From my relatively limited experience with BotCon and club exclusives, my favourites in no particular order, with some pics...

1) TFCC Chromedome



2) TFCC Barricade




3) Attendee exclusive clear blue Classics Mirage

4) BotCon EUROPE Rook and Tap Out hehe (I know Rook was exclusive to a US show too)



5) Stunticon Animated set - which I don't have

6) G2 Breakdown, I'd absolutely love one of these

7) Animated Cheetor



8) Animated Sideswipe



9) Animated Foxy-Toxy Toxitron



10) Carzap or Serpentor as my buddy Paul Vromen did the artwork for them  

All the best
Maz

 

Banzai-Tron
kick off
thrust (I like the wings more)
Runabout
runamuck
Treadshot
and shit that is about it for me, krok will be on the list once he's out.

 

05 Deathsaurus and Virulent Clones
Sg Rodimus
09 Leozack
Animated Toxitron
Sg Thundercracker
2010 Clench and Pyro
2012 SG Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime, Sg Octopunch, Sg Junkions (i have alot of nostalgia for th 2012 set, its the only botcon i've gone to. Next one in texas again please Pete?)
MW Strika and Obsidian
Pirate Scorponok (seriously, they went above and beyond for this one and it shows)
Alpha Trizer
Thrustinator
Serpent O.R.
Barricade
Animated Jackpot
Rid Scourge
Slipstream
Circuit
Punch/Counterpunch

 

If you like Animated, everything that was part of The Stunticon Job (BotCon 2011, iirc) is well worth your money. The Strika and Obsidian from BotCon 2013 are pretty damn skippy, too.

If money were no object, the BotCon toys I'd go for:

1 - Bug Bite
2 - All the Stunticon Job figures
3 - SG Octopunch
4 - SG Tracks

 

The Animated Stunticons, Alpha Trion, and RiD Scourge.

 

Realized there actually are a couple of FunPub offerings that make the cut with me:

SG Ravage, which I forgot because I associate it with David Willis rather than Botcon.

Sky-Byte, who makes the list simply because he's Sky-Byte.

I hate to acknowledge than FunPub got anything right, but in these cases, even I can't deny it.

 

Animated Stunticon set
Runamuck and Runabout
Dawn of Future Past set- If I could spare a kidney and maybe a liver, I would have these beauties

 

My current favorite is 2013 Thundercracker. I love the mold and didn't own a version of it before the con. It just clicks with me. You can get him cheap right now during the sale. He's like $19 and shipping. I say it a lot but despite not being received well, the Machine Wars set are my most played with Botcon figures of all. the new Apelinq speaks to me too. It homages one of my favorite pre FunPub figures of the few I own and the deco pops for me. My only regret is that the mold isn't better but both modes are enjoyable for me. That and I wish Primal Prime had been a painted figure. I can't paint to save my life and Primal Prime is another favorite of mine from BeastMachines/RID.

 

I won't say they're the best necessarily but off the top of my head here's some of my favorites:

2003 Roulette and Shadow Striker (I know it was OTFCC, but I'll still include them)
2005 Deathsaurus
2006...well pretty much the entire set
2007 Thrust, Dreadwind and Bugbite
2009 Razorclaw
2010 Rapido
2011 SG Thundercracker
2012 Kick-Off and SG Tracks
2014 Devcon

As for the club offerings, Runabout and Runamuck are top notch. Thrustinator last year was a great idea and turned out excellent, and I'm really looking forward to getting Krok this year. Punch/ Counterpunch would be on this list if the head didn't get majorly fucked up.

 

My to get list:
1. Cannonball
2. SG Prime (Classics Prime)
3. SG Megs
4. RID Scourge
5. SG Thundercracker

 

Hmm. Okay. I mostly have what I want of the TFCC figs. Only AM thundercracker, G2 ramjet and bugbite remain to track down.

Of what I've got the top standouts are
- Runabout/Runamuck
- Slipstream
- Deathsarus
- Dreadwind
- double punch

 

They Stunticon set is my absolute favorite Botcon set ever produced. It's probably going to be one of the only mainstays of my display.

Here's a crappy picture of my little Stunticon display.

 

In no particular order
1. Tfcss Scourge, just got mine today!
2. the Rainmakers trio, need
3. Actionmaster Thundercracker, need
4. TFCC Treadshot, I love him and Warpath on my shelf together
5. Shattered Glass Rodimus, need
6. Over-Run, want
7. Runamuck, want
8. G2 Ramjet, want
9. SDCC Knights of Unicron, I know it's not Botcon or TFCC but fuck it, I need it
10. Timelines Ultra Magnus, want