Joe Kyde

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DON'T TOUCH MY ICE CREAM SWERRRRRRRRRRVE :/

Joe "Big Daddy" Kyde (born 1980) was an Associate Product Designer for Hasbro, which meant for a while he was in charge of store-exclusive product for the G.I. Joe and Transformers brands. He had previously done color layouts for many Transformers toys. Currently, he's moved on to actual Transformers toy design, and is currently the lead designer of the Generations toyline! Countdown to a Swerve toy in 5... 4... 3...

Toys with color decos by Joe

Armada

Will trade black repaints for Skyline Chili.

• Adventure Mini-Con Team
• Blurr
• Galvatron
• Powerlinx Hot Shot
• Night Attack Mini-Con Team
• Scourge (Micron Densetsu)
• Street Speed Mini-Con Team
• Thundercracker

He also did design work on Armada Overload.

Cybertron

When Hasbro says "Smokescreen", Kyde hears "Rad".

• Optimus Prime (redeco of deluxe Armada Optimus Prime)
• Skywarp
• Smokescreen

Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

• Axalon
• Predacon Ship

Classics

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Your face makes a great Trypticon homage.

• Autobot Whirl
• Bumblebee (Legends)
• Fireflight
• Grimlock
• Jetfire (Legends)
• Leo Prime
• Mirage
• Menasor
• Optimus Prime vs Megatron
• Perceptor
• Trypticon

Transformers (2007)

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Big "Kyde" Daddy

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He accepts offerings of Skyline chili.

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Fun fact: Kyde loves beige.

Another fun fact: Kyde has decoed every single version of this mold.

• AllSpark Power Autobot Jazz (Target)
• AllSpark Power Barricade with Frenzy (Target)
• AllSpark Power Bumblebee (Target)
• AllSpark Power Decepticon Brawl (Target)
• Autobot Jazz (Generation 1 version) (Target)
• Backtrack (Target)
• Big Daddy (Walmart)
• Blackout
• Breakaway (Walmart)
• Crankcase (Walmart)
• Deep Space Starscream (Target)
• Divebomb (Walmart)
• Grindcore (Walmart)
• Final Battle Jazz
• Fracture (Walmart*)
• Gunbarrel (Target)
• Inferno (Toys "R" Us)
• Jetstorm (Toys "R" Us)
• Jolt (Walmart)
• Mudflap (Toys "R" Us)
• Payload
• Rescue Ratchet
• Reverb (Target)
• Screen Battles — Battle Over Mission City (Target)
  • Megatron
• Screen Battles — Freeway Brawl (Target)
  • Optimus Prime
• Starscream
• Starscream (Generation 1 version) (Target)
• Swindle
• The Legacy of Bumblebee (Walmart)
  • Classic Bumblebee
• Thundercracker
• Wingblade (Toys "R" Us)

Animated

• Rescue Ratchet (Target)
• Stealth Lockdown (Target)

Universe (2008)

That's right, sometimes Hasbro actually lets him make up his own colors.

He's working really hard to get us to love him.

• Aerial Rivals (Target)
  • Air Raid
  • Autobot Blades
  • Ramjet
  • Skydive
  • Thrust
• Autobot Ambush (Target)
  • Dirge
  • Roadbuster
• Battle for the Cyber Planet Keys (Sam's Club)
  • Optimus Prime
• Mini-Con Class 12 Pack (Kmart)
  • Backstop
  • Blight
  • Bodyblock
  • Boltflash
  • Brimstone
  • Cloudraker
  • Flatfoot
  • Heavytread
  • Knockdown
  • Makeshift
  • Skyhammer
  • Suppressor
• Special Team Leaders (Target)
  • Hot Spot
  • Hun-Gurrr
  • Razorclaw
  • Scattershot
  • Silverbolt
• Special Edition
  • SE-02 Megatron
  • SE-04 Overkill
• Standoff Beneath the Streets (Target)
  • Ratbat
  • Springer

SAGE2764

Starting in March 2006, a user going by the handle "SAGE2764" posted various tidbits of inside information, including leaked images of various sorts, to the Hong Kong discussion group talk.transformers, from where they were spread to other parts of the fandom. Those included:

• Packaging cross-sell stock photos of the Cybertron Leader Class "Galaxy Force Optimus Prime" redeco (offering a first look at the deco, with the toy still simply called "Optimus Prime").
• Photos of Cybertron Nemesis Breaker, Metroplex and Menasor in packaging, including the bios from the back of the packaging.
• A color guide for Cybertron Deluxe Class Smokescreen, information about the Cybertron Mudflap redeco (aka Landslide) being canceled in favor of a Vector Prime redeco (aka "Galaxy Force Vector Prime"), information about Classics Optimus Prime only being available as a Voyager without a trailer (contrary to previously revealed information from other sources), and his blasters transforming into parts of his vehicle mode.
• A color guide for a new version of Megatron as an M1 Abrams main battle tank.
• A color guide for Classics Grimlock.
• Photos of the Cybertron "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" redeco in packaging.
• Photos of Classics Voyager Megatron in and out of packaging.

The one that stands out among these is the M1 Abrams Megatron color guide, a toy that was never released... and never intended for release to begin with. At BotCon 2006, Hasbro representatives stated that it was a "fanmade experiment by one of their friends outside the company" who "wanted to see what would happen in the fan community if he tried to make it look like Hasbro's color guides". It was later revealed that the whole thing was actually intended for Joe Kyde's senior capstone project to "disseminate hoax information", conducted with Hasbro's approval. It's unclear whether "SAGE2764" was actually Kyde himself or just someone acting on his behalf. Kyde only ambiguously commented on that question by stating that he knew "how to get stuff out there". He would later homage "SAGE2764" by using the name for Movie Deluxe Class Recon Barricade's license plate, and again with Revenge of the Fallen Decepticon Bludgeon from the "Master of Metallikato" two-pack, who sported "KN-2764" tampographs.

External links

• Joe Kyde's design notes on the Walmart-exclusive Deluxe class Movie figures at Transformers.com
• Joe Kyde's design notes on the TRU-exclusive Ultra and Voyager class Movie figures at Transformers.com