CDT
yeesh, Reflector 3pack is already sold out. 50% gone on tigatron/unit3.

Argh. I can't really afford to pull the trigger TODAY. Maybe on Monday if they still have some left. BAH.

(according to botcon twitter)
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783265)
Posted by Flashwave on April 21st, 2016 @ 11:35am CDT
Lucky Logician wrote:
G.B. Blackrock wrote:While Wreckage hasn't been officially mentioned in conjunction with the 4.0 mystery figure, I believe that it has been confirmed to be a limb, so this is fairly likely.

Am I the only person who thinks this would be kind of a jerk move? You can only complete the combiner if you had the psychic forethought to buy something unrelated in advance. How was I to know that the 5.0 combiner I like can only be completed if I bought the 4.0 combiner I didn't like?


Maybe, but in the other hand, this also is not a full scripted combiner like Menasor or even Thunder Mayhem, but rather a "courtesy" if you could call it that, that they are providing a torso and a place to potentially use these limbs. I rather think though that Impactor still falls into the same category as the 2016 Wave 2 bots of Sky Reign: yes, here is a combiner, and they do combine, but Combining is second to providing figures of the characters

From a business standpoint though, its brilliant, encouraing repeat business, even though I dont think that was foremost in their thinking.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783278)
Posted by galvatron00 on April 21st, 2016 @ 12:09pm CDT
RNSrobot wrote:yeesh, Reflector 3pack is already sold out. 50% gone on tigatron/unit3.

Argh. I can't really afford to pull the trigger TODAY. Maybe on Monday if they still have some left. BAH.

(according to botcon twitter)
Yeah I still had one in my cart and couldn't process it as it was sold out. Stupid Cram!

KFC here I come #-o
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783299)
Posted by megatronus on April 21st, 2016 @ 2:06pm CDT
Flashwave wrote:
Lucky Logician wrote:
G.B. Blackrock wrote:While Wreckage hasn't been officially mentioned in conjunction with the 4.0 mystery figure, I believe that it has been confirmed to be a limb, so this is fairly likely.

Am I the only person who thinks this would be kind of a jerk move? You can only complete the combiner if you had the psychic forethought to buy something unrelated in advance. How was I to know that the 5.0 combiner I like can only be completed if I bought the 4.0 combiner I didn't like?


Maybe, but in the other hand, this also is not a full scripted combiner like Menasor or even Thunder Mayhem, but rather a "courtesy" if you could call it that, that they are providing a torso and a place to potentially use these limbs. I rather think though that Impactor still falls into the same category as the 2016 Wave 2 bots of Sky Reign: yes, here is a combiner, and they do combine, but Combining is second to providing figures of the characters

From a business standpoint though, its brilliant, encouraing repeat business, even though I dont think that was foremost in their thinking.

Yea, I'm not sure 4.0 was planned with 5.0 in mind. It was a smart move either way.

For those who fear on missing out on Impactor and the 4.0 mystery figure due to the combining nature of the 5.0 Wrecker figures, I dunno. If I were in that situation, I'd probably just use 2 random deluxes as legs until I could get my hands on the 'proper' 2 limbs, to the extent that 'proper' even matters for a random combiner like this.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783673)
Posted by RNSrobot on April 23rd, 2016 @ 1:03am CDT
Scamper surprisingly fits very well on Prime's chest. It's weird, it almost 'clicks' into place. His arms are *just so* that it's hard to position the fist-holes on the existing pegs. Additionally, the weirdness of the pegs (so weird) prevents Scamper's hands from securing well (Which explains Blackjack's stability issues).

Anyway, assuming no major tolerance issues, Scorpononk should serve as a chest plate for Wreckage really well.

It's "too big" to upload as an attachment and I don't feel like fussing with other image services so here are the links on drive.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Dit0x ... TFcpsCF7Gg
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LFsBh ... r2EbTbY_KA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q93MA ... RsGIhjWuDA
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783674)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 23rd, 2016 @ 1:06am CDT
I don't see anyone looking to add a Legends component to Predacus, Magnaboss, or Thunder Mayhem. >:oP
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783675)
Posted by RNSrobot on April 23rd, 2016 @ 1:12am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I don't see anyone looking to add a Legends component to Predacus, Magnaboss, or Thunder Mayhem. >:oP


... okay? :-?

Scorponok will fit nicely into Wreckage's chest, at any rate, even if unintentionally.
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783710)
Posted by megatronus on April 23rd, 2016 @ 9:06am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I don't see anyone looking to add a Legends component to Predacus, Magnaboss, or Thunder Mayhem. >:oP

4.0 freebie?
Re: Transformers Collectors' Club BotCon 2016 Exclusives Now Available to Purchase Online (1783711)
Posted by RNSrobot on April 23rd, 2016 @ 9:07am CDT
Mm. But we know 4.0 will be a deluxe. :)

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