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Revision as of 12:25, 20 October 2024

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A herd of unsuspecting Thunderheads wander under the hangry gaze of Unicron in a retrospective painting by Saito of his final and most famous creations, respectively.

Masakatsu Saito (斎藤まさかつ Saitō Masakatsu) was a prolific mechanical designer and illustrator who provided TakaraTomy with concept art for the Transformers brand for nearly twenty years, usually alongside legendary designer Takio Ejima. Coming on to the company in 1982, he started out working on sticker sheets for the pre-Transformer line Micro Change and bounced around the office working on properties such as Dunbine and the Transformers - adjacent Blockman before coming on to the Transformers brand proper around halfway through The Headmasters supplying rough markups for the packaging artist. He was promoted to full-on concept artist for the next year's Super-God Masterforce and just kept going from there, having a hand in the development of wide swathes of TakaraTomy Transformers from the headliners of 1989's Victory all the way through Dark of the Moon. Some of his most noteworthy contributions include Armada Unicron, the Generation 1 Action Master assortment, and, most significantly, pretty much the entire Beast Wars toyline. He retired in late 2011 citing declining health.

Contents

Known Transformers work

Toy deco

Micro Change

Packaging illustration

The Headmasters

Toy design

Generation 1

1988 - Pretenders and Masterforce
Pretenders
Pretender Beasts Godmasters Targetmasters
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Pretender Skullgrin
Cassettes


1989 - More Pretenders and Victory
Pretender Monsters[1] / Dinoforce Classic Pretenders Mega Pretenders Ultra Pretenders Brainmasters
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Mega Pretender Thunderwing
Breastforce

Other


1990 - Action Masters
Action Masters



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Action Master Banzai-Tron and Razor-Sharp
Action Master Action Blasters Action Master Autobot Vehicles Action Master Decepticon Attack Vehicles Action Master Autobot Armored Convoy


1991 - Action Masters continued
Action Masters
  • Sideswipe
    (w/ Vanguard)
  • Take-Off
    (w/ Screech)
  • Tracks
    (w/ Basher)
    		•  Exo-Suit Action Masters Motorized Exo-Suit Action Masters Action Master Elites
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    Action Master Elite Double Punch


    1992 - Euro-G1 and Operation Combination
    Turbomasters / Road Corps Predators / Jet Corps
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    Large Predator Skyquake


    Unreleased
    Action Masters Turbomasters


    1993

    The global 1993 production slate consisted of the same toys existing in a sort of superposition of Generation 1 and Generation 2 depending on the market. Don't think about it too hard. Point is, Saito worked on all of the new molds that year.
    Axelerators / Autobot Cars Skyscorchers / Decepticon Jets Aquaspeeders / Color Changers Stormtroopers Lightformers
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    The Transformers Hawk / Generation 2 Eagle Eye
    Trakkons Obliterators Leader


    Generation 2

    1994
    Rotor Force Laser Rods Heroes Others
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    Rotor Force Leadfoot


    1995
    Go-Bots Cyberjets Laser Cycles Auto Rollers Leaders
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    Cyberjet Hooligan


    Unreleased
    Go-Bots Auto Rollers

    Beast Wars

    1996
    Basics
    		Deluxes
    		Megas
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    Ultra Class Optimus Primal
    Ultras


    1997
    Basics
    		Deluxes
    		Megas
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    Scout Class Spittor
    Ultra Teams
    		Playsets


    1998 - Transmetals, Fuzors, and Beast Wars II
    Autorollers Cyborg Beasts Others Role Play Playsets & Vehicles
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    Beast Wars II Tako Tank

    Fuzors
    Basics Deluxes
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    Fuzors Basic Class Air Hammer

    Transmetals
    Deluxes Megas Ultras Supers
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    Transmetals Deluxe Class Terrorsaur


    1999 - Transmetals 2 and Beast Wars Neo
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    Beast Wars Neo Magmatron
    Role play


    Transmetals 2
    Basics Deluxes Megas Ultras
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    Transmetals 2 Ultra Class Tigerhawk
    2000 - Mutants
    Mutants
    Unreleased
    Blentrons Organic triple changers
    • "Gorilla/Eagle Optimus Primal"
    • "Cheetah/Shark Cheetor"
    • "Bull/Crab Rattrap"
    • "Raptor/Cobra Dinobot"

    Machine Wars


    Car Robots / Robots in Disguise (2001)

    Autobot Brothers Build Team Team Bullet Train
  • Railspike
  • Midnight Express
  • Rapid Run
  • Rail Racer
    		•  Others
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    Robots in Disguise Omega Prime

    Animorphs

    Deluxe Class Super Class Unreleased ("Double beasts")
    • Scorpion/Barricuda (recycled into Poison Bite)
    • Velociraptor/Wolverine (recycled into Razor Claw)
    • Owl/Bear (recycled into Icebird)
    • Bat/Alligator (recycled into Soundwave)
    • Wasp/Frog
    • Goat/Lizard
    • Vulture/Pirahna
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    Animorphs Tobias/Hawk

    Armada

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    Supreme Class Unicron

    Energon

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