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Vickie Stratford

2015-10-08T14:42:21Z

MaHaBone:

[[Image:VickieStratford.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Vickie Stratford as manager of a BotCon 2007 tourbus.]]
'''Vickie Stratford''' is the former Sr. Design Project Manager for the ''Transformers'' brand at [[Hasbro]], and has since been elevated to design director for Hasbro's <strike>''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''</strike> [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] brand team. She has overseen projects like the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Bumper Battlers]] and PowerBots Cyber Speed [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Before joining the ''Transformers'' brand, Vickie had worked on the ''[[Spider-Man]] 3'' toyline, developing the Sandman "sand compound" and [[Venom (Crossovers)|Venom]] symbiote ooze.

She decided she wanted to work in the toy industry permanently when, as an intern, she realized she was being paid to sit around and come up with ''[[My Little Pony]]'' names.

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2007]]
* [[BotCon 2008]]
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==Notes==
* Vickie totally wants to dance with [[User:Poweredconvoy|you]] and your friends at Botcon 2007's Dinner Party.
* Since leaving the Transformers brand team, Vickie apparently succumbed to the Dark Side of the [[Force]] and now goes by Darth Victorious. Whether she still uses that on the Marvel team, we dunno.
* Never ever ever enter into any game of chance with Vickie Stratford. She is a trained and talented Carnie, spending years as a professional barker on the midwest carnival circuit. Vickie is Vice Chair of the American Carnie Anti-Defamation Association of America (ACAAA).
* Vickie is an avid cryptozoologist, and has a diverse collection of rare and unusual fossils and leavings. She once attempted to smuggle a petrified Yeti foot out of Tibet, but was relieved of the relic at gunpoint by her longtime nemesis Dr. Numsay Challalaballa.
*Vickie has a brief cameo as a centaur in the film ''The Great Franklin Mint Caper''.
*If you should ever encounter an angry Vickie Stratford, distract her with quotes from the Ben Stiller film ''Zoolander''.

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Vickie Stratford

2015-10-08T14:41:58Z

MaHaBone:

[[Image:VickieStratford.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Vickie Stratford as manager of a BotCon 2007 tourbus.]]
'''Vickie Stratford''' is the former Sr. Design Project Manager for the ''Transformers'' brand at [[Hasbro]], and has since been elevated to design director for Hasbro's <strike>''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''</strike> [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] brand team. She has overseen projects like the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Bumper Battlers]] and PowerBots Cyber Speed [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Before joining the ''Transformers'' brand, Vickie had worked on the ''[[Spider-Man]] 3'' toyline, developing the Sandman "sand compound" and [[Venom (Crossovers)|Venom]] symbiote ooze.

She decided she wanted to work in the toy industry permanently when, as an intern, she realized she was being paid to sit around and come up with ''[[My Little Pony]]'' names.

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2007]]
* [[BotCon 2008]]
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==Notes==
* Vickie totally wants to dance with [[User:Poweredconvoy|you]] and your friends at Botcon 2007's Dinner Party.
* Since leaving the Transformers brand team, Vickie apparently succumbed to the Dark Side of the [[Force]] and now goes by Darth Victorious. Whether she still uses that on the Marvel team, we dunno.
* Never ever ever enter into any game of chance with Vickie Stratford. She is a trained and talented Carnie, spending years as a professional barker on the midwest carnival circuit. Vickie is Vice Chair of the American Carnie Anti-Defamation Association of America (ACAAA).
* Vickie is an avid cryptozoologist, and has a diverse collection of rare and unusual fossils and leavings. She once attempted to smuggle a petrified Yeti foot out of Tibet, but was relieved of the relic at gunpoint by her longtime nemesis Dr. Numsay Challalaballa.
*Vickie has a brief cameo as a centaur in the film "The Great Franklin Mint Caper".
*If you should ever encounter an angry Vickie Stratford, distract her with quotes from the Ben Stiller film ''Zoolander''.

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Ed Masiello

2015-08-20T16:05:48Z

MaHaBone:

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[[File:HasbroEdMasiello.jpg|thumb|right|250px|You're gonna want to stand a little further away from Optimus while wearing that shirt, Ed.]]
'''Edward "Ed" Masiello II''' is a Senior Product Design Manager on the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' franchise at [[Hasbro]]. In addition to working on ''[[Kre-O]]'' and ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)|Angry Birds Transformers]]'' product in the past, he is now the design lead on ''[[Transformers: Generations]]''.

Ed received an artificial heart after he saved the CEO of Pepsi from an errant javelin during the second Cola Wars. Since then he has been teaching himself to love again.

In his spare time, Ed enjoys writing family-friendly fan fiction set in the "All in the Family" universe.

