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At the end of one of the panels we attended, the Hasbro guys introduced a man who had been quietly sitting in the front row. His name is Shogo Hasui, and he works for Takara. He is responsible for designing the new movie toys of Starscream, Ratchet and Jazz, along with the Classic Starscream that came out a few months back. He has also, I'm sure, had a hand in a number of the recent products to come out of Takara! His english was not very good, (but it's a lot better than my Japanese!) so I really believe that he was a designer instead of some marketing or PR guy that they had sent over. He stood and said hello to the crowd, and after the panel we were fortuate enough to get this fantastic picture:



As usual we look pretty much like tools, while Hasui-san looks like a warrior hero, which is how it should be! We would continue to see him throughout the show, and he was very friendly and willing to say hello. A highlight for me was watching the Stan Bush concert standing right next to him, so we could rock out to 1986 tunes together. I think I need to move to Japan.

In case anyone was wondering - spending your 4th of July drinking Rum and watching Bill Cosby Picture Pages VHS tapes is an awesome and patriotic thing to do!
Posted by charlie on July 4th 2007
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