Today is the birthday of two very important people:

Victor Caroli, born on this day in 1942, the famous narrator of the original Transformers cartoon, as well as the 1986 movie, the toy, cartoon, and movie commercials, the Secret Files of Teletraan II, the toy commercials for G2, early Beast Wars toy commercials, and two episodes of the Prime Wars trilogy (oh, and he voiced an unnamed Torkuli in "Webworld")

Kōjin Ōno, born on this day in 1959, designed almost every Diaclone toy, and helped work on the molds more when they became a part of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers, a toyline known in the US as The Transformers, as well as several later figures once they'd started making original molds:
- 11 Autobot Cars between 1984 and 1985
- the Constructicons
- the Dinobots
- the 1984 Decepticon Planes
- the Omnibots
- the 1985 Triple Changers and Octane in '86
- the Metroplex and Fortress Maximus sets (and Grand Maximus)
- Galvatron
- the Aerialbots
- Apeface
- the Trainbots
- 6 Masterforce toys
- Deathsaurus
- Galaxy Shuttle
- the Multiforce, Dinoforce, and Crossformers
- and, finally, the Metrotitan set, one of two Decepticon releases in the Zone toyline

In addition, he also worked on Overhaul/Jackshot for Cybertron/Galaxy Force, two Deluxes and the Fast Action Battlers and Cyber Slammers for the 2007 movie toyline, the G-Shock and Canon crossovers, Ultimate Optimus Primal from the Rise of the Beasts mainline, and, last but not least, the MPG Trainbots and MP-52, 53, 54, 56, and 57. He also has a soft spot for the Honda City R, Skids' alt-mode (one of the Autobot Cars he designed), and the red one he had as a kid inspired MP-54 Reboost.

I’d like to thank the Transformers Wiki for providing introducing me to the neologism