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'''Motoki Takaya''' (高谷元基 ''Takaya Motoki'') is a toy designer at [[TakaraTomy]] with a long history of orbiting ''around'' the ''Transformers'' brand. Coming on to Takara in the [[1988]], he cut his teeth on the headlining [[Powered Master]]s of [[1990]]'s ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Transformers: Zone|Transformers: Zone]]'' during his brief stint with the ''Transformers'' brand proper. From there, he worked on the {{w|Gridman the Hyper Agent|original incarnation}} of the popular ''Gridman'' franchise, the [[1999]] ''Micro Millenium'' relaunch of the mother of all [[pre-Transformer]] toylines ''[[Microman]]'', the [[2012]] ''Beast Saga'' reboot of one-time Generation 1 spinoff ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'', and finally landed the gig for which he is best known among shape-morphing toy robot fans today: The lead designer of the fantastically successful (and fantastically expensive) [[2016]] revival of the pre-Transformer franchise ''[[Diaclone]]''. | '''Motoki Takaya''' (高谷元基 ''Takaya Motoki'') is a toy designer at [[TakaraTomy]] with a long history of orbiting ''around'' the ''Transformers'' brand. Coming on to Takara in the [[1988]], he cut his teeth on the headlining [[Powered Master]]s of [[1990]]'s ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Transformers: Zone|Transformers: Zone]]'' during his brief stint with the ''Transformers'' brand proper. From there, he worked on the {{w|Gridman the Hyper Agent|original incarnation}} of the popular ''Gridman'' franchise, the [[1999]] ''Micro Millenium'' relaunch of the mother of all [[pre-Transformer]] toylines ''[[Microman]]'', the [[2012]] ''Beast Saga'' reboot of one-time Generation 1 spinoff ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'', and finally landed the gig for which he is best known among shape-morphing toy robot fans today: The lead designer of the fantastically successful (and fantastically expensive) [[2016]] revival of the pre-Transformer franchise ''[[Diaclone]]''. | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 9 September 2023
Motoki Takaya (高谷元基 Takaya Motoki) is a toy designer at TakaraTomy with a long history of orbiting around the Transformers brand. Coming on to Takara in the 1988, he cut his teeth on the headlining Powered Masters of 1990's Transformers: Zone during his brief stint with the Transformers brand proper. From there, he worked on the original incarnation of the popular Gridman franchise, the 1999 Micro Millenium relaunch of the mother of all pre-Transformer toylines Microman, the 2012 Beast Saga reboot of one-time Generation 1 spinoff Beastformers, and finally landed the gig for which he is best known among shape-morphing toy robot fans today: The lead designer of the fantastically successful (and fantastically expensive) 2016 revival of the pre-Transformer franchise Diaclone.
Known design work
Generation 1
Transformers: Zone
Return of Convoy
Notes
- Takaya was a Diaclone nerd long before he was a Diaclone designer. He is on the record has having named Dai Atlas and pals' "Big Powered" combined mode after a similarly tripartite toy from the original Diaclone line.[1]
- To date, Takaya has produced bougie twice-as-expensive-as-Masterpiece re-imaginings of the pre-Powerdashers, pre-Optimus Prime, and pre-Ultra Magnus. No, you may not see them.
External links
Interviews
- June 28, 2019 Interview on Diaclone in Dengeki Hobby, translated at Soundwave's Oblivion
