John Warden
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John William Warden is a Design Manager on the Transformers franchise at Hasbro. In addition to working on Thrilling 30 and Age of Extinction product, he was the design lead on Combiner Wars.
Toys John had a hand in designing
Legends
Voyager
- Brainstorm (with Yūya Ōnishi)
- Roadbuster (with Takashi Kunihiro)
- Sky-Byte (with Tomoya Miyake)
- Whirl
Leader
- Jetfire (with Takashi Kunihiro)
Robots in Disguise
One-Step Changers
- Autobot Drift
- Autobot Drift (helicopter)
- Autobot Hound
- Bumblebee
- Crosshairs
- Decepticon Stinger
- Dinobot Slash
- Dinobot Slug
- Dinobot Strafe
- Galvatron
- Grimlock
- High Octane Bumblebee
- Lockdown
- Megatron
- Optimus Prime
- Prowl
- Rollbar
- Steeljaw
Electronic Chomp & Stomp
Generations/Series M4
Deluxe Class
- Autobot Drift
- Bumblebee
- Crosshairs
- High Octane Bumblebee
- Hot Shot
- Lockdown
Voyager Class
- Autobot Drift (helicopter)
- Autobot Hound
- Evasion Mode Optimus Prime
- Galvatron
Leader Class
Generations: Combiner Wars
Legends Class
- Autobot Powerglide
- Bombshell
- Decepticon Blackjack
- Huffer
- Protectobot Groove
- Rodimus
- Skywarp
- Thundercracker
- Viper
- Warpath
- Windcharger
Deluxe Class
- Air Raid
- Alpha Bravo
- Breakdown
- Dead End
- Decepticon Dragstrip
- Decepticon Offroad
- Firefly
- Protectobot Blades
- Protectobot Rook (with Shogo Hasui, deco by Joe Kyde)
- Protectobot First Aid
- Protectobot Streetwise
- Skydive
Voyager Class
- Cyclonus
- Motormaster
- Optimus Prime
- Protectobot Hot Spot (with Takashi Kunihiro)
- Silverbolt
Leader Class
- Armada Megatron
- Megatron
- Thundercracker
- Ultra Magnus (with Takashi Kunihiro)
Titan Class
Convention appearances
- BotCon 2014
- Toy Fair 2015
- BotCon 2015
- Toy Fair 2016
- BotCon 2016
- Toy Fair 2017
- HasCon 2017
- San Diego Comic-Con 2018
Notes
- As a kid living in Ohio, John got to tour the American Greetings AmToy design studio for an elementary school career-path project. After seeing how Madballs were made, he decided he wanted to be a toy designer. (Quick, somebody press him for a Retrax update!)
- John graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from Ohio State University, and worked in the automotive industry designing car interiors before joining Hasbro in 1999.
- Prior to Transformers, John worked on Star Wars (including Episode 1, Episode 2, and 300th Boba Fett), Shrek 2, Rave Master, and all Pokémon toys from 2000 to 2005 (and was a co-signee on a patent for toy/game convergence used on Pokémon THINKChip Plus figures).
- He is probably best known to Hasbro fans as the lead designer on all G.I. Joe figures and vehicles from 2006 to 2013: Sigma 6, 25th Anniversary, Rise of Cobra movie toys, Pursuit of Cobra (including original designs Shadow Tracker, Jungle-Viper, Zombie-Viper, and Data-Viper), 30th Anniversary, and Retaliation movie figures. Some of the 50th Anniversary figures were also based on his "concept vault" work.
- At JoeCon 2011, Warden and Rik Alvarez participated in a "Treasures from the Hasbro Archives" panel, which revealed that a robot panther modeled on Ravage was intended for release with an unproduced Rise of Cobra "Arctic Baroness" figure. While Warden consistently denied that it was going to actually be Ravage, the use of Ravage design cues was intentional. Neither the Baroness or the robot panther were tooled, with the panther in the photo being the only one in existence.
- His favorite Transformers are Roadbuster, Whirl, Sky Lynx, and Jetfire. He must be quite impressed with himself!
External links
- Interview with John Warden at Bleeding Cool
