John Warden

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John William Warden is a former Senior Design Manager on the Transformers franchise at Hasbro. After working on Thrilling 30 and Age of Extinction product, he became the design lead on the Generations mega-brand from Combiner Wars all the way up through Kingdom. He was also responsible for the creation of the BotBots franchise alongside Associate Designer Aaron Gray.[1] On July 17, 2020, he announced on Twitter that he is now the Global Design Lead at Power Rangers and Ghostbusters.[2] On September 26, at Hasbro PulseCon 2020, he passed on his position to Lenny Panzica.[3]

Known design projects


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Generations: Thrilling 30

Legends
Voyager
Leader



Age of Extinction

Robots in Disguise

One-Step Changers
Electronic Stomp & Chomp



Generations/Series M4

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Deluxe Class
Voyager Class
Leader Class



Generations: Combiner Wars

Legends Class


Deluxe Class


Voyager Class
Leader Class


Titan Class



Generations: Titans Return

Titan Masters


Legends Class


Deluxe Class


Voyager Class
Leader Class
Titan Class


The Last Knight: Premier Edition

Deluxe Class


Voyager Class
Leader Class


Generations: Power of the Primes

Prime Masters
Legends Class


Deluxe Class
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Voyager Class
Leader Class
Titan Class


Generations: War for Cybertron Trilogy

War for Cybertron: Siege

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

HasLab

Generations: Legacy

Buzzworthy Bumblebee


Convention appearances

Interchangeable "SNAP-ON, STAY-ON" accessories include GLASSES and WRISTWATCH!

Notes

Workin' on Transformers before he was actually on Transformers!
  • 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 nor 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!
  • Warden even expresses interest for a potential crossover with Power Rangers. Yes, he's serious about this.[4]
  • Warden's favorite Transformers toys that he has designed are Combiner Wars Devastator and HasLab Unicron, but neither holds the same special place in his heart as a Shrek 2 action figure that "toots" when you squeeze it. Yes, really.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Botbots design notes from Hasbro designer Aaron Gray on ArtStation
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Archive of the Hasbro Pulse Con 2020 stream
  4. ↑ [2]
  5. ↑ Get to Know John Warden – Our Interview with the Global Design Lead for Power Rangers
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