The first mock up reveal of the TFCC exclusive MARISSA FAIREBORN and AFTERBURNER vehicle

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.

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".

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".

Not to mention that this is no different from those SDCC Joe/TF crossover sets that had non-transforming Joe/Cobra vehicles as Starscream, Shockwave, Hound, and Jetfire. At least this one has some fictional precedence by teaming Afterburner up with Marissa, rather than being done just for fun like the others were.

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.

Neither is SDCC Hound, SDCC Jetfire, or SDCC Shockwave. The bike is painted to resemble Afterburner in vehicle mode. It just doesn't transform. A vehicle mode actionmaster, if you will.

And as mentioned, the Technobots were working with Marissa and the EDC during that episode with Dirk and Quintessons,

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:

Updated. thanks.

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.

Nice G.I. Joe stand

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.

I don't know. Given we got the "Year of the Horse Optimus Prime", "Optimus Prime with Starscream parts", and "Neon Genesis Evangelion Masterpiece MP-10", this is a welcome change.

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!

Could we modify the mirror link, please? It takes us to the Facebook Mobile page which displays REALLY wonky on a computer.

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

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

Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

Sabrblade wrote:

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

Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

Second pic from the TCC Twitter - https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/500312605677060096

Sabrblade wrote:Second pic from the TCC Twitter - https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/500312605677060096

That looks a lot better than I "want" it too. The face sculpt is a bit too soft in bone structure I think for Marissa, but its a nice set...

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Joe fans are concerned that this set won't be available to them unless they join the TFCC. The Retaliation bikes are TERRIBLE toys, heck you can find them on shelves now. The only thing worse than the bikes are the five points of glory figures they come with.

They should offer this exclusive to both memberships. With the downward spiral of the GI Joe fandom at the moment, having Joe fans subscribe to the Transformers Club doesn't seem like the proper strategy. Hopefully that's not what they're planning on.

Seibertron wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Joe fans are concerned that this set won't be available to them unless they join the TFCC. The Retaliation bikes are TERRIBLE toys, heck you can find them on shelves now. The only thing worse than the bikes are the five points of glory figures they come with.

They should offer this exclusive to both memberships. With the downward spiral of the GI Joe fandom at the moment, having Joe fans subscribe to the Transformers Club doesn't seem like the proper strategy. Hopefully that's not what they're planning on.

I'm really torn on the idea of this exclusive. I like it, but promoting it as a Transformers and Gi Joe exclusive is really a stretch. I don't have any desire to own Flint and Lady Jaye figures because they're Marissa's parents so I'm not sure that Joe fans have a desire to own Marissa because she's their daughter. I'd be curious to hear what GI Joe fans have to say about this. I've always been under the impression that Transformers fans have been more accepting of Joe/TF crossovers than Joe fans. With no piece of Joe fiction involved here and no "Joe" incentive accessory or figure, I just don't see the appeal for Joe fans.

A better set would be to continue the GI Joe vs Transformers theme from SDCC and have a multi-pack with Marissa versus some special version of Baroness or something or do a "Fairborn" family pack with Marissa, Flint and Lady Jaye ... throw in a mini-comic that involves time travel or worm holes and all of those characters can exist together at the same time or have a multi faceted storyline where something that happens in the past affects Marissa's future or something along those lines.

ZeroWolf wrote:

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.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

Seibertron wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

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.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

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

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

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.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

And thank goodness too! I wouldn't have wanted to see that mold used for this.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

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.

Wouldn't movieverse arcee fit a Joe?

Yes she does!

Unfortunately, that's one of the molds the Club can never use.

And thank goodness too! I wouldn't have wanted to see that mold used for this.

Yeah, the robot mode is ugly as heck.

Seibertron wrote:

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

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

Not wurr about others, and while I would certainly prefer my humans deluxe scaled, my earlier comment about scale was referring to the bike's size soley compared to the rider. The Joe fig in your picture to me is too small for the kind of crotch rocket that Arcee turns into. Now the PRID fig is i belive a bit smaller, so maybe it would work better.

Well, as a GI Joe fan, I effin' LOVE this! Also, are there people actually saying using GI joe scale figures for Transformer humans is wrong? Good friggin' LORD SCREW SCALE!!!!!!!!! I want a good toy, not some tiny little thing because of some damned concept that hasn't existed in the franchise since ever!

I still think they should've used the new gen. chromia and remolded that.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/08 ... -shipping/

Just got my shipping notice!

Randy

bwDEPTHcharge wrote:I still think they should've used the new gen. chromia and remolded that.

It's a mold that they do not have access to just yet. Usually they wait a year or so after a mold is released to make it as so.

http://generalsjoes.com/2014/08/15/photoshop-mock-up-of-tfcc-exclusive-marissa-faireborn-with-afterburn/

As we all expected, they’ve used G.I. Joe parts to assemble the Earth Defense Command pilot, using Cover Girl’s head, Resolute Scarlett torso, with Rise of Cobra Scarlett arms and legs. Afterburn is a repainted G.I. Joe: Retaliation Wheelblaster motorcycle.

This is what the Marissa Faireborn figure is made of.

Flashwave wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

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

Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

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

Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

I'd be down for an Agent Fowler, even if he were in the style of the little Rescue Bots PVCs.

yeah... i didnt mean movie arcee.
*shudder*

but seriously theres other bikeformers out there.

but back to the figure, i think its a neat idea. id buy TF characters as repainted joes. only thing that wiuld suck is if this is the only one they do.

This is nice but I would like to see some attempt at actual Transformers figures changing into G.I. Joe vehicles instead of humans with non transforming vehicles. There was some toe dipping a while back with that Titanium Megatron and Snow Cat but they kinda backed off after that.

That head sculpt looks really gummy right now even for a mock up, that has me really worried as to how this will look in production.

They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

zopilote_z wrote:They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

I updated your link to point to seibertron.com gallery instead.

zopilote_z wrote:They should use the Transformers: Cybertron Ransack Mold, they don´t even have to repaint it.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... ack/569/1/

Yeah, cuz Marissa with Cybertron Ransack of all characters totally makes sense!

Seibertron wrote:

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

I agree. I've been saying for years that using GI Joe figures as the humans from the Transformers Universe has been a severely missed opportunity.

The "everything must be in scale" folks are driving me crazy that they'd rather have sub-par horrible looking Human Alliance figures instead of figures that look decent. These are as out of scale to Classics and Movie toys as G1 Devastator is to G1 Jetfire and G1 Optimus Prime (and, well, just about everyone else from that era too). Not everything has to be "in scale" (though playing devil's advocate, Generations Tankor and Universe Galvatron should have both been at least Voyager figures and Ultra Class Powerglide would have been fine as a Voyager or a Deluxe).

I think this set would have been more awesome had Dirk been made from a Joe figure to go in a multi-pack with Marissa. No one is going to buy a Dirk figure alone but this would have been an awesome chance to do this.

A G.I. Joe G.B. Blackrock figure would also be awesome. None of this silly Kre-o business!

Not wurr about others, and while I would certainly prefer my humans deluxe scaled, my earlier comment about scale was referring to the bike's size soley compared to the rider. The Joe fig in your picture to me is too small for the kind of crotch rocket that Arcee turns into. Now the PRID fig is i belive a bit smaller, so maybe it would work better.

Mindmaster wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

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

Oh NOW we get pro-human comments like this.

We just needed figures of good humans. I don't think anyone ever cheered for Marissa to be "accidentally" stepped on like they have for most iterations and doppelgangers of Spike is all.

If we're trying to get figures of the good humans, I'd like to state for the record that I want an Agent Fowler. Anyone with me?

I'd be down for an Agent Fowler, even if he were in the style of the little Rescue Bots PVCs.

Nobody gets out until we have Agent Simmons and Dutch figures.It must happen.

TulioDude wrote:Nobody gets out until we have Agent Simmons and Dutch figures.It must happen.

All that's left is Dutch.

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!

Hmm.... I still want it, but I was kind of hoping her outfit would more closely resemble her G1 outfit.

Whatever, though, still close enough, would still look fantastic next to Flint.

I said it before, interesting idea, but I don't need it for my collection.

I guess Energon Kicker will no longer be alone (he was based on the current 'Joes at the time)... I will be picking up this Marrisa in hopes we get more 'Joe scaled humans; may we finally get a Energon Misha I would even settle for just a retool of Marrisa and repainting the bike to resemble Energon Arcee.

I'd love all the G1 animated humans like this. I LIKE Spike, Sparkplug, Carly, Chip and even Daniel made like this.

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

I actually hope Dirk Manus is next. Even though he was only ever in one episode, if we're getting a Marissa Fairborne...

Well, I love me some shipping.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, as a GI Joe fan, I effin' LOVE this! Also, are there people actually saying using GI joe scale figures for Transformer humans is wrong? Good friggin' LORD SCREW SCALE!!!!!!!!! I want a good toy, not some tiny little thing because of some damned concept that hasn't existed in the franchise since ever!

Well that would be me. I never collected human action figures and never will. It was the fact that transformers were not humans that drew me to them back as a kid. When it came to the 80s cartoons (GI Joe, He Man, Super Heroes, Wrestlers) I would watch them all. But when it came time to take a trip to the toy store, I had to have a transformer. I did get a sky striker which I still own and love, but the pilots rubber band waist snapped years ago and I have no desire to replace him.

Moving foward to today, I have learned to appreciate human characters to compliment my classics shelf providing they scale properly with their robot friends. I have no desire to have these characters bigger, more detailed, or super articulated at the cost of ruining the scale theme my classics collection goes by. I would love to have a mini figure of every human character in the G1 cartoon. But the human characters arent important enough for me to start defying scale and start a stand alone collection of humans. This mentality is probably the reason the CM Corps line wasnt very popular. You really gotta have a strong connection to those characters to have a giant human among your MP collection. Im not trying to speak for everyone as Im often accused of doing, but I know Im not alone here either.

Good news TFSS 2.0 subscribers, the next figure in this year's set is now arriving! Keep an eye on your mailbox for Treadshot and Catgut. The figures are repaints of Generations Warpath and Arms Micron Jida.

El Duque wrote:

Spider-Tread, Spider-Tread.
Dreads whatever a spider dread.
Stands on walls, any size.
Shoots his foes, in the eyes.
Look out. Here comes a Spider-Tread.

Got mine here in PA and love him. Finally one of the figures I was waiting for in this round of TCC is here. Threadshot was the only action master I bought as a kid (and still have him complete).

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!

If anyone wants to get the TFSS 3.0 but doesn't care about this set, PM me, and I'll happily take it off your hands.

Rated X wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, as a GI Joe fan, I effin' LOVE this! Also, are there people actually saying using GI joe scale figures for Transformer humans is wrong? Good friggin' LORD SCREW SCALE!!!!!!!!! I want a good toy, not some tiny little thing because of some damned concept that hasn't existed in the franchise since ever!

Well that would be me. I never collected human action figures and never will. It was the fact that transformers were not humans that drew me to them back as a kid. When it came to the 80s cartoons (GI Joe, He Man, Super Heroes, Wrestlers) I would watch them all. But when it came time to take a trip to the toy store, I had to have a transformer. I did get a sky striker which I still own and love, but the pilots rubber band waist snapped years ago and I have no desire to replace him.

Moving foward to today, I have learned to appreciate human characters to compliment my classics shelf providing they scale properly with their robot friends. I have no desire to have these characters bigger, more detailed, or super articulated at the cost of ruining the scale theme my classics collection goes by. I would love to have a mini figure of every human character in the G1 cartoon. But the human characters arent important enough for me to start defying scale and start a stand alone collection of humans. This mentality is probably the reason the CM Corps line wasnt very popular. You really gotta have a strong connection to those characters to have a giant human among your MP collection. Im not trying to speak for everyone as Im often accused of doing, but I know Im not alone here either.

Well, I DO want human figures that aren't tiny, poorly-painted little things that look more like KOs in quality. Some of the G1 humans are my favorite characters in the franchise period, and they've been ignored for far too long. Marissa in the GI Joe scale's a start, but only a start.

As for scale, see my sig.

rpetras wrote:

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!

If anyone wants to get the TFSS 3.0 but doesn't care about this set, PM me, and I'll happily take it off your hands.

This is separate from the Subscription Service. In a nutshell, for 2015 we're getting:

Free Figure
Lio Convoy

Store Exclusives
Nova Prime
Marissa with Afterburner

Subscription Service 3.0
G2 Starscream
Nacelle
Krok with Gatoraider
Zap with G.B. Blackrock kreon
Serpent O.R.
Tarantulas with "Arachnoids"