Takara Tomy Seminal Designer Hideaki Yoke Retires
Thursday, March 30th, 2017 1:19AM CDT
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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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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on March 30th, 2017 @ 2:22am CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on March 30th, 2017 @ 4:16am CDT
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.
Posted by ScottyP on March 30th, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT
Posted by It Is Him on March 30th, 2017 @ 8:59am CDT
Also, what is archer up to these days?
Posted by Sabrblade on March 30th, 2017 @ 9:25am CDT
Avoiding barbershops, from the looks of him.It Is Him wrote:Also, what is archer up to these days?
Posted by Microraptor on March 30th, 2017 @ 12:25pm CDT