Editing Talk:KÅjin ÅŒno

As part of my very occasional articles on Takara designers, I'd like to do one for Ohno here seeing as he's still employed at Tak-Tom. I'm using Zinc-Panic as my source for his design credits, but I'm not sure how to lay them out. Should I put his Diaclone/Microchange era toys under G1 or Diaclone/Microchange? Since, technically (as far as I know), he didn't actually design the Transformers releases for these toys. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:12, 13 June 2009 (EDT)
: Just brainstorming, but I'd say something like:

* Pre-Transformers
** Diaclone
*** Thing one!
*** THing two!
** Microman
*** Thing three!
[[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 10:45, 13 June 2009 (EDT)

::Thanks. Another question: Is Zinc Panic a reliable source? They seem to have a [http://www.zincpanic.com/view_designer.phtml?toys=18936&b=0&e=29&sort=Name&page=1 pretty damn extensive list of toys he's designed], but, without fail, they use Japanese names and release dates, and under Ohno's credits, they credit him with Japanese versions of toys initially released in Hasbro's market, so I have no idea if Ohno designed the Hasbro release or not or just the Japanese redeco/retool. Also, the Japanese-ness of the information gives me the Japanophile alert if it's not actually a site run by english-speaking Japanese dudes. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:05, 13 June 2009 (EDT)

:::That, I can't help you with.  You could ask them where they got that data from, I guess.  The Japanese side of things seems to be more willing to let individual designers sign off on toys, even if there was some group work involved... [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 13:22, 13 June 2009 (EDT)