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Revision as of 02:12, 5 February 2017
Shogo Hasui (蓮井 章悟 Hasui Shōgo) is a designer at TakaraTomy, joining the company in 1999. Since Armada, he has called "dibs" to design every Starscream toy,[1] and is thus referred to as "Mr. Starscream" within Takara's Transformers design team.
Like several Takara designers that have been interviewed, he bemoans Hasbro's restrictive size class plastic weight limits, which can cause headaches during design.
Fiction
Transformers Legends comic
Hasui was among the Transformer toy designers present at the Transformers Celebration 2014, where they handed out autographs. He impressed the beast-mode-loving Rattrap by telling him he once designed a three-headed beast toy called Bruticus. Legends Bonus Vol. At some point, Hasui was riding the train with Hisashi Yuki when the two were taken aback by Rattrap's new robot body. Bonus Edition Vol. 1
Toys that Shogo Hasui is known to have had a hand in designing
Beast Machines
Armada
Energon
Cybertron
- Starscream (Voyager class) (based upon The War Within Starscream by Don Figueroa)
- Starscream (Supreme class) (with Eric Siebenaler)
Classics
- Starscream (Deluxe class) (with Don Figueroa and Eric Siebenaler)
- Hot Rod (Deluxe class)
Transformers (2007)
- Arcee (Deluxe class)
- Barricade (Deluxe class)
- Jazz (Deluxe class)
- Ratchet (Voyager class)
- Starscream (Voyager class) (with Eric Siebenaler)
Animated
- Optimus Prime (Deluxe class)
- Optimus Prime (Voyager class)
- Shockwave (Voyager class)
- Lockdown (Deluxe class)
Henkei! Henkei!
- Starscream (presumably the deco)
- Hot Rodimus (presumably the deco)
Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers (2010)
Generations
Power Core Combiners
Dark of the Moon
Prime
Masterpiece
- MP-10 Convoy
- MP-11 Starscream (with Hironori Kobayashi)
- MP-12 Lambor
- MP-12G Lambor G-2 Ver.
- MP-13 Soundwave (with Condor)
- MP-13B Soundblaster (with Ratbat)
- MP-14 Alert
- MP-15 Rumble & Jaguar
- MP-16 Frenzy & Buzzsaw
- MP-17 Prowl
- MP-18 Streak
- MP-19 Smokescreen
- MP-20 Wheeljack
- MP-21 Bumble
- MP-22 Ultra Magnus (initial design, final version by Hironori Kobayashi)
Convention appearances (United States)
Notes
- During pre-production of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Hasui created a combiner concept model (made from various Japanese robot and superhero toys) and storyboard-style concepts for a movie-styled "Devastator" combiner (involving a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, such as Blackout and Grindor) for Hasbro to pass onto the movie production staff.[2]
- Hasui was the original TakaraTomy designer assigned to Revenge of the Fallen Combiner class Constructicon Devastator (and had completed some preliminary sketches for it), but due to scheduling conflicts, that project was handed over to fellow TakaraTomy designer Takio Ejima.[2]
- Due to the enormous workload the TakaraTomy designers were under, Hasui was by default the one assigned to present a proof-of-concept prototype for Revenge of the Fallen's Human Alliance subset of Alternators-styled larger vehicles partnered with human drivers. He rapidly created the proof-of-concept model using a Voyager class Ratchet toy with a new shoulder (that turned into a seat for the human passenger in either mode), a new left forearm (which turned into a motorcycle) and a new gigantic weapons array.[2]
References
External links
- Translated interview from Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1 on TFW2005.com
- Translated interview from the TakaraTomy website on TFW2005.com
- Translated interview on Revenge of the Fallen work from Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3 on TFW2005.com
- Translated interview on Animated on TFW2005.com
- Shogo Hasui's TF Twitter account
