Floro Dery
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Floro Dery was the design supervisor for the original cartoon. He was also responsible for simplifying many of the original designs down to the eventual animation models.
He has also taken credit for fully designing many of the elements of the series, including all the human characters and incidental robots. He has further claimed to have been the originator of the idea of a transforming planet,[1] despite early Japanese concept sketches which precede his involvement. Many of his claims have been met by skepticism among the online fandom thanks to his own contradicting interviews throughout the years.
Floro Dery is very fond of his 1986 movie designs, especially Hot Rod and Gnaw (though even Dery doesn't like Wheelie, and he designed the guy). In fact, if he hadn't drawn the movie characters more humanoid than their boxy predecessors, then "the Transformers by now would be a has been already like the Go-bots."[2] Sadly, though, nothing excites him anymore except the coming Armageddon.[3]
Participation in the modern fandom
Unlike most creators who had a hand in the early years of the franchise, Floro Dery seems to troll Transformers message boards looking for mentions of him and his work, and then posts under various aliases to inflate his own legend and verbally attack fan and foe alike.
Under the pseudonym Ote, he has repeatedly claimed on the Allspark that those who do not praise his work are racists.
Trivia
- In the opening credits for Scramble City, Floro's first name was incorrectly spelled "Frolo".
External links
- The Art of Floro Dery
- Randy Valiente interviews Dery (in Tagalog)
- Comics Illustrations According to Floro Dery
