Editing Don Figueroa

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[[Image:Don figueroa.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The DON, artist, designer and a career batting average of 99.94]]
'''Don Allan Figueroa''' is a Filipino-American artist and a toy designer.  In his early years in comics, he was the writer and artist of the fan-comic series "Macromasters," featuring his original Transformers designs, of which he also built large transformable, scratch-built toys.  

When [[Dreamwave Productions]] received the ''Transformers'' comic book license, Figueroa was initially signed on to illustrate packaging art for the ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toy line.  He went on to pencil ''[[The War Within]]'' miniseries, for which he designed a pre-Earth mode for every single character that appeared in the series (with the exception of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], whose design was done by [[Pat Lee]]).  [[Aaron Archer]] took notice of his talents, and [[Hasbro]] hired Figueroa to help design toys for them, most notably the [[Titanium Series|Titanium]] and [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] series.  Since then, he has also contributed art to [[IDW Publishing]]'s new range of Transformers comics.

Eventually Don became burnt out on ''Transformers'' and left the franchise as his primary creative work, and was said to be taking an indefinite break.  

Everyone still loves him, though, which may be why he returned to illustrate the ''[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]'' comic.  He also illustrated [[Defiance issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Defiance]]'' and provided a cover for [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper]].

Don also still creates [http://robotjapan.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=fancustom&action=display&thread=12538 amazing gigantic scratch-built transforming robot toys] in his spare time.

==Comic book art==
===Dreamwave===
[[Image:DW 20th Anniversary Lithograph image.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Let's hope he got paid for this one!]]
* ''[[The War Within]]'' [[The War Within issue 1|#1]], [[The War Within issue 2|#2]], [[The War Within issue 3|#3]], [[The War Within issue 4|#4]], [[The War Within issue 5|#5]], [[The War Within issue 6|#6]]
* ''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]'' [[Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4|#14]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4|#15]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4|#16]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|#17]]
* [[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|''Generation One'' ongoing]] [[Generation One issue 0|#0]], [[Night of the Combaticons|#1]], [[Black Sunshine|#2]], [[Skyfire (issue)|#3]], [[The Omega Effect|#4]], [[Original Sin|#5]], [[Atonement|#6]], [[Infestation|#7]], [[Extermination|#8]], [[Lost and Found (issue)|#9]], [[The Route of All Evil|#10]]
* [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|''Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye'' Profile books]] (select pages)
* [[More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|''Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye'' Profile books]] (select pages)
* [[20th Anniversary Lithograph]]

===IDW Publishing===
* ''[[The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 1|#1]], [[The Gathering issue 2|#2]], [[The Gathering issue 3|#3]], [[The Gathering issue 4|#4]] 
* ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]], [[Stormbringer issue 2|#2]], [[Stormbringer issue 3|#3]], [[Stormbringer issue 4|#4]] 
* ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' [[The Gathering Storm|#1]], [[To the Death—and Beyond!|#2]], [[Terror on Two Worlds!|#3]], [[Matrix Quest!|#4]]
* ''[[Movie Prequel (2007)|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|#1]], [[Movie Prequel issue 2|#2]], [[Movie Prequel issue 3|#3]], [[Movie Prequel issue 4|#4]]
* ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]''
* ''[[The Ascending]]'' [[The Ascending issue 1|#1]], [[The Ascending issue 2|#2]], [[The Ascending issue 3|#3]]
* [[Beast Wars Sourcebook|''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 1]] (cover and select pages)
* ''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 2 (cover and select pages)
* ''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 3 (cover and [[Optimus Primal]])
* ''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 4 ([[Torca]])
* ''[[Defiance|Transformers: Defiance]]'' [[Defiance issue 3|#3]]
* ''[[Spotlight: Cliffjumper]]'' (alternate cover)
* ''[[All Hail Megatron #13]]
* The new ongoing series of Transformers.

===Titan Magazines===
* [[Transformers Comic issue 4|''Transformers Comic'' #4]]

===Fun Publications===
* ''[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]''

==DVD cover art==
===Madman Entertainment===
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (2003 Australian DVD release)

===Sony Wonder===
* ''The Transformers: The Movie'' 20th Anniversary Edition DVD

===Shout! Factory===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Shout! Factory (US, 2009)|The Transformers - The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition]] 

==Transformers packaging art==
===''Armada''===
* [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]
* [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]]
* [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]]
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Powerlinx Hot Shot]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]]
* [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]]
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
* [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]
* [[Unicron]]
* [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]

===''Energon''===
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]

===Timelines===
* "[[Games of Deception]]"

===Universe (2008)===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] Special Edition (heavily reworked by an unknown artist from an existing piece of stock ''Generation 1/Universe'' art)

==Merchandise packaging art==
===Kinnerton===
* [[Kinnerton|2008 Transformers Christmas Advent Calendar]]

==Toys Don is known to have had a hand in designing==
===Titanium===
* [[Titanium Series|All 6" Titanium figures]] 

{{note|Hasbro-Galoob's adherence to his concept designs varied '''''wildy'''''.}}
===Classics===
* [[Astrotrain (G1)#Classics (2006)|Astrotrain]] (with [[Takashi Kunihiro]]) 
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Optimus Prime]] - Voyager class (with [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Alex Kubalsky]] the latter of whom designed the transforming smokestack gun, which was not a part of Don's design) 
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Rodimus]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Starscream]] (with [[Shogo Hasui]]) 

{{note|Despite popular opinion to the contrary, Don did not actually design ''Classics'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. According to him, he had seen the design some time before the public did, and decided to use it in IDW Publishing's ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'' mini-series.}}

===Universe (2008)===
* [[Cyclonus (G1)#Universe (2008)|Cyclonus]] with [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] (with [[Bill Rawley]] and Takashi Kunihiro)

==Notes==
[[Image:DonJoeTFConcepts.jpg|right|300px|thumb|We suffer from a depressing series of rejections!]]
* Don came up with his own ''Transformers''/''[[G.I. Joe]]'' story pitch back when the [[Transformers/G.I. Joe|original Dreamwave ''G.I. Joe'' crossover]] was in production. Dreamwave did not approve this pitch, instead going with ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]''. After Dreamwave's bankruptcy—when Don was under contract with [[Devil's Due Press]]—he tried pitching his story again, including designs for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as the Rolling Thunder and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as [[Destro]]'s Dominator; Devil's Due instead opted to continue their own crossover universe. Don was subsequently assigned to pencil the third Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe/Transformers'' crossover, at the time a [[Cobra-La]]-centric story; however, Hasbro then told them that Cobra La could not be used. Don tried submitting his pitch again to fill the apparent story-void, but it was once more rejected... and then on top of that, Devil's Due was told that they could not publish another ''Transformers'' crossover until 2006. Don would leave for [[IDW Publishing]] not too long afterward.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=13 Don Figueroa interview at Seibertron.com]</ref>

* According to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], the surname of [[Jorge Figueroa]] refers to both a friend of the writer and Don Figueroa.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=361118&postcount=4280 Orci at the Transformers Movie boards]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=159034 Interview with Don Figueroa at TFW2005.com]

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