Shogo Hasui

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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.

Known design projects

Beast Machines

Armada

Energon

Cybertron

Classics

Transformers (2007)

Animated

Henkei! Henkei!

Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers (2010)

Generations


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Combiner Wars

Titans Return

Studio Series

Studio Series 86

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

Legacy

Wreck 'N Rule Collection

Power Core Combiners

Dark of the Moon

Prime

Go!

Masterpiece

Adventure

Convention appearances (United States)

Fiction

Legends World

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

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.[7]
  • 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.[7]
  • 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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 August 16, 2022's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Delaney Norris, Sam Smith, Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.
  3. ↑ Design notes on Wingfinger from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
  4. ↑ Design notes on Legacy Tarantulas from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
  5. ↑ SDCC 2022 Hasbro Transformers Product Reveal Panel report at TFW2005
  6. ↑ Design notes on Comic Universe Impactor and Spindle from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3
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