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'''Ben "Bmac" MacCrae''' is an Associate Brand Manager of Global Brand Development & Marketing on the ''Transformers'' brand at [[Hasbro]]. He is in charge of exclusives for the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] franchise. He previously worked on the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' team.
'''Ben "Bmac" MacCrae''' is an Associate Brand Manager of Global Brand Development & Marketing on the ''Transformers'' brand at [[Hasbro]]. He is in charge of exclusives for the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] franchise. He previously worked at a contractor running ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' events before later taking an internship on the franchise team for ''Transformers''. He was then eventually brought onto the product team during then-Associate Brand Manager [[Rachel Fleming]]'s maternity leave.


==Known marketing projects==
==Known marketing projects==
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===Transformers Collaborative===
===Transformers Collaborative===
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]] / [[JP93]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Collaborative|Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank]] and [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Collaborative|Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank]] and [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generations toys#Collaborative|Bumblebee A.W.E. Striker]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe#Collaborative|Sgt. Stalker]]


===Holiday===
===Holiday===
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Holiday|Holiday Optimus Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Holiday|Holiday Optimus Prime]]
{{creatorstub|More specific project credits from livestreams, conventions, instagram, etc etc etc}}
{{creatorstub|More specific project credits from livestreams, conventions, instagram, etc etc etc}}
==Other known projects==
===Robosen Collector's Edition===
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robosen Collector's Edition|Optimus Prime Auto Converting Robot]] (Cataloguing the voice lines recorded by [[Peter Cullen]].)<ref>[[May 22]], [[2023]] [https://youtu.be/Sfimkf3el8Q?t=930 Interview] with the "Adventures in Collecting" podcast.</ref>


==Convention appearances==
==Convention appearances==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*MacCrae was a [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|''G.I. Joe'']] {{w|Playtest|playtester}} as a child.
*MacCrae was a [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|''G.I. Joe'']] {{w|Playtest|playtester}} as a child. He still owns multiple prototype toys from this time in his life, some of which were never actually released.
*BMac's favorite character is [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]. He fights for him at every meeting to plan out the year's assortment and swears he'll do so until the day he leaves the brand.<ref>[[February 8]], [[2023]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voS6WZ-PT2E Interview] along with [[Delaney Norris]], [[Mark Maher]], and Evan Brooks on the "Mr. Alan SuperShow" YouTube channel</ref>
*BMac's favorite character is [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]. He fights for him at every meeting to plan out the year's assortment and swears he'll do so until the day he leaves the brand.<ref>[[February 8]], [[2023]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voS6WZ-PT2E Interview] along with [[Delaney Norris]], [[Mark Maher]], and Evan Brooks on the "Mr. Alan SuperShow" YouTube channel</ref>



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Ben "Bmac" MacCrae is an Associate Brand Manager of Global Brand Development & Marketing on the Transformers brand at Hasbro. He is in charge of exclusives for the Generations franchise. He previously worked at a contractor running Magic: The Gathering events before later taking an internship on the franchise team for Transformers. He was then eventually brought onto the product team during then-Associate Brand Manager Rachel Fleming's maternity leave.

Known marketing projects

HasLab

Transformers Collaborative

Holiday



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Other known projects

Robosen Collector's Edition

Convention appearances

Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances

Trivia

  • MacCrae was a G.I. Joe playtester as a child. He still owns multiple prototype toys from this time in his life, some of which were never actually released.
  • BMac's favorite character is Seaspray. He fights for him at every meeting to plan out the year's assortment and swears he'll do so until the day he leaves the brand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ May 22, 2023 Interview with the "Adventures in Collecting" podcast.
  2. ↑ February 8, 2023 Interview along with Delaney Norris, Mark Maher, and Evan Brooks on the "Mr. Alan SuperShow" YouTube channel

Interviews