|
Exclusive name
|
Month of initial release
|
Number produced
|
Price of exclusive at initial release
|
Approximate multiple of price of toy using same
mold at retail
|
Any remolding/retooling done for exclusive?
|
|
Skyfall
|
May 2005
|
3000*Source:
E-mail from Brian Savage to TFW2005 Board member "Lumpy," dated April
8, 2008. |
N/A (or $20)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 18, 2005. Members had the option of buying it through the club
store for $20 for some time after the toy's original release, but they
have since sold out.
|
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.9
times if bought from club store. |
|
|
Landquake
|
May 2006
|
3000*Source:
E-mail from Brian Savage to TFW2005 Board member "Lumpy," dated April
8, 2008. |
N/A (or $20)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 15, 2006. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $20.
|
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.9
times if bought from club store. |
|
|
Astrotrain
(with Mini-Cons Astro-Hook, Astro-Line, Astro-Sinker, and Starcatcher)
|
March 2007
|
2000*Source:
e-mail to club members dated 11/28/06. Officially SOLD OUT as of
6/5/11. |
$87
|
2.7
times |
New head for
Astrotrain only
|
|
Airazor
|
March 2007
|
2000*Source:
e-mail to club members dated 11/28/06. Officially
SOLD OUT as of 12/20/11. |
$42
|
4.2
times |
New head
|
|
Breakaway
|
June 2007
|
3000*Source:
E-mail from Brian Savage to TFW2005 Board member "Lumpy," dated April
8, 2008.
|
N/A
(or $20)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2007. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $20. |
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.9
times if bought from club store. |
|
|
Topspin
|
June 2008
|
3000*Source:
E-mail from Brian Savage to TFW2005 Board member "Lumpy," dated April
8, 2008.
|
N/A
(or $20)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2008. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $20. |
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.9
times if bought from club store. |
|
|
Seacons
set (6
figures)
|
October 2008
|
1500*Source:
Post by Pete Sinclair at the TFW2005 boards on May
23, 2008. The club store listed these as "sold out" on October 17,
2008, but a few more units were made available on the 20th, which
quickly sold out as well. An e-mail dated October 23, 2008, made the
"SOLD OUT" status official. A warehouse find made a few more available
on the evening of November 23, 2010, but this is an aberration.
|
$119 |
Approximately
2.4 times (using MSRP of 2010 reissue). |
|
|
Nightbeat
|
October 2008
|
1200*Source:
Post by Pete Sinclair at the TFW2005 boards on May
23, 2008. Apparently SOLD OUT by early morning 6/9/10.
|
$48
(includes
comic) |
4.4
times,
given comic's online individual price of $3.99. |
New head
|
|
Heatwave
|
Late May 2009
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
(or $20)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2009. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $20. |
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.0
times if bought from club store. |
New head for
combined mode
|
|
Dion
with
Cop-Tur
|
June 2010
|
4000*
Source: E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated May 23, 2014.
|
N/A
(or $25)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2010. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $25. |
N/A
if included
with club membership. 2.3 times if bought from club store. |
|
|
Punch/Counterpunch
|
June 2010
|
2100?*
The exact number has never been verified, but
various percentage updates throughout the order process gave reason to
believe that the initial run was about 1800. Pre-orders for those
opened on March 26, 2010.
Rumors suggested that Punch/Counterpunch was sold out by early morning
March 29th. The first
time that a club exclusive Transformer sold out during the pre-order
process. An e-mail from Brian Savage to club
member dated the same day suggested that the club was seeking to
increase
the original order of toys to be produced. An announcement at BotCon on
June 26, 2010 was made that 300 additional figures would
be made available, limited only to those members who did not order
Punch/Counterpunch during the initial order process. These were made
available on August 11, 2010, and sold out within a couple of hours.
|
$59
|
5.4
times |
New head
|
|
Shattered
Glass
Cyclonus with Krunix
|
June 2010
|
1200*
Post by Pete Sinclair at the TFW2005 boards on March
8, 2011. Pre-orders for these figures
opened on March 26, 2010, and they seemed to be sold
out as of June 20, 2010, but a small number (about 40) were discovered
after the human processing of the computerized orders
revealed a few remaining. These went on sale on August 11, 2010, and
quickly sold out.
