AJ Piejko-Brown

This article is about the real-life Hasbro engineer. For the GoBot's human ally, see A.J. Foster.

I'll betcha didn't know they carve the boxes out of the Stock Photography Void.

AJ Piejko-Brown is a former packaging engineer on the Transformers franchise at Hasbro. He was responsible for nearly all Generations packaging from War for Cybertron: Siege up through the subtitle-less first year of Legacy.

Known design work

BotBots

Series 1

• Unilla Icequeencone
• Laceface
• Kidd Klobber
• Poo Sham
• Sticky McGee
• Skillz Punk
• Nail Byter

Generations

• Generations Selects

Retro Headmasters

• Hardhead

Shattered Glass Collection

• Starscream

War for Cybertron: Siege

• Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-Pack
• Fan Vote Battle 3-Pack
  • Impactor, Holo Mirage and Powerdasher Aragon

All mainline packaging

• Hound
• Optimus Prime

War for Cybertron Trilogy

• Quintesson Pit of Judgement 5-pack
  • Quintesson Judge, Quintesson Prosecutor, Quintesson Bailiff, Sharkticon, & Kranix
• WFC-GS10 Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit
  • Decepticon Wingthing, Decepticon Frenzy, Decepticon Skar & Autobot/Decepticon Knok

Leader Class Spoiler Packs

• Ultra Magnus with Battlefield Rung
• Nemesis Prime with Giza and Fangtron
• Megatron with Fossilizer Skelivore

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

Battle Across Time Collection

• Autobot Mirage & Maximal Grimlock
• Sideswipe & Maximal Skywarp

Collaborative

• MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition
• Maverick
• Tyrannocon Rex & Autobot JP93
• Draculus

Generations Selects

• Tricranius Beast Power

HasLab

• Unicron

Legacy

Most 2022 product

• Galvatron

Hasbro Pulse web content appearances

• HasLab Unicron Production Update #3 including packaging walkthrough with Piejko-Brown
• HasLab Unicron Production Update #4 including packaging durability testing (read: fun with drop tests) with Piejko-Brown and RIT co-op Aurora Kraus.
• Behind-The-Design: Transformers Quintesson Pit of Judgement Exclusive Pack - interview on the Quintesson Pit of Judgement box set with Mario Carreiro for Hasbro Pulse Unboxed

External links

• Piejko-Brown's personal website
• AJ Piejko-Brown on LinkedIn
• His reddit account, with insights on packaging development.