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[[Image:Aaron-archer-botcon2005.jpg|thumb|right|Aaron draws a portrain of Batman for fans at BotCon 2005.]]'''Aaron Archer''' is a designer for the Transformers brand at [[Hasbro]]. He first worked on lines such as Batman and Jurassic Park before being moved to Transformers during the [[Transmetal II]] phase of ''[[Beast Wars]]''. There, he designed toys like Transmetal II [[Cheetor_(BW)|Cheetor]], [[Iguanus_(BW)|Iguanus]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. With the advent of ''[[Armada]]'', a toyline that (in theory) had [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] fully co-operating, Aaron was promoted to a higher position in the Transformers brand, where he remains through ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.
[[Image:Aaron-archer-botcon2005.jpg|thumb|right|Aaron draws a portrain of Batman for fans at BotCon 2005.]]'''Aaron Archer''' is a designer for the Transformers brand at [[Hasbro]].
 
He first worked on lines such as Batman and Jurassic Park before being moved to Transformers during the [[Transmetal II]] phase of ''[[Beast Wars]]''. There, he designed toys like the Transmetal II incarnations of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].
 
In the year 2000 Aaron was promoted to lead designer on the Transformers brand, where he played a large role in the planning of ''[[Armada]]'', which was released in 2002.  He played a similar role in the development of ''[[Energon]]'' and ''[[Cybertron]]'', as well as ''[[Alternators]]''.  As well as designing characters and planning out the toylines, Aaron also wrote the story concepts for all three [[Unicron Trilogy]] lines that were eventually made manifest in the lines' cartoon series.  In the middle of all of this, in 2004, he was further promoted to design director.
 
Aaron is relatively well-known in the fandom, partially because he spent several months posting to the boards at [http://www.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005] under the name "Orson", a name by which fans sometimes still refer to him.


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Aaron draws a portrain of Batman for fans at BotCon 2005.

Aaron Archer is a designer for the Transformers brand at Hasbro.

He first worked on lines such as Batman and Jurassic Park before being moved to Transformers during the Transmetal II phase of Beast Wars. There, he designed toys like the Transmetal II incarnations of Cheetor, Iguanus, Dinobot and Megatron.

In the year 2000 Aaron was promoted to lead designer on the Transformers brand, where he played a large role in the planning of Armada, which was released in 2002. He played a similar role in the development of Energon and Cybertron, as well as Alternators. As well as designing characters and planning out the toylines, Aaron also wrote the story concepts for all three Unicron Trilogy lines that were eventually made manifest in the lines' cartoon series. In the middle of all of this, in 2004, he was further promoted to design director.

Aaron is relatively well-known in the fandom, partially because he spent several months posting to the boards at TFW2005 under the name "Orson", a name by which fans sometimes still refer to him.