|
$44 |
4.0
times |
|
|
G2
Ramjet
|
June 2011
|
2200 (maybe 2400)*Source:
Direct Twitter message from The_TF_Club on February 1, 2012 said 2000,
while also giving first explicit confirmation that the official number
wouldn't include units that were "held out" and suggests that the
"total FOR SALE amount" might have even been somewhat higher. I expect
that
this is true for most official numbers, at least from FP, but that
number is what I will continue to feature here. E-mail from Pete
Sinclair on 2/2 gave a correction, indicating that they increased the
run at the last minute, either to 2200 or 2400. He wasn't sure, but he
thought it was 2200--Note that
pre-orders went live on April 27, 2011, and Ramjet was announced SOLD
OUT by the morning of April 28th. Less than
24 hours later.
|
$58
|
5.3
times |
New rubber-tipped
nosecone |
|
Animated
Transtech
Cheetor
|
June 2011*Some
figures were available for purchase at BotCon 2011 before pre-orders
had been shipped out.
|
Not yet known*Pre-orders
went up on April 27, 2011.
|
$52 |
4.7
times |
New head |
|
Side Burn
|
Late
July 2011
|
4500*Source:
E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated May 23, 2014.
|
N/A
(or $32)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2011. Members had the option of buying it through the club
store for $32 for a few hours on August 17, 2011, after which the toy
SOLD OUT. |
N/A
if included
with club membership. 3.2 times if bought from club store.*Although
Deluxes have been steadily increasing in retail price over the years,
the original version of Side Burn's mold was from a time I still
considered Deluxes to retail at $10. This isn't an exact science. |
|
|
Over-Run
(aka
Runabout)
|
February 2012
|
3200*Source:
E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated May 23, 2014.
|
$54
|
4.2
times |
New head |
|
Shattered Glass
Drift
|
February 2012
|
>2200*Pre-orders
went up on 1/30/12, but problems with the credit card
processing server meant that only a few fans could get through that day
before pre-orders were closed to fix the problem. Pre-orders went up
again on 2/1/12. Twitter message from The_TF_Club early on
2/2 said that Drift
had already outsold G2 Ramjet and Punch/Counterpunch, and by the close
of the business day, another Twitter message said there were only 17
left. These were apparently sold out that evening, but there has been
no official statement. A few extras were found and put up on the site
months later, on 10/17/12.
|
$49 |
3.8
times |
None,
although no previous use of this mold has used this combination of
features.
|
|
Runamuck
|
April 2012
|
5500*Source:
E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated May 23, 2014.
|
N/A
(or $32)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 21, 2012. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $32. (A small number of Runamucks were sold at BotCon and via
an early test at $25, but this seems to have been a special promotion,
and not the intended price, as $32 is the same as Side Burn, the
previous year's incentive. (Source
for date in note) |
N/A
if included with club membership. 2.5
times if bought from club store.*Deluxes
have been steadily increasing in retail price over the years. This
year, I've been considering the retail price of Deluxes to be $13. |
New head (same as
Over-Run) |
|
Depth Charge
|
June 2013*Toy
was available at BotCon 2013 the week before it began to arrive at
members' homes. This was in part so that a
packaged variation could be available for BotCon 2013 guest David
Sobolov to sign. Both packaged and unpackaged versions were at BotCon.
Members received the unpackaged version with their membership, with the
option to buy either the package or unpackaged version at the club
store.
|
7000*Source:
E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated May 23, 2014. Pete wasn't sure how this
broke down between carded and uncarded figures.
|
N/A
(or $29)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2013. Members have the option of buying it through the club
store for $29. In addition, a carded version may be purchased for $39. |
N/A
if included with club membership. 1.9
times if bought from club store.*Deluxes
have been steadily increasing in retail price over the years. This
year, I've been considering the retail price of Deluxes to be $15. Note
that this multiplier is for the regular, non-carded version. The
muliplier for the carded version would be 2.6 times retail.
|
|
|
RiD Scourge
|
June 2013
|
3000 each*Source:
E-mail from Pete Sinclair dated 8/17/15. All 6 items from this
subscription series were produced in the same numbers.
|
$282
for set of 6*Figures
were also made available separately at the club store. Ultra Mammoth
was sold for $79. Scourge and Slipstream were sold for $69 each.
