Ectotron: A heavy retool of the Combiner Wars Hot Shot mold that turns into the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters. Not really an exclusive, but hard to find in any physical stores (GameStop reportedly got some). Packaged in G1-style, but not technically a "Commemorative Series" sort of thing, since it's a new toy. He also got to star in a 5-issue "Transformers/Ghostbusters" miniseries from IDW, more or less set in a version of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon continuity. (Note: a redeco of this based on the revival movie was sold with an extra ghost and #1 of the comic for $60 at Target in early 2021, hard pass.)
MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition: A repaint MP-10 with Slimer. I passed on this, but am including it for completeness.
Gigawatt: A heavy retool of Siege Sideswipe that turns into the DeLorean (well, unlicensed, so some changes) time machine from Back to the Future. Another G1-style box, and accompanied by a five issue comic series that I didn't buy.
Maverick: The first entirely new mold for Collaborative, a $50 Voyager with a heavy licensing tax for the Top Gun crossover. I passed on this and on the reissue.
Ultimate X-Spanse: The name is horrible, but it suits the toy. From floppy 90s X-Men Blackbird jet to conceptual mess of a robot, it includes some sub-Dollar-Tree-level Wolverine and Sabertooth figures that can barely stand up. I got it at half off, and still think I was ripped off.
J. Balvitron: A G1 Soundwave reissue in mostly smiley face yellow with new guns done as a thing with musician J. Balvin. Even if I were interested in another G1 Soundwave, this was exclusive to an app I had no interest in getting.
Universal Monsters Crossovers:
- Draculus: Dracula's 90th anniversary was celebrated in 2021 with a Collaborative toy that significantly retools Titans Return Mindwipe (no longer a Titan Master, but has a nifty cloak).
- Frankentron: Impactor mold heavily retooled into a Frankestein's Monster design.
Jurassic Park Crossovers:
- Tyrannocon Rex (retool of Kingdom Beast Megatron) and JP93 (new mold Ford Explorer). Decent set, but not worth the licensing fee that bumps the MSRP to $105. Worth the $70 I spent on sale, though.
- Dilophocon (spitter) and Autobot JP12 (jeep to sorta-Nedry). Both molds are new this time. A somewhat more reasonable $75 base price. Status: In the queue.
GI Joe Crossovers:
- Megatron/HISS Tank with the Baroness. Status: Own, but not sure I want to review. Reportedly very frustrating to transform, in the "falls apart" sense.
- Bumblebee/AWE Striker with Sgt. Stalker. Status: Own, also not sure I'm going to review it.
- Soundwave Dreadnok Thunder Machine with Zartan and Zarana. Passing on this one.
Tonka Devastator: A G1 Constructicon set in Tonka colors (so, black instead of purple) and new character names. Hard pass from me.
Street Fighter II Crossovers: Technically pre-Collaborative sets, but reissued with Collaborative branding at Target.
- Hot Rodimus (Ken) vs. Arcee (Chun-Li): copied from my Japanese review page.
- Optimus Prime (Ryu) vs. Megatron (M.Bison): Didn't pick up either version of this set.
Volvo VNR Optimus Prime: Optimus Prime turns into a licensed Volvo truck, which oddly was initially released as a gaudy Christmas-themed Optimus Prime, but later came out in normal colors. (Trailer is a redeco of the Earthrise Optimus Prime trailer.) Regular-for-2023 Leader price point of $55, so no onerous licensing tax, although it does say in the instructions that it's part of the Collaborative line, so I put the review here.
Stranger Things Code Red: this has some similarities to the Siege Ironhide mold, but is smaller in vehicle mode and almost Voyager sized in robot mode. Turns into a pizza delivery van from Stranger Things, a property I don't follow, and there's a hefty licensing tax on this one, so I was originally going to pass, then I found it on sale for $35 online, so I gave it a shot. Not the worst Collaborative (Ultimate X-Panse still holds that title), but not even worth Deluxe price.
JAXA Optimus Prime: Optimus Prime turns into a Japanese space agency moon rover, scheduled to ship in mid-2024. This is an irregular size class, closest to Commander, may or may not be Collaborative. I pre-ordered it.