Brian Parrish - Transformers Wiki

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Brian Parrish is a Design Manager for action brands at Hasbro and the most influential Transformers designer you've never heard of. Beginning his career on Batman with Kenner in the mid-1990s, he moved to the his childhood dream of working in the Star Wars division around the time of the company's absorption into Hasbro proper. Somewhere in there he cranked out the 2003 Universe toyline toyline more or less as a favor between Star Wars project before becoming the design lead on the first-of-its-kind Star Wars Transformers crossover line under industry legend Mark Boudreaux. After much soul searching he transferred to the Pre-K department in the 2010s, where being tasked with creating an "Imaginext killer" eventually led to him becoming the creator and design lead for Playskool Heroes and with it, the entire Rescue Bots toyline. He made his triumphant return to action brands around 2018, where he is currently in charge of "kids" (read: non-Generations) lines for the Transformers brand. He has also taken point on the Collaborative line as of 2022 or so.

Known design projects

Universe (2003)

(design lead)

• Depth Charge
• Silverbolt
• Magna Stampede

Star Wars Transformers (2005)

Wave 1 (2005) Darth Vader / TIE Advanced General Grievous / Wheel Bike Luke Skywalker / X-wing Fighter Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (Eta-2)		Wave 2 (2006) Anakin Skywalker / Jedi Starfighter (Eta-2) Boba Fett / Slave I Darth Maul / Sith Infiltrator		Wave 3 Clone Pilot / ARC-170 Starfighter Emperor Palpatine / Imperial Shuttle Jango Fett / Slave I		Wave 4 Clone Pilot / ARC-170 Starfighter (redeco) Darth Vader / Sith Starfighter
Wave 5 (2007) Clone Pilot / Republic Gunship Mace Windu / Jedi Starfighter Saesee Tiin / Jedi Starfighter		Wave 6 Clone Commander Cody / Turbo Tank Luke Skywalker / Snowspeeder		Wave 7 Clone Pilot / Republic Gunship (redeco) Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (Delta-7)		Larger toys Han Solo & Chewbacca / Millennium Falcon Darth Vader / Death Star
"Galactic Showdown" 2-pack (Walmart exclusive) Darth Vader / TIE Advanced & Obi-Wan Kenobi / Jedi Starfighter (Eta-2)

Rescue Bots

(design lead)

Rescan Series

• Blades (jet)

Rise of the Beasts

(design lead)

EarthSpark

(design lead)

Generations

Collaborative

(design lead)

Jurrasic Park Dilophocon / Autobot JP12 (2023)		Universal Monsters Frankentron (2023)		G.I. Joe Bumblebee A.W.E. Striker with Sgt. Stalker (2023) Soundwave Dreadnok Thunder Machine with Zartan and Zarana (and Ravage) (2024) Autobot Kup Triple "T" (with Sgt. Slaughter and Leatherneck) (2024)		Tonka Tonkanator gift set (2022), includes: Autobot Mega Dozer Power Digger Motor Load Autobot Skyhook Mega Hauler Motormix
Stranger Things Code Red (2023)		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Wallop (2024)		Knight Rider Agent Knight (2024)		Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Mandalorian / N-1 Starfighter (2025)
Sonic the Hedgehog Wingtail & Blue Booster (2025)

One

(design lead)

Trivia

• Parrish has markedly fewer samples of his work to show off because he has a habit of re-homing them with local children. Dawww!^[1]
• His original pitch prototype for the Crossovers Star Wars line was an Iguanus frankensteined with a Mission Fleet TIE Advanced Fighter.^[1]

External links

• Brian Parrish at LinkedIn
• Aaron Archer Instagram post indicating Parrish's involvement in Universe

Interviews

• December 9, 2024 Interview with Parish on the "Triple Takeover" podcast

References