{"id":14634,"date":"2008-01-06T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T23:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=14634"},"modified":"2024-08-18T18:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T22:48:29","slug":"say-you-look-familiar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/say-you-look-familiar\/","title":{"rendered":"Say, you look familiar"},"content":{"rendered":"

In yesterday's episode of the new Transformers Animated<\/i> series, the Autobots ran into their first human opponent, the Robin Hood-esque villain Angry Archer. Well, his outfit and m.o. were based on Robin Hood - his face was based on Aaron Archer:<\/p>\n


\nArcher vs. Archer - it's like Kramer vs. Kramer<\/i>, but different.<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

Aaron Archer is Hasbro's design director for the Transformers, having worked his way up through the ranks starting way back with Beast Wars<\/i>. Basically that means he oversees the design of the characters (and, by extension, the toys) and has a hand in the development of the tie-in shows. He's pretty much The Man when it comes to Transformers, so giving him a little nod in the cartoon is nice. It'd be like putting a character called \"Jealous Falcon\" in a Spider-Man cartoon or having Superman nab \"the Brewer.\"<\/p>\n

So take some other toy company heads - how would you put them into the entertainment properties they represent?<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>