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==Known design work== | ==Known design work== | ||
===''The Transformers''=== | ===''The Transformers''=== | ||
====1991==== | ====1991==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Action Master]] figures'''<ref name = "TFN23 Panel 1">Day 1 panel on Couzens's ''Transformers'' work at TFNation 2023 (pinch hit by David Wallace and [[Chris McFeely]])</ref></u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Bombshell (G1)#ActionMaster|Bombshell]] with [[Needler (G1)#Toys|Needler]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Charger#Toys|Charger]] with [[Fire Beast#Toys|Fire Beast]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Powerflash#Toys|Powerflash]] with [[Road Rocket (G1)#Toyss|Road Rocket]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Sideswipe]] with [[Vanguard#Toys|Vanguard]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Take-Off#Toys|Take-Off]] with [[Screech (Action Master)#Toys|Screech]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Tracks (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Tracks]] with [[Basher#Toys|Basher]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Action Master Elite]]s'''<ref name = "TFN23 Panel 1"/></u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Double Punch#Toys|Double Punch]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Turbo Master#Toys|Turbo Master]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Motorvator]]s'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Flame (Motorvator)#The Transformers|Flame]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Gripper (G1)#The Transformers|Gripper]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Lightspeed (Motorvator)#The Transformers|Lightspeed]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Overlord (G1)#The Transformers|Overlord]]'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Overlord (G1)#The Transformers|Overlord]]}} | |||
|width="30%" valign="top"|[[File:G1-toy DoublePunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1|]] | |||
|} | |||
====1992==== | ====1992==== | ||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Turbomaster]]s'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunder Clash#The Transformers|Thunder Clash]]<ref name = "TFN23 display">Exhibition of "EuroG1" production materials at TFNation 2023 curated in cooperation with Couzens</ref>}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Rotorstorm (G1)#The Transformers|Rotorstorm]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Predator (subgroup)#Toys|Predator]]s'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (G1)#The Transformers|Skyquake]]<ref name = "TFN23 display"/>}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Stalker (G1)#The Transformers|Stalker]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
| | |||
|width="30%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G1Stalker toy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|]] | |||
|} | |||
====1993==== | |||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Aquaspeeder#Toys|Aquaspeeder]]s'''<ref name = "TFN23 display"/></u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Aquafend#Toys|Aquafend]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Deluge (G1)#Toys|Deluge]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetstorm (G1)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Speedstream#Toys|Speedstream]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Stormtrooper (G1)#Toys|Stormtrooper]]s'''<ref name = "TFN23 display"/></u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Aquablast#Toys|Aquablast]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Drench (G1)#Toys|Drench]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Hydradread#Toys|Hydradread]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Rage (G1)#Toys|Rage]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
| | |||
|width="30%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G2-toy Rage.jpg|upright=1|thumb|]] | |||
|} | |||
===''Generation 2''=== | |||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Color Changer#Toys|Color Changer]]s'''<ref name = "TFN23 display"/></u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a2|[[Drench (G2)#Toys|Drench]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a2|[[Gobots#Toys|Gobots]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d2|[[Deluge (G2)#Generation 2|Deluge]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d2|[[Jetstorm (G2)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}} | |||
|width="30%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Drench G2.jpg|upright=1|thumb|]] | |||
|} | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://tfnation.com/guests/andy-couzens Andy Couzens 2022 guest profile] at unofficial UK convention TFNation | *[https://tfnation.com/guests/andy-couzens Andy Couzens 2022 guest profile] at unofficial UK convention TFNation | ||
===Interviews=== | ===Interviews=== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjelB-sEu0 Recording of | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjelB-sEu0 Recording of Couzens's panel at TFNation 2022] at the TF.Spacestation-Online YouTube channel | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Couzens, Andy}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Couzens, Andy}} | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 designers]] | [[Category:Generation 1 designers]] | ||
[[Category:Hasbro designers]] | [[Category:Hasbro designers]] | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 13 August 2023
Andy Couzens is a former Senior Designer and eventually Category Development Head of Boys, Girls Toys and Creative Play for Hasbro Europe. His experience with would become the Hasbro stable of brands began as a designer at Milton Bradley, where he played a significant part in the early development of such pillar brands as Playskool and somewhat less pillar brands such as Robotix. After the 1984 buyout of Milton Bradley by Hasbro, he was responsible for the European presence of a number of Hasbro brands over the course of the 80s and 90s, including G.I. Joe, Action Man, and of course Transformers. Over the course of his tenure with the Transformers brand he oversaw much of the latter years of the European incarnation of the Generation 1 toyline referred to colloquially by fans as "G1.5" or "EuroG1." In particular, he was personally responsible for the "energon figure" concept and the once-obscure fan favorite Wrecker, Rotorstorm.
Known design work
The Transformers
1991
Action Master figures[1]
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Action Master Elites[1] | Motorvators | Overlord |  |
1992
| Turbomasters | Predators |  |
1993
| Aquaspeeders[2] | Stormtroopers[2] |  |
Generation 2
| Color Changers[2] |  |
References
External links
- Andy Couzens 2022 guest profile at unofficial UK convention TFNation
Interviews
- Recording of Couzens's panel at TFNation 2022 at the TF.Spacestation-Online YouTube channel