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==Toys Ed had a hand in designing==
===Kre-O===
====Micro-Changers====
[[File:KreO-Toy SingeKreon.jpg|thumb|]]
[[File:KreO-Toy AcidWingKreon.jpg|thumb|]]
[[File:KreO-Toy DemolishorKreon.jpg|thumb|]]
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'''Preview Series'''
:* [[Crankstart (Kre-O)|Crankstart]]
:* [[Galvatron (Kre-O)|Galvatron]]
:* [[Scorponok (Kre-O)|Scorponok]]
:* [[Spinister (Kre-O)|Spinister]]
:* [[Sunstorm (Kre-O)|Sunstorm]]
:* [[Waspinator (Kre-O)|Waspinator]]

'''Collection 1'''
:* [[Airachnid (Kre-O)|Airachnid]]
:* [[Blast Off (Kre-O)|Blast Off]]
:* [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Decepticon Bludgeon]]
:* [[Dirge (Kre-O)|Dirge]]
:* [[Hook (Kre-O)|Decepticon Hook]]
:* [[Inferno (Kre-O)|Inferno]]
:* [[Insecticon (Kre-O)|Insecticon]]
:* [[Quickslinger (Kre-O)|Quickslinger]]
:* [[Rampage (Kre-O)|Decepticon Rampage]]
:* [[Singe (Kre-O)|Singe]]
:* [[Springer (Kre-O)|Autobot Springer]]
:* [[Warpath (Kre-O)|Warpath]]

'''Collection 2'''
:* [[Acid Wing]]
:* [[Arcee (Kre-O)|Arcee]]
:* [[Blight (Kre-O)|Blight]]
:* [[Bulkhead (Kre-O)|Bulkhead]]
:* [[Groove (Kre-O)|Autobot Groove]]
:* [[Hardshell (Kre-O)|Hardshell]]
:* [[Hoist (Kre-O)|Hoist]]
:* [[Lugnut (Kre-O)|Lugnut]]
:* [[Perceptor (Kre-O)|Perceptor]]
:* [[Powerglide (Kre-O)|Powerglide]]
:* [[Scourge (Kre-O)|Scourge]]
:* [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]]

'''Collection 3'''
:* [[Beachcomber (Kre-O)|Beachcomber]]
:* [[Cheetor (Kre-O)|Cheetor]]
:* [[Guzzle (Kre-O)|Guzzle]]
:* [[Huffer (Kre-O)|Huffer]]
:* [[Kickback (Kre-O)|Kickback]]
:* [[Long Haul (Kre-O)|Long Haul]]
:* [[Nemesis Prime (Kre-O)|Nemesis Prime]]
:* [[Nosecone (Kre-O)|Nosecone]]
:* [[Ramjet (Kre-O)|Ramjet]]
:* [[Seawing (Kre-O)|Seawing]]
:* [[Sharkticon (Kre-O)|Sharkticon]]
:* [[Thrust (Kre-O)|Thrust]]

'''Collection 4'''
:* [[Alpha Trion (Kre-O)|Alpha Trion]]
:* [[Barrage (Kre-O)|Barrage]]
:* [[Brawn (Kre-O)|Brawn]]
:* [[Brake-Neck (Kre-O)|Brake-Neck]]
:* [[Cyclonus (Kre-O)|Cyclonus]]
:* [[Demolishor (Kre-O)|Demolishor]]
:* [[Iceberg (Kre-O)|Iceberg]]
:* [[Kup (Kre-O)|Autobot Kup]]
:* [[Rhinox (Kre-O)|Rhinox]]
:* [[Rodimus (Kre-O)|Rodimus]]
:* [[Sandstorm (Kre-O)|Sandstorm]]
:* [[Slipstrike]]
}}
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====Micro-Changers Combiners====
[[File:KreO-toy KreonMCCombWave1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Combiner-y goodness!]]
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Wave 1
:*'''[[Bruticus (Kre-O)|Decepticon Bruticus]]''' ([[Brawl (Kre-O)|Brawl]], [[Onslaught (Kre-O)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (Kre-O)|Swindle]], [[Vortex (Kre-O)|Vortex]])
:*'''[[Devastator (Kre-O)|Constructicon Devastator]]''' ([[Bonecrusher (Kre-O)|Bonecrusher]], [[Mixmaster (Kre-O)|Mixmaster]], [[Scavenger (Kre-O)|Scavenger]], [[Scrapper (Kre-O)|Scrapper]])
:*'''[[Predaking (Kre-O Decepticon)|Predaking]]''' ([[Divebomb (Kre-O)|Divebomb]], [[Headlock]], [[Razorclaw (Kre-O)|Razorclaw]], [[Torox]])
:*'''[[Superion (Kre-O)|Superion]]''' ([[Air Raid (Kre-O)|Air Raid]], [[Firestrike (Kre-O)|Firestrike]], [[Silverbolt (Kre-O)|Silverbolt]], [[Skydive (Kre-O)|Skydive]])
Wave 2
:*'''[[Abominus (Kre-O)|Abominus]]''' ([[Hun-Gurrr (Kre-O)|Hun-Gurrr]], [[Rippersnapper (Kre-O)|Rippersnapper]], [[Sinnertwin (Kre-O)|Sinnertwin]], [[Windrazor (Kre-O)|Windrazor]])
:*[[Defensor (Kre-O)|Defensor]] ([[Blades (Kre-O)|Blades]], [[First Aid (Kre-O)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (Kre-O)|Hot Spot]], [[Streetsmart]])
:*'''[[Piranacon (Kre-O)|Decepticon Piranacon]]''' ([[Nautilator (Kre-O)|Nautilator]], [[Overbite (Kre-O)|Overbite]], [[Snaptrap (Kre-O)|Snaptrap]], [[Tentakil (Kre-O)|Tentakil]])
Wave 3
:*'''[[Computron (Kre-O)|Computron]]''' ([[Afterburst]], [[Lightstorm]], [[Scattershot (Kre-O Computron)|Scattershot]], [[Strafe (Kre-O Computron)|Strafe]])
:*'''[[Menasor (Kre-O)|Menasor]]''' ([[Breakdown (Kre-O)|Decepticon Breakdown]], [[Dead End (Kre-O)|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (Kre-O)|Decepticon Drag Strip]], [[Motorbreath (Kre-O)|Motorbreath]])
}}

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===Angry Birds Transformers===
:''See [[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)]]''

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==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2015]]

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==Notes==
* Ed entered the toy industry as a model artist at the [[wikipedia:Tonner Doll Company|Tonner Doll Company]], specializing in fine detail paint-work such as eyes and faces.
* After Tonner, Ed became a product designer at Fisher-Price, where he developed (and [https://www.google.com/patents/US6547629 co-patented]) the ''Wild Adventures'' line of educational animal toys. For this project, he also worked with the Smithsonian to create educational content for the ''Wild Adventures'' "Smithsonian Talking Fact Cards".
* Leaving Fisher-Price for Hasbro in 2001, Ed worked as a Senior Product Designer on a variety of licensed Pixar (''The Incredibles'', ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'') and Disney (''The Chronicles of Narnia'' and ''Wild Racers'') products. Later, as a Product Design Manager, he oversaw such lines as ''Sesame Street'', ''Blocksters'', ''[[Spider-Man]] & Friends'', ''Play-Doh'', ''Sid the Science Kid'', and ''The WotWots''.
* From 2011 to 2014, Ed served as the Senior Product Design Manager on ''[[Kre-O]]'', leading both the product design team responsible for design/story and the build team that created physical samples. Among other items, he spearheaded the creation of the blind-bag [[Micro-Changer]]s and the Micro-Changer Combiners.
* As the Senior Product Design Manager for Hasbro's ''Telepods'', he developed ''Angry Birds Star Wars'', ''Angry Birds Stella,'' and ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)|Angry Birds Transformers]]'' products that interact with game apps through the use of a micro code and a mobile device's camera.
* Ed keeps his original childhood [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] on his desk, who watches over him vigilantly as he works. However, he says his favorite character is actually [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. Good thing Primes don't get jealous!

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Chris Hicks

2013-05-15T14:15:07Z

MaHaBone:

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[[Image:Chris Hicks.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Senior Designer Chris Hicks.]]
'''Christopher "Chris" Hicks''' was a Senior Designer on [[Hasbro]]'s Transformers brand. He graduated from Hoboken Polytechnical Institute and proceeded to work in comics and freelance design. Chris had freelanced for Hasbro for 6 years prior to the start of his epic career. Chris has worked on many Boy's Toys brands such as ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', ''[[Mighty Muggs]]'', and his all time favorite...''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]''. When Chris was told he was joining the Transformers Design team, he literally pulled his shirt off and threw it across the room in a fit of ecstasy! Thank the Allspark he was wearing another shirt underneath.

Being relatively new to the Transformers Design team but not to design, Chris has quickly picked up the work load and is doing a great job designing product for ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and beyond.

Chris enjoys anime, his favorite being ''Sailor Moon''. Chris will often cosplay as his favorite Sailor Moon characters at various conventions. He refuses to shave his trademark facial hair, resulting in some less than accurate renditions of his beloved character costumes.

Chris has been known to sing 80s cartoon theme songs throughout the day in his office to the delight of his neighboring designers. His competitive nature can sometimes get him into trouble at the local dance-off competitions. He fancies himself a bit of an expert at hip hop/breakdancing. His anger can be intimidating but no matter how angry he gets, a simple chocolate bar can easily calm him down.

Chris Hicks was last seen in March, 2013, fleeing the premises of Hasbro, Inc. Eye witness accounts report he was drinking straight from a bottle of Sriracha hot sauce.

If you see Chris Hicks, do NOT approach him. He might pinch you.

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2012]]

==Notes==
* If you see Chris at [[BotCon]], he prefers to be called Sir-Hicks. He also appreciates it if you bring him Hot Pockets, as work at the con is very long and hard to step out to get food. He loves them!!!
* Chris finished his college career three credits shy of a minor in pillow texture design and aerodynamics.

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