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Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

by Va'al » Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:19 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"

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.

Find out more below!

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.

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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

Motto: "Peace through Tyranny, Tyranny through Strength, Strength through Stealth"

Weapon: Null-Ray Rifle

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Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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

Motto: "Power to the strong and the right!"

Weapon: Plasma Cannon

Another engineering GOD rests!

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.

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

by ScottyP » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:35 am

Weapon: Battle Blades

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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

Come join us at THE PUPPY THREAD

BeastProwl wrote:What the **** is wrong with you?

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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

Motto: "Can't do a job halfway. What's worth doing is worth doing well, I say."

Weapon: Saber Blade

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.

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

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

Motto: "Don't bother praying, I'll kill your god too."

Weapon: Railgun

Re: Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires

by vwpbl » Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:45 am

Motto: "My mind rots in the black house of crooked angles."