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Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby Va'al » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:19 am

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Via the Instagram account of Aaron Archer, we have learned of the retirement of one of the foundations of the Transformers lines, along with the Micro-Robots in Micronauts, and the designs for G1 Optimus Prime, Ravage, Scourge, Perceptor - plus the contact between Hasbro and Takara Tomy in their early days: Hideaki Yoke.

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This is Yoke san. Tonight I was privileged to celebrate his retirement from Takara/Tomy. Yoke san is TRANSFORMERS! Yoke san helped design G1 Optimus Prime, Perceptor, Scourge and others, He shepherded the Transformers partnership between Takara/Tomy and Hasbro since 1983. He was there for every toy product and every piece of media since the beginning.


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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby Decepticon Stryker » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:22 am

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Enjoy your retirement Yoke san. You deserve it.
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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby fenrir72 » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:16 am

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Another engineering GOD rests! :BOWDOWN:

More on Yoke san

http://www.camphortree.net/tf/tidbits/botcon2005.txt

Metroplex, the datsun guys and what would become Optimus was his work (and Shoji Kawamori) because the original guy assigned to him couldn't meet the deadline or something.
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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby ScottyP » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:35 am

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Here's to a long, happy, and healthy retirement for him. May your wires never cross and your luster never dull!
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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby It Is Him » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:59 am

Happy retirement to yoke-san!

Also, what is archer up to these days?
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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby Sabrblade » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:25 am

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For a second, I was afraid that this news was gonna say that he has passed away. So relieved that that isn't the case.

It Is Him wrote:Also, what is archer up to these days?
Avoiding barbershops, from the looks of him. :P
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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby Microraptor » Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:25 am

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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

Postby vwpbl » Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:45 am

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Holy crap he's a Decepticon!
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