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'''Andy Couzens''' | '''Andy Couzens''' was 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 ''{{w|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 (franchise)|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 [[The Transformers (European toyline)|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 [[Wreckers|Wrecker]], [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]]. | ||
==Known design work== | ==Known design work== | ||
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==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 | ||
*[https://tfnation.com/blog/mini-con-manchester-24/in-memory-of-andy-couzens Andy Couzens obituary] at unofficial UK convention TFNation | |||
===Interviews=== | ===Interviews=== | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 10 March 2024
Andy Couzens was 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]
|
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
- Andy Couzens obituary at unofficial UK convention TFNation
Interviews
- Recording of Couzens's panel at TFNation 2022 at the TF.Spacestation-Online YouTube channel