Breakdown, Circuit, and Jackpot were sold for $59 each. |
Roughly
3.0 times on average*The
price of deluxes has been in flux for several years, but is settling
toward $15. I'm counting Ultra Mammoth at $20, recognizing that this
would be a lowball estimate in today's retail market, but hoping that
balances out the high-end estimate for the deluxes.
|
|
|
Slipstream
|
July 2013
|
New head |
|
Circuit
|
August 2013
|
|
| Breakdown |
September 2013
|
Uses head created by FunPub for BotCon 2010 G2 Breakdown figure.
|
|
Jackpot
|
October 2013
|
New head |
|
Ultra Mammoth
|
Late October / Early November 2013
|
|
|
Trans-Mutate
|
May 2014
|
2000*Source:
e-mail from Pete Sinclair dated 7/21/16.
|
$59Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2014. Members will have the option of buying it through the
club
store. |
3.9
times |
|
|
Maximal Rampage
|
June 2014
|
3600*Source:
e-mail from Pete Sinclair dated 7/21/16.
|
N/A
(or $34)*Membership
incentive figure, sent to all members whose dues were paid as of
March 16, 2014. Members also had the option of buying it through the
club store at BotCon 2014, and later via the online store. |
N/A
if included with club membership. 2.6
times if bought from club store.*The
price of deluxes has been in flux for several years. I'm counting it as
roughly $13 this year.
|
New head |
|
Barricade w/Frenzy
|
Late May 2014
|
1500 each*Source:
e-mail from Pete Sinclair dated 7/21/16.
|
$279
for set of 6 (but see below)*Figures
were also made available separately at the
club store. Barricade was sold for $79. Thrustinator was sold for $75.
Chromedome was sold for $69.
Fisitron and Treadshot were sold for $59 each. Rewind was sold for $49.
|
Roughly
3.5 times on average*The
price of deluxes has been in flux for several years, and after seeming
to settle
toward $15 a year ago, looks to be down to about $13 now. I'm counting
the scout at roughly $7.50, and the three Microns (as a set) at roughly
$7.50 as well,
which is admittedly a guess, but I think a reasonably good one based on
the old retail prices
for Scouts, and the old trend of selling three Mini-Cons at Scout
prices. |
|
|
Fisitron
|
June 2014
|
|
|
Thrustinator
|
July 2014
|
New head |
|
Treadshot w/Catgut
|
August 2014
|
|
|
Chromedome w/Stylor
|
September 2014
|
New head for Chromedome |
|
Rewind
|
October 2014
|
New head |
|
Eject
|
October 2014
|
1450*Source:
e-mail from Pete Sinclair dated 7/21/16.
|
N/A
- Bonus figure available only to members who bought set of 6 above. |
N/A
|
New head (same as Rewind) |
|
Nova Prime
|
May 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
$59 |
3.5
times*Going
by the same $17 price for Deluxes I'm using for BotCon figures this
year.
|
New head |
|
Lio Convoy
|
May 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
(or $36)*Membership
incentive figure, to be sent to all members whose dues are paid as of
March 16, 2015. Members will likely also have the option of buying it
through the
club store. |
N/A
if included with club membership. 2.1
times if bought from club store.*Going
by the same $17 price for Deluxes I'm using for BotCon figures this
year.
|
New head (same as Nova
Prime) |
|
CarZap
w/ G.B. Blackrock Kreon and Kre-O blocks
|
May 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
$297
for set of 6 (but see below) |
Roughly
3.3 times on average.*Using
$15 for a Deluxe as the basis. Although some figures come with various
"extras," I figure that at worst, they would simply pull the average
retail price closer to $15 at those comparatively few chains that might
sell a deluxe at just less than $15.
|
New head |
|
Nacelle
|
Early July 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
Uses
remolding done for BotCon 2007 Thrust. |
|
Serpent O.R.
|
Early August 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Tarantulas w/Micron spiders
|
Late August 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
G2 Starscream
|
Mid October 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Krok
w/Gatoraider
|
Late October 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
New head |
|
Nightracer w/Shakar
|
Late October 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
- Bonus figure available only to members who bought set of 6 above. |
N/A
|
|
|
Marissa Faireborn w/Afterbreaker (Afterburner)
|
August 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
$42 |
3.2
times*Based
on $12.99 retail price for Wheel Blaster Bike with Firefly, suggested
by yojoe.com (but note that Firefly has fewer joints).
|
Uses head created by FunPub for 2013 GI Joe Club Cover Girl figure.
|
|
"Old Snake" with 2 Stealth BATs
|
August 2015
|
Not
yet known
|
$79 |
2.1
times*None
of these items has a proper current retail equivalent. I went
with $7.50 for the action figure, and $15 each for the Deluxe-sized
Transformers.
|
Uses
hat created by FunPub for 2013 GI Joe Convention Muskrat figure.
|
|
Needlenose w/ Sunbeam and ZPutty (Zigzag)
|
Late April 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
$297
for set of 6 (but see below)*The
five "Thunder Mayhem" Figures
were also made available separately at the club store starting on
August 19, 2016. Bludgeon
was sold for $79. The limb figures were sold for $69 each.
|
Roughly
2.7 times on average.*Using
$17 for a Deluxe as the basis, and $25 for Voyager. I do not consider
this year's "extras" to have a meaningful impact on would-be retail
value.
|
|
|
Grabuge (Ruckus)
|
May 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Spinister w/ Shrute (Hairsplitter) and Singe
|
June 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Windsweeper w/ Matrix of Malice
|
Late June/Early July 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Bludgeon w/extra swords
|
Late July/Early August 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
New head for both
Bludgeon and combined mode |
|
Impactor w/extra weapons
|
Late August 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
New head |
|
Bluestreak
|
Late August 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
- Bonus figure available only to members who bought set of 6 above. |
N/A
|
|
|
Ramjet
|
June 2016
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
(or $39)*Membership
incentive figure, to be sent to all members whose dues are paid as of
March 18, 2016. Members also had the option of buying it
through the club store. |
N/A
if included with club membership. 2.3
times if bought from club store.
|
New head |
|
Skywarp
|
August 2016
|
1000
|
$69 |
4.1
times |
New head (same as
Ramjet) |
|
"Only Human" Arcee
|
January 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
$29 |
3.9
times*The
most recent Joe figures I can find at retail were released in 2015, and
the fewest I found packed together were 3-packs at $20. Multiplier
would have used this as the basis for an estimate, but I feel that
single-packed figures would inevitably be sold at more than $6.67 at
retail, so I took my best guess instead. Using $7.50 as the retail cost
for a single figure.
|
New head |
|
"Only Human" Rodimus
|
January 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
$29 |
3.9
times*The
most recent Joe figures I can find at retail were released in 2015, and
the fewest I found packed together were 3-packs at $20. Multiplier
would have used this as the basis for an estimate, but I feel that
single-packed figures would inevitably be sold at more than $6.67 at
retail, so I took my best guess instead. Using $7.50 as the retail cost
for a single figure.
|
|
|
Scarlett, Cobra Commander, Dr. Biggles-Jones, Ratbat,
and Megatron
|
January 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
$129 |
3.2
times*Using
basis of $7.50 per Joe figure. For TFs, went with $10 for Megatron,
given current Legends price-point, and $7.50 for MP Ratbat, a figure
which has never been
available separately. Hopefully, the estimates all balance out.
|
|
|
Fractyl w/ Scorponok
|
March 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
$330
for set of 6 (but see below) |
Roughly 2.6
times on average.*Using
$10 for a Legends as a basis, $17 for a Deluxe, and $25 for Voyager.
There's really no retail basis for Pretender shells, so I count them at
$10 each. For the "extra" companions included, which again have no
current retail basis, I'm just doing a catch-all $10 on top.
|
Uses
head created by FunPub for BotCon 2016 Terrorsaur figure.
|
|
Lifeline w/ Quickslinger
|
Not
yet known
|
|
|
Double Pretender Megatron
|
April 2017 |
Not
yet known
|
New connector piece to
facilitate fitting figures into Pretender shell |
|
Double Pretender Optimus Prime
|
Not
yet known
|
New head for Optimus
Prime. Uses Pretender shell created by FunPub for BotCon 2015 Oilmaster. |
|
Counterpunch
|
May 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
1st use of pre-existing head
|
|
Toxitron
|
Not
yet known
|
1st
use of pre-existing head
|
|
Shattered Glass Starscream
|
May 2017
|
Not
yet known
|
N/A
- Bonus figure available only to members who bought set of 6 above. |
N/A
|
